UPSC Prelims 2016 Question Papers, Answer keys and Analysis Important Links

This post contains UPSC Prelims 2016 Question Papers, Answer keys and Analysis Important Links from all the good sources, the keys vary from Institute to Institute, personally I believe that Shankar IAS academy Key is best.

Update :

Official scans of the question paper uploaded by UPSC

Shankar IAS Academy Answer keys.

Sriram IAS

GS Score

Key with explanation

[Mrunal] Answer Key UPSC CSAT GS Prelim 2016: Economy MCQs solved for all SETS (A,B,C,D) with explanations

UPSC notification 2016

The much awaited UPSC notification 2016 is out, and there are no changes in any matter compared to last year vacancies are  approximately 1079, download the notification for IFOS and CSE .

How to apply ?

Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website.Read the instructions and all details very carefully before filling the form . 

Syllabus :

CSAT Paper I – (200 marks) 2 hours this is General Studies Paper

  • Current events of national and international importance.
  • History of India and Indian National Movement.
  • Indian and World Geography -Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
  • Indian Polity and Governance -Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
  • Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
  • General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialisation
  • General Science.
Note: Prelims paper 2 is qualifying at 33% fixed  and total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary) will be taken in to account for cutoff.

CSAT Paper II- (200 marks) 2 hours CSAT Paper. 

  • Comprehension
  • Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
  • Logical reasoning and analytically ability
  • Decision-making and problem solving
  • General mental ability
  • Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)

UPSC Prelims 2016 Book list.

UPSC 2016 serious aspirants have started preparation already, test series are about to begin for some institutes too , so here is UPSC Prelims and Mains 2016 Book list.

I have written a detailed post on Prelims book list here , this post is a simplified version of that.

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CSAT Paper I – (200 marks) 2 hours this is General Studies Paper

  • Current events of national and international importance.

For this section Please read News papers daily + Vision IAS study Material.

  • History of India and Indian National Movement.

NCERT books (Culture,ancient&Medieval) + Bipan Chandra or Spectrum History book + Plassey to Partition (optional) + TN books

  • Indian and World Geography -Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

NCERT books 11&12th + Rajtanil Solanki Videos on Mrunal bhai’s YouTube channel

  • Indian Polity and Governance -Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

Laxmikanth ! + newspapers.

  • Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

Ramesh Singh + sri ram IAS xerox + newspapers

  • General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialisation

Shankar IAS academy material + NIOS material.

  • General Science.

Ncert books.

Write every possible test series you can lay your hands on up till April .

Update: Prelims paper 2 is qualifying at 33%  and total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary) will be taken in to account for cutoff.

CSAT Paper II- (200 marks) 2 hours CSAT Paper. 

  • Comprehension Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
  • Logical reasoning and analytically ability
  • Decision-making and problem solving
  • General mental ability
  • Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)
  • English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

So as of now , this section dose not have importance, practice previous career launcher papers and UPSC papers.

Suggested book : Arihanth Cracking the CSAT Paper – 2

Thanks to Mrunal Bhai for uploading ncert & nios books.