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UPPSC RO ARO Previous Year Papers Subject-wise Analysis (Prelims)
By BYJU'S Exam Prep
Updated on: September 13th, 2023

In this post, you will know UPPSC RO ARO previous year papers analysis for all subjects. The subject-wise analysis of the UPPSC RO ARO papers enables to understand the ongoing pattern, its difficulty level, and our preparedness. It becomes all the more crucial in the highly competitive exam, also the most sought after exams amongst the aspirants.
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Subject-wise Analysis of UPPSC RO/ARO Prelims Exam
To give you the idea about the existing pattern, the important areas of the syllabus given for the exam, we have come up with a detailed analysis of the previous year’s papers. Therefore, we are providing you with the analysis of previous year papers. Get a glance to comprehend the existing challenges and the key areas with expected requisites of the same.
The detailed analysis can be downloaded from here.
UPPSC RO/ARO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017
UPPSC RO/ARO Prelims Exam Analysis 2016
The previous year’s papers are a useful resource to understand the requisites, the difficulty level and the new entrants (the pattern and the areas covered) if any. Also, the crucial aspect of solving papers helps in revising the topics. It helps evaluate the preparation, be itself or guided. The analysis is as follows:
Paper- I General Studies (Objective Type)
Sr. No. |
Subjects |
Number of Questions |
Total Number of Questions |
1. |
History of India |
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
11 |
2. |
Indian National Movement |
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 |
11 |
3. |
Indian Polity, Economy and Culture |
57, 58, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 108,109 |
10 |
4. |
Geography and Natural resources of India & World Geography |
41, 47, 48, 50, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 113 |
26 |
5. |
Population, Ecology and Urbanization (in Indian Context) |
75, 76, 86 |
3 |
6. |
Indian Agriculture, Commerce and Trade |
43, 44, 46, 53, 54 |
5 |
7. |
General Science |
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 45, 49 |
19 |
8. |
Current Events of National and International importance |
5, 52, 100, 101, 102, 103,114, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140 |
21 |
9. |
General intelligentsia |
110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 128 |
15 |
10. |
Special Knowledge regarding Education, Culture, Agriculture industry, Trade, Living & Social Traditions of Uttar Pradesh |
40, 51, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 104, 105, 106, 107 |
19 |
Paper-II General Hindi (Objective Type)
This paper comprises 60 Qs., each carrying 1 mark (with a total of 60 marks).
Sr. No. |
Subjects |
Total Number of Qs. |
1. |
Opposites |
10 |
2. |
Sentence and Correction in framing |
10 |
3. |
One word for several words |
10 |
4. |
Same usage and same nature words |
10 |
5. |
A noun is defined by an adjective and adjectives |
10 |
6. |
Synonymous words |
10 |
UPPCS RO/ARO Prelims Exam Analysis 2016 (Subject-wise)
Paper- I General Studies (Objective Type)
Preliminary Examination is of 200 marks with Paper I, carrying 140 marks and Paper II carrying 60 marks.
Sr. No. |
Subjects |
Number of Questions |
Total Number of Questions |
1. |
History of India |
16, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134,136 |
13 |
2. |
Indian National Movement |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140 |
10 |
3. |
Indian Polity, Economy and Culture |
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 33, 71, 72, 104, |
19 |
4. |
Geography and Natural resources of India & World Geography |
19, 20, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 77, 109, |
30 |
5. |
Population, Ecology and Urbanization (in Indian Context) |
74, 75, 76, |
3 |
6. |
Indian Agriculture, Commerce and Trade |
13, 18, 27, 29, 80, 97,120, |
7 |
7. |
General Science |
22, 23, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 130, |
16 |
8. |
Current Events of National and International importance |
48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 105, |
14 |
9. |
General intelligentsia |
78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87,88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 99, |
15 |
10. |
Special Knowledge regarding Education, Culture, Agriculture industry, Trade, Living & Social Traditions of Uttar Pradesh |
30, 57, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 107 |
13 |
Paper-II General Hindi (Objective Type)
This paper comprises 60 Qs., each carrying 1 mark (with a total of 60 marks).
Sr. No. |
Subjects |
Total Number of Qs. |
1. |
Opposites |
10 |
2. |
Sentence and Correction in framing |
10 |
3. |
One word for several words |
10 |
4. |
Same usage and same nature words |
10 |
5. |
A noun is defined by an adjective and adjectives |
10 |
6. |
Synonymous words |
10 |