Civil Services Mains 2013 Analysis
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Civil Services Main 2013 Analysis
2nd December 2013
On 2nd December 2013, there were two papers of Essay and English Comprehension. The English paper was qualifying in nature.
Essay (3 hours)
Unlike last year the weightage of essay paper has increased (from 200 out of 2000 to 250 out of 1750) while the time remaining same. Earlier no word limit was mentioned in the essay paper but now UPSC have specifically instructed the word limit to be “not more than 2500 words”.
Essay Topics:
1. tks cnyko vki nwljksa esa ns[kuk pkgrs gSa&igys Lo;a esa ykb, & xk¡ÄhthA Be the change you want to see in others – Gandhiji.
2. D;k vkSifuosf’kd ekufldrk Hkkjr dh lQyrk esa ckÄd gks jgh gS \ Is the Colonial mentality hindering India’s success ?
3. ldy ?kjsyw mRikn (GDP) ds lkFk&lkFk ldy ?kjsyw [kq’kgkyh (GDH) ns’k dh
lEiUurk ds ewY;kadu ds lgh lwpdkad gksaxsA GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Hapiness) would be the right indices for judging the well‐being of a country.
4. jk”Vª ds fodkl o lqj{kk ds fy, foKku o izkS|ksfxdh ¼VsDukWykth½ loksZipkj gSaA
Science and Technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the nation.
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English (3 hours)
English Paper in 2013 was lengthier than previous years English papers as there were two compulsory essays, 2 précis writings, comparatively one long comprehension, questions to test one's basic grammatical concepts based on articles and vocabulary.
Sectionwise distribution of marks is given below:
2 Compulsory Essay (50 marks each) 100
1 Reading Comprehension of 50 marks (comprising 5 questions)
50
2 précis writing (of 60 and 40 marks respectively) 100
Make sentences 10
Antonyms 5
Sentence correction 10
Re‐writing the sentences as per instructions 15
Fill in the blanks 10
Team CL!