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Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission · Combined State / Upper Subordinate Services Examination (Prelims)

UPPSC Prelims previous-year questions, year-wise and topic-wise

Every UPPSC (UPPCS) Prelims paper from 2013–2025 as a timed test with the official marking, plus a topic-wise bank of 4,128 questions that UPPSC has asked, sorted into 12 topics and their sub-topics.

26year-wise papers
3,249questions in those papers
4,128topic-wise PYQs
12topics
Year-wise papersTopic-wise testsFree sample tests

Year-wise papers

13 GS Paper I papers and 13 CSAT papers, 2013–2025. Each paper opens as a full timed test (120 minutes) with that paper’s marking, followed by a question-by-question analysis.

YearGS Paper ICSAT (Paper II)Access
2025150 Qs100 QsFree
2024150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2023150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2022150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2021150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2020150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2019150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2018150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2017149 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2016150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2015150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2014150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass
2013150 Qs100 QsDestiny Pass

Topic-wise PYQs

4,128 questions asked in UPPSC Prelims, grouped into 12 topics. Inside the app you practise them sub-topic by sub-topic, so a weak area can be revised on its own.

Science & Tech and Basic Science722 PYQs · 8 sub-topicsIndian Economy683 PYQs · 15 sub-topicsIndian Polity & Governance539 PYQs · 9 sub-topicsModern History460 PYQs · 6 sub-topicsIndian Geography385 PYQs · 7 sub-topicsEnvironment, Ecology & Disaster Management337 PYQs · 6 sub-topicsWorld Geography335 PYQs · 6 sub-topicsAncient History246 PYQs · 5 sub-topicsMedieval History205 PYQs · 5 sub-topicsArt & Culture104 PYQs · 4 sub-topicsUP Special65 PYQs · 5 sub-topicsCurrent Affairs & Miscellaneous47 PYQs · 2 sub-topics

All UPPSC topics and sub-topics with question counts

Marking scheme used in the tests

PaperQuestionsMarksTimeCorrectWrong
GS Paper I150200120 min+1.33−0.44
CSAT (Paper II)100200120 min+2−0.66

A wrong answer costs one third of the marks for that question. Topic-wise tests use the same marking, and their time is set in proportion to the number of questions.

Free sample tests

These tests are free with a free sign-in (mobile number and one-time password). Every other UPPSC test is part of the Destiny Pass.

Sample question from the free UPPSC 2025 GS Paper I

Which of the following sites were obtained by the British East India Company under the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816 ?
1. Kathmandu
2. Shimla
3. Ranikhet
4. Nainital
Select the correct answer from the code given below :

  1. (a) 1 and 2
  2. (b) 2, 3 and 4
  3. (c) Only 3 and 4
  4. (d) Only 1

Attempt the free paper to see the answer and the explanation.

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