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The Civil Services Preliminary Exam, 2020 held on 04th October, 2020, was quite similar to 2019 exam in terms of questions between traditional topics and current affairs/international affairs. The four major topics namely 1. Economics/Indian Economy/India Year Book (22 questions), 2. General Science including Agro Science (21 questions), 3. Indian Polity/Governance(17 questions) and 4. Geography including Environmental Ecology(16 questions) had a total of 76 questions. The rest covered the balance 24 questions. Quite a few questions were analytical also which required some analysis and decision making. Quite a few questions were asked in round about manner rather than in a simple way. Overall the test was slightly difficult than previous year's tests. Although the distribution pattern changes every year. This year there were only 8 questions from Indian National Movement and only 11 from Indian History/Indian Art and Culture. Questions on International Affairs/Current Affairs were also only 5.
The distribution of the questions of Paper I of the Civil Services Preliminary Exam since the introduction of the new syllabus in 2011 has been analysed as follows:
| Topic/Subject | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Indian Polity/Governance | 11 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 05 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| Geography including Environmental Ecology | 23 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 08 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 16 |
| Indian History/Indian Art and Culture | 04 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 06 | 13 | 07 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Indian National Movement | 09 | 10 | 04 | 05 | 08 | 03 | 07 | 08 | 03 | 08 |
| General Science including Agro Science | 21 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 06 | 03 | 09 | 08 | 12 | 21 |
| Economics/Indian Economy/India Year Book | 32 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 |
| International Affairs/Current Affairs | 00 | 00 | 00 | 04 | 25 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 05 |
You can see that 75 to 90 Per Cent Questions are on traditional topics like Indian Polity and Governance, Geography including Environmental Ecology, Indian History/Indian Art and Culture, Indian National Movement, General Science including Agro Science and Economics/Indian Economy/India Year Book.
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