How to know the amount of time needed for preparation?
Which skill areas to work on.
- Comprehension
- Interpersonal Skills & Logical, Analytical Reasoning
- Decision-making
- General Mental Ability & Data Interpretation
Basic Numeracy
Understanding that the pattern has changed now with CSAT being only a qualifying paper, we have written an article on how CSAT still remains relevant to your preparation – expected changes in difficulty level of the paper? We expect the difficulty level to go up this year. Scoring even qualifying marks can be an issue for a lot of aspirants.
Also, even though the strategy below applies to the old format (before CSP 2015) of the Prelims examination, we are not removing it. Because, the expert committee constituted by the government for examining the pattern of the Civil Services Examination, can rule in favour of reverting to the old format.
If you are weak in a particular area of CSAT, the strategy will surely help you.
Do this exercise whenever you have decided to prepare for Paper-2. This period should ideally be at least 3-4 months before the exam.
Take up a UPSC CSAT previous year paper (any one of 2011-2014); close your room; and without any disturbance sit for 2 hours and find out how much you can score without practice.
Now, sit and analyze your shortcomings in those specific areas where you may not have scored well.
- If you are scoring less than 100 , phewww!!! There is a lot of work to be done. Start practicing daily for 2-3 hours for the coming 5-6 months and even more infact.
- If your score is somewhere around 100-130 , then you are weak in some particular areas for e.g. comprehension or basic numeracy OR your speed may be less than required. Know those areas, and work on them on a daily basis for the coming months for getting conceptual clarity and speed.
- If score is around 130-150 , you may be weak in any one of the areas or your speed of solving paper may be slow. Whatever it is, you need some practice for lets say something close to 2-3 months .
- If its around 150-170 , you may either be slightly weak in any one area; or you may be making a lot of silly mistakes. It can be slow speed too. Whatever it is, you do not need months of practice. If you can spend 1 month or a little more, with 2-3 hours of practice every day; and you are there.
- If you have scored around 170-190 , know that you need not study for paper-2. Just 15-20 days before the exam, start solving mocks so that you can increase your speed; improve your accuracy and work out few areas where you may be making 3-4 mistakes regularly.
- If it is more than 190 , Dude stop wasting your time reading this and prepare Paper-1!!! 😉
It ideally depends on your educational and professional background. This is not to say that only those with a specific background can score high in Paper-2; it is just that we all have been in touch with a certain skill set for a long period of time – which becomes our forte and need to work on the gaps.
For e.g. relatively speaking, engineers are more in touch with Mathematics (equations, calculations etc.) and Data interpretation than a Political Science graduate. Similarly, humanities graduates are more in touch with comprehension skills – reading large amounts of text, verbal reasoning; communication skills etc.
Therefore, no matter what background you are from, you will have an edge on a certain skill area; and at the same time, you will need to work on other skill areas. So, engineers will need to work more on comprehension and interpersonal skills; and a political science graduate will have to work more on Mathematics and Data interpretation.
The UPSC CSAT paper is of Easy to Moderate level. The questions can be solved easily with common sense, basic logic and language skills. But what people generally lack is –
- Enough Practice
Practice is the key here – which brings both speed and accuracy (amount of practice that you need is mentioned in the section on – what is the right time and energy? ).
Then you need to pick the right book. Here we are mentioning the sections of CSAT exam with some good books which will give you clarity on the topic; and contain enough questions for practice.
- GS Manual Paper-II by TMH
- Concise CSAT by Madhukar Bhagat – TMH Publications
- Cracking the CSAT Paper 2 – Arihant Publications
- Word Power – Normal Lewis
Section-wise Basic strategy
Comprehension – Use the book Concise CSAT by Madhukar Bhagat – TMH Publications.
To sharpen and improve your comprehension skills, the first thing that you need to do is to ‘read a lot’. Read the same editorials, magazines, articles, columns etc. with more attention. Do not be in a hurry to finish them – take time, otherwise you will lose time and yet not get the correct comprehension.
Work on your vocabulary by referring to pocket dictionary (can be on mobile too ); read the book Word power by Norman Lewis (it is very good for building vocabulary)
Spend time with passages in the TMH book to see in which kind of options you are making mistake. Learn the art of ‘objective reading’.
Solve 20-30 previous year CAT passages too. Solving tough passages will give you additional insights into comprehension abilities; and it becomes easy then to handle relatively easier CSAT passages. As the saying goes, tame an elephant, and a monkey becomes easy .
Refer to the Detailed Strategy section to understand more about the above and scoring high in comprehension.
In the long run try to learn 10 new words a day. These words can be the ones which puzzle you while you go through the Hindu, Economic times,Frontline et al or you can directly pick them from the standard books.
Interpersonal skills including communication skills; Logical reasoning and analytical ability:
You will face questions like the one from CSAT 2014 (we are giving only one here – refer to the detailed strategy for a comprehensive guide on this section)
Given the statement:
“Buses are the cause of more accidents than cars, and trucks cause fewer accidents than buses”, which of the following conclusions can we draw?
(a) There are more buses on the road than trucks.
(b) Car drivers are more careful than bus drivers.
(c) Truck drivers are more skilled than either car or bus drivers.
(d) None of the above
Answer: (d)
You need not apply too much thought. Just the skill of ‘objective reasoning’ is needed. Unless and until something , the questions in this section are pretty basic in nature.
With some practice from the book GS Manual for Paper 2 – TMH, it is easy to crack. The book covers questions 2 notches above UPSC level. Do not ignore these relatively harder questions. Practicing them makes the actual CSAT exam very easy.
Decision-making and problem-solving:
Use the book Concise CSAT by Madhukar Bhagat or GS Manual TMH .
Solve 40-50 questions to get an idea as to what UPSC demands from you.
Take a choice based on both Ethics and Prudence.
Being blind ethically will cost you marks as we have seen in the past.
For example :
Questions will be like (this is from CSAT 2014):
While travelling in a Delhi-registered commercial taxi from Delhi to an adjacent city (another state), your taxi driver informs you that he has no permit for driving in that city, he will stop at its transport office, pay the prescribed fees of Rs. 40 a day. While paying the fees at the counter, you find that the transport clerk is charging extra Rs. 50 for which no receipt is being given. You are in a hurry for your meeting. In such circumstances, what will you do?
- Go up to the counter and ask the clerk to give back the money which he has illegally taken.
- Do not interfere at all as this is a matter between the taxi driver and the tax authorities.
- Take note of the incident and subsequently report the matter to the concerned authorities.
- Treat it as a normal affair and simply forget about it.
It is a situational dilemma. If you act ethically with pragmatism, your answers will be correct. You can choose either (1) or (3).
General mental ability; Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level):
Refer to the syllabus to know the sub-categories of the topics here. For these refer to GS Manual by TMH – covers the topics comprehensively. Instructions are given at the beginning of each exercise to make you understand. First understand the concept and then the techniques of each kind of sub-category (Let us say blood relations, set theory etc.).
A sample question (CSAT 2014):
Practice is the key here. The more patterns and types you would have practiced, the easier it gets in the exam hall. You will be able to quickly identify the right technique for solving each pattern.
Data Interpretation will be very basic in nature. A sample question (from CSAT 2013):
You need not practice Data Interpretation a lot. Just glance through a few examples. Understand all the types of DIs. Solve 30-40 DI passages. This much practice is sufficient.
As we have already stated in the “Syllabus & Exam Pattern”, this section does not carry a lot of weightage (7-10% questions). For this section, refer to the Cracking CSAT- Arihant Publications or GS Manual TMH. Any one will do. See the kind of questions UPSC has asked over the years and practice accordingly considering the difficulty level. We will be giving you a gist of the Basic Numeracy questions solved from all the years (2011-14).
A group of 630 children is seated in a row for group photo session. Each row contains three children less than the row in front of it. Which one of the following number of rows is not possible?
Solution: d)
It is a question based on sequence and series. You can even apply common logic to solve the question. Even in basic numeracy, there are several sub-categories (as mentioned in the “Syllabus & Exam pattern section” ), make sure you practice several questions from each type for e.g. time & work; clock; ratio and proportions etc.
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Direction (Q. Nos. 1-9) Given below are eight questions. Bach question describes a situation and is followed by four Directions ossible responses. Indicate the response you find most Choose only one response for each question. The esponses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness ppropriate. ir the given situation. Please attempt all the questions. There sno penalty for wrong answers for these eight questions.
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Q1. You have been asked to give an explanation for not attending an important official meeting. Your immediate boss who has not informed you about the meeting is now putting pressure on you not to place an allegation against him/her. You would (2011)
(a) send a written reply explaining the fact (b) seek an appointment with the top boss to explain the situation (c) admit your fault to save the situation (d) put the responsibility on the coordinator of the meeting for not informing
Exp. As you have been asked to give an explanation, so it is the best way to give a written reply explaining the fact. Hence, answer is (a).
Q2. A local thug (bad element) has started illegal construction on your vacant plot. He has refused your request to vacate and threatened you of dire consequences in case you do not sell the property at a cheap price to him. You would (2011)
(a) sell the property at a cheap price to him (b) go to the police for necessary action (c) negotiate with the goon to get a higher price
Exp. In such a situation, going to the police for necessary action is the best action that should be taken. Hence, answer is (b)
Q3. You have to accomplish a very important task for your headquarters within the next two days. Suddenly you meet with an accident. Your office insists that you complete the task. You would
(a) for extension of deadline (b )ask for an extension of your ability to fishmay (c) suggest alternate person to headquarters who may do the needful (d) stay away till you recover
Exp. Informing headquarters of your inability to finish the work one time, explaining the reason is the best action. So, answer is (b)
Q4. You are an officer-in-charge for providing basic medical facilities to the survivors of an earthquake affected area. Despite your best possible effort, people put allegations against you for making money out of the funds given for relief. You would (2011)
(a) let an enquiry be set up to look into the matter (b) ask your senior to appoint some other person in your place (c) not pay attention to allegations (d) stop undertaking any initiative till the matter is resolved
Exp. As you are doing your work honestly and with complete on dedication, so thet best action is not to pay attention to the allegations. Hence, answer is (c).
Q5. You have been made responsible to hire boats at a short notice to be used for an area under flood. On seeing the price mentioned by the boat owners you found that the lowest price was approximately three times more than the approved rate of the government. You would (2011)
(a) reject the proposal and call for a fresh price (b) accept the lowest price (c) refer the matter to the government and wait (d) threaten the boat owners about a possible cancellation of the licence
Exp. Since, the price mentioned by the boat owners are three times the approved government rate so you cannot accept the lowest price at once, as you are a responsible government employee and the money given to you is not In yours. So, in such situation it is best to reject the proposal and call for a fresh price.
Q6. You are the officer-in-charge of a village istor administering distribution of vaccine in an isolated epidemic hit village and you are left with only one vaccine. There is a requirement of that vaccine from the Gram Pradhan and also a poor villager. You are being pressurised by the Gram Pradhan to issue the vaccine to him. You would (2011)
(a) initiate the procedure to expedite the next supply without issuing the vaccine to either (b) arrange vaccine for the poor villager from the distributor of another area (c) ask both to approach a doctor and get an input about the urgency (d) arrange vaccine for the Gram Pradhan from the distributor of another area
Exp. In the given situation, you need to consult a doctor’s advice before reaching to any conclusion. Then, after knowing the need and urgency, you can give medicine. So, answer is (c).
Q7. You have taken up a project to create night-shelters for homeless people during the winter season. Within a week of establishing the shelters, you have received complaints from the residents of the area about the increase in theft cases with a demand to remove the shelters. You would (2011)
(a) ask them to lodge a written complaint in the police station (b) assure residents of an enquiry into the matter (c) ask residents to consider the humanitarian effort made (d) continue with the project and ignore their complaint
Exp. As a responsible project manager, it is your responsibility to pacify the residents, who have complained to you. The best action in such situation is to assure residents of an inquiry into the matter.
Q8. You, as an administrative authority, have been approached, by the daughter-in-law of an influential person regarding harassment by her in-laws on account of insufficient dowry. Her parents are not able to approach you because of social pressures. You would (2011)
(a) call the in-laws for an explanation (b) counsel the lady to adjust, given such a circumstance (c) take action after her parents approach you (d) ask her to lodge a complaint with the police
Exp. Here, the best option is to ask her to lodge a complaint with the police for future actions. Hence, answer is (d). Directions (Q. Nos. 9-16) Given below are seven questions. Each question described a situation responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each question. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation. Please attempt all the questions. There is no penalty for wrong answers for these seven questions.
Q9. You have difference of opinion regarding the final report prepared by your subordinate that is to be submitted urgently. The subordinate is justifying the bos information given in the report. You would (2012)
(a) convince the subordinate that he is wrong (b) tell him to reconsider the results (c) revise the report on your own (d) tell him not to justify the mistaken
Exp. Considering the urgency, options (a) and (b) would result in loss of time. Option (c) would result in an unnecessary dispute. So, the best action is to revise the report on your own and after that you can guide subordinate about the report. So, option (c) is best course of action.
Q10. You are competing with your batch-mate for a prestigious award to be decided based on an oral presentation. Ten minutes are allowed for each presentation. You have been asked by the presenon time. Your friend, however, is than the stipulated time period. You would committee to
(a) lodge a complaint to the chairperson against the discrimination (b) not listen to any justification from the committee (c) ask for withdrawal of your name (d) protest and leave the place
Exp. Withdrawal of your name is an escapist attitude. Protesting is correct but lodging a complaint to the concerned authority will give the result. So, option (a) is the best course of action
Q11. You are handling a time-bound project. During the project review meeting, you find that the project is likely to get delayed due to lack of cooperation of the team members. You would (2012)
(a) warn the team members for their non-cooperation (b) look into reasons for non-cooperation (c) ask for the replacement of team members (d) ask for extension of time citing reasons
Exp. Looking into reasons for non-cooperation and then rectifying it is the correct step. Options (c) and (d) show lack of leadership qualities. Option (a) will not solve the problem permanently. So, option (b) is correct.
Q12. You are the chairperson of a state sports committee. You have received a complaint and later it was found that an athlete in the junior age category who has won a medal has crossed the age criteria by 5 days. You would (2012)
(a) ask the screening committee for a clarification (b) ask the athlete to return the medal (c) ask the athlete to get an affidavit from the court declaring his/her age (d) ask the members of the sports committee for their views
Exp. Since, it is proved that athlete has crossed the age criteria so options (a) and (d) are ruled out. Asking for an affidavit does not change the fact. So, best course of action would be to ask the athlete to return the medal. So, option (b) is correct.
Q13. You are handling a priority project and have been meeting all the deadlines and are therefore planning your leave during the project. Your immediate boss 10 does not grant your leave citing the urgency of the (2012) project. You would
(a) proceed on leave without waiting for the sanction (b) pretend to be sick and take leave (c) approach higher authority to reconsider the leave application (d) tell the boss that it is not justified
Exp. Option (a) shows your adamant attitude. Option (b) is ethically not permitted. Arguing with the immediate boss is not correct as it will not bring any result. Option (c) is the best course of action.
Q14. You are involved in setting up a water supply proje in a remote area. Full recovery of cost is impossib in any case. The income levels in the area are lo and 25% of the population is Below Poverty Lin (BPL). When a decision has to be taken on
(a) recommend that the supply of water be free of charge f you would all respects (2012 (b) recommendon a one time fixed sum t the installation of taps and the usage of water be free (c) recommend that a fixed monthly charge be levied onl on the non-BPL families and for BPL families wal should be free (d) recommend that the users pay a charge based on the consumption of water with differentiated charges for non-BPL families
Exp. Options (a) and (b) would result into wastage of water an loss for the project. Options (c) and (d) are good course action but differentiated charges according to income leve and consumption would be a better solution. So, option (d is correct.
Q15. As a citizen you have some work with a governmen department. The official calls you again and again and without directly asking you, sends out feelers for a bribe. You want to get your work done. You would
(a) give a bribe (b) behave as if you have not understood the feelers and persist with your application (c) go to the higher officer for help and verbally- complaining about feelers (d) send in a formal complaint
Exp. Option (a) is not correct and ethically not permitted. Option (b) will not solve your problem. Giving a written complaint about the feeler is logically not correct. So, best course of action is to go to the higher officer for help and verbally complaining about feelers.
Q16. Consider the following statements. (2013)
- A primary group is relatively smaller in size.
- Intimacy is an essential characteristic of a primary group.
- A family may be an example of a primary group.
In the light of the above statements, which one of the following is true?
(a) All families are primary groups (b) All primary groups are families (c) A group of smaller size is always a primary group (d) Members of a primary group know each other
Exp. Option (a) is incorrect because statement (3) says that a family may be an example of primary group and not that all families are. (b) is incorrect because we are told by statement (3) that a family may be a primary group and nothing about all primary groups. (c) is also incorrect because Statement (1) says that a primary group is relatively smaller in size and not whether it is actually small or not. (d) is correct. Statement (2) tells us that intimacy is an essential characteristic of a primary group which means that the members of a primary group know each other intimately.
- Directions (Q. Nos. 17-21) Given below are six questions. Each question describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each question. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation. Please attempt all the questions. There is no penalty for wrong answers for these six questions.
Q17. You are the head of your office. There are certain houses reserved for the allotment to the office staff and you have been given the discretion to do so. A set of rules for the allotment of the houses has been laid down by you and has been made public. Your personal secretary, who is very close to you, comes to you and pleads that as his father is seriously ill, he should be given priority in allotment of a house. The office secretariat that examined the request as per the rules turns down the request and recommends the procedure to be followed according to the rules. You do not want to annoy your personal secretary.(2013)
In such circumstances, what would you do?
(a) Call him over to your room and personally explain why the allotment cannot be done (b) Allot the house to him to win his loyalty (c) Agree with the office note to show that you are not biased and that you do not indulge in favouritism (d) Keep the file with you and not pass any orders
Exp. Here, we have two objectives according to the question, not to annoy the secretary and to follow the rules and the law. Option (a) allows to both follow the rules as well as not to annoy the secretary and so it should be the first choice. Option (c) follows the rules but might disrupt the relationship with the secretary. In any case following the law and not showing any kind of favouritism are imperatives and cannot be compromised for any friendship. Thus (c) is also an acceptable solution. Option (b) is clearly wrong as it shows favouritism and bias and breaks the official rules. Option (d) is also clearly wrong as not doing your job because it might lead to unfavourable results for someone is also not acceptable.
Q18. While travelling in a Delhi-registered commercial taxi from Delhi to an adjacent city (another State), your taxi driver informs you that as he has no permit for running the taxi in that city, he will stop at its Transport Office and pay the prescribed fee of ₹ 40 for a day. While paying the fee at the counter you find that the transport clerk is taking an extra 50 for which no receipt is being given. You are in a hurry for your meeting. In such circumstances, what would you do? (2013)
(a) Go up to the counter and ask the clerk to give back the money which he has illegally take (b) Do not interfere at all as this is a matter between the taxi driver and the tax authorities (c) Take note of the incident and subsequently report the matter to the concerned authorities (d) Treat it as a normal affair and simply forget about it
Exp. Here, again we have two objectives. Firstly, it is our responsibility to report any case of corruption that we come across. Secondly, time is precious in this situation and reaching the destination on time is also important. In this case, we can either give priority to reaching the meeting. since reporting the case later on will not cause any imeversible damage or we can also take care of the matter then and there. Thus, option (c) is correct and option (a) is also acceptable. Options (b) and (d) are clearly wrong because they ignore the case of corruption. Taking cognizance of such matters even if they don’t fall in ones domain is every citizen’s public responsibility.
Q19. A person lives in a far off village which is almost two hours by bus. The villager’s neighbour is a very powerful landlord who is trying to occupy the poor villager’s land by force. You are the District Magistrate and busy in a meeting called by a local Minister. The villager has come all the way, by bus and on foot, to see you and give an application seeking protection from the powerful landlord. The villager keeps on waiting outside the meeting hall for an hour. You come out of the meeting and are rushing to another meeting. The villager follows you to submit his application. What would you do? (2013)\
(a) Tell him to wait for another two hours till you come back from your next meeting
(b) Tell him that the matter is actually to be dealt by a junior officer and that he should give the application to him
(c) Call one of your senior subordinate officers and ask him to solve the villager’s problem (d) Quickly take the application from him, ask him a few relevant questions regarding his problem and then proceed to the meeting
Exp. Here, we have two objectives to achieve at the same time. Firstly, we have to help the villager who has come from far off. Secondly, we have to reach the second meeting on time. Option (d) allows us to achieve both. Option (c) also achieves the same objectives though it means that the villager will have to wait for a little more time. Options (a) and (d) are wrong as, they will increase the troubles of the villager who might not be able to wait longer.
Q20. There is a shortage of sugar in your district, where you are the District Magistrate. The government has ordered that only a maximum amount of 30 kg sugar is to be released for wedding celebrations. A son of your close friend is getting married and your friend requests you to release at least 50 kg sugar for his son’s wedding. He expresses annoyance when you tell him about the government’s restrictions on this matter. He feels that since you are the District Magistrate you can release any amount. You do not want to spoil your friendship with him. In such circumstances, how would you deal with the situation? (2013)
(a) Release the extra amount of sugar which your friend has requested for (b) Refuse your friend the extra amount and strictly follow the rules (c) Show your friend the copy of the government instructions and then persuade ade him to accept the lower amount as prescribed in the rules (d) Advise him to directly apply to the allotting authority and inform him that you do not interfere in this matter
Exp. Here, we have two objectives, to follow the government orders and to not spoil the friendship. Option (d) allows us to achieve both since we are not directly refusing to help. Option (c) is also correct. However, it involves us into the situation by trying to persuade the friend directly. Option (a) is clearly wrong as it doesn’t follow the government orders. Option (b) is also less acceptable as it does not achieve the objective mentioned in the problem, that is not to lose the friendship since it risks annoying him
Q21. You are incharge of implementing the Family Planning Programme in an area, where there is a strong opposition to the present policy. You want to convince the residents of the need for keeping small families. What would be the best way of communicating this message? (2013)
(a) By logically explaining to the residents the need for family planning to improve health and living standards (b) By encouraging late marriages and proper spacing of children (c) By offering incentives for adopting family planning devices (d) By asking people, who have been sterilised or are using contraceptives to directly talk to the residents
Exp. Here, we have convince the villagers to accept the programme while keeping in mind the local sensibilities Option (a) is the right choice as villagers are more likely to be convinced, if they are presented with logic and reasons directly and clearly Option (d) is also correct. People, who have already had experience of the family planning ramme will be able to address the misgivings and programme concerns as well as explain the benefits and changes the programme has brought into their lives to villagers directly. Option (b) might not work. By directly asking the people to change certain things which are personal and might be part of their culture might not go down well with the villagers Option (c) also might not work. Incentives can only work to a certain extent and people might still consider it as an interference in their personal lives.
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Problem solving and decision making.
As a civil servant you are expected to make quick, reasoned, logical and welfare oriented decisions. Once the decision is taken you should stick to your stand and should not bow down before political or industry pressure. The questions based on this will test your decision making skills, something, which the prelims never did. You will also be tested on your sincerity, honesty, and integrity towards the civil services values. Till now candidates feigned these qualities in the IAS interview and got through. This will be possible any more.
This part of the examination measures your ability to use logic and common sense in solving of problems confronted in modern day today administration. The questions will generally relate to situations that require you either to take some action, to explain why an action has or would be taken or to interpret what the action implies. In Problem Solving and Decision Making there is a classic five step approach which would enable you to solve most the questions easily. The steps are:
- Indentify the problem
- Indentify the possible solutions
- Select the best solution
- Eliminate other solutions
- Make the decision
Now let us look at these steps in greater detail-
1. Identify the problem : Read the question carefully, and clearly identify what is being asked. What is special problem or point of the question? Is there any specific order you must follow? Are there any special instructions you must follow? 2. Indentify the possible solutions : Read all the choices carefully to identify one that best solves the problem. 3. Select the best solution and then defend it : Answer the question why does this solve the problem? Does it solve the problem with least risk, danger or damage. Always keep in mind that the consequences could be physical or mental. Will it solve the problem within the reasonable time? Have you answered all the parts of the question? Are they in correct order? 4. Eliminate other choices that :
- Are contradictory to what is required
- Call for unnecessary actions or risk
- Require that an instruction be disobeyed
- Insult, disregard or interfere with the basic values of our constitution
- Benefit only specific person or group
- Only partially solve the problem
- Procrastinate the real problem
- Call for an action you are unauthorised to take are not in a position to implement
5. Make the decision and record it.
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Analyses the following options and choose your answer using the codes given below-
(a) You will rush to the scene of the conflict immediately and call the leaders of the both the communities to calm the mob. (b) You will instruct the SP of the district to look into the matter. (c) You will inform the Divisional Commissioner and wait for his instructions. (d) You will summon the SP and other senior officials for conference to take the stock of situation and to take necessary action.
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How to Solve Decision Making Questions in UPSC CSAT Paper
The Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) or the General Studies Paper-II is one of the two papers of the UPSC civil services prelims exam. It is only a qualifying paper in which you have to score a minimum of 33%. As per the CSAT Syllabus, decision making is one of the four important segments. Know how to solve decision making questions in UPSC CSAT paper.
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Even then, a lot of IAS aspirants fear this paper especially if they are from a non-maths or non-science/engineering academic background. Although out of a total of 200 marks you only have to score at least 66, when you consider the fact that you will be penalized with negative marks for wrong answers, it can be safely said that proper planned preparation is needed even for the CSAT paper.
The CSAT generally consists of four types of questions:
- Logical reasoning
- Comprehension
- Decision making
Information about decision making questions:
- As a civil servant, you are expected to make quick and rational decisions that benefit the maximum. You should not buckle under political pressure and should discharge your duty fearlessly and honestly. The decision making questions test the same qualities. They put you in certain situations and ask you to solve a problem.
- Preparing for the decision making questions would also keep you in good stead for the General Studies Paper IV (ethics paper) in the UPSC civil services mains exam.
- These questions assess your abilities as an administrator.
- There is no negative marking for decision making questions.
- The official answer key gives two possible correct answers to these questions.
Decision making questions and answers for UPSC
Take a look at the following decision making questions from UPSC Prelims exam 2012:
Q) You are handling a time-bound project. During the project review meeting, you find that the project is likely to get delayed due to lack of cooperation of the team members. You would…
(a) Warn the team members for their non-cooperation.
(b) Look into reasons for non-cooperation.
(c) Ask for the replacement of team members.
(d) Ask for an extension of time citing reasons.
Answer: (b)
Q) You are competing with your batch-mate for the prestigious award to be decided based on an oral presentation. You have been asked by the committee to finish on time. Your friend, however, is allowed more than the stipulated time period.
a) Lodge a complaint to chairperson against the discrimination.
b) Not listen to any justification from the committee
c) Ask for withdrawal of your name
d) Protest and leave the place
Answer: (a)
The next question is taken from the 2013 UPSC Prelims CSAT GS paper II:
Q) You are handling a priority project and have been meeting all the deadlines and are therefore planning your leave during the project. Your immediate boss does not grant your leave citing the urgency of the project. You would…
1) Proceed on leave without waiting for the sanction.
2) Pretend to be sick and take leave.
3) Approach higher authority to reconsider the leave application.
4) Tell the boss that it is not justified.
Answer: (3)
Strategy to solve decision making questions for UPSC exam:
- Decision-making problems can be solved by a five-step approach:-
- Find the issue in the question
- Find the possible solutions
- Exclude the bad solutions
- Choose the best solution
- Take the final choice
- Eliminate choices that involve giving/taking bribes, showing arrogance, dishonesty, getting intimidated, ignoring wrong-doings, insubordination, biasness, impractical choices, short-term oriented, etc.
- Always choose answers which portray you as upright, honest, practical, humane, efficient, taking action-type of an officer, etc.
- Since there are two possible answers to these questions, you just need to figure out the two worst choices and pick any one of the two remaining choices.
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Comprehension, Decision Making & Problem Solving Compendium for IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 2 & State PSC Exams is the 2nd of the 3 books for Paper 2.
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Test: Decision Making & Problem Solving - UPSC MCQ
15 questions mcq test - test: decision making & problem solving, all, except one of the following are important strategies that a manager can use to create a more effective decision making environment. which one is not.
Encourage others to make decisions
Be ready to try new things
Relying solely upon himself/herself
Recognise the importance of quality information
To get effective decision making environment, manager should encourage others to make decisions as well as should recognise the importance of quality information. Manager is also expected to try new things to improvise the outcome of decision. So, manager should encourage for participative/ democratic process of decision making rather relying solely upon himself/herself.
Errors in decision making occur because we use decision making heuristics
in an unplanned manner
haphazardly
beyond the range for which they are intended
without taking care of other aspects
- Heuristics are simple, efficient rules based on experiences which people often use to form judgements and make decisions. This usually involve focusing on one aspect of a complex problem and ignoring others.
- Although, these rules work well under many circumstances, but they can lead to systematic deviation from logic or rationality resulting errors in decision making.
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A manager’s steps in a decision making process are given below. Arrange them in correct sequence and choose the correct answer. 1. Define the problem. 2. Identify the limiting factors. 3. Develop potential alternatives. 4. Establish a control and evaluation system.
2, 1, 3, 4
The correct sequence of a manager's steps in the decision-making process is: 1, 3, 4, 2. 1. Define the problem. 3. Develop potential alternatives. 4. Establish a control and evaluation system. 2. Identify the limiting factors..
A group effort of generating alternative ideas that can help a manager to solve a problem is called
The Delphi technique
Out of the box thinking
The nominal group technique
Brain storming
- The Delphi technique is used in structured communication technique to reach the correct response through consensus.
- Out of box thinking generates unconventional ideas.
- Nominal group technique is the decision making process which prevents the domination of discussion by single person, encourage the more passive group members to participate.
- In brain storming, individuals work alone and then groups were asked to brainstorm a list of ideas using procedures that encouraged creativity and discouraged criticism and evaluation. The scores of the individuals who worked alone were combined, averaged and compared with the scores of the groups.
A quantitative technique for decision making that shows a complete picture of potential alternative decision paths is called
A decision tree
Pay back analysis
Decision tree, a schematic tree-shaped diagram used to determine a course of action or show a statistical probability. Each branch of the decision tree represents a possible decision or occurrence. The tree structure shows how one choice leads to the next and the use of branches indicates that each option is mutually exclusive. This technique is used as quantitative technique decision making.
In decision making, judging a sample on the basis of similarity and random looking appearance is known as
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
Anchoring heuristic
Adjustment heuristic
Representativeness heuristic, a mental shortcut that helps us in making a decision by comparing information to our mental prototypes. e.g. if someone was to describe an older woman as warm and caring with a great love of children, most of us would assume that the older woman is a grandmother. She fits our mental representation of a grandmother, so we automatically classify her into that category.
While addressing people in an open ground, it begins to rain. Your address is important and you cannot afford to postpone it. What will you do? You would
ask some one to arrange an umbrella
stop your address for a while
continue the address without bothering the rain
postpone it for a day
Asking some one to arrange an umbrella as mentioned in option (a) will not be appropriate while options (b) and (d) do not serve the purpose as it is mentioned that it is important and you cannot afford to postpone it. Here, in this case continuing the address without bothering the rain as mentioned in option (c) will be the best course of action.
You are head of your office. Some media people come to your office and request you to brief them about the pension plan of your office. You will
aks the media people to come some another day
immediately accept the offer and brief them
get them turned out of your office
ask them to wait and to consult the officials concerned
Here, options (a) and (c) are not appropriate as these are not valid on ethical grounds while option (b) is also not valid as you are the head of the office and you have certain important tasks to accomplish. In this case, option (d) would be the best course of action as there are certain officials for each work in every office, so one has to consult them.
National Human Rights Commission took cognizance of a media report on the death of a lady by the wrong blood transfusion in a government hospital, issued a show cause notice as to why the monetary relief should not be given to the death’s kin. The notice was issued to the special secretary, health and family welfare of a district. Which of the following actions would solve the problem?
Special secretary should get confirmation from the medical superintendent whether it was transfusion reaction that caused the death, if is true the compensation should be paid
The lab technician should be removed from the post for giving wrong blood
Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Do not reply to the notice given by the commission
Not replying to the Commission may lead to further undesirable situation as the truth is in the media report which made commission take cognizance. Thus, the option (c) will only solve the problem which led to death.
A district library in your town is facing numerous problems. The books are eating dust, it is too noisy and also dirty inside and outside the library. There is no staff to maintain the books or rooms to keep them in safe custody. You are a regular visitor to the library, but have stopped going to the library, because of above problems. Even after some days, when you saw the library it was under the same condition. Now, you will
write a detailed letter to the ministry of culture and ask the ministry to improve the library
not take any action as you know that no concerned authority is going to take care of it
write a letter to the local newspaper to make a detailed report on the problems faced by library
Both ‘a’ and ‘c’
Being a responsible citizen and a regular visitor to the library, you may not stop from taking some proper action to help improve the condition of the library. Informing newspaper reporter to make a report is the best way to tackle the problem besides this it is necessary to write to the concerned authority to take action. Thus, option (d) is the best answer.
As a citizen you have some work with a government department. The official calls you again and again and without directly asking you, sends out feelers for a bribe. You want to get your work done. You would
give a bribe
behave as, if you have not understood the feelers and persist with your application
go to the higher officer for help and verbally complaining about feelers
send in a formal complaint
Option (a) is not correct and ethically not permitted. Option (b) will not solve your problem giving a written complaint about the feeler as mentioned in option (d) is logically not correct. So, best course of action is to go to the higher officer for help and verbally complaining about feelers.
You are competing with your batchmate for a prestigious award to be decided based on an oral presentation. Ten minutes are allowed for each presentation. You have been asked by the committee to finish on time. Your friend, however, is allowed more than the stipulated time period. You would
lodge a complaint to the chairperson against the discrimination
not listen to any justification from the committee
ask for withdrawal of your name
protest and leave the place
Option (b) would not be moral as everyone has the right to give justification while option (c) is an escapist attitude. Protesting is correct, but lodging a complaint to the concerned authority will give the result, so, option (a) is the best course of action.
You are a District Collector and are going to approve a proposal for payment of subsidy under government rules to an industrialist. You approve it as a normal duty. The same industrialist attends a social gathering at your home and gifts you a packet, on opening which you find a costly diamond jewellery set. You are shocked for a few minutes. Which is the best among the following you consider?
Sell the diamond jewellery to get cash
Ask your wife to deposit the diamond jewellery in their bank locker
Keep in the house locker
Return it back to the industrialist
Option (a) shows you made the proposal to get cash in kind and (b) or (c) shows you are money minded and not honest to the work. Only option (d) shows that you are honest and not glutton for money or gifts.
You are a Senior Police Officer. You sent your subordinate on some work by jeep. The driver and the constable in the jeep are unarmed. On the way they happen to notice a jeep in broken condition. A few persons sitting inside it ask for their help. As your subordinate gets down to help those persons, he is attacked from behind by a gang of criminals. They loot him and escape quickly with the persons sitting inside the car. The officer is charged for his negligence, now you as a senior officer, will
suspend him for his lack of common sense
frame charge against him for stopping the jeep mid-way
not hold him responsible for this accidental happening
accuse him of not being precautious
Opting for (a), (b) and (d) are improper. The decisions will be without information and also lack in empathy. Thus, option (c) is the correct one as the incident was an accident and not the deliberate mistake or negligence in the performance of duty at the part of the subordinate.
You are a Police Commissioner and you notice that one of your subordinate was a good officer with good manners, but over a few months his appearances and ways have changed. He has changed his behaviour, looks shabby other officers have also complained about his ill-mannered behaviour. You fear something might be wrong and also worry the effect of his shabby looks that might affect his relationship adversely with his colleagues. How do you approach him?
You will meet him separately and talk at length and try to know the cause of his problem
You will call on him at his chamber and warn about his shabby appearance
Show him sympathy and ask him to seek his transfer
You will send him on leave to help recover himself
Option (a) will be most appropriate answer; option (b) will be negative approach whereas options (c) and (d) are irresponsible and negligence and show that you lack in coordination as a higher officer. So, option (a) suits to be a best option.
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How to learn Interpersonal Skills Including Communication Skills for CSAT
Last updated on September 29, 2023 by Alex Andrews George
Interpersonal Skills is a topic for CSAT (General Studies Paper 2 – Civil Service Prelims Exam) .
But candidates who appear for Preliminary Exam, often seem to be unaware of this topic.
Before getting into the details of Interpersonal Skills, let’s analyze the syllabus for Civil Service Prelims Paper 2.
Table of Contents
Syllabus for Civil Service Prelims Paper 2
- 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)
How to learn Interpersonal skills including communication skills?
So, it is clear from the UPSC syllabus that there is a separate topic called Interpersonal Skills . Let’s have a quick look at what are the interpersonal skills a person needs to have.
Interpersonal skills:
Interpersonal Skills are also known by the names of soft skills or people skills. These are skills which you need while you deal with people, for better and healthy results. A master of interpersonal skills knows how to deal with different people during different situations.
Basic Interpersonal skills can be briefed below
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- Communication Skills
- Listening Skills
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- Decision Making
- Problem-Solving
- Verbal Communication
- Non-Verbal Communication
Question 1:
You are part of a team working on a critical project, and two of your team members, Arun and Sarah, have been having frequent disagreements that are affecting the project’s progress. How would you approach resolving this conflict?
- A) Avoid intervening and let them sort it out themselves.
- B) Speak to your supervisor and ask them to handle the conflict.
- C) Initiate a private meeting with Arun and Sarah to facilitate open communication and seek a mutually agreeable solution.
- D) Side with one team member to end the conflict quickly.
Correct Answer: C) Initiate a private meeting with Arun and Sarah to facilitate open communication and seek a mutually agreeable solution.
Question 2:
You are attending a professional conference, and you want to expand your network and make meaningful connections. What strategies would you employ to effectively network at the conference?
- A) Avoid engaging in conversations and focus solely on attending sessions.
- B) Share your business card with everyone you meet, whether or not there is a connection.
- C) Set clear networking goals, actively listen to others, exchange contact information, and follow up after the conference.
- D) Attend the conference but keep to yourself and not interact with other attendees.
Correct Answer: C) Set clear networking goals, actively listen to others, exchange contact information, and follow up after the conference.
Question 3:
You are working on a team project, and one of your team members, Maria, has a different approach to problem-solving that often leads to longer discussions and delays. How would you demonstrate tolerance in this situation?
- A) Insist that Maria adopts your approach to problem-solving for the sake of efficiency.
- B) Speak to the team leader and request Maria’s removal from the project.
- C) Practice open and respectful communication with Maria, seek compromise and show patience with differing work styles.
- D) Avoid working with Maria altogether to prevent conflicts.
Correct Answer: C) Practice open and respectful communication with Maria, seek compromise, and show patience with differing work styles.
These multiple-choice questions assess your understanding and application of interpersonal skills in various scenarios, including conflict resolution, networking, and tolerance.
Interpersonal skills including communication skills and UPSC
Those who expected Sentence Correction, Fill up the blank – grammar/language questions or Para-jumbles as there is a term called ‘communication skill’ in the syllabus – were disappointed by UPSC, by not asking any questions from these areas at all. There were no questions in the Interpersonal skills section, but questions came coupled with decision-making and problem-solving – as you can see these two are also an inseparable part of Interpersonal skills.
Having said that, it doesn’t mean UPSC will stick to the same type of questions in the future too. They can go for language skill-testing questions, but that may put students from rural backgrounds at a disadvantage, and that’s probably the main reason why UPSC has not tried those areas directly in the question paper.
As of now for solving the Decision-making and problem-solving section, the best answer is often derived by using interpersonal skills too, and that’s what UPSC expects from future Civil Servants.
How to study Interpersonal Skills for CSAT?
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