Group 1 Prelims 2017 February, Question Paper Analysis | superprep
27·14%
Tier 2, Medium priority
2 subjects · 36 Qs · 18% · 6 – 11% of questions
Indian Polity & Constitution
22·11%
Indian Economy
14·7%
Tier 3, Lower weightage
2 subjects · 13 Qs · 7% · 2 – 5% of questions
Geography & Environment
9·5%
Tamil Nadu History & Administration
4·2%
Tier 4, Negligible
1 subjects · 1 Qs · 1% · < 2% of questions
General English
1·1%
Average of first n natural numbers
Blood Relations
Coding and decoding - Number pattern from letters
Compound Interest
Decimals - Square root/value recognition
Direction sense and distance
Distance between points in a straight line; arithmetic progression
Current Affairs
37 Qs · 19%
Books and authors · 3Academy Awards 2016: Best Foreign Language FilmAdministrative vigilance division and government department creationAppointments - CBDT ChairmanAppointments - Chief of Indian Air ForceAwards - IAAF best female athlete of the year 2016Awards - Oscar technical achievement awardBooks on Indian politics and foreign policyBusiness organizations - FICCI office bearerConference/events - World Ayurveda Congress
Science & Technology
37 Qs · 19%
Acid-base theoriesAnimal adaptations and aestivationAntibiotics and bacterial cell wall synthesisAstronomy - planets and revolution periods matchingAstronomy - planets and their moonsAstrophysics - Black holes specialistAtmospheric composition: ozone layer absorptionBiological nitrogen fixation in root nodulesCardiac cycle and systoleCell biology: nucleic acids in cell organelles
Indian History & Culture
27 Qs · 14%
Bahmani dynasty chronologyCarnatic Wars and European conflictsChronology of nationalist movement eventsCommunal Award and British constitutional developmentsCultural personalities and awardsDelhi Sultanate and irrigation worksEarly Indian nationalist associations and leadersFirst Finance Minister of independent IndiaFreedom movement in IndiaFreedom struggle personalities and associations - correct match identification
Indian Polity & Constitution
22 Qs · 11%
74th Constitutional Amendment Act; metropolitan area definitionArticle 170 - Composition of State Legislative AssembliesArticle 21 - Right to life and related Supreme Court casesArticle 32 and Fundamental RightsCentre-State relations - Sarkaria CommissionConstituent Assembly idea and M.N. RoyDirective Principles of State Policy - Village PanchayatsEighth Schedule of the Constitution and official languagesEmergency Provisions - Suspension of Fundamental RightsExecutive Magistrate; powers and appointment under Criminal Procedure/administration
Indian Economy
14 Qs · 7%
Agricultural price policy - Minimum Support PriceDemographic dividend conceptDirect and indirect taxesEnergy imports and India's energy needsFinance Commission of India chairpersonGATT and trade liberalizationHuman Development Index comparison among countriesLPG reforms and 1991 economic policyLabour laws - Maternity Benefits ActLorenz curve and income inequality
Geography & Environment
9 Qs · 5%
Indian geography - tea gardens/region namesIndian rivers - nicknamesInland waterways of IndiaIrrigation canals in Punjab - Harike Barrage canalsSeismic wavesSeismology - seismic gapTransport geography - cycle highways in IndiaTropical and extratropical cyclones - assertion and reasonWaterfalls and rivers of India
Tamil Nadu History & Administration
4 Qs · 2%
Freedom movement leaders and associated personalities/eventsLand reforms and land tenure system in Tamil NaduRole of temples in Tamil societySocial reform movement and Devadasi abolition