IAS Prelims Exam Pattern 2022: Check Section-Wise Paper Pattern And Marking Scheme

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IAS Prelims Exam Pattern

The exam pattern as per the official notification by UPSC is as follows:

• The exam is conducted in offline mode.
• Questions are objective type.
• There is a total of 100 questions.
• The exam is bilingual - Questions are framed in English and Hind.
• The Test will carry a maximum of 200 marks.
• Each question carries 2 marks.
• There is negative marking and a 1/3 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer.
• The total time duration of the exam is 2 hours.

The section-wise UPSC Exam pattern as per the previous exams is covered below. Please note that the weightage of sections in the exam may change. The illustrated details are as per the last years' paper.

Year/Subject	Current Affairs	History	Geography	Polity	Economics	Science and Technology	Environment
2011	13	11	11	12	19	19	15
2012	1	19	17	20	17	9	17
2013	0	16	18	16	19	14	17
2014	08	22	14	14	10	16	18
2015	26	17	16	13	13	08	11
2016	27	15	07	07	18	08	18
2017	15	14	09	22	16	09	15
2018	14	22	10	13	18	10	13
2019	22	17	14	15	14	7	11
2020	18	20	10	17	15	10	10

 

IAS CSAT Exam Pattern 

This is a qualifying exam candidate must score at least 33% or 66 out of 200 to pass this paper. The exam pattern is as follows:

• The exam is conducted in offline mode.
• Questions are objective type.
• There is a total of 80 questions.
• The exam is bilingual - Questions are framed in English and Hind.
• The Test will carry a maximum of 200 marks.
• Each question carries 2.5 marks.
• There is negative marking and a 1/3 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer.
• The total time duration of the exam is 2 hours.

Subjects	Number of questions
Quant and Algebra	43
Reasoning	12
Passage  and Comprehension	25
Total	80

 

IAS Prelims Important Instructions

As per the official notification, candidates must keep the following things in mind.

1. All candidates (male/female/transgender) should carefully read the Rules of Civil Services Examination.
2. Candidates can apply Online by using the website https://upsconline.nic.in the admit card is also available online.
3. The candidate should have a valid original  Photo ID Card along with the admit card.
4. The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive etc in banned.

Go through the official notification by UPSC here.

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