The examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.
Paper-I (200 marks) Duration: 2(two) hours
- 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.
- Economic and Social Development, Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
- General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Changes that do not require subject specialization.
- General Science.
Paper-II (200 marks) Duration: 2(two) hours- Comprehension.
- Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
- Decision-making and problem-solving.
- General mental ability.
- Basic numeracy (Numbers and their relations, Orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class Xth Level), Data Interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data Sufficiency, etc.) (Class Xth Level)
Note-1: Question relating to English Language comprehension skills of class Xth level ( Last item in the syllabus of paper II) will be tested through passages from English Language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
Note-2: The question marking on all questions answered at the rate of 1/3rd of the mark allotted otherwise for the question. As most students are generally very well versed with the idea of negative marking, we need not elaborate it here.
The questions in the CSAT are of multiple choice type and candidates are only required to select an appropriate answer from the options given in the question paper itself. As this format of testing is extremely common, this need not be elaborated here. It may be noted that Paper-II has more marks per question and hence poor showing in this paper could affect the candidate's prospects more.
The multiple choice question type does not give you any freedom to blindly guess answers as wrong answers carry a minus mark equivalent to 1/3rd of the mark provided for the right answer to the same question. The change of supplanting the optional subject paper in the preliminary stage has been done deliberately to introduce a highly competitive comprehension section, testing communication skill, logical reasoning, analytical ability, general mental ability and numerical ability of the candidate, in addition to history, current affairs, general science which are tested in paper I. The CSAT is a highly competitive screening test and mere graduation is not sufficient to clear it.
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