UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 Question Paper Analysis: The Union Public Service Commission examination for Civil Services is being conducted on Sunday, June 05, 2022. UPSC CSE Prelims exam is divided into two papers, General Studies Paper 1 and General Studies Paper 2. While both the papers are conducted for a total of 200 marks, GS Paper 1 has 100 questions and GS Paper 2 has 80 questions in total.
The analysis highlights of both the papers are provided below separately, along with their difficulty levels and expected good scores. For more details, continue reading below.
UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 Question Paper Analysis
The difficulty level of each paper can be averagely estimated as stated in the table below:
Paper | Marks | Difficulty Level | Expected Good Attempt |
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General Studies Paper-I | 100 | Easy with tricky options | 75-80 |
General Studies Paper-II | 80 | Moderate to Tough | 50-60 |
Overall | 180 | Moderate | 125-140 |
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UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 Analysis: General Studies Paper-I Highlights
The candidate’s first reaction and highlights for the UPSC CSE GS Paper 1 are added below.
- The overall difficulty level of paper-1 was rated easy.
- Based on the initial reaction of students the options provided were very tricky.
- Questions about global inflation were asked.
- The first 10 questions were about the Indian economy.
- Questions about the powers of Lokhsabha and Rajyasaba.
- Easy questions were asked from ecology.
- Questions were asked from trending topics and direct questions were also there from the syllabus.
UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 Analysis: General Studies Paper-II Highlights
The candidate’s first reaction and highlights for the UPSC CSE GS Paper 2 will be updated here after the conclusion of the examination.
- 20-25 questions were from mathematics.
- 3-4 questions were from Profit and Loss.
- Speed distance had 1 question.
- The number system had 2 questions.
- Basic questions were asked from the reasoning section.
- No direct questions were asked, questions were more theoretical.
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UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 Unofficial Answer Key PDF
After the conclusion of each paper, the unofficial UPSC CSE Prelims Answer Key 2022 has been provided here. However, as the answer key is unofficial in nature, it shall be noted that some of the answers provided here might be different from the official key though our efforts remain to provide as accurate answer key as possible. Click on the link given below to download the answer keys.
Paper | Question Paper & Answer Key Link |
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General Studies Paper-I | Question Paper: Download PDF |
General Studies Paper-II | Download PDF for all Sets |
UPSC CSE 2022 Paper 1 Answer Key (Memory-Based)
Question No. | Set A | Set B | Set C | Set D |
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1 | B | A | B | C |
2 | C | B | B | A |
3 | B | D | B | B |
4 | C | A | A | D |
5 | D | C | A | C |
6 | B | C | A | A |
7 | A | A | D | A |
8 | D | A | D | D |
9 | A | A | C | D |
10 | B | C | B | D |
11 | B | D | C | B |
12 | C | D | C | C |
13 | B | D | C | B |
14 | B | C | B | B |
15 | B | B | D | C |
16 | B | D | B | D |
17 | D | D | C | C |
18 | C | C | B | D |
19 | D | B | A | D |
20 | A | C | A | A |
21 | B | B | C | C |
22 | D | C | A | C |
23 | B | B | B | C |
24 | C | B | D | B |
25 | B | B | C | D |
26 | A | B | A | B |
27 | C | D | A | C |
28 | B | C | D | B |
29 | B | D | D | A |
30 | B | A | A | A |
31 | D | B | B | C |
32 | D | C | D | B |
33 | D | B | B | D |
34 | C | C | B | D |
35 | B | D | C | B |
36 | D | B | D | C |
37 | D | A | C | B |
38 | C | D | D | D |
39 | B | A | D | B |
40 | C | B | A | D |
41 | A | B | C | B |
42 | B | D | B | B |
43 | D | B | D | B |
44 | A | C | D | A |
45 | C | B | B | A |
46 | C | A | C | A |
47 | A | C | B | D |
48 | A | B | D | D |
49 | A | B | B | C |
50 | C | B | D | B |
51 | C | B | A | B |
52 | B | B | B | C |
53 | D | B | D | B |
54 | D | A | A | C |
55 | B | A | C | D |
56 | C | A | C | B |
57 | B | D | A | A |
58 | D | D | A | D |
59 | B | C | A | A |
60 | D | B | C | B |
61 | B | C | D | B |
62 | D | C | D | D |
63 | B | C | D | B |
64 | B | B | C | C |
65 | C | D | B | B |
66 | D | B | D | A |
67 | C | C | D | C |
68 | D | B | C | D |
69 | D | A | B | B |
70 | A | A | C | B |
71 | C | B | B | B |
72 | A | D | D | C |
73 | B | B | B | B |
74 | D | B | C | B |
75 | C | C | B | B |
76 | A | D | A | B |
77 | A | C | C | D |
78 | D | D | B | C |
79 | D | D | B | D |
80 | A | A | B | A |
81 | C | C | B | A |
82 | C | B | C | B |
83 | C | D | B | D |
84 | B | D | B | A |
85 | D | B | B | C |
86 | B | C | B | C |
87 | C | B | D | A |
88 | B | D | C | A |
89 | A | B | D | A |
90 | A | D | A | C |
91 | B | C | B | D |
92 | B | A | C | D |
93 | B | B | B | D |
94 | A | D | C | C |
95 | A | C | D | B |
96 | A | A | B | D |
97 | D | A | A | D |
98 | D | D | D | C |
99 | C | D | A | B |
100 | B | A | B | C |
UPSC CSE 2022 Paper 2 Answer Key (Memory-Based)
Question No. | Set A Answer Key |
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4 | A |
9 | A |
11 | B |
26 | A |
27 | C |
33 | D |
38 | C |
39 | B |
40 | D |
44 | A |
45 | C |
47 | A |
48 | A |
55 | B |
57 | B |
58 | D |
60 | D |
66 | D |
68 | D |
69 | D |
75 | C |
77 | A |
79 | D |
80 | A |
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