Last Updated on November 6, 2025 by Admin
Subject Wise UPSC Prelims Previous Year Questions (1995-2025)
Approaching UPSC Prelims Previous Year Questions
We have already discussed the UPSC Prelims syllabus in detail in a recent post. The post discusses CSE-Prelims syllabus based on UPSC Prelims previous year questions’ – topic wise classification and analysis.
Having good knowledge of syllabus helps in deciding which sources to use while studying and what to avoid. After having an idea about the syllabus, an analysis about the weightage of various subjects helps in prioritising the various subjects/topics of study.
What remains afterwards is having a proper perspective while studying. And this is where the actual previous year questions are useful. Thus, we’re presenting here the UPSC Prelims PYQs of all the subjects. We’ve considered the last 12 years’ UPSC prelims previous year questions (2013-2024). This is sufficient to trace out the pattern in UPSC prelims PYQs and give a perspective to our study.
Another important purpose these previous year questions will serve is – diffuse the tension created by various institutions’ UPSC prelims mock tests. It is the experience of many students that, at times, the tests organised by many of the institutions do not ask realistic questions. Thus, even good students who actually passes the prelims exam, keep getting 60-70 marks in these mock tests.
This is highly discouraging, especially when UPSC prelims is close and students are feeling that they’ve completed the syllabus. If one goes through the previous year questions at this time, it will help you gain the confidence on your studies and move ahead.
Making Best Use of PYQs
We’ve done the subject wise and topic wise classification of all the questions from UPSC prelims. The subjects are in tune with the official UPSC prelims syllabus. The topics have been decided based on the standard study sources for various subjects. We highly recommend sticking to this classification, this will help you avoid any confusion throughout your prelims preparation. You can also download the detailed UPSC prelims syllabus for future reference.
The main purpose of UPSC Prelims previous year questions is to understand the nature of questions in the actual exam. So, it is recommended to study the PYQs along with your study of the subject/topic from a textbook. It will help a lot in maintaining focus.
All the answers to previous year questions are based on the official answer key released by UPSC. Only the answers to the latest paper (2024) are based on study & research since the answer key is not yet available.
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Therefore, I urge everyone not to rely blindly on this content and to ensure you prepare independently.
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Further, what we’re trying to do is, with your feedback for explanations, whenever there is mistake, we’re addressing it immediately. That way, whatever errors have crept in, gets addressed. If you can go through website, you’ll observe a lot of places where we’ve done that.
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I am really Grateful for this compilation. I have a sincere request to please compile Maharashtra PCS PYQs in the Similar manner, Thank You again
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thanku very beautifully compiled and great great explanations!!
suggestion–apart from topic wise just also provide year wise subject wise(not topic bifercations) sorting too atleast for past 2013, sometimes we need year wise feel also if possible
A special thanks 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 to website owner..Koi bhi website aisi ni h jo upsc k topic wise separate subjects pyqs upload kiye …bhot hi bdhiya one stop center ki trah h website again thanks
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classification and analysis of prelims 2025 plzz, asap
Sir…when will be the 2026 edition available?
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