Subject and topic breakdown of every question on this paper, with sample questions to test your readiness.
Most-tested subject
23%
Aptitude took 45 of 200 questions on this paper.
Questions
200
Classified
200
Subjects
10
Topics covered
77
Subject weightage
Subjects grouped by their share of this paper.
Tier 1, High priority
4 subjects · 138 Qs · 69% · ≥ 12% of questions
Aptitude & Mental Ability
45·23%
Science & Technology
38·19%
Indian History & Culture
30·15%
Indian Polity & Constitution
Difficulty mix
How questions are distributed across difficulty levels.
100%
200 questions
Topic coverage
What specific topics were asked in each subject.
Aptitude & Mental Ability
45 Qs · 23%
Algebraic identity for reciprocal sum from x+y and xyAlgebraic simplification using given relationAlgebraic simplification using squares and differences
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25·13%
Tier 2, Medium priority
3 subjects · 55 Qs · 28% · 6 – 11% of questions
Current Affairs
21·11%
Indian Economy
19·10%
Geography & Environment
15·8%
Tier 3, Lower weightage
1 subjects · 4 Qs · 2% · 2 – 5% of questions
Tamil Nadu History & Administration
4·2%
Tier 4, Negligible
2 subjects · 3 Qs · 2% · < 2% of questions
Indian Geography & Environment
2·1%
General Knowledge
1·1%
Arithmetic mean of five numbers
Averages: finding excluded observation
Comparison of numbers/percentages and decimals
Compound Interest
Cube and dice - opposite faces
Data interpretation using pie chart / percentage calculation
Data interpretation: income-expenditure ratio from graph
Science & Technology
38 Qs · 19%
Basic biology; diseases caused by pathogens/arbovirusesBiology - Blue Green Algae (cyanobacteria) factsBiology - effects of alcohol on embryo/fetusBiology - respiratory pigments and their coloursBotany - parasitic plants (Cuscuta)Botany - plant classification (pteridophyte groups)Cell biology - chromosome structure (chromonema, coil types)Chemistry - acidity strength of carboxylic acidsChemistry - conductance and equivalent conductanceChemistry - electrochemistry cell potential
Indian History & Culture
30 Qs · 15%
Ashokan inscriptions and epigraphical identificationBengal Renaissance literature / Dinabandhu Mitra and Nil DarpanBritish India administration and imperial policy toward Indian princesChinese pilgrim Yuan Chwang visit to KanchiCivil Disobedience Movement and First Round Table ConferenceEarly Indian rebellion/sepoy unrest and causes of military discontentFreedom struggle newspapers and journals match-the-followingGovernment of India Act 1935 and dyarchy/provincial autonomyHome Rule Movement and Annie BesantIndian National Army operations in Burma campaign
Indian Polity & Constitution
25 Qs · 13%
73rd Constitutional Amendment and Panchayati RajAdministrative Tribunals Act and tribunal systemAnti-corruption institutions - Central Vigilance Commission originAnti-corruption institutions; CVC, Lokpal, SPE, CBIAttorney-General of India - appointment, qualifications, removalChief Justice of IndiaComptroller and Auditor General of India - powers and conditions of serviceConstituent Assembly chronology and constitution-making timelineConstitutional bodies - Comptroller and Auditor General appointmentConstitutional provisions on Parliament and President
Current Affairs
21 Qs · 11%
Awards and their fieldsBooks and authorsBt Brinjal approval in Bangladesh (2013)Census 2011 / literacy rate in IndiaConservation project / environmental initiativeDada Saheb Phalke Award 2013French Open record by Rafael NadalGeographical feature named after Indian-origin scientistIRNSS-1B satellite features and launch vehicleIndia - drought years and rainfall deficiency history
Indian Economy
19 Qs · 10%
Agriculture - major crops and producing statesBank nationalisation in India (1969)Expenditure Tax in IndiaFamily Planning Programme in IndiaForeign aid and development gap-filling functionsGATT - Dunkel ProposalGDP and GNP; factor income from abroadGlobalisation under New Economic PolicyIRDA Act, 1999Inclusive growth and agriculture sector growth
Geography & Environment
15 Qs · 8%
Agriculture - world tea productionAtmosphere layers and their functionsIndian census demographics - child sex ratio comparison by stateIndian rivers - major river basin area percentagesMinerals and ores / halide oresMinerals and resources - coal, aluminium, copper ore, iron oreNational parks in India - Silent Valley National Park locationNatural gas / compositionOcean currents - Gulf Stream and Cape HatterasPhysical geography - Trans-Himalayan peaks order
Tamil Nadu History & Administration
4 Qs · 2%
Poligar resistance and Veerapandiya KattabommanTamil Isai Sangam and Tamil cultural movementTamil periodicals and rationalist publicationsVedaranyam Salt Satyagraha and K. Kamaraj imprisonment
Indian Geography & Environment
2 Qs · 1%
Ancient river names and their modern equivalentsMineral resources and their major reserve locations in India