The unofficial answer is available for candidates who attended the exam on June 16. The answer key helps in calculating your estimated marks by matching your answers with the responses provided. The official answer key will be released by UPSC once the selection procedure is over.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Prelims Answer Key 2024 of Vajiram and Ravi is available for download for candidates who attended the Combined Civil Service Examination (CSE) prelims on June 16. UPSC organises the CSE examination at various exam centres in 80 cities throughout the country. Candidates who have appeared can download the Vajiram and Ravi UPSC Prelims answer keys to get estimated marks based on the number of answers marked by them.
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The unofficial UPSC answer key for Papers I & II will be released by Vajiram and Ravi. The UPSC prelims answer key on the GS paper helps candidates calculate their estimated marks out of the total of 200 marks. Whereas the UPSC prelims answer for GS Paper II (CSAT) by Vajiram and Ravi will help candidates check their correct answer marked in 80 multiple choice questions. The total marks on GS papers 1 and 2 will be 200 each.
How to Download UPSC Answer Key 2024 Vajiram and Ravi?
To download the UPSC prelims answer key by Vajiram and Ravi, visit the official website, click on the “answer key” link, and download the unofficial response sheet. Check the steps below to download the Vajiram and Ravi UPSC Answer Key 2024
Step 1: Visit the official website of Vajiram and Ravi or check the link in the table below
Step 2: Click on the UPSC IAS answer key link
Step 3: Download the UPSC IAS 2024 answer key - GS Paper I and GS Paper II (CSAT)
Step 4: Calculate the UPSC Prelims score based on the number of correct and incorrect responses
UPSC Prelims 2024 Question and Answer Key Paper 1
Vajiram and Ravi release the UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 on June 16. Candidates can check the table below to download the set wise UPSC IAS 2024 answer key and question paper in PDF format.
| GS Paper 1 SET | UPSC Answer Key PDF |
| GS Paper 1, Set A | Prelims GS 1 Answer Key 2024 PDF |
| GS Paper 1, Set B | |
| GS Paper 1, Set C | |
| GS Paper 1, Set D |
UPSC Prelims 2024 Question and Answer Key CSAT (Paper 2)
After the examination concludes successfully, Vajiram and Ravi are going to release the unofficial CSAT answer key. Candidates can download the UPSC IAS 2024 question paper and answer key by referring to the table below for the CSAT.
| UPSC Civil Services Question and Answer Key Paper 2 | ||
| UPSC Prelims Paper 2 | UPSC Question Paper 2 PDF | UPSC Answer Key PDF Paper 2 |
| General Studies Paper 2 (CSAT) | Set A | Click Here (To be updated soon) |
| Set B | Click Here (To be updated soon) | |
| Set C | Click Here (To be updated soon) | |
| Set D | Click Here (To be updated soon) | |
UPSC Prelims 2024: How to Calculate Marks Based on Answer Key
To calculate the marks from the answer key, download the answer key, match your answers, give marks as per the scheme, deduct for wrong responses wherever applicable, and sum up to calculate the estimated marks. Follow the steps below.
- Download the answer key.
- Match the answers marked in the examination to the answers provided in PDF.
- For each correct answer, allocate the assigned marks per the paper's marking scheme.
- If there is no negative marking, you can give each correct answer full marks. If negative marking is used, deduct the negative marks for each wrong response.
- Add all the marks for the correct answer and deduct the marks for the incorrect answer according to the paper marking scheme.
- The resulting score will be your estimated mark.
UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key Paper 1: Marks Calculation
UPSC Prelims unofficial answer key will be used to calculate the rough marks, Follow the steps below to calculate the marks
- Download the answer key PDF for your set.
- Match the answers marked in the examination to the answers provided in PDF (Make sure you are matching answers with the provided set)
- For each correct answer, you can +2 marks can be awarded and for each incorrect answer, 0.66 marks can be deducted
- No marks will be awarded or deducted for questions unattempted.
- Let's say on a paper of 100 questions, you have answered 74 questions correctly and 16 questions incorrectly. Then your marks will be calculated as
74 * 2 = 148
16 * 0.66 = 10.56
The final Marks will be 148 - 10.56 = 137.44
UPSC Prelims 2024 Paper 2 Answer Key: Marks Calculation
The CSAT unofficial answer key by Vajiram and Ravi to calculate rough scores in GS Paper 2. Follow the steps below to check the steps
- Download the answer key PDF.
- Match the answers marked in the examination to the answers provided in PDF.
- For each correct answer, allocate 2.5 marks and for each incorrect answer deduct 0.83 marks
- Let's say on a paper of 80 questions you have answered 52 questions correctly and 28 questions incorrect
- Then your marks will be calculated as
52 * 2.5 = 130
20 * 0.83 = 16.6
The final Marks will be 130 - 16.6 = 113.4
UPSC Prelims 2024 Expected Cutoff Score?
UPSC will release the cutoff score once selection procedure gets over, Based on the difficulty level and the previous year's trend and the feedback shared by candidates, the expected cutoff is tabulated below
| Category | UPSC Cut Off 2024 |
| General | To be updated soon |
| EWS | To be updated soon |
| OBC | To be updated soon |
| SC | To be updated soon |
| ST | To be updated soon |
| PwBD-1 | To be updated soon |
| PwBD-2 | To be updated soon |
| PwBD-3 | To be updated soon |
| PwBD-5 | To be updated soon |
UPSC Official Answer Key: How to Download Answer Key Released by UPSC
UPSC will release the official answer key once the selection process is over. To download the official answer key (when released), candidates can follow the instructions given below
- Visit the official website of UPSC - https://www.upsc.gov.in
- Click on the examinations
- Then click on the Answer Keys
- Download the answer key for UPSC Prelims 2024.
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