UPSC Prelims 2021 – Syllabus

CSAT or Civil Services Aptitude Test, officially known as General Studies Paper-II,. was introduced in 2011 to test candidates’ analytical ability. It is the second paper in the UPSC Prelims.

The detailed UPSC Prelims CSAT(Paper-II) syllabus for 2021 Exam is given below:

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• 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.

The CSAT(Paper-II) exam pattern:

Number of questions: 80 Objective-Type questions  (MCQ)

Time: 2 hours

Type of Exam: Offline exam

Date of CSAT exam: 27th June 2021

Language of CSAT exam paper: English/Hindi

Maximum Marks: 200

CSAT qualifying marks: 66 marks (33% qualifying criteria)

Negative Marking: Yes (1/3rd of the alloted marks for the question will be deducted for incorrect response.No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions)

For Details Click here

https://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/exam-calendar

The Odisha Civil Services Exam.2020-CSAT(Papaer-II)

Syllabus :

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• 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.

The Odisha Civil Services Exam.-CSAT(Papaer-II)

Exam pattern:

Number of questions: 80 Objective-Type questions  (MCQ)

Time: 2 hours

Type of Exam: Offline exam

Date of CSAT exam: N. A.

Language of CSAT exam paper: English/Odia

Maximum Marks: 200

CSAT qualifying marks: 66 marks (33% qualifying criteria)

Negative Marking: Yes (1/4th of the alloted marks for the question will be deducted for incorrect response. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions)

Note: Paper-I of OCS  Preliminary Exam. will be evaluated if the candidate qualifies in Paper-II(CSAT) 

For Details Click here :https://www.opsc.gov.in/Public/Pages/View_Content.aspx?id=MeNGKau42B9VX4Nn6oZfXA==

CSAT SYLLABUS

(A) Comprehension :

(B) Interpersonal Skills Including Communication Skills :

(C) Logical Reasoning And Analytical Ability :

1. Syllogism
2. Cube & Cuboid
3. Eligibility Test
4. Input, Output
5. Assumption
6. Argument
7. Course of Action
8. Cause & Effect
9. Conclusion
10. Data Sufficiency

(D) Decision-Making And Problem-Solving :

1. Decision Making
2. Problem Solving

 (E) General Mental Ability :

1. Alphabet
2. Alpha-Numeric-symbol
3. Coding-Decoding
4. Blood Relation
5. Coded- Relationship
6. Direction – Distance
7. Ranking, Order and Arrangement
8. Number Series
9. Letter Series
10. Mathematical Operations
11. Logical Venn Diagram
12. Coded Inequality

   NON-VERBAL REASONING

1. Mirror Image
2. Water Image
3. Paper Folding
4. Paper Cutting
5. Pattern Completion
6. Embedded Figure
7. Figure Matrix
8. Cube & Dice
9. Analogy
10. Classification
11. Series

(F) Basic Numeracy :

1. Vedic Math
   02. Number System
2. Progression
3. Percentage
4. Profit-Loss
5. Discount
6. Simple Interest
7. Compound Interest
8. Depreciation & Population
9. Ratio & Proportion
10. Partnership
11. Age Problem
12. Average
13. Alligation & Mixture
14. Time & Work And Pipe & Cistern
15. Time & Distance And Races & Games
16. Permutations & Combinations
17. Probability
18. Mensuration-2d
19. Mensuration-3d.

(G) Data Interpretation :

1. Data Interpretation-Pie Chart
2. Data Interpretation- Table
3. Data Interpretation-Bar Graph
4. Data Interpretation-Line Graph
5. Statistics
6. Data Sufficiency

(H) English Language Comprehension Skills :