What is the highest score that a candidate in UPSC mains has scored in the essay?

Could verbosity be a reason for this, along with empirical data?

3 Answers

R.A.Israel Jebasingh, worked at Indian Administrative Service

Written 13 Oct 2016

If I tell you a candidate has scored as high as 170/250 in the essay and he/she didnot have an outstanding control over language, will you believe it ?

If I say a candidate scored as low as 20/250 but he was one of the most intelligent candidates I had, will you believe me ?

Neither does your vocabulory nor your out of the world-expert knowledge help you score high marks. What UPSC demands is a generalist approach to an issue asked.

Wondering what it means ?

Here is the mains pattern and the marks carried by the essay paper.

Time allotted - 3 hours

No of essays to be written - 2

Time per essay 1.5 hours

Time to think and structure each essay - Around 30min

This means there is enough time to write an essay and every student who is well prepared for general studies has enough content . Students who follow a good strategy score higher .

5 ESSENTIALS OF A GOOD ESSAY

1. Writing an essay in a proper format .To know more , check

R.A.Israel Jebasingh's answer to What are the ingredients of writing a good essay in the Civil Services Mains Examination?

2. An essay demands a generalist approach. Example - If an essay on Public Private Partnership is asked, if you write only about the various modes of sourcing projects and write PPP in detail , it might look like an “economic essay” . A generalist view will involve the social, economic,administrative and political aspect of http://PPP.

3. Do not make mistakes in writing who said and what(in a quote)Quote examples of issues from current affairs and famous SC and HC judgements.Do not name individual politicians-their achievments/scandals.

4. Do not criticise the government throughout the essay .Give a balanced answer . Anofficer’s trait is to remain ‘anonymous, faceless, and neutral’ ,meaning your essay should look like it has been written by a graduate without taking any lopsided view.

5. Discuss the issue from every perspective -social, economic, political, administrative, legal, cultural.

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2016 analysis prelim

or IAS Prelims 2016, the question-wise denomination was as follows. Questions on Economics and Social Development and International Current Affairs & Organisation were the most common ones.

S. No.	Name of Section	Number of Questions
1.	International Current Affairs & Organisation	18
2.	History & Indian National Movement	12
3.	Art & Culture	3
4.	Indian Agriculture	2
5.	Indian & world Geography	12
6.	Indian Polity & Governance	8
7.	Economics &  Social Development	21
8.	General Science & Science Tech.	9
9.	Environment & Ecology	10
10.	Miscellaneous	5

Topic-Wise IAS Prelims Exam Analysis 2016

Depending on the topics, here is a detailed note on IAS Prelims Exam Analysis  2016 on the number of questions asked.

Indian History and Indian National Movement

In this section, there were 12 Questions which can be further classified as follows:

• Ancient History – 4 Questions
• Medieval History – 3 Questions
• Modern History – 5 Questions

Art and Culture

In this section, there were 3 Questions which can be further classified as follows :

• Indian Religion – 1 Question
• Indian Architecture – 1 Question
• Famous Place – 1 Question

Indian Polity and Governance

In Polity and Governance, there are total 8 questions comes – main focus areas are Parliament, Judiciary and Local Government.

India and World Geography

There were 12 questions on India and World Geography

• Indian Geography – 9
• World Geography – 3

Environment and Ecology

There were 10 questions on environment and ecology.

Economic and Social Development

There were 21 questions on economic and social development. Main focus areas are scheme and programme related to Indian government, banking, and social sector.

Indian Agriculture

There are 2 questions on Indian agriculture.

Science and Technology

There were 9 questions on General science and technology.

International organisation & Report

There were 14 questions on world body like WTO, IMF, EU, UNFCC, World Bank etc.

International current affairs

There was 4 question from  this section

Miscellaneous

There were 5 questions related to this section.

IAS Prelims Exam Analysis 2016: Level Of Difficulty

The Overall Level of the Civil Services Prelims Examination 2016 is moderate as 80% of the Questions covering various topics are Easy to Moderate. The details of the Number of Questions as per the Level of Difficulty is as follows:

• Hard – 20 Questions
• Medium – 50 Questions
• Easy – 30 Questions

2017 IAS Syllabus

Preliminary Examination -Ias 2017 Syllabus PDF Download – IAS 2017 Prelims and Mains 

Paper A:

• Current events of national and international importance.
• History of India and Indian National Movement.
• Indian and World Geography -Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
• Indian Polity and Governance -Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc
• Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
• General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization General Science.

Paper B:

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including Communication Skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision-making and problem solving
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level).
• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level)

Main Examination-Ias 2017 Syllabus PDF Download – IAS 2017 Prelims and Mains 

Paper-A:

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Paper 1:Any Indian Language

• For this examination candidates have to choose one language from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. This exam is not compulsory for applicants hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

Paper 2:English

This paper is conducted to test eligibility of aspirants and to check skills of aspirants in English and Indian Language concerned. Aspirants are selected on basis of some facts like how they understand these languages and how they express their ideas clearly and correctly.

The pattern of questions would be generally as follows:-

(i) Comprehension of given passages

(ii) Precis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary

Paper B:

Paper 1: Essay

• Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion and to write concisely Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

Paper 2: General Studies 1

• (Indian Heritage/ Culture, World History & Geography) Indian culture will cover the main feature of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from olden to present times.
• Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
• The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country.
• Post-independence consolidation and restructuring within the country.

Part 3: General Studies 2

• (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations)
• Functions and duties of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
• Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
  Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
• Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.
• Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
• Development processes and the development industry- the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.
• Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.

Paper 4: General Studies 3

• (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security & Disaster Management)
  Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
• Government Budgeting.
• Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.
• Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
• Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
• Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.
• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
• Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
• Disaster and disaster management.
• Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
• Land reforms in India.

Paper 5: General Studies 4

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(Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude)

• Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships.
• Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
• Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
  Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
• Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

Paper 6 and 7: Optional 1 (Of your choice)/ Optional 2 (Of your choice)

Candidates can choose any optional from the subjects, which are given below:

List of optional subjects for Main Examination

• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
• Anthropology
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Commerce and Accountancy
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering Geography
• Geology
• History
• Law
• Management
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Science
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science and International Relations
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Zoology
• Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.

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Last 5 Yrs UPSC Prelims Weightage Analysis IAS

Last 5 Year UPSC Prelims Subject wise Question Weightage ,Analysis

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
History	11	19	16	20	17
Geography	11	17	18	14	16
Indian Polity	12	20	16	14	13
Science	19	9	14	16	8
Indian Economy	19	17	19	10	13
Environment	15	17	17	18	11
Current Affairs And Misc	13	1	NO	8	22
Total	100	100	100	100	100

• We Have provided you Table Below Through Which You can get An Idea About Weightage of History In UPSC Prelims .
• In 2011 There were 11 Questions But In 2012 Questions Increased to 19 .
• In 2013 Questions were 16 And 2014 Questions were 20 . In 2015 There were 17 Questions
• On the Basis of Analysis of Past 5 Years papers We can see History Range is Between 14 to 20 .
• So Prepare History . It is a Static Subject .

ಲಾಭ ಮತ್ತು ನಷ್ಟ: (Profit & Loss)

ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ  ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಲಹೆ/ಉತ್ತರ ಏನು?    

1.  ನಿಮಗೊಬ್ಬ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತನಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಅವನು ಇತರ ಸಾಮಾನುಗಳ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಚಾಕಲೇಟುಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ತನ್ನೂ ಮಾರಾಟ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.

1. ಅವನು 10 ರೂ.ಗಳಿಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಚಾಕಲೇಟ್ ಬಾರ್‍ನ್ನ 11ರೂ.ಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾರುತ್ತಾನೆ.

2. 20 ರೂ.ಗಳಿಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ ಪ್ಯಾಕೇಟನ್ನು 23 ರೂ.ಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾರುತ್ತಾನೆ.

ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆ ಲಾಭ ಬೇಕಿದೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ತುಗಳನ್ನ ಮಾರಬೇಕೋ, ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಾಕಲೇಟುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾರಬೇಕೋ ಗೊತ್ತಾಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಗ ನೀವು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಾಕಲೇಟು ಮಾರಲು ಹೇಳುತ್ತೀರೋ, ಇಲ್ಲ ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ತು ಮಾರಲುಹೇಳುತ್ತೀರೋ?

2.         ಒಬ್ಬ ತೆಂಗಿನ ಕಾಯಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಯು 1000 ತೆಂಗಿನ ಕಾಯಿಗಳನ್ನು 6000ರೂ.ಗಳಿಗೆ ಕೊಂಡನು. ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 100 ಕಾಯಿಗಳು ಹಾಳಾದವು. ಉಳಿದ ತೆಂಗಿನ ಕಾಯಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅವನು ತಲಾ ರೂ.5 ರಂತೆ ಮಾರಿದರೆ. ಅವನಿಗೆಲಾಭವಾಯಿತೇ ಇಲ್ಲ ಅಥವಾ ನಷ್ಟವಾಯಿತೇ?

ಕಲಿತ ಸಾರಾಂಶ

ಕ್ರ.ಸಂ.	ಕಲಿತ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಂಶಗಳು
1	ಲಾಭ = ಮಾರಿದ ಬೆಲೆ - ಅಸಲುಬೆಲೆ (SP>CP ಆದಾಗ)
2	ನಷ್ಟ = ಮಾರಿದ ಬೆಲೆ - ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ (SP<CP ಆದಾಗ)
3	ಶೇಕಡಾ ಲಾಭ = ಲಾಭ *100÷ ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ
4	ಶೇಕಡಾ ನಷ್ಟ = ನಷ್ಟ *100÷ ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ
5	ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ =100* ಮಾರಿದ ಬೆಲೆ ÷(100+ ಶೇಕಡಾ ಲಾಭ)  (ಲಾಭವಾದಾಗ)
6	ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ =100* ಮಾರಿದ ಬೆಲೆ ÷(100- ಶೇಕಡಾ ನಷ್ಟ)    (ನಷ್ಟವಾದಾಗ)
7	ಮಾರಿದ ಬೆಲೆ = (100+ ಶೇಕಡಾ ಲಾಭ)* ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ ÷100  (ಲಾಭವಾದಾಗ)
8	ಮಾರಿದ ಬೆಲೆ = (100- ಶೇಕಡಾ ನಷ್ಟ)* ಅಸಲು ಬೆಲೆ ÷100    (ನಷ್ಟವಾದಾಗ)

ನಮ್ಮ ದಿನ ನಿತ್ಯದ ವ್ಯವಹಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಎದುರಿಸುವ ಇಂತಹ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಂದಿನ ಪಾಠಗಳಲ್ಲಿ  ಕಲಿಯೋಣ.

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