UPSC IAS Civil Services Previous Year Prelims (Preliminary Exam) Full Question Papers (10 Years)

Prelims:

GS 1 & II

General Studies 1 and General Studies II

GS 1 & II

General Studies 1 and General Studies II

Mains Papers

Essay

General Studies 1

Compulsary Paper

General Studies 2 ()CSET

General studies

GS I, GSII, GS III, GS IV

Optional Papers

Sociology

Paper I and Paper II

Geography

Paper I and Paper II

Sociology

Paper I and Paper II

UPSC IAS Civil Services Past Year Prelims (Preliminary Exam) Full Question Papers (10 Years) with answer key

Frankly speaking, I consider paper like any other coaching institute they give you direction. The unsolved paper of UPSC tells you in which direction you should study.  The previous year’s paper also describes you what and which one you have to prepare well in the whole syllabus. Which topic is most important in the syllabus and which is less important? Thus making your whole preparation a good one.
 
When I talk about unsolved papers of UPSC, it includes unsolved papers of both Mains and prelims.
To understand any exam well, we have to go through the old papers again and again. It is essential to read again and again and to understand the trend of any exam, After understanding the exam we can make the strategy more robust and reliable.

Below are the link of UPSC prelims 2022 papers with answer key.

UPSC IAS Civil Services Past /Previous Year Prelims (Preliminary Exam) 
1) Why should we read old papers?
  • First of all, we get to know which topics to study and how to study.
  • How many questions are coming from which topic?
  • From which topics do they ask questions in a roundabout way and from which topics do they ask easy questions?
  • We also get to know how the trend of the question goes.