UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 (Available) Question Paper Analysis: Check Difficulty Level, Weightage, Expert Answer Key

UPSC ESE 2022 Prelims exam has been conducted on February 20. The Prelims Paper 1 of the ESE exam consists of questions from General Studies and Engineering Aptitude. After this year's exam, the candidates can check the detailed exam analysis of Prelims Paper 1 and Paper 2 ESE 2022 exam along with the unofficial answer key released by various coaching centers. The exam analysis mentioned below is prepared on the basis of students and experts feedback.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 1 Question Paper Analysis

Highlights

• ESE Paper 1's overall difficulty level was Moderate to Difficult.
• ESE this year consisted primarily of theoretical problems.
• In comparison to prior years, there were far fewer assertion and reasoning questions, with only four being asked in the exam.
• In the exam, a new sort of question, a passage type question, was asked.
• The framework of the paper was fairly similar to that of the previous year's paper.
• Current Affairs, Reasoning & Aptitude, and Engineering Mathematics bore maximum weightage i.e. 15 marks, 15 marks, and 14 marks respectively.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 1 Topic-Wise Weightage

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 2 Question Paper Analysis

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 2 Topic-Wise Analysis for Civil Engineering

Highlights

• It was a Easy to Moderate Paper.
• In comparison to last year's paper, the level of question difficulty was lower.
• There were very less questions from OCF, Englineering Hydrology, and Railway, Airport & Tunnelling.
• Topics like Strength of Materials, Soil Mechanics, Design of Steel Structures, Design of Concrete Structures, and Environmental Engineering held the highest weightage.
• Topics like Irrigation Engineering and Design of Steel Structures were especially difficult.
• There were more theoretical problems than numerical questions.
• No. of good attempts fall between 110-120 questions.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 2 Topic-Wise Analysis for Electrical Engineering

Highlights

• It was a Moderately Difficult Paper.
• In comparison to last year's paper, the level of question difficulty was lower.
• In the field of digital electronics, there were no questions.
• In the EMFT and microcomputer, there were fewer questions.
•  Engineering mathematics section was difficult.
• There were 6 questions of the statement type.
• There were more theoretical problems than numerical questions.
• There were no match the pairs questions.
• No. of good attempts fall between 90-100 questions.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 2 Topic-Wise Analysis for Electronics Engineering

Highlights

• It was a paper of Moderate difficulty level.
• In comparison to last year's paper, the level of question difficulty was a bit difficult.
• Topics like Advanced Communication, Material Science, Digital Circuits, Electromagnetic Field Theory, and Networks had the maximum weightage of between 12 to 16 questions.
• Only Basic Electrical Engineering was difficult in nature with a moderate weightage of 10 questions.
• No. of good attempts fall between 100-110 questions.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Paper 2 Topic-Wise Analysis for Mechanical Engineering

Highlights

• It was a Moderately Difficult Paper.
• In comparison to last year's paper, the level of question difficulty was similar.
• Topics like Fluid Mechanics & Machinery and Manufacturing and Engineering Materials took the highest weightage at 23 and 20 questions respectively.
• Both of these topics along with Machine Design and Mechatronics & Robotics were tough in nature.
• No. of good attempts fall between 90-100 questions.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2022 Experts Answer Key (Unofficial)

We will update the UPSC ESE 2022 Prelims unofficial answer key released by different coaching institutes on February 20. The PDF to download the answer key along with the question paper will be updated here.

The above answer key is tentative, and the candidates can use it as a basic reference.