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UPSC Prelims official papers as timed tests

18 official papers (1620 questions) from UPSC (upsc.gov.in). Pick a year, read the official paper, mark the grid while the timer runs, and it is scored against the official answer key. Shishya links the papers and does not copy their questions.

Years

Official questions by topic

Topics were tagged by Shishya's AI from a machine reading (OCR) of the official scanned papers and may be wrong; the paper itself is always right. 1578 of 1620 questions have a topic; the rest do not yet. Each link opens the page of the official paper.

General Studies

Current events of national and international importance (82)
History of India (ancient, medieval, art and culture) (114)
Modern India and the Indian National Movement (32)
Indian and World Geography (86)
Indian Polity and Governance (163)
Economic and Social Development (149)
Environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change (144)
General Science (incl. science and technology) (116)

CSAT

Comprehension (237)
Interpersonal skills including communication skills (2)
Logical reasoning and analytical ability (99)
Decision making and problem solving (2)
General mental ability (48)
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude) (251)
Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency) (53)

Open the UPSC Prelims topic-wise index of official questions on its own page →

The papers are listed on https://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/previous-question-papers/archives. This is different from Shishya's PYQ-pattern practice sets, which are freshly worded questions, not the papers. UPSC Prelims hub