IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) Analysis

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) analysis is based on the UPSC Mains 2013 GS1 question paper, which is already shared in this website. GS1 Question paper shows that UPSC has given maximum weightage for Indian History (32%)  and Geography (28%). Questions from culture carried a total marks of 20 (8%).

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) Analysis and Break-Up of Marks

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) Question Areas and Types

Qn. No	Subject	Question	Marks	Question Type
1	Culture	Sangam literature	10	Static Analytical
2	Culture	Tandava dance	5	Static Conceptual
	Culture	Chola Architecture	5	Static Analytical
3	Indian History/Freedom Struggle	Indian Women in Freedom Struggle	10	Static Analytical
4	Indian History/Freedom Struggle	Foreigners in Freedom Struggle	10	Static Analytical
5	Indian History/1750-1885	Lord Dalhousie	10	Static Analytical
6	Indian History/Post Independence	Acharya Vinoba Bhave	10	Static Analytical
7	Indian History/Post Independence	Jai Jawana Jai Kisan	10	Static Analytical
8	Indian History/Post Independence	Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad	10	Static Conceptual
9	Indian History/Post Independence	Tashkent Agreement	10	Static Analytical
10	Indian History/Post Independence	Emergence of Bangladesh	10	Static Analytical
11	World History	Industrial revolution in Japan	10	Static Analytical
12	World History	African History	10	Static Analytical
13	World History	American Revolution	10	Static Analytical
14	World History	Great economic depression	10	Static Conceptual
15	Indian Society	Urbanization in India	10	Current Analytical
16	Indian Society	Men and women’s organization	10	Current Analytical
17	Indian Society	Globalization on the aged population	10	Current Analytical
18	Indian Society	Regionalism and state demand	10	Current Analytical
19	Geography/Physical Geography	Continental Drift Theory	5	Static Conceptual
	Geography/Physical Geography	Naming of tropical cyclones	5	Current Conceptual
20	Geography/Physical Geography	Heat Islands in urban habitats	5	Current Conceptual
	Geography/Physical Geography	Temperature Inversion	5	Static Conceptual
21	Geography/World Geography	Hot Deserts Location	10	Static Conceptual
22	Geography/Indian Geography	Landslides in the Himalayas	5	Current Conceptual
	Geography/Indian Geography	No deltas by Western Ghat rivers	5	Static Conceptual
23	Geography/Indian Geography	New sugar mills in the South India	5	Current Analytical
	Geography/Indian Geography	Decentralized cotton textile industry	5	Static Analytical
24	Geography/Indian Geography	Atomic energy in India and world	10	Current Conceptual
25	Geography/Indian Geography	Reserves of shale oil and gas	10	Current Analytical

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) Analysis and Inference

• Since GS1 paper is based on traditional subjects like History, Culture, Geography etc. most of the questions were from the conventional IAS text books or NCERT [Static Areas].
• Most of the question were analytical in nature. Questions from geography and Indian society were linked to current affairs.
• All together, the questions can be said to be of medium difficulty level, but being the first exam in the new patten of 25 compulsory essays, this paper raised huge time management challenge for many candidates.

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