APSC ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR 2024 PAPER ANALYSIS

Subject distribution (approximate).

Motor Vehicles Act, licensing and compensation is the largest block at about 28 to 30 questions (Q1 to Q29 and Q44 to Q50). It covers:

• Institutions and rules: the National Road Safety Board, the 2019 Amendment’s salient features, the State Transport Authority, the Section 129 helmet provision, hit-and-run (Section 161), the 2009 review committee and the rules for National Highways.
• Licensing and offences: learner’s licence timing, minimum age for a light motor vehicle, renewal, the juvenile offender and the child’s seatbelt rule, school bus norms, uninsured driving and the helmet fine.
• Definitions: contract carriage, goods, gross vehicle weight and heavy passenger vehicles.
• Claims and compensation: the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (membership, powers, appeal, payment time limit), the Accident Fund, FAR and DAR reporting, and the golden hour.

Road safety, traffic and accident investigation is about 8 to 10 questions (Q16, Q17, Q37 to Q43). It covers the District Road Safety Committee, accident data publication, amber signal, parking authority, investigation steps, Event Data Recorder, blackspot, removal of unattended vehicles and road signs.

Vehicular pollution and environment is about 8 questions (Q30 to Q36, Q42). It covers causes of vehicular pollution, electric and hybrid promotion (NEMMP and FAME), cleaner fuels, Bharat Stage VI, the Air Act and the ministry responsible, and the PUC certificate interval.

Assam and regional current affairs is about 6 to 8 questions (Q51 to Q56, Q59, Q70). It covers Mission Basundhara, Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, Bhogeswar Baruah, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, Orang National Park and Assam’s forest types.

National current affairs and schemes is about 5 to 6 questions (Q52 to Q58): PM Surya Ghar, the India-China border deal, Amrit Bharat Station, NSDL and NABARD.

History and polity is about 8 to 9 questions (Q59 to Q66): Ahom capital, chronology of Assam events, dynasties and founders, Civil Disobedience and the Dandi March, the Constitution amendment on the President’s duty, and statements on the Vice President, Governor and Fifth Schedule.

Geography is about 3 to 4 questions (Q67 to Q70): west-flowing rivers, a mismatched pair, lowest rainfall in Assam and the forest facts above.

Numerical and logical reasoning is about 15 questions (Q71 to Q85). It covers number series and odd-one-out, analogy, a triangle count, a pie chart, ratio, profit and loss, percentages, work and time, tank volume and the mercury drop radius ratio.

Science, technology and computing is about 15 questions (Q86 to Q100), almost all in statement-code format. It covers breeder reactors, radiocarbon dating, biophilia, acid rain, mutagens, lithium-ion batteries, placebo, cache memory, cookies, breadcrumbs, blockchain, keyloggers, USB, DDoS and the origin of the word “cursor”.