Previous Year Papers
Practice with actual UPSC Prelims patterns from 2019-2024
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Current Affairs Toggle: Questions based on events specific to that year are marked with an orange tag. You can exclude them before starting — useful since those events are now outdated. Static/conceptual questions remain valuable regardless of year.
2024
34 Q
New Criminal Laws
Constitutional Governance
Environment & Climate
Economy & Infra
Include Current Affairs
Static: 22CA: 12
2023
31 Q
Environment dominated
Biodiversity
Climate Action
Polity & Governance
Include Current Affairs
Static: 27CA: 4
2022
25 Q
First year of pair-based format
Environment & Biodiversity
Economy
Polity
Include Current Affairs
Static: 21CA: 4
2021
23 Q
Environment heavy
Economy & COVID recovery
Polity
Science
Include Current Affairs
Static: 20CA: 3
2020
16 Q
Environment & Ecology
Economy
Governance & Policy
Science
Include Current Affairs
Static: 16CA: 0
2019
15 Q
Polity & Governance
Economy
Environment
Science & Tech
Include Current Affairs
Static: 15CA: 0