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About UPSC Mains Previous Year Pattern
The post contains UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Papers form 2013 onwards. The pattern of UPSC Mains exam drastically changed in 2013. Previously there were two General Studies papers and two Optional Subjects (4 papers) for UPSC Mains. 2013 onwards, UPSC changed the pattern of UPSC Mains to 4 GS Papers, along with introduction of GS 4 (Ethics) paper, and reducing optional subject to only one (2 papers).
Hence, while using UPSC Mains previous year question papers, it makes sense to focus on question papers from 2013 onwards. This post contains all such papers from 2013, provided to you in PDF format.
Essay, Ethics- UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Papers
General Studies (1-3) – UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Papers
Along with Essay and GS 1-4 papers, students have to give 4 more papers.
2 papers are from Optional Subjects
2 more papers are from English and one of the regional languages. Regional language is not compulsory for some of the north-eastern states. We’ve provided the papers for English and other regional languages as a sample. You don’t have to study for this in detail and one paper is good enough to get idea about exam.
Language – UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Papers (2023)
Assamese Compulsory- Bengali Compulsory
- Bodo Compulsory
- English Compulsory
- Gujarati Compulsory
- Hindi Compulsory
- Kannada Compulsory
- Maithili Compulsory
- Malayalam Compulsory
- Manipuri Compulsory
- Marathi Compulsory
- Nepali Compulsory
- Odia Compulsory
- Punjabi Compulsory
- Sanskrit Compulsory
- Sindhi Devanagari Compulsory
- Tamil Compulsory
- Telugu Compulsory
- Urdu Compulsory
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Instructions for UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Papers (General Studies)
It’s very very basic need for asppirents Thanq so much sir
Hello Sir, You are doing commendable work, this website made pyq learning so much more effective and time efficient . One more request sir- Kindly update mains pyq with 2024 Question papers.
Please check that you have provided GS2 PYQs instead of GS1 PYQs in its section for 2018 and below years qps and link the correct items. rAma
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