Download Prelims 2017 General Studies Answer Key & Solutions

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Dear Friends,

Please find the Prelims 2017 GS Paper 1 Answer Key below.

This is SET A Solution. We will come up with Set B, C and D.

If any of you have the paper of Set B, C or D , please email us at ravi@forumias.com

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Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago

im expecting 123.48 as per official answer key. what is the expected cut off ?

Gaurav Singh Ghurayya
Gaurav Singh Ghurayya
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

123 is pretty safe as far as i believe

Bhavika
Bhavika
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

Official?

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Bhavika

dont know! was the paper tough or easy

Neyawn
Neyawn
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

It was tough!By which I mean tougher than last year.

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Neyawn

made many guesses which turned out to be wrong :/

CSE 2017
CSE 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

Aapka muskil hai…

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Neyawn

should i start with mains prep ?

Neyawn
Neyawn
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

By all means, thats a super duper score.
Take rest for a day, and get started. Take a break after a month. You have built a good momentum studying. Make use of this to get a headstart. You can take rest after a month when you are really tired.

Ateeq Abdul
Ateeq Abdul
8 years ago
Reply to  Neyawn

sir what is chance for 105 with ur key obc

Atulesh Jha
Atulesh Jha
8 years ago
Reply to  Neyawn

Your take on cut off Sir?

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

it is as per forumias key

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

Good luck Pooja! You are out of danger 🙂

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

Not more than 110 since paper was tough this year compared to last year

Shubham Goenka
Shubham Goenka
8 years ago

expecting140 as per official answer key

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Shubham Goenka

you are safe

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Shubham Goenka

what sources did you follow ?

Gaurav Singh Ghurayya
Gaurav Singh Ghurayya
8 years ago
Reply to  Shubham Goenka

but there is no official key even for csp 2016

yashwant k
yashwant k
8 years ago
Reply to  Shubham Goenka

How did you manage to score 140

amit_001
8 years ago

Please, anyone can tell me these marks (cut offs) are of only paper 1 (i.e. out of 200) or paper 1 + paper 2 both?
66 (passing marks in paper 2) is being added in cut offs or not?
and when UPSC will release its official key for prelims 2017?

Mr Dog
Mr Dog
8 years ago

pls some one share paper 2 answer key also

hackers your herat
hackers your herat
8 years ago
Reply to  Mr Dog
Khalid
Khalid
8 years ago

Please share paper 2 key

Ankit
Ankit
8 years ago

134.. 🙂

Bot
Bot
8 years ago
Reply to  Ankit

What did you read/follow bro?

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago
Reply to  Ankit

Good luck!

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago

124 paper 1 and 92 for paper 2

yashwant k
yashwant k
8 years ago

What was your strategy for the preparation for paper-1?

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago
Reply to  yashwant k

Normal books and current affair stuff. But gave lot of mock test so that I got experience in handling difficult questions and I made lot of calculated risks and guess today which helped.

yashwant k
yashwant k
8 years ago

Thank you. Very “Few” were from normal books though.
1. How much did you attempt?
2. Which test series did you appear for?
3. Whats your optional?
P.S. All the best for mains. Go rock it!!!

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago
Reply to  yashwant k

I attempted 86 questions and 68 were correct in it. I joined clearias and forumias series . My optional political science

yashwant k
yashwant k
8 years ago

Oh… I attempted 85 , correct-53 score around 84. Also, I did some silly mistakes over which I’m pondering so as to not to repeat it again. Did any questions were related from the test series indirectly or directly to the Upsc question?

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago

Lesser relevance this time.

Atish Sinha
Atish Sinha
8 years ago

from where did u get paper 2 keys?

Sota Shikari
Sota Shikari
8 years ago

Paper-1-123.
Paper-2-102.

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago

36 correct and 37 incorrect.. please calculate my score 😉

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago

Am I going to doom this year?

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago

Please provide a link for CSAT paper 2

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago
Reply to  Amit

Thank you

Hardworking
Hardworking
8 years ago

Anyone with c set please share

amit_001
8 years ago

Please, anyone can tell me these marks (cut offs) are of only paper 1 (i.e. out of 200) or paper 1 + paper 2 both?
66 (passing marks in paper 2) is being added in cut offs or not?
and when UPSC will release its official key for prelims 2017?

Veterans, please help and answer my query. I don’t know how cut off is determined!

Amit
Amit
8 years ago
Reply to  amit_001

Cut Off is Decided ONLY on the basis of PAPER-1 Score (i.e.out of 200) ,And Paper 2 score is not considered but one must have to score minimum 66.66 marks in CSAT (PAPER-2) .
Usually UPSC releases answer key afer 2-3 weeks of exam date.
The cut off depends upon the vacancy and the difficulty level of the paper. There will be about 15000-16000 people who will qualify & get mains Hall Ticket. last year, the cut-off for open was 110 while this year’s cutoff will also be around 100-115 but not more than 115 (according to my coaching faculty)
, And pls dont get worried about cut-off , if u have scored more than 105 then keep faith on yourself , Be positive and start preparing for mains.
I hope all of your doubts are cleared.

amit_001
8 years ago
Reply to  Amit

Thank you for the clarification.

Palnet^Earth
Palnet^Earth
8 years ago
Reply to  amit_001

See the last yr cutoff pdf on upsc official website..

Ashish Mohan
Ashish Mohan
8 years ago

106

Dea
Dea
8 years ago

Bubbled twice in one column of the omr sheet while marking the roll number. Am I disqualified now?

Amit
Amit
8 years ago
Reply to  Dea

DONT BE NERVOUS..
If u have informed it to the invigilator and then he provided a correction form to make the appropriate corrections then no need to worry.

Dea
Dea
8 years ago
Reply to  Amit

Yes he made me fill a form. Still tensed anyway.

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago
Reply to  Amit

hey! i made a major blunder by writing paper 1 instead of paper 2 in csat paper in omr colum! what will happen. Anything i can do to undo it

Redemption
Redemption
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

UPSC does not give you chance to say that I was a deserving candidate and was disqualified because of a silly mistake. There are plenty of such examples, they have multiple ways to remove such possibilities. Only thing to worry is your marks in paper itself. I hope it helped 🙂

Shubhashish
Shubhashish
8 years ago
Reply to  Pooja 2017

U wrote or marked?

Palnet^Earth
Palnet^Earth
8 years ago
Reply to  Dea

No need to worry at all, my friend last yr made same mistake and still given mains … hope for the best.. good luck

Dea
Dea
8 years ago
Reply to  Palnet^Earth

Thanks. Hope they evaluate my paper too.

hackers your herat
hackers your herat
8 years ago
hackers your herat
hackers your herat
8 years ago
somnath
somnath
8 years ago

what is the possible cutoff for this year CSE-17??

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago
Reply to  somnath

Not more than 110 for general

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago

That too because the number of post this time is low otherwise the cutoff could have been lower still.

Palnet^Earth
Palnet^Earth
8 years ago
Reply to  somnath

I think it will be 116 -3 or +3

sridhar venkadasamy
sridhar venkadasamy
8 years ago

Hi guys
I have small query. I have filled my booklet series code correctly . But I am not sure whether my Invigilator while signing my OMR he signed the booklet series code. Will it be a problem. Please help.

nvs murthy
nvs murthy
8 years ago

no, they will sign it later… all the unsigned ones. 🙂

TimbuktuChronicles
TimbuktuChronicles
8 years ago

Getting 115.33..Any chances??

Palnet^Earth
Palnet^Earth
8 years ago

Start preparing for the mains without any second thought.. good luck

sumitang07
sumitang07
8 years ago
Reply to  Palnet^Earth

Brace yourself for mains .. Goodluck

damu
damu
8 years ago

154… please say yes to me for writing main…

Vivaan Mehta
Vivaan Mehta
8 years ago

Hi ! Guys. Yesterday while attempting UPSC CSE PAPER 2 some of my rough work got printed on the answer sheet ( in the blank part of my answer sheet just next to the part where we encode our seat number and test sheet series number) as it was kept beneath my test paper. I am really worried for that thing. Does UPSC reject such answer sheets ? ( rest of the answers sheet is clear). Someone please answer my query.

debasmita
debasmita
8 years ago
Reply to  Vivaan Mehta

no..

sahil ahmad
sahil ahmad
8 years ago
Reply to  Vivaan Mehta

same thing happened to me. dont worry.

Pushkar Dwivedi
Pushkar Dwivedi
8 years ago

104 :/
Please tell If These Marks are Sufficient..!! Made Some 04 Silly Mistakes. Suffering Loss Of 11 marks. 🙁

B sharma
B sharma
8 years ago

Any prediction for ifos cutoff for general

Vineet Kumar
Vineet Kumar
8 years ago

what about 110???????

Shobhit Attri
Shobhit Attri
8 years ago

2016- 120
2017- 101.34

Pradeep AG
Pradeep AG
8 years ago

Answer for that butterfly question??

Surojit Chattopadhyay
Surojit Chattopadhyay
8 years ago

Cutoff will be 95-100 ur.

myank
myank
8 years ago

any one with physics optional…

Sky the limit
Sky the limit
8 years ago

…..

Pooja 2017
Pooja 2017
8 years ago

guys any update on unofficial speculated cut off ?

nvs murthy
nvs murthy
8 years ago

hi all.. in paper 2 we have to get 33% to pass.. , some are saying 66 marks is pass mark for paper 2.. whereas 33% for 80 questions comes to 52.
so what is pass mark for paper 2? please clarify

SAKET GUPTA
SAKET GUPTA
8 years ago
Reply to  nvs murthy

Bro 33% of total marks….not questions…

Ashish
Ashish
8 years ago

i am scoring 117.33 as per forum ias . chances of selection?

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