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State PSC Prelims Mock Test

Most state commissions run a General Studies prelims paper of 100 to 150 objective questions in two hours, with a one-third negative penalty. The syllabus is the national core — polity, history, geography, economy and science — plus a state-specific section that this test does not attempt to cover.

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Before you begin

Instructions

This is a shortened paper built on the current pattern. Varies by commission — typically 100–150 questions · 120 min.

Questions
25
Time limit
25 min
Total marks
50
Marking
+2 / −0.67
  • The clock starts as soon as you press Start and the paper submits itself at zero.
  • You can move between questions freely and change any answer before you submit.
  • Mark a question for review to come back to it — a marked question still counts as answered if you have chosen an option.
  • A wrong answer costs 0.67 marks, so leave a question blank when you have no idea.
  • Your score, the answer key and a full explanation for every question appear as soon as you submit.

Sections in this test

Indian Polity5 Q
History5 Q
Geography5 Q
Economy4 Q
General Science6 Q

Use the result

How to learn from this State PSC mock

Treat the State PSC Prelims Mock Test as a measurement, not as a verdict. The useful output is a short correction plan built from the questions that cost marks or time.

  1. Reproduce real conditions. Use one uninterrupted 25-minute sitting, no notes and the same answer discipline you would use in the examination.
  2. Review correct guesses as well as wrong answers. A lucky mark is unresolved knowledge and should enter the correction list.
  3. Classify the cause of every loss. Mark it as an unknown concept, wrong method, misread question, calculation slip, poor selection or time pressure.
  4. Choose only three immediate corrections. Revise or drill the highest-frequency causes before attempting another full paper.
  5. Retest with a fresh paper. Allow enough practice time for the correction to work, then check whether the same error class has declined.

How to interpret this score

This is a shortened State PSC practice paper, so compare accuracy, section balance and decision-making rather than treating the raw mark as a predicted official score. Cut-offs depend on the recruitment cycle, category, vacancies, paper difficulty and the authority’s scoring rules.

This exam

What this state PSC set is measuring

State commission prelims papers share a common spine — polity, history, geography, economy, environment, science and reasoning — and then add a state layer that national preparation does not cover. This set exercises the spine; the state layer is what you build separately.

What to take from the result

  • Accuracy on the national spine — this is the portion shared across every state commission and with national recruitment papers, so a weakness here costs you in every examination you sit.
  • How you handled statement-based questions — state prelims papers increasingly use the multi-statement form, which turns partial knowledge into a guess. Note how many you answered by elimination and how many by recall.
  • Whether reasoning cost you time — most state papers carry a reasoning and data block that is quick marks for a prepared candidate and a time sink for an unprepared one.
  • What this paper could not measure — your own state’s history, geography, economy, schemes and administrative arrangements. That is the block that separates candidates in a state examination, and no general paper reaches it.

Build the state layer separately, and test it separately

A general mock dilutes state-specific questions across a full paper, which hides how you are doing on the material that actually differentiates candidates. Keep a separate short test of your own state’s content — history, geography, economy, schemes, and any state formation or movement material your commission examines — and sit it fortnightly. It is finite material and it is the fastest score to move.

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