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Current Affairs & General Knowledge Previous Year Questions – Topic Wise
| Sr. No. | Topic Name | Previous Year Questions |
|---|---|---|
| A) | Defence | Click Here |
| B) | Nuclear Weapons and Treaties | Click Here |
| C) | International Organizations, Treaties, Reports, Rankings etc. | Click Here |
| D) | General Knowledge | Click Here |
Topic Wise Analysis of Current Affairs & GK PYQs
| 10] Current Affairs and GK – Topicwise Weightage | % of Questions (2011-2024) | % of Questions (2022-2024) | No. of Questions (2011-2024) | No. of Questions (2022-2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A) Defence | 7% | 15% | 8 | 6 |
| B) Nuclear Weapons and Treaties | 3% | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| C) International Organizations and Treaties | 35% | 33% | 39 | 13 |
| D) General Knowledge | 55% | 53% | 61 | 21 |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 111 | 40 |
About Current Affairs & GK PYQs
We’ve included all the questions which couldn’t be listed in any other topic, under this title. Thus, this is the only part of UPSC which is truly unpredictable and is purely current affairs based.
But the good news is, only 8-10 such questions are asked on average. Further, for first three topics i.e. A) Defence, B) Nuclear Weapons and Treaties & C) International organizations, reports, rankings, treaties, etc. you can get a good study material and study for them.
Thus, it leaves us only with 5-6 questions which will out of syllabus. We would recommend just to leave them & focus on rest 95 questions for which a detailed subject wise, topic wise and sub topic wise analysis is available and is presented herein.
Current Affairs & GK – Detailed Syllabus and Prelims PYQs
A) Defence
Various missiles, tanks, submarines, fighter planes, other military vehicles and machinery, military exercises etc.
B) Nuclear Weapons and Treaties
Nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, various nuclear-related treaties/agreements etc.
C) International Organizations, Treaties, Reports, Rankings etc.
International organisations and groupings, their mandates, members, reports and rankings etc.
D) General Knowledge
Questions based on general knowledge and current affairs that can not be classified in other subjects (listed above)
