IAS Prelims Paper I – Analysis, Solution & Cut-off


Analysis of Civil Services (Prelim) 2013 
Paper I (GS)

“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. . . . It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin…”~ Benjamin Elijah

So it is over – The Stage I of The Exam. Judging on the above parameters, we congratulate you for not aiming low, for not falling for the easy and for testing the maxima of your strength and talent – for this is no ordinary exam, which you wrote recently – it is the most demanding of all exams, the fountainhead of perseverance. Months of preparation of a subject as vast as the universe itself was put to test in two instalments of 2 hours each on 26th May 2013! TestCracker presents you the definitive analysis of this paper in the following pages (there is a separate analysis of the CSAT Paper II on our website). In the following pages, you will find the solution (we have used the actual paper to give the real feel) of the Paper I.

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