Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) UPSC IAS Prelims Answer Key 2015

The preliminary exams for Civil Services is conducted every year by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). This year, almost 4.65 lakh candidates appeared for the same at 2,186 venues in 71 centres. The exam consisting of two papers was held in two parts. Part I of the paper began at 9:30 am whereas, Part II commenced at 2:30 pm.

The answer key provided by the experts at Chanakya IAS Academy can be viewed below:

Paper I was based on General Studies and Paper II was an Aptitude test. Both the papers consisted of 200 objective type questions, carrying 1 marks each. The question papers were set both in Hindi and English.

This year onward, CSAT is only qualifying in nature and one needs to only get 33 percent. Only marks of Paper 1 will now be considered for ranking in the prelims, based on which candidates will appear for the Mains exam.

The results for these exams are expected to be declared in the last week of October on the official website.

Number of attempts
General category: 6
OBC category: 9
SC/SC category: Unlimited

There are three levels of this exam, namely: Preliminary exam, Main exam and Personality test or Interview.

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