Previous Year Question Papers

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For clearing the exam like UPSC, oneshould must go through all the UPSC's previous years question papers. Going through the previous years’ papers clears the picture for aspirant at any stage of preparation regarding their own standing.  

Why solving UPSC Previous Year Questions is important?

It is important to solve UPSC exam previous year question papers because:

• Only the UPSC previous years question papers are authentic compared to the mock tests or any other sample practice papers.
• To understand the type of questions asked in the civil services exam.
• To know which topics are to be given priority, it is important to solve the civil services previous year question papers of UPSC exam.

Hence, in order to make the aspirants’ preparation effective, we provide UPSC Previous Years’ questions papers and periodically update this section with the latest UPSC civil service exams question papers. These papers will serve as sample practice papers that will help IAS Aspirants in their preparation. The last year UPSC question paper, i.e., 2018 UPSC question papers are also given for download.

Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2018

General Studies Paper - I  General Studies Paper - II

CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAM. 2017

General Studies Paper - I  General Studies Paper - II

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2017

General Studies	General Studies Paper - I  General Studies Paper - II  General Studies Paper - III  General Studies Paper - IV
Compulsory Subjects	Essay  English  Assamese  Bengali  Bodo  Gujarati  Hindi  Kannada  Maithili  Malayalam  Marathi  Nepali  Oriya  Punjabi  Sindhi (Devanagari)  Sanskrit  Tamil  Telugu  Urdu
Optional Subjects	Agriculture Paper - I  Agriculture Paper - II  Animal Hus. & Vet. Sc. Paper - I  Animal Hus. & Vet. Sc. Paper - II  Anthropology Paper - I  Anthropology Paper - II  Botany Paper - I  Botany Paper - II  Chemistry Paper - I  Chemistry Paper - II  Civil Engineering Paper - I  Civil Engineering Paper - II  Commerce & Accountancy Paper - I  Commerce & Accountancy Paper - II  Economics Paper - I  Economics Paper - II  Electrical Engineering Paper - I  Electrical Engineering Paper - II  Geography Paper - I  Geography Paper - II  Geology Paper - I  Geology Paper - II  History Paper - I  History Paper - II  Law Paper - I  Law Paper - II  Management Paper - I  Management Paper - II  Mathematics Paper - I  Mathematics Paper - II  Mechanical Engineering Paper - I  Mechanical Engineering Paper - II  Medical Science Paper - I  Medical Science Paper - II  Philosophy Paper - I  Philosophy Paper - II  Physics Paper - I  Physics Paper - II  Political Science & IR Paper - I  Political Science & IR Paper - II  Psychology Paper - I  Psychology Paper - II  Public Administration Paper - I  Public Administration Paper - II  Sociology Paper - I  Sociology Paper - II  Statistics Paper - I  Statistics Paper - II  Zoology Paper - I  Zoology Paper - II
Literature Subjects	Assamese Paper - I  Assamese Paper - II  Bengali Paper - I  Bengali Paper - II  Bodo Paper - I  Bodo Paper - II  English Paper - I  English Paper - II  Gujarati Paper - I  Gujarati Paper - II  Hindi Paper - I  Hindi Paper - II  Kannada Paper - I  Kannada Paper - II  Maithili Paper - I  Maithili Paper - II  Malayalam Paper - I  Malayalam Paper - II  Manipuri Paper - I  Manipuri Paper - II  Marathi Paper - I  Marathi Paper - II  Nepali Paper - I  Nepali Paper - II  Oriya Paper - I  Oriya Paper - II  Punjabi Paper - I  Punjabi Paper - II  Sanskrit Paper - I  Sanskrit Paper - II  Sindhi (Devanagari) Paper - I  Sindhi (Devanagari) Paper - II  Tamil Paper - I  Tamil Paper - II  Telugu Paper - I  Telugu Paper - II  Urdu Paper - I  Urdu Paper - II

Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016

General Studies Paper I  General Studies Paper II

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016Literature Subjects

•  Assamese Literature Paper - I

•  Assamese Literature Paper - II

•  Bengali Literature Paper - I

•  Bengali Literature Paper - II

•  Bodo Literature Paper - I

•  Bodo Literature Paper - II

•  English Literature Paper - I

•  English Literature Paper - II

•  Gujarati Literature Paper - I

•  Gujarati Literature Paper - II

•  Hindi Literature Paper - I

•  Hindi Literature Paper - I

•  Kannada Literature Paper - I

•  Kannada Literature Paper - II

•  Maithili Literature Paper - I

•  Maithili Literature Paper - II

•  Malayalam Literature Paper - I

•  Malayalam Literature Paper - II

•  Manipuri Literature Paper - I

•  Manipuri Literature Paper - II

•  Marathi Literature Paper - I

•  Marathi Literature Paper - II

•  Oriya Literature Paper - I

•  Oriya Literature Paper - II

•  Punjabi Literature Paper - I

•  Punjabi Literature Paper - II

•  Sanskrit Literature Paper - I

•  Sanskrit Literature Paper - II

•  Santali Literature Paper - I

•  Santali Literature Paper - II

•  Sindhi (Arabic) Literature Paper - I

•  Sindhi (Arabic) Literature Paper - II

•  Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper - I

•  Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper - II

•  Tamil Literature Paper - I

•  Tamil Literature Paper - II

•  Telugu Literature Paper - I

•  Telugu Literature Paper - II

•  Urdu Literature Paper - I

•  Urdu Literature Paper - II

Optional Subjects

•  Agriculture Paper - I

•  Agriculture Paper - II

•  Animal Hus & Vet. Sc. Paper - I

•  Animal Hus & Vet. Sc. Paper - I

•  Anthropology Paper - I

•  Anthropology Paper - II

•  Botany Paper - I

•  Botany Paper - II

•  Chemistry Paper - I

•  Chemistry Paper - II

•  Civil Engineering Paper - I

•  Civil Engineering Paper - II

•  Commerce & Accountancy Paper - I

•  Commerce & Accountancy Paper - II

•  Economics Paper - I

•  Economics Paper - II

•  Electrical Engineering Paper - I

•  Electrical Engineering Paper - II

•  Geography Paper - I

•  Geography Paper - II

•  Geology Paper - I

•  Geology Paper - II

•  History Paper - I

•  History Paper - II

•  Law Paper - I

•  Law Paper - II

•  Management Paper - I

•  Management Paper - II

•  Mathematics Paper - I

•  Mathematics Paper - II

•  Mechanical Engineering Paper - I

•  Mechanical Engineering Paper - II

•  Medical Science Paper - I

•  Medical Science Paper - II

•  Philosophy Paper - I

•  Philosophy Paper - II

•  Physics Paper - I

•  Physics Paper - II

•  Political Science & IR Paper - I

•  Political Science & IR Paper - II

•  Psychology Paper - I

•  Psychology Paper - II

•  Public Administration Paper - I

•  Public Administration Paper - II

•  Sociology Paper - I

•  Sociology Paper - II

•  Statistics Paper - I

•  Statistics Paper - II

•  Zoology Paper - I

•  Zoology Paper - II

Indian Languages (Compulsory)

•  Assamese (Compulsory)

•  Bengali (Compulsory)

•  Bodo (Compulsory)

•  Dogri (Compulsory)

•  Gujarati (Compulsory)

•  Hindi (Compulsory)

•  Kannada (Compulsory)

•  Konkani (Compulsory)

•  Maithili (Compulsory)

•  Malayalam (Compulsory)

•  Marathi (Compulsory)

•  Nepali (Compulsory)

•  Oriya (Compulsory)

•  Punjabi (Compulsory)

•  Sindhi (Arabic) (Compulsory)

•  Sindhi (Devanagari) (Compulsory)

•  Sanskrit (Compulsory)

•  Santhali (Compulsory)

•  Tamil (Compulsory)

•  Telugu (Compulsory)

•  Urdu (Compulsory)

General

•  Essay (Compulsory)

•  English (Compulsory)

General Studies

•  General Studies Paper - I

•  General Studies Paper - II

•  General Studies Paper - III

•  General Studies Paper - IV

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