IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 2 (GS2) Analysis

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 2 (GS2) analysis is based on the UPSC Mains 2013 GS2 question paper, which is already shared in this website. GS2 Question paper shows that UPSC has given maximum weightage for Foreign relations and Social Justice. Questions from polity and constitution combined together corresponded to 80 marks out of 250. There were questions from governance and international affairs (IMF/WB question). UPSC has touched almost all topics mentioned in the syllabus and all together this was a paper for a well read candidate and not for any constitutional experts.

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 2 (GS2) Analysis and Break-Up of Marks

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 2 (GS2) Question Areas and Types

IAS Mains 2013 General Studies Paper 2 (GS2) Analysis and Inference

• IAS text books like Laxmikanth or NCERT helped candidates to get a few questions from polity and consitution section, but most of the questions of GS2 came from news papers and online materials provided from the government’s side. (PIB, Government reports, online studymaterials etc. for CSS, PURA etc.)
• 90% of questions were related to current affairs. Good news paper reading habit (exploring the right areas) might have helped students in this paper much more than any bulky text book.
• Most of the question were analytical in nature.
• Foreign affairs totaled 70 marks, and to answer this section, good knowledge about the current foreign relations of India was necessary.

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