UPSC ESE Exam Analysis 2022 - Detailed Analysis, Section- Wise Analysis, Student Reaction

UPSC ESE Exam Analysis 2022

ESE 2022 Paper Analysis: The ESE exam for GS Paper I and Paper II for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronics branches was successfully conducted on 20th February 2022. The ESE Prelims Paper I is held in the Forenoon Session (10:00 AM-12:00 PM), which is common to all branches, while the branch-specific Paper II is held in the Afternoon Session (2:00 PM-5:00 PM). The detailed exam analysis for Paper 1 Perlims exam can be checked by clicking on the link below. The candidates must note that the analysis is prepared on the basis of student and expecrty feedback.

ESE 2022 Prelims Exam Pattern

The ESE Prelims Exam consists of two papers, details are listed below.

• The first level of the selection procedure is the ESE Prelims Exam. Prelims Paper I and Paper II, there are objective questions.
• The ESE Exam has a total of 500 marks.
• Paper I is the same for all candidates, while Paper-II contains questions from the core engineering subject.
• For each wrong answer marked, one-third of marks are subtracted.

ESE 2022 Mains Paper Analysis

UPSC IES ESE 2022 Mains Question Paper Analysis Highlights

Some of the major highlights of UPSC IES ESE 2022 Mains Question Paper Analysis have been updated in the table below:

UPSC IES ESE 2022 Mains Question Paper Analysis: Stream Wise Difficulty Level

The streamwise difficulty level of UPSC IES ESE 2022 Mains Question Paper Analysis has been updated in the table below:

ESE Paper 1 Prelims Exam 2022 - Subject-wise Weightage

• Students always prefer to know the subject wise marks in ESE Paper 1 to know which subjects have the maximum weightage in the examination.

• This also helps the future aspirants to analyse which subjects are important to study for the coming years.

ESE Paper 1 General Studies & Engineering Aptitude Analysis 2022: Highlights

• Overall Difficulty Level of ESE Paper 1 was Moderate to Difficult.

•  Current Affairs had the maximum weightage of 15 marks.

• ESE Paper-1 had mostly theoretical questions in the examination this time.

• The assertion and reasoning questions were very less compared to previous years ie. 4 questions were asked in the examination.

• A new type of question (Passage type question) was asked in the examination.

• The Paper structure was very similar to the previous year paper.

• Reasoning and Engineering Mathematics has a similar weightage of 15 and 14 marks each.

ESE 2022 Civil Paper Analysis

• Overall paper was Easy to Moderate.
• Questions are mostly theoretical.
• There were 6 Assertion - Reason type questions asked in the paper.
• The major subjects asked were RCC, SOM, Steel Structures.
• ESE CE 2022 Prelims paper was Easy compared to the previous year.

Topic Wise Detailed Analysis

ESE 2022 Mechanical Paper Analysis

• Technical paper of Mechanical Engineering was Moderate to Tough
• The technical paper of ESE 2022 of Mechanical this time was highly calculative and lengthy 
• Maximum questions were asked from Fluid Mechanics and Machinery which carried 23 questions.
• The manufacturing and Material Science Section had 20 questions in the paper which carried 13% of the total Paper.
• Numerical and theoretical questions were equally distributed this time. 
• Assertion Reasoning questions were 10 -12  this year.
• The level of questions was easy in comparison to last year’s paper. 

Topic-wise Analysis

ESE 2022 Electrical Paper Analysis

• Paper for Electrical Engineering was Moderately Difficult.
• The level of questions was easier in comparison to last year’s paper.
• Overall Paper 1 & 2 was easy, the cut off will be high.
• Zero questions in Digital electronics
• Less number of questions in EMFT & microprocessor
• Engineering Mathematics was Difficult
• 6 statement type questions
• More theoretical questions as compared to numerical questions
• No match the following questions

Topic-wise Detailed Analysis 

ESE 2022 Electronics Paper Analysis

• Overall Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
• Subject wise difficulty level: Advanced Communication (16 Qs)
• Theoretical & Numerical: Mostly theoretical
• Assertion/Reason: 6
• New Qs: No new pattern question
• Comparison from last year: Same

Topic-wise Detailed Analysis