UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2023 by Vision IAS: Download GS, CSAT Set A, B, C, and D Answer Key PDF

UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2023 by Vision IAS is provided here. It is India’s top coaching institute for UPSC CSE Preparation.  The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted the prelims exam at 79 centres across India on May 28, 2023. Candidates who have appeared can download UPSC Prelims answer key to the marks they can get based on the number of correct and incorrect answers. 

UPSC Prelims Answer Key Vision IAS has released UPSC Answer Key for Paper-I & II. The Vision IAS UPSC Prelims answer key of GS Paper I helps candidates to check how they have scored out of 200 total marks. While UPSC Prelims answer key of GS Paper II (CSAT) by Vision IAS helps candidates to know how they have correctly answered out of 80 multiple-choice questions. The  UPSC GS Paper II (CSAT) is conducted for a total 0f 200 marks. 

How to Download UPSC Answer Key 2023 Vision IAS: Check the steps below  to download UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key PDF

Step 1: Visit the official website of Vision IAS (http://visionias.in). Alternatively, you can also check the link in the table below

Step 2: Click on the UPSC IAS answer key link

Step 3: Download the UPSC IAS 2023 answer key  – GS Paper I and GS Paper II (CSAT)

Step 4: Calculate the UPSC Prelims score based on the number of correct and incorrect responses 

UPSC Prelims 2023  Question and Answer Key Paper 1: Vision IAS released the UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2023 Vajiram Ravi on May 28. Candidates can the table below to download UPSC IAS 2023 answer key and question paper released. 

UPSC Prelims 2023  Question and Answer Key CSAT (Paper 2):  Vision IAS released the UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2023 Vajiram Ravi on May 28. Candidates can the table below to download the UPSC IAS 2023 answer key and question paper for CSAT. 

UPSC Prelims 2023: How to Calculate Marks Based on Answer Key

To calculate your marks from the answer key, the steps given below can be followed

1. Download the available answer key.
2. Match the answers you marked in the examination to the answers provided in PDF.
3. For each correct answer, allocate the assigned marks per the marking scheme of the paper.
4. If there is no negative marking, you can give each correct answer full marks. If negative marking is used, you can deduct the negative marks for each wrong response.
5. Add all the marks for the correct answer and deduct the marks for the incorrect answer according to the paper marking scheme. 
6. The final score will be your estimated marks.

UPSC Prelims 2023 Answer Key Paper 1: Marks Calculation 

To calculate the marks of UPSC Prelims answer key 2023 for Paper I you can follow the following steps given below

• Download the answer key PDF of your set.
• Match the answers marked in the examination to the answers provided in PDF (Make sure you are matching answers with the provided set)
• For each correct answer you can +2 marks can be awarded and for each incorrect answer 0.66 marks can be deducted
• No marks will be awarded and deducted for questions unattempted.
• Let’s say on a paper of 100 questions you have answered 75 questions correctly and 25 questions incorrectly
• Then your marks will be calculated as 

75 * 2 = 150

25 * 0.66 = 16.75

The final Marks will be 160 – 16.75 = 133.25

(Note round off values might give a slight difference)

UPSC Prelims 2023 Paper 2 Answer Key: Marks Calculation 

To calculate the marks of UPSC Prelims answer key 2023 for Paper 2 you can follow the following steps given below

• Download the answer key PDF.
• Match the answers marked in the examination to the answers provided in PDF.
• For each correct answer allocate +2.5 marks and for each incorrect answer deduct 0.83 marks
• Let’s say on a paper of 80 questions you have answered 55 questions correctly and 25 questions incorrect
• Then your marks will be calculated as 

55 * 2.5 = 137.5

20 * 0.83 = 20.75

The final Marks will be 137.5 – 20.75 = 116.75

(Note round off values might give a slight difference)

UPSC Prelims 2023 Expected Cutoff Score?

The expected cutoff is shown below based on the difficulty level of the paper and the previous year’s trend. You can check the UPSC expected Cutoff and previous year’s cutoff trend here. (Link)

UPSC IAS Prelims Expected Cutoff 2023

How to Download Official Answer Key Realsed by UPSC?

Steps to download the official answer key (when released)

• Visit the official website of UPSC – https://www.upsc.gov.in
• Click on the examinations 
• Click on the Answer Keys under examinations
• Download the UPSC Prelims 2023 answer key.