UPSC (IAS) Prelims: CSAT (Paper II) Previous Year Papers with Solutions

UPSC Prelims 2022 is scheduled for June 5, 2022. This year the IAS Prelims was conducted on October 10, 2021. Candidates who have cleared the UPSC Prelims 2021 would be appearing in the Mains exam 2021. Check out the UPSC CSAT question papers with the solutions below for better preparation. Practising questions from previous years’ papers will help aspirants to prepare for the exam.

The article below provides previous years’ papers from 2011-2020.  Click on the links in the table below to check the papers here.

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UPSC Prelims 2021: CSAT Previous Year Papers with Solutions 

Solving previous UPSC Prelims Previous Years Papers will help aspirants to check their pace of attempting the exam. Knowing the subject weightage and type of questions asked from each topic will help them to self-analyze what needs to be studied and what not. For a higher success rate in the exam, an aspirant should thoroughly know the exam pattern, and solving previous years' papers will help aspirants assess their performance. 

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UPSC Civil Services (Prelims)- CSAT Syllabus

Before beginning your preparation it is necessary that you go through the syllabus for the CSAT paper. The CSAT paper syllabus is broadly divided into the following categories:

1.  Reading Comprehension
2. Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability
4. Decision making and problem-solving ability
5. General mental ability

One of the most tricky areas of CSAT paper is comprehension while Basic numeracy, General Mental Ability, and Logical reasoning are of higher difficulty and may take time to solve if not practiced. Given the uncertainty of the CSAT paper and the low cut-off, aspirants can access proven tips and strategy for preparation from the link provided below:

Tips & Strategy to Prepare CSAT (Paper 2)
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