UPSC Prelims General Science Test (GS Sectional 13)

Product Details

The UPSC Prelims General Science Test covers school-level science as UPSC asks it, set in everyday situations. The questions ask why something happens, which material or process is involved, how the human body functions and what causes disease. The test suits candidates from any academic background, as every explanation states the underlying principle in plain language.

Topics Covered in the General Science Test

• Motion, force, fluids and heat
• Light, sound, electricity, magnetism and semiconductors
• Atoms, nuclei and the chemistry of everyday life
• Cells, genetics and evolution, and plant life
• The human body, nutrition and health
• Microbes, immunity and disease

Space, nuclear technology, IT and biotechnology are in Sectional Test 14.

What You Get

• Questions booklet: 100 questions, 200 marks, two hours, in English and Hindi, with an answer sheet to print at the end.
• Answers and Explanations booklet: The answer key, then every question solved: each statement and each option is marked correct or incorrect with the reason, followed by the sources for the facts used.
• Marking as in the Prelims: 2 marks for a correct answer, and 0.66 (one-third of 2) deducted for a wrong one.
• Your copy: PDFs licensed to you, with your name and order number printed on every page.
• Difficulty: 32 easy, 33 medium, 24 hard and 11 very hard questions.

All tests are provided as downloadable PDF booklets, which you can print and attempt on paper or read and answer directly on your screen.

Sources and References

Every question and explanation is prepared from official and standard sources, among them:

• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
• ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition
• National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control
• The Gazette of India
• NCERT textbooks for Classes VI to XII (current editions)
• World Health Organization
• US National Human Genome Research Institute