Update: question papers have been uploaded on the official Page of UPSC http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2013.htm#PageTop
Prologue
@to all those inquiring about engineering/literature/ any other question papers of Mains-2013 which are not available online,
Long story cut short: yesterday I had filed online RTI to UPSC, seeking those questions papers for you and UPSC has replied that they will be uploading all the mains question papers on their website soon (i.e. before the last week of January 2014 when the ‘deadline’ of my RTI expires.) And you can find GS, Essay, English and some of the optional question papers here: Mrunal.org/download
RTI question
Send through the online portal: http://rtionline.gov.in/ on 16th December 2013, with registration number UPSCM/R/2013/61704.
Sub: Application under Right to information Act. Seeking certain papers of Civil Service Mains 2013 Exam.
Sir,
Kindly provide following question papers of Civil Service Mains examination 2014 in electronics (CD/DVD/PDF) format.
- Following optional subject papers: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce and Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geology, Management, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Zoology.
- Following literature optional papers: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithil, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
- Following Indian language papers: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Manipuri, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi (Arabic), Sindhi (Devanagiri), Telugu, Urdu.
PS: If UPSC is uploading these papers on its official website before the time deadline of my RTI (i.e. somewhere around Mid-January 2014) then you may ignore giving me the question papers.
UPSC replies
Dear appellant, It is informed that the question papers of Civil services(Main) Examination, 2013 are likely to be uploaded on the UPSC website http://www.upsc.gov.in shortly. Shri Rajesh, Joint Secretary, UPSC is the First Appellate Authority under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act, 2005.
Dr. Kulbir Singh,
JD & CPIO
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More RTIs listed here: Mrunal.org/RTI
sir .
plz check on top u have by mistake “written Kindly provide following question papers of Civil Service Mains examination 2014 in electronics (CD/DVD/PDF) format.: it should be 2013 instead of 2014 (copy +Paste)
Hello Sir,
Please do question-wise analysis of 2013 mains paper as you did the 2012 paper last year. It will be a stepping stone for starting the preparations.
Thank you
can someone help me for sanskrit optional
Is anybody able to see the link to Forum in the upgraded website? kindly help me find it…
sir can i claim partially deaf category which is discovered 15 days after application to CGLE and i also represented to regional director but in a vain if yes then how can represent it? please genuine reply….
sir can i claim partially deaf category which is discovered 15 days after application to CGLE and i also represented to regional director but in a vain if yes then how can represent it? please genuine reply….
It seems mrunal has gone on vacations as there has been no update regarding upsc preparation from his side.
mrunal sir .. november writing competition articles are not available on serever.. kindly re upload it
Can anybody suggest me books for philosophy paper-1?Thanks in advance.
Bhai Mrunal,
Where are you? No updates?
sirrr!
m downloading the papers from official upsc website,after download of pdf file whn i try to open the file it says ‘unable to open,file corrupted’. This prblm is with all d papers i downloaded,has any1 encountered wid d same prblm? What to do???
mrunal sir you are a perfect reflection of Mr Manish Sisodia. Sir, you please join AAP and take forward your mission to serve students and society at large.
Wish you all the best.
Iam not being able to open the previous year questions paper section from the official website of upsc :( please let me know the reasons n d solution :(
SIR MY FIRST ATTEMPT UPSC PLZ SUGGEST ME HOW TO CLEAR THIS EXAM THANKS.