As we know cracking UPSC Prelims is not just about your knowledge of General Studies, the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) paper, although qualifying in nature, gives a hard time to aspirants. UPSC Essentials’ special series ‘UPSC CSAT Simplified’ presents some important topics from the qualifying CSAT paper of UPSC CSE prelims. The aim is to provide you with some tested methods to answer the questions correctly without wasting precious time.
Today, let us pause from our regular syllabus topics and discuss a few tips to approach CSAT in the upcoming Prelims 2024 scheduled on June 16. Manas Srivastava talks to Mudit Gupta , our CSAT expert who answers one of the most frequently asked questions by the aspirants — What are the dos and don’ts for CSAT Paper 2 to ensure at least a qualifying score? About our Expert: Mudit Gupta has been a mentor and faculty for the UPSC Civil Services exam for 8 years with expertise in CSAT, Polity, International Relations, and Current Affairs. He is known to break complex concepts into simpler ones that allow UPSC aspirants to develop a grip over the subject matter.
Advertisement FYI: What is CSAT? The CSAT paper refers to the General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination which is a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33 per cent or 66.67 marks. This 200 marks paper comprises questions on comprehension, interpersonal skills including communication skills, logical reasoning, and analytica.
