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Rachit Kumar Saxena
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Updated on Jul 18, 2021 19:20 IST
UPSC conducted the IES 2021 Prelims exam on July 18. See here complete Topic-wise Analysis

UPSC conducted the Engineering Services Exam (ESE) Prelims exam across the nation on July 18. See here the IES 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis and Expected Cut off.

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IES 2021 exam was conducted on July 18. The Union Public Service Commission conducted the Engineering Services Exam (ESE) Prelims 2021 across the nation in different cities. The IES (Indian Engineering Services) as it was formerly called, is the topmost exam for the engineers to get the Executive Engineer position in the Union Government departments associated with various ministries. As per the exam experts, the number of candidates who appeared in the IES Prelims exam was less compared to the previous years.

The UPSC consult experienced teachers to frame the standard questions. This is the reason that the UPSC IES question papers always remain of the same standard. The question papers are always of moderate level and the average candidate can do it with little extra effort.

Union Public Service Commission conducted the Engineering Services (ESE) Prelims Exam. The IES 2021 Prelims exam comprise two question papers and the candidates need to qualify in both the papers. The IES prelims 2021 was conducted in two shifts. In the first shift, the General Studies and Engineering Aptitude paper was conducted. In the second shift, the stream specific papers were conducted.
The UPSC IES Prelims 2021 paper was a good mix of questions from General Studies, Maths, Engineering Aptitude and other important topics. The IES 2021 topic-wise break-up is given below.

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Section Name

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

Current issues of national and international importance

17-18

Easy to Moderate

Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability

7-9

Easy to Moderate

Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

13-15

Easy to Moderate

General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety

5-7

Moderate to difficult

Standards and Quality practices

7-9

Difficult

Basics of Energy and Environment

5-6

Easy to moderate

Basics of Project Management

13-15

Moderate to difficult

Basics of Material Science and Engineering

8-9

Moderate to difficult

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools

8-10

Moderate to difficult

Ethics and values in the Engineering profession

8-9

Moderate to difficult

See here: IES 2021 Topic-wise Analysis

The candidates need the IES Exam analysis to prepare for the exam in a better way. The candidates are required to prepare all the topics as given in the UPSC IES syllabus to prepare for the IES exam. The candidates can see the topic-wise IES 2021 Analysis here.

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Around 44 to 45 questions were asked from the Ethics and values in the Engineering profession, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools, Basics of Energy and Environment, General Principles of Design, Drawing, and Importance of Safety.

The experienced candidates and mentors are expecting a decrease in the IES 2021 Prelims cut off.

See here: IES 2021 Expected Cutoff

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