UPSC Prelims 2019 exam will be conducted on 2nd June 2019. Paper 1 (GS) of UPSC Prelims will be conducted in the morning from 9:30AM to 11:30 AM and Paper 2 (CSAT) will be conducted in the afternoon from 2:30PM to 4:30 PM.
For paper 1 of prelims, we are going to release
upsc answer key 2019 at our blog.
About preliminary examinations
The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks in the subjects set out in subsection (A) of Section II.
This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
However, expected Prelims cutoff decides who is going to write the Mains (written) examination of UPSC. and this
UPSC PRELIMS 2019 will decide the fate of around a million applicants.
IAS prelims answer key
Prelims 2019 answer key for all sets on our blog will be provided in a tabular format by 4:30 PM. On the basis of questions paper of UPSC Prelims 2019, we will be analyzing the MCQs and prepare the detailed answer key, along with the justified explanations.
Important points
Before attempting the MCQs, students must take care of the following points, as mentioned by UPSC, these points will affect the final
Prelims 2019 merit list:
There will be negative marking for incorrect answers (as detailed below) for all questions
except some of the questions where the negative marking will be inbuilt in the form of different
marks being awarded to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions.
- There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
- If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be the same penalty as above for that question.
- If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
How to calculate your score from UPSC answer key 2019
Every question holds two marks; thus if an examinee answers a question correctly, they will be rewarded with two marks. For every wrong answer, UPSC deducts one-third of the mark allotted to question. For example, if an examinee attempts 79 questions out of which 64 questions are correct but 15 wrong, then his expected score would be (64×2 – 15×0.67), i.e., 128 – 10 = 118 marks.