ANSWER KEY & OPEN DISCUSSION: UPSC IAS Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020-General Studies Paper I ANSWER KEY

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Unpredictability is the nature of UPSC. And it has proved it yet again!

The General Studies (GS) Paper 1 – UPSC Prelims 2020 has set high standards for students and also this Prelims paper throws light on how the preparation should be streamlined for those who want to have a career in civil services.

The GS Paper 1 was on the difficult side, it was more about which question to leave and which question to attempt. The paper has turned out to be a mix of static and analytic one, where more emphasis is given on understanding the subject than just mugging up a few books and going to the exam hall.

The ANSWER KEY is published below.

OPEN DISCUSSION -Any Queries/Corrections with respect to the Answer key can be discussed with proof/justification. Also, you can use the Comment Section below to discuss/share your thoughts about UPSC Prelims 2020 Question Paper.

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UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2020: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has activated the online question paper representation portal at its official website. All those candidates appeared in the UPSC CSE 2020 Prelims can raise representations if any against the question paper at upsc.gov.in.

The link for applying representations will be activated till 11 October 2020 at upsc.gov.in. Candidates can only make representations through online mode. No other mode of representations will be considered. All candidates are required to fill up the representations before the last date.

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Download UPSC IAS Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 –

General Studies Paper 1 ANSWER KEY (SERIES B)-> CLICK HERE

General Studies Paper 1 ANSWER KEY (SERIES A)-> CLICK HERE

General Studies Paper 1 ANSWER KEY (SERIES C)-> CLICK HERE

General Studies Paper 1 ANSWER KEY (SERIES D)-> CLICK HERE

General Studies Paper 1 QUESTION PAPER– CLICK HERE

SERIES B- ANSWER KEY

1	D	26	D	51	C	76	B
2	D	27	D	52	D	77	A
3	D	28	D	53	B	78	C
4	D	29	A	54	B	79	D
5	B	30	C	55	C	80	C
6	A	31	B	56	D	81	B
7	C	32	B	57	A	82	D
8	D	33	D	58	B	83	A
9	A	34	D	59	C	84	D
10	D	35	B	60	C	85	B
11	C	36	D	61	A	86	C
12	B	37	D	62	A	87	B
13	B	38	D	63	D	88	B
14	D	39	A	64	A	89	B
15	D	40	C	65	A	90	B / D
16	C	41	C	66	A	91	B
17	D	42	B	67	A	92	A
18	D / B	43	A	68	D	93	C
19	C	44	C	69	C	94	A
20	D / A	45	C	70	D	95	A
21	B	46	A / D	71	C	96	D
22	A	47	B	72	A	97	A
23	B	48	A	73	D	98	A
24	A	49	A	74	B	99	D
25	D	50	A	75	A	100	D

SERIES A- ANSWER KEY

1	B	26	A / D	51	B	76	D
2	B	27	B	52	D	77	A
3	D	28	A	53	A	78	A
4	D	29	A	54	D	79	D
5	B	30	A	55	B	80	D
6	D	31	C	56	C	81	A
7	D	32	B	57	B	82	A
8	D	33	B	58	B	83	D
9	A	34	D	59	B	84	A
10	C	35	D	60	B / D	85	A
11	B	36	C	61	C	86	A
12	A	37	D	62	A	87	A
13	B	38	B / D	63	D	88	D
14	A	39	C	64	B	89	C
15	D	40	D	65	A	90	D
16	D	41	D	66	B	91	C
17	D	42	D	67	A	92	D
18	D	43	D	68	C	93	B
19	A / D	44	D	69	D	94	B
20	C	45	B	70	C	95	C
21	C	46	A	71	B	96	D
22	B	47	C	72	A	97	A
23	A	48	D	73	C	98	B
24	C	49	A	74	A	99	C
25	C	50	D	75	A	100	C

SERIES C- ANSWER KEY

1	C	26	D	51	D	76	A / D
2	D	27	A	52	D	77	B
3	B	28	A	53	D	78	A
4	B	29	D	54	D	79	A
5	C	30	D	55	B	80	A
6	D	31	C	56	A	81	B
7	A	32	A	57	C	82	A
8	B	33	D	58	D	83	B
9	C	34	B	59	A	84	A
10	C	35	A	60	D	85	D
11	A	36	B	61	C	86	D
12	A	37	A	62	B	87	D
13	D	38	C	63	B	88	D
14	A	39	D	64	D	89	A / D
15	A	40	C	65	D	90	C
16	A	41	B	66	C	91	B
17	A	42	D	67	D	92	B
18	D	43	A	68	B / D	93	D
19	C	44	D	69	C	94	D
20	D	45	B	70	D	95	B
21	B	46	C	71	C	96	D
22	A	47	B	72	B	97	D
23	C	48	B	73	A	98	D
24	A	49	B	74	C	99	A
25	A	50	B / D	75	C	100	C

SERIES D- ANSWER KEY

1	B	26	A	51	B	76	A
2	A	27	A	52	B	77	D
3	C	28	D	53	D	78	D
4	A	29	C	54	D	79	A / D
5	A	30	D	55	B	80	C
6	D	31	B	56	D	81	D
7	A	32	D	57	D	82	D
8	A	33	A	58	D	83	D
9	D	34	D	59	A	84	D
10	D	35	B	60	C	85	B
11	C	36	C	61	C	86	A
12	A	37	B	62	B	87	C
13	D	38	B	63	A	88	D
14	B	39	B	64	C	89	A
15	A	40	B / D	65	C	90	D
16	B	41	D	66	A / D	91	C
17	A	42	D	67	B	92	B
18	C	43	B	68	A	93	B
19	D	44	B	69	A	94	D
20	C	45	C	70	A	95	D
21	A	46	D	71	B	96	C
22	A	47	A	72	A	97	D
23	D	48	B	73	B	98	B / D
24	A	49	C	74	A	99	C
25	A	50	C	75	D	100	D

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