UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Difficulty Level, Weightage, Answer key

UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Paper I Session and Blog Link

UPSC ESE 2023 civil paper analysis was conducted on the BYJUS Exam Prep official youtube channel just after the exam. The link to the Paper I analysis session is provided below. In this analysis session, BYJUS Exam Prep expert faculties discussed the topic-wise weightage, difficulty level etc., for the paper I of the ESE 2023 exam.

ESE 2023 Prelims Paper 1 Question Paper | Pdf download

ESE 2023 Prelims Paper 1 Detailed Solution | Pdf download

ESE 2023 Prelims Paper 2 Civil Question Paper | Pdf download

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UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Paper 2 Live Session Link

In this live session, UPSC ESE 2023 Civil paper analysis will be conducted by the expert faculties on BYJUS Exam Prep. The live session link for the UPSC ESE 2023 Civil paper analysis for Paper 2 is shared below on the page. This session was conducted on the BYJU’S Exam Prep GATE ESE Youtube channel. The faculties will provide the ESE Civil paper answer key and expected cutoff in the session below.

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UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Exam Pattern

UPSC ESE 2023 exam is conducted in two shifts having two papers consisting of the general awareness and engineering discipline. More details about the UPSC ESE 2023 exam are shared below.

ESE CE 2023	Paper I	Paper II
Subjects	General Studies and Engineering Discipline	Technical Paper – Civil
Shift Timings	10 AM to 12 PM	2 PM to 5 PM
Mode of Examination	Offline	Offline
Total No. of Questions	100	150
Total Marks	200	300
Exam Duration	2 hours	3 hours
Negative Marking	1/3rd of the marks allotted to a question	1/3rd of the marks assigned to a question
Difficulty Level	Moderate to Tough	Moderate

UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Paper Overall Analysis

The IES Prelims Paper II for Civil Engineering was held in the afternoon. Candidates thought this paper was Moderate level in terms of overall difficulty level. The major topics covered are listed below, along with a detailed analysis.

More highlights of the Civil Engineering paper are discussed in the UPSC ESE 2023 Civil paper analysis on BYJUS Exam Prep’s official youtube channel.

UPSC IES Civil Prelims Exam 2023: Major Highlights

The major highlights, like the overall difficulty level, paper questions and their levels shared in the form of points below. These points are provided based on the UPSC ESE 2023 paper analysis and the reviews by our candidates who have given the examination.

• The overall paper was moderate.
• Questions are an almost equal number of theoretical and numerical questions.
• There were 6 Assertion – Reason type questions asked in the paper.
• ESE CE 2023 Prelims paper was almost similar to the previous year. It consists of more weightage from SOM and Building materials and less weightage from geotechnical and hydraulic machines compared to last year.

UPSC ESE 2023 Civil paper Analysis: Subject Wise Analysis

The table below discusses the subjects, their major topics, difficulty level, number of questions asked, and weightage per the ESE 2023 exam for the Civil Engineering Paper. Here is the Subject-wise weightage of the ESE prelims Civil exam.

Subject	No of Questions	Difficulty Level
Strength of Materials	18	Easy
Soil Mechanics	14	Moderate
Engineering Hydrology	1	Moderate
Highway Engineering	10	Easy
Surveying	10	Moderate
Irrigation Engineering	12	Easy
Building Materials	13	Tough
Construction Planning and Management	12	Moderate
Design of Steel Structures	12	Tough
Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics	12	Moderate
Open Channel Flow	1	Easy
Railways, Airports and Tunneling	1	Easy
Structural Analysis	7	Moderate
Design of Concrete Structures	13	Moderate
Environmental Engineering	13	tough
Total	150	Moderate But Calculative

ESE CE Prelims Answer Key 2023

After the final result, the commission will upload ESE Civil Answer Keys for Prelims Exam on the official website. Meanwhile, candidates can download the UPSC ESE civil answer key for the prelims exam below. This answer key is prepared after the solutions provided by our faculties just after the exam.

Download ESE Prelims Answer Key for Paper 1 Civil Engineering (To be Updated)

Download ESE Prelims Answer Key for Paper 2 Civil Engineering (To be Updated)

UPSC ESE Civil Prelims Paper II Expected Cut off 2023

According to the analysis, the expected cutoff for UPSC ESE Prelims Paper II Civil Engineering will be updated soon. The official cutoff for the IES Preliminary exam 2023 will be announced during the final result declaration after the prelims exam. These cutoff marks will be based on the candidates who had attempted the ESE Prelims examination 2023 exam for civil engineering.

The following factors determine the cutoff:

• The total number of students who took the ESE exam.
• The total number of open positions
• The Engineering Services Examination difficulty level for the year.
• According to the performance of the appeared candidates.

You can check in detail here about the IES previous year’s Cutoffs

UPSC ESE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Difficulty Level

As per the UPSC ESE Civil paper analysis, listed below are the essential points about the level and type of questions that were asked in the ESE Paper-2 Civil Engineering exam.

• The paper was formed so that the examiner tried to cover the entire syllabus of almost every subject.
• The Difficulty level of Questions asked was moderate this time.

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