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CSAT General Studies Paper 1 Syllabus

The CSAT exam consists of two papers - General Studies and General Ability Test. For both papers, marks are combined to determine candidates who qualify for the main exam. Paper 1 covers topics like history, geography, environment, science, economy and polity. It has 100 questions worth 200 marks over 2 hours. Paper 2 assesses comprehension, reasoning, decision making, mental ability and numeracy. It contains 80 questions worth 200 marks over 2 hours and includes negative marking except for the decision making section. Both papers analyze topic distribution and performance over the years from 2011 to 2014.

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CSAT General Studies Paper 1 Syllabus

The CSAT exam consists of two papers - General Studies and General Ability Test. For both papers, marks are combined to determine candidates who qualify for the main exam. Paper 1 covers topics like history, geography, environment, science, economy and polity. It has 100 questions worth 200 marks over 2 hours. Paper 2 assesses comprehension, reasoning, decision making, mental ability and numeracy. It contains 80 questions worth 200 marks over 2 hours and includes negative marking except for the decision making section. Both papers analyze topic distribution and performance over the years from 2011 to 2014.

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CSAT Syllabus

CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) has two papers:


1.

General Studies

2.

General Ability Test

CSAT was first time conducted in 2011. There is no sectional cutoff. Marks for both paper I and paper II are
combined to select candidates for the Mains exam.

CSAT General Studies Paper 1 Syllabus


CSAT Paper I: 200 Marks; Duration: Two Hours; Number of Questions: 100
1.

Current Affairs: Events of national and international importance

2.

History of India and Indian National Movement

3.

Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.

4.

Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights
Issues, etc.

5.

Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social
Sector Initiatives, etc.

6.

General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change (no subject specialization
required)

7.

General Science

CSAT Paper I Analysis


Topic

2011

2012

2013

2014

History and Culture

13

20

15

21

Economy

18

12

18

Polity

17

25

18

13

Geography

11

11

14

15

Environment & Bio-diversity

22

23

22

21

Science & Technology

19

13

17

Current Affairs

Total

100

100

100

100

CSAT General Ability Test Paper 2 Syllabus


CSAT Paper II: 200 Marks; Duration: Two Hours; Number of Questions: 80
1.

Comprehension

2.

Interpersonal skills including communication skills

3.

Logical reasoning and analytical ability

4.

Decision making and problem solving

5.

General mental ability

6.

Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level), Data Interpretation
(charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)

7.

English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

8.

Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level. (will be tested through
passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation)

Marking Scheme: Total 80 questions have 200 marks, thus each question is of 2.5 marks. There is a negative
marking of 33% or 0.83 marks. Decision making section doesn't have any negative marking.

CSAT Paper II Analysis


Topic

2011

2012

2013

2014

Basic Numeracy

13

19

19

General Mental Ability

15

16

12

Decision Making & Problem Solving

Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning

10

14

12

22

Comprehension (Both English & Hindi)

27

32

23

26

English Language Comprehension Skills

Total

80

80

80

80

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