CSAT(Civil Service Aptitude Test)- Prelims Paper 2

HPAS CSAT :

CSAT Meaning:

The full form of CSAT is the Civil Services Aptitude Test. It was introduced as a part of the Himachal Pradesh Public Civil Services Exam (Preliminary) to test the analytical skills, reasoning ability and aptitude of HPAS aspirants.

HPAS CSAT SYLLABUS AND STRATEGY FOR HPAS PRELIMS:

The Prelims will consist of two objective type papers (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks (200 marks each)
The duration of Papers 1 and 2 (General Studies and CSAT) will be two hours each.
CSAT is just a qualifying paper.
CSAT(Paper-II) is only a qualifying paper and a minimum of 33% qualifying marks are required to be eligible for clearing the HPPSC Preliminary Exam.

Syllabus (CSAT PAPER 2): 200 marks with 100 Questions (Qualifying Nature)

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 X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level).
English Language comprehension skills (Class X level)

HPAS CSAT Pattern of Marking:

The HPAS CSAT paper consists of 100 questions which the candidate has to finish in the allotted time of 120 minutes only.
Each question carries 2 marks in the HPAS CSAT paper making the total to 200 marks.
Candidates must remember that there is negative marking in the HPAS CSAT paper.
For every incorrect answer, the candidate is penalised 1/3rd of the total marks allotted to that question, i.e., 0.66 marks will be cut.
If a question is not attempted, i.e., the candidate leaves it blank on the OMR sheet, no marks .

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 same penalty as above for that question.

Important Books:

A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by Dr.R.S.Aggarwal(Reasoning)
Civil Services Aptitude Test by Arihant or R S Aggarwal.
Analytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey (for quick Comprehensions) or Lucent General English
- RS Aggarwal or Arun Sharma : Logical Reasoning
- English: Word Power Made Easy
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CSAT Paper 2

Part A

Sentence Improvement.
Spotting Errors.
Prepositions.
Fill in the blanks.
Idioms and Phrases.
Sentence Arrangement.
Antonyms.
Passage Completion.
Synonyms.
Error Correction (Phrase inBold).
Joining Sentences.
Error Correction(Underlined Part).
Substitution.
Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Sentence Completion.
Para Completion.

Part B

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 X
level), Data interpretation
(charts, graphs, tables,
data sufficiency, etc. –
Class X level)
English Language
comprehension skills
(Class X level).