“Last year, I qualified GS I of the prelims exam but couldn’t qualify the CSAT.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/education/csat-difficulty-level-tough-road-non-english-medium-upsc-civil-services-aspirants-8693939/

Paper I will have multiple choice questions from general studies, while Paper II will be a Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT).

Source: https://www.siasat.com/less-than-45-days-to-upsc-prelims-2023-know-ias-officer-salary-facilities-2570116/

Swati Mishra, a UPSC aspirant from said that the introduction of CSAT was unfair in itself for non-English medium students and with more difficult questions in the paper, it is tougher to get through the exam.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/education/csat-difficulty-level-tough-road-non-english-medium-upsc-civil-services-aspirants-8693939/

UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2023 LIVE: How to tackle MCQs in CSAT?

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