UPSC trends
See what UPSCasks more of,year by year.
How many questions UPSC set from each subject, every year: Prelims from 1995 and Mains from 2013. See which are coming up more lately and which less, then practise ten on any of them.
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One subject
Year by year,and topic by topic.
Open a subject to see its questions in every year, with a line for its usual share, and whether it is coming up more lately, less, or about the same. Its topics are below, most asked lately first.
- “More lately”, “Fewer lately” or “Steady”, from the last five papers.
- Its highest year, and how many questions in all.
- Practise 10 on any topic, or see its questions.
Mains
Mains too,area by area.
The same for Mains, GS I to GS IV and the Essay: each area’s average share of a paper, every year since 2013, and the themes within it.
- GS I to GS IV, and Essay.
- Filter by years and by theme.
- Each question counted once, under its first theme.
How it is counted
UPSC’s papers,counted plainly.
Counted from UPSC’s question papers. The subjects, topics and themes are our grouping of the syllabus, not UPSC’s.
Prelims since 1995
Papers of 150 questions are counted as 100, so years compare.
A fixed rule
More or fewer lately compares the last five papers with the years before. It is not a prediction.
Current affairs
How many questions a year turn on recent news.
Every question
Behind every bar are the questions themselves.
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Seen what comes up?
Practise it.
Practise UPSC’s Prelims questions on any subject or topic, each marked at once and explained.
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