UPSC Prelims Answer Key is a document that entails the right answers of the questions that features in the UPSC Prelims exam. UPSC releases the Prelims Answer Key every year at the end of the exam cycle, i.e., at the time of the declaration of the final result.

That means the aspirants have to wait a long time to assess their answers. However, to curtail the waiting period, we are providing the UPSC CSE candidates the answer key of the latest edition of the exam, i.e., UPSC Prelims 2022.

How to Calculate Your UPSC Score with Answer Key?

To calculate your UPSC Score, you have to simultaneously download both the question paper and the answer key of the prelims exam.

After that follow the steps to gauge your probable score in the prelims.

  1. Refer the question paper and browse through every question.
  2. Recall the options you have marked in the exam.
  3. Tally the recalled answers with the correct responses given on the answer key.
  4. Come up with a count of total right answers and wrong answers, leave the Un-attempted questions.
  5. Multiply the total correct answers by 2, and note down the number reached by multiplying.
  6. Multiply all the wrong answers by 2/3, and again note down the number.
  7. Subtract the aggregate that came in step 6 from the figure reached in step 5. And that’s it, the total that will come up will be your score in UPSC Prelims.

How to Download the UPSC Prelims 2022 Answer Key?

To download UPSC Prelims Answer Key, you have to follow certain steps.

  1. Open the official website of UPSC I.e., www.upsc.gov.in
  2. On the homepage you would find the “Examination”, under that click on “Answer Key 2022.”
  3. Click on the answer key which will direct you to the “Civil Service Preliminary Examination Answer Key 2022.”
  4. Upon clicking on it, a PDF will open, download the PDF and avail it to compute your UPSC Prelims 2022 score.

These are the steps you need to keep in mind to access the official UPSC Prelims 2022 Answer Key.

Also Check: UPSC Prelims Syllabus 2023