prelims-analysis 2021

 

UPSC Prelims Exam Analysis 2021

 

Based on the provided information, here's the analysis of UPSC Prelims Exam 2021 for GS Paper I:

Subject	No. of Questions Asked	Difficulty Level
Polity	20	Easy to moderate
Geography	14	Moderate to Difficult
History & Culture	20	Difficult
Economy	14	Easy
Environment	13	Difficult
Science Tech	16	Moderate
Misc.	3	Moderate

 

Polity:

• • Total of 20 questions, focusing on Constitutional Articles and constitutional jurisprudence.
  • Tricky questions like 'constitutional status of India on 26th January 1950' and 'Right to the city' were included.
  • Unconventional areas such as 'Judicial Custody' and 'Parol' were covered.
  • Overall difficulty ranged from moderate to difficult, with special emphasis on Part III of the Constitution.

Geography:

• • Conceptual questions mainly asked, avoiding deep dives and sticking to basics from NCERT.
  • Topics like Map, Water, Forest, and Resources were highlighted.
  • Question difficulty ranged from easy to moderate, without any unconventional queries.

History, Art & Culture:

• • Approximately 20 questions, with varying difficulty across different historical periods.
  • Modern India questions were moderate, while Ancient and cultural questions leaned towards moderate to difficult.
  • Few personality-based questions added from Modern India after a gap.
  • Trend changed with fewer questions from Art and Culture, and none from Buddhism and Jainism.
  • Ancient and medieval questions posed moderate to tough challenges.

Economy:

• • Application-based and conceptual questions predominated.
  • Understanding basic economics concepts facilitated solving.
  • Some options were confusing, adding to the challenge.
  • References to current affairs were present, making questions easy to moderate.
  • Covered conventional topics like RBI, inflation, currency, etc.

Environment:

• • Moderate to tough questions primarily based on facts and knowledge.
  • Focus shifted away from national parks, animals, pollution which were frequent in previous years.
  • More emphasis on ecology, covering topics like biogeochemical cycles, symbiotic relationships.
  • Pattern change observed, requiring a deeper understanding of ecological concepts.

Science & Technology:

• • Difficulty increased this year with no questions on modern technology applications.
  • Questions solvable through common sense or basic understanding of concepts.
  • Coverage of diseases and common day curiosity-based topics.
  • Influenced by current affairs, blending concepts and facts.

Sports:

• • Surprise inclusion of sports questions.
  • Questions were factual and presented a challenge.