UPSC had conducted Civil service and Forest service (combined) preliminary exam aka CSAT-2015, on 23th August 2014. Here are the scanned copies of Booklet no.”B” for both paper 1 (GS) and Paper 2 (Aptitude):
Detailed Analysis and Topicwise Answerkeys with explanations (for all sets), coming soon.
- You’re most welcome to provide your inputs, answers, observation, analysis and experience in the comments below.
- If you want to discuss then discuss MCQs, (and not cut-offs.) Everyone who had prepared sincerely, and did not risk too much negative marking, he/she has a fair chance of clearing prelims.
- Internet user sample size too short to make any predictions. So don’t lose blood pressure, if Mr.X, Y or Z says he ticked more MCQs than you.
Courtesy: Mr. Brijesh D.Patel from SPIPA, Ahmedabad for providing the question papers.
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Pata Nahi kya hoga ? P I mei 55 marks mil rha hai aur P II attempted only 60
I did my schooling from Hindi medium and completed my graduation (b.tech) in computer science in English. now I want to prepare for ias but I don’t understand which medium I should choose for upsc.plz help me?
Bhai history objective kaise ho sakta hai. Its one mean to achieve objective.
I completely neglected CSAT as it is only for qualifying. I paid for my mistake – Getting around 75 only :(…. Though my paper 1 score is 120…. im still feeling pressure
dis time final cutoff will include only gs-1 marks or gs1+ 66(qualifyng marks for apti)???
sum1 plzz clarify!!
Sir,
What will be the expected cutoff of cse 2015
2. One more tricky question was the one asking about who is the custodian of the constitution of India. According to hindustan times ka ye wala article where Pranab Mukharjee bool rahe hai that he will work as a custodian of constitution. It should not be Supreme court because all the articles of constitution is not enforceable by law. eg. Directive principles. Ab Supreme Court thode hi na Custodian ke tarah act karega in this regard.
Moreover, if u look at the oaths of everyone President, prime minister, CAG, JUdges of high court and supreme court etc., you will find that only in the oaths of President and President ka chela(hehe. ie. Governor) has this line: ”PRESERVE, PROTECT and defend the Constitution and the law”. Even the judges of SC and HC says “to uphold the constitution and law”. Stress on terms preserve and protect.
check this article on Pranab Mujherjee for saboot..lol… http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/to-work-as-custodian-of-constitution-pranab/article1-889619.aspx
Unique Quintessence of General Studies Paper-I by J.K. Chopra (2011 VERSION)
Part A Indian Government and Polity
page 24
Provision for Autonomous Organization
Line 5
SC is the custodian of our fundamental rights and the CONSTITUTION.
Sir I have attempted 65 questions. 58 questions were such that I was fully sure and took a risk on 7 questions. Did not risk too much making wild guesses. Where do I stand?
What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?
Can anyone explain this
jo log CL ki key se no bata rae hain aur unke cutoff prediction ko seriously le rae hain God save those soul,
Ecology ki definition nai pata unko, equatorial forest ko savana bana dia , GDP decrease kara di , CSP ko dictatorship of proletariat ki ideology vaala bata rae …I dont know how can they even come up with cutoff prediction, wishful thinking I guess :P
Nikhil to kya hoga cut off
“Devolution of 3F” is the central theme of PRI and also that of 73rd AA.
ab ye financial mobilization tax lga kar sakte hain kua PRIs.
this term “financial mobilzation” is open to interpretation now.
khan se khan mobilize karna hai!
Devolution of finances is different from financial mobilization. Devolution is a very broad and esoteric word. If financial mobilization was the objective then the power to tax and allocation of decent amount from centre/state would also have been made a compulsory provision. It only sorught to bring accountability. And Political accountability is clearly wrong. Political accountability can be achieved only though stricter scrutiny by public.
mere to 81 marks hain GS he aa rhe hain according to cl/shanker. esh baar jat logon ko reservation mila h?
Yeah.
ek institute ne to budha wale question ki answer keys hi galat dali hai.
repeated question tha last year ka.
official answer keys hi dekh lete upsc ki website pe.
kya correct ans hai bhai budhha wale question ka?
Question is not repeated though the options are same as was asked in the last year paper. And do you think k UPSC repeat question which was asked in last year only! Last year it was asked that which place Budha visited? And this time it is which place is related to Budha. The answer might be different from last time.
i left the space blank which specifies whether absent or present in the exam supervisor copy(the copy u fill in front of them in the middle of the exam.. but i have signed and the supervisor has also signed.. i thought it was for him to do it.. is there anything that can b done.. should i call upsc? if so then what is d number.. i really studied hard and getting 129…
Mrunal Sir, thanks for all of your guidance. main to pichle attempts ki tarah iss baar bhi kuch nahi kar paaya
magar ye sach hai ki aap ki wajah se kai logo ki naiyaa paar lag gai h. your economy lectures were superb and helped a lot in prelims.
Bhai logo se gujarish h ki cutoff ki baate naa kare kyonki jab Mrunal sir ji ko Guru bana liya h to Guru ki aagya ka paanal bhi kare. Aur cutoff isliye bhi nahi discuss karni chahiye kyonki hamesha jitna aap sochte ho cutoff uss se 2 number jada hi hoti h aur jitney number aapke coaching institutes ki Key se aate hai asli main UPSC ke answere kuch aur hi hote h aur aapke number expected se bhi kam hi aate h. sab keh rahe h ki unke 100 number se jada hi aa rahe h to phir khud hi socho 100 number jab sab ke aa rahe h to phir cut off 95/85/75 to jaa nahi sakti to kyo apne dil to tasali dene ki koshish kar rahe ho.
decrease in tax to GDP ratio of a country indicates.
1.slowing economic growth rate
2.less equitable distribution of national income
please give ans with explanation..
if GDP ratio is low, the country is able to pay the debt without further debt.
does it mean, it will slow down the economic growth rate??
both…because if tax to gdp ratio is decreases it indicates 1) low taxes especially indirect taxes at constant GDP or otherwise gdp also reduces…taxes reduces as people have less disposable income with them, so that indicates less equitable distribution of national income which causes low demand which affects economic sectors and ultimately gdp also gets affected thereby slow economic growth rate
Sources told The Indian Express that rising prices are going to be the biggest concern when the government prepares the Budget for the next fiscal. As such, the spurt in prices is going to pose a tough challenge to the government when it comes to increasing tax to GDP ratio. Tax-GDP ratio had risen to over 11 per cent during 2007-08 from 8.2 per cent in 2001-02, but has declined ever since to about 10 per cent last fiscal. This indicates that growth in tax collection has not been commensurate with the economic growth of the country.
The tax-GDP ratio is calculated on nominal size of the economy. So if the economy grows by around 9 per cent and inflation by 10 per cent, nominal GDP would be 19 per cent, making it difficult to raise the tax-GDP ratio. A low tax to GDP ratio indicates lower economic development and less equitable distribution of wealth.
But what is confusing here is that in the first para as said in the newspaper that tax/gdp ratio does not commensurate with the economic growth of the country create a great deal of ambiguity. Because in our country’s case even thought there is
an economic growth the TAX GDP is not growing with it.(Tax-GDP ratio had risen to over 11 per cent during 2007-08 from 8.2 per cent in 2001-02, but has declined ever since to about 10 per cent last fiscal. This indicates that growth in tax collection has not been commensurate with the economic growth of the country)But the question UPSC asked is not about a specific country,na???
Watever watever this question is set from this news report…………
bro …could plz check the language of last year and this year question …last year it was about the places where buddha had visited but this year it is about the places which are associated with his life ….upsc is very clever ….and answer of both question are quite different…
No..QUESTION IS THE SAME BUT ANSWER OPTIONS CHANGED LAST TIME ANSWER WAS C BUT THIS TIME IT IS D. only remembering the option was C (after Mrunal bhay’s analysis when the official key was out) I opted C . UPSC trapped me
Totally agree. I have 99 from shankar ias obc let’s see.
Hi, any idea of the answer for the question on congress socialist party??
even last year ppl were speculating that cutff will be 215 – 225 ..but the paper was tougher as compare to the previous year..even in 2013 – when cutoff was 241 ppl scored in CSAT (150+ was the norm ) ..but the scores in GS have remained more or less the same ..the cutoff would be 80 + but less than 100 ..i know its a big interval but 100 + toh nahin jayega .. ..i have heard cutoofs of 120+ ..upsc hai..its not a joke to get 120..matlab aisa nahin ho sakta ki u get 65 correct and 10 wrong ..thats stuoendous accuracy ..woh mushkil hai aana ..its not quants ..i am getting 57 – 19 or 53 – 20… Correct and wrong I mean .
Please let me know what you think of it
Anyone with politiq science optional starting preparation for mains??
Anyone with political science optional starting preparation for mains? ?
ya, my optional is political science but i am quite unhappy with that optional so planning to take mathematics next time.
Yes, I am.
I have my honours as well as masters from Pol. Sc. (DU).
bhai i m also having political science optional ……..SR mam notes are sufficient kindly help
i am preparing bai political science .
I have chosen Pol sci & IR as my optional, In initial stage of preparation.
yup, my optional is political science…from this i have started preparation…
Dear Surbhi..my opt is Political Science for Mains…
yup, my optional is political science…from this year i have started preparation…
ya mine is political science and starting preparation for mains..though unsure of clearing prelims.. getting 108 as per sriram answer key..
@Aspirant, 108 is more than enough to get through. Waste no time and gear up for mains. This is my 3rd attempt and I say this with all seriousness.
thnx..and please suggest how to start with poltical science..recently i came to know that its syllabus is much vast compared to other subjects..i am read topper interviews and they have read 10-12 books.. considering the time left it is not possible to read 10-12 books..what minimum should i do now? i mean what sources. are ignou books enough? and if not..which books should be referred minimum?? please guide..as u have done your masters in political science u can better suggest.. thnx in advance.
what do you say about 100-105
ho jayega yaar lg jao bs :)
Yes I am.
Yes I am starting with pol science
Yes..Rahul here with Pol Sc.
i m pol.science aspirant. but i have not studied it completely… completed ncerts. took up o.p.gauba, n d arora…. wat about u?
Which book should be reffered for ethics , integrity and aptitude?
Which book is to be reffered for ethics , integrity and aptitude?
Last yr quest was.. Places visited By Buddha.. BC did year.. Places associated with Buddha…avanti was der… Checked online too…
question is repeated verbatim
No it was repeated Verbatim, Read Again.
Yes pinky avanti is correct
SLR 50 base point : what is answer?
i tick bank can decrease interest rate.
i ticked the same because that can be the only possibility.
right answer
correct hai
not necessary bank can decrease and if decrease thn ultimtly this leads to increase GDP and RAJANBHAI do all this for GDP of our country
did not get your point
that is what i am saying that bank can(not necessarily though) decrease interest rate when SLR is cut and that stmt is the answer of this question
never play with fire & Rajanbhai :)
Onm the Question of the Parliamentary system of Governement of India,
Many People are giving the Answer as Council of ministers helding responsible to the Lok sabha
However In the Constitutional Assembly Debates on why parliamentary System then
Dr B R Ambedkar pointed out in the Constituent Assembly that ‘a democratic executive must satisfy two conditions: stability and responsibility. Unfortunately, it has not been possible so far to devise a system which can ensure both in equal degree. The American system gives more stability but less responsibility. The British system, on the other hand, gives more responsibility but less stability. The Draft Constitution in recommending the parliamentary system of Executive has preferred more responsibility to more stability,
On giving so called Rajya sabha cant be dissolved and thus need of it under parliamentary system & this why in India was given, So technically going by that C can also be answer, however i have matrked other option not C :(
can it be sir?
Sir, Kindly provide solutions for GS first paper.
answer of excessive nitrogen fertilizer ?
pehla wala option galat hai behenji,baki do sahi hai.
increase in microorganism stmt is wrong other two are correct
i think D.
first of all it is talking about microorganism(any alage in soil may use this fertilizer or to fix it for food, so these can proliferate in searching of food) and not bacteria. even some bacteria can proliferate.
Only Koshla and Magadh right answer
Answer for “the day is more or less same, when the temperature goes up, we can see black clouds and high lightening and rainfall wont be for much time”
ans: Equitorial or Savanna
Even savanna has tropical atmosphere and not much variable temperature and the rainfall is 100 to 150 cm.
In equitorial region, the annual rainfall is 200 cm ryt.
Why cant it be savanna
correct if I am wrong.
rainfall is around 125 cm avg at savanna and these regions are not related with high rate of evaporation so not having large clouds and lightening.
4 pm cloud i.e equatorial cloud form very fast and precipitate w/o taking much time
in equatorial region , rainfall is daily phenomena which occurs mostly between 2pm to 4pm as it was described in question but Savannah climate does not have perennial rainfall and not rain fall does not occur according to fix pattern on daily basis.
it is my conclusion, i am not sure about UPSC,
You are absolutely correct
if rainfall occur daily in equatorial region ten why are the countries lying on the equator like kenya, congo etc so dry??
Yupp. Its savannah. I was able to do this question because of Discovery channel. They always keep showing “serengeti ke ghaas ke maidaan” and wilderbeasts moving in herds in search of grass and waiting for rain.
bhai discovery dekho chahe mahua answer to equatorial hai
Answer is equatorial..2 to 4 pm rain is spl characteristic.
Hahahaha Funny reply dude and yes Equitorial is the right answer
thoda sa dimaag lagaoge toh samajh aa jayega ki savanna kyu nahi hoga. savanna mein roz baarish hoti hain? mam ka video hi dhang se dekhlo
you know good geography please solve one of my problem, NP with climate from tropical to subtropical, temperate and arctic? Most keys say namdapha & some says Neora. but i don’t think arctic or temperate climate exist in these two. Nandadevi is only with arctic climate, sufficient precipitation and temperate zone. second close could be KCZ.
up to first 3 lines the ques. can be matched with equatorial but the last line says ‘the rain is soon over’, so i think it is monsoon. not savanna bcoz black clouds and thundering rain are not its characters.
as per ncert 6th class it is equatorial.
I used to live in Singapore. and this is how exactly each day of the year used to be. and it is well equatorial without doubt :D
It cant be savanna,, pay attention on the first 4 words of the question : “Each day more or less”… the answer lies within and that is equatorial .
In the question of climate of national park. Some instis saying namdhapa and some kangchendzonga.
according to me it shud be kangchendzonga owing to climatic variations due to altitude ( montane climate). Lot of travel websites mentioned kangchendzonga associated with this climate.
Except for altitude variations,(which is there in kangzenjunga) how can any area betwen 8-37 N° can have arctic climate?
The presence of 4 types of big cats (Snow leopard, clouded leopard, tiger) in Namdapha is itself a sign of highly diverse climate!
It has to be Namdapha
The answer should be Namdafa , because it lies in eastern most Himalayas where tropical conditions prevails some point of time, but it can not be kanchenzunga for sure as kanchenzungha is in the core of Himalayas & where tropical or sub tropical climatic conditions not comes.
for your doubt that how can arctic climate occur in an area of 8-37 Deg N , here we are not discussing exact a climate of arctic but we are discussing about climatic conditions , even arctic condition occur daily in your refrigerator too :)
wiki source-wide variation in vegetation ,I also kept kanchengeunga but answer is namdhapa
Tropical vegetation not present in Kanchengeunga.
hi, i am studying b.sc(computer science) 2nd year. i want to crack civil services exam at my first attempt in (2018). how should i start my preparation, and which optional is better among these (sociology, anthropology,and history)? what are the books i required for prelims and mains?
What I know is that this peculiar feature of “rain in the afternoon with thunder and lightening” with clear morning sky is a hallmark of equatorial.
and do u think an area can just be a grassland if it rains daily?
Read in g c leong.
page no. 117 ( paragraph just above the pic of Mt. Kinabalu)
yes this question is done and dusted , it’s equatorial (p.s overall rainfall is higher in equatorial regions because it gets rain consistently almost daily throughout the year but it does not rain incessantly all day but for a very short period of time)
pl dont do research it is simple q with simple answ ie equatorial