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UPSC Prelims Exam Paper 2020
UPSC CSE 2020 examination has been held 04/10/2020:-
Here is the PDF of GS paper 1 so that you can analyse the trend and level of UPSC 2020.
The questions asked in this paper are somewhere moderate to tough for the aspirants. Although this year a balance has been made between the number of questions from every subject viz. Current affairs, environment, science and tech but a major part is covered by polity, history and economics related questions.
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Different criteria are used for the determination of the qualifying marks like –
• The total number of vacancies.
• The total number of candidates appearing in each stage of the examination.
• Reservation norms based on various categories like General, OBC, SC, ST, PwBD.
• The difficulty level of last years’ question paper.
• Last years’ cut off marks.
Year of exam
Q.M. for General
Q.M. for OBC
Q.M. for SC
Q.M. for ST
Q.M. for PwBD - 1
Q.M. for PwBD - 2
Q.M. for PwBD - 3
2015
107.34
106.00
94.00
91.34
90.66
76.66
40.00
2016
116.00
110.66
99.34
96.00
75.34
72.66
40.00
2017
105.34
102.66
88.66
88.66
85.34
61.34
40.00
2018
98.00
96.66
84.00
83.34
73.34
53.34
40.00
Civil Services Examination, 2019 – minimum qualifying marks*
Exam
General
EWS
OBC
SC
ST
PwBD-1
PwBD-2
PwBD-3
PwBD-5
CS(Prelim)**
98.00
90.00
95.34
82.00
77.34
53.34
44.66
40.66
61.34
CS(Main)#
751
696
718
706
699
663
698
374
561
CS(Final)
961
909
925
898
893
861
890
653
708
Kautilya UPSC Prelims Paper-1 General Studies Analysis
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UPSC IAS Prelims Answer Key 2020: Paper 1
Question No.
SET A
SET B
SET C
SET D
1
B
D
A
B
2
B
D
D
A
3
A
C
B
C*
4
D
D
B
A
5
B
A
C
A
6
D
A
D
D
7
D
C
A
A
8
A*
D
B*
A*
9
A*
A
C*
D
10
C
A
C
D
11
B
C
A*
C*
12
A
B
A
A
13
B
B
D
D
14
A
D
A
B*
15
D
D
A
A
16
D
C
C
D
17
D
D
A
A
18
D
D
D
C
19
D
C
C
D
20
C
D
D
C
21
C*
B
B
A*
22
B
A
A
A
23
A
B
C*
D
24
C
A
A
A
25
C
D
A
A
26
A
D
D
C
27
B
D
A
A
28
A
D
A*
D
29
A
D
D
C
30
A
C
D
D
31
C
B
C*
B
32
B
B
A
D
33
B
A
D
A
34
D
D
B*
B
35
D
B
A
B
36
C
D
D
C
37
D
D
A
B
38
D
A*
C
B
39
C
A*
D
B
40
D
C
C
B
41
D
C*
B
A
42
D
B
D
D
43
C
A
A
B
44
D
C
B
B
45
A
C
B
C
46
A
A
C
D
47
C
B
B
A
48
D
A
B
B*
49
A
A
B
C*
50
A
A
B
C
51
B
A
D
B
52
D
D
D
B
53
A
B
C
A
54
B
B
D
D
55
B
C
A
B
56
C
D
A
D
57
B
A
C
D
58
B
B*
D
A*
59
B
C*
A
A*
60
B
C
A
C
61
C*
A*
C
C*
62
A
A
B
B
63
D
D
B
A
64
B*
A
D
C
65
A
A
D
C
66
D
C
C
A
67
A
A
D
B
68
C
D
D
A
69
D
C
C
A
70
C
D
D
A
71
B
C*
C*
B
72
A
A
B
A
73
C*
D
A
B
74
A
B*
C
A
75
A
A
C
D
76
D
D
A
D
77
A
A
B
D
78
A*
C
A
D
79
D
D
A
D
80
D
C
A
C
81
A*
B
B
D
82
A
D
A
D
83
D
A
B
C
84
A
B
A
D
85
A
B
D
A
86
C
C
D
A
87
A
B
D
C
88
D
B
D
D
89
C
B
D
A
90
D
B
C
A
91
A
B
B
C
92
D
A
B
B
93
B
C*
A
B
94
B
A
D
D
95
C
A
B
D
96
D
D
D
C
97
A
A
D
D
98
B*
A*
A*
D
99
C*
D
A*
C
100
C
D
C
D
UPSC IAS Prelims Answer Key 2020: Paper 1
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UPSC IAS Answer Key 2020: Paper 2
Question No.
Set A
Set B
Set C
Set D
1
D
D
A
B
2
D
A
A
B
3
C
C
A
C
4
D
B
B
B
5
B
B
C
C
6
C
D
C
C
7
A
C
D
C
8
B
A
C
A
9
C
C
D
D
10
A
D
C
C
11
B
A
D
D
12
B
A
D
A
13
C
A
C
C
14
B
B
D
B
15
C
C
B
B
16
C
C
C
D
17
C
D
A
C
18
A
C
B
A
19
D
D
C
C
20
C
C
A
D
21
A
B
D
D
22
A
B
A
D
23
A
C
C
C
24
B
B
B
D
25
C
C
B
B
26
C
C
D
C
27
D
C
C
A
28
C
A
A
B
29
D
D
C
C
30
C
C
D
A
31
D
D
B
A
32
A
D
B
A
33
C
C
C
A
34
B
D
B
B
35
B
B
C
C
36
D
C
C
C
37
C
A
C
D
38
A
B
A
C
39
C
C
D
D
40
D
A
C
C
41
D
A
C
D
42
D
B
C
D
43
D
B
B
B
44
B
D
D
B
45
A
A
C
C
46
D
D
B
A
47
D
D
D
C
48
D
C
C
B
49
D
A
C
C
50
C
B
B
A
51
D
C
D
A
52
D
C
D
B
53
B
B
D
B
54
B
D
B
D
55
C
C
A
A
56
A
B
D
D
57
C
D
D
D
58
B
C
D
C
59
C
C
D
A
60
A
B
C
B
61
C
D
A
D
62
C
D
B
D
63
B
B
B
D
64
D
B
D
B
65
C
C
A
A
66
B
A
D
D
67
D
C
D
D
68
C
B
C
D
69
C
C
A
D
70
B
A
B
C
71
A
D
D
C
72
B
D
D
C
73
B
D
B
B
74
D
B
B
D
75
A
A
C
C
76
D
D
A
B
77
D
D
C
D
78
C
D
B
C
79
A
D
C
C
80
B
C
A
B
UPSC IAS Prelims Answer Key 2020: Paper 2
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UPSC IAS Important Dates 2020
UPSC IAS Exam 2020 Events
Important Dates
UPSC IAS Notification
12th February 2020
IAS Prelims Exam Date
04th October 2020
UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2020
To be announced
IAS Mains Exam Date 2020
From 08th January 2021 (revised)
UPSC IAS Mains Result 2020
To be announced
UPSC IAS Interview Dates 2020
To be announced
UPSC IAS Final Result 2020
To be announced
UPSC Exam is a year-long process as it is conducted in three phases:
UPSC Exam Phases
Number of papers
Total Marks
UPSC Preliminary Exam
Two Papers:
Paper I: General Studies
Paper II: CSAT (Qualifying Paper)
400 Marks
UPSC Mains Exam
Paper A & Paper B (Compulsory) (Qualifying Paper)
Paper I-VII- GS and Optional
1750 Marks
UPSC Personality Test
275 Marks
FAQs for Prelims 2020
The cutoff for the UPSC Prelims 2020 is expected to remain the same as Previous year paper, somewhere between 95-105 marks.
The cut off for the UPSC IAS Prelims 2020 examination was 98 for general category, 90 for EWS, 95.34 for OBC, 82 for SC candidates.
Candidates can calculate the marks by analyzing the answer key. Here is the formula to calculate the marks obtained:
Marks obtained = Total no. of correct answers * 2 – No. of Incorrect answers * 0.66 Note- there are total of 100 questions consisting of 200 marks. The negative marking for each wrong answer is 0.66.
Paper II (CSAT) carries 200 marks for 80 questions. Each question carries 2.5 marks and 0.825 mark for each wrong answer.
Total obtained marks = No. of current answers * 2.5 – No. of incorrect answers * 0.825
The difficulty level of the UPSC examination can be analyzed by checking the answers from the tentative answer key provided by several institutions or by the official answer released by the UPSC. It helps us to know the average marks obtained by maximum no. of students which is responsible for the cut-off.
The answer will be released by the Union Public Service Commission after declaring all the results of three stages viz. UPSC Prelims, Mains and Interview.
The prelims paper of 2020 is moderate to tough for most of the students. Although many questions are from conventional areas yet, some are very logical and current issues related.
