UPSC Mains Question Paper 2023
UPSC has successfully concluded the UPSC Mains exam on 15, 16, 17, 23 and 24 September 2023 in various exam centres across the country. Candidates can now download the UPSC Mains question paper PDF from the direct lin that has been provided here. The UPSC Mains essay paper will be held on 15th September, GS 1, GS 2 on 16th September and GS 3, GS 4 on 17th September. The language paper and optional paper will be held on 23 and 24 September respectively. Candidates will be able to download the UPSC Mains question paper 2023 from the direct link that shall be updated here. We shall provide you with the UPSC Mains question paper for UPSC General Studies (GS) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Essay paper.
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UPSC Mains Essay Question Paper PDF |
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UPSC Mains GS 1 Question Paper PDF |
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UPSC Mains GS 2 Question Paper PDF |
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UPSC Prelims Question Paper 2023
UPSC successfully completed conducting the UPSC IAS Prelims exam for GS 1 on May 28, 2023. Candidates can download the latest UPSC IAS question paper from the direct link that we have updated here. The question paper will let you know the exact questions that have been asked in today's UPSC IAS exam 2023.
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UPSC Civil Services Question Paper: Set A, B, C, D |
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UPSC CSAT Question Paper 2023
The UPSC CSAT exam is completed in the 2nd half, i.e. from 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM on 28 May 2023. We have updated the UPSC CSAT question paper 2023 in the table below.
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UPSC CSAT Question Paper: Set A, B, C, D |
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UPSC Previous Year Question Paper: GS 1, CSAT Question Paper PDF
We have shared the UPSC Previous year question paper in the table below. The UPSC last 10 years question papers have been shared here for GS 1 and CSAT.
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UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Paper
Candidates can download the UPSC Mains previous year question paper here. The Mains exam is composed of a total of 9 papers. You can download the UPSC Essay and GS papers of the last 10 years from the direct link that is shared below here.
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UPSC Mains Question Paper Pattern
The UPSC Mains exam is composed of 9 papers in total. Out of the total papers, 2 are qualifying in nature and the marks obtained by candidates in the other 7 papers will be used for determining the merit list of the candidates. Check the UPSC IAS Mains exam pattern below in the table.
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Paper A – Compulsory Indian Language Paper |
3 hours |
300 |
Qualifying in nature |
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Paper B – English Language Paper |
3 hours |
300 |
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Paper I – Essay |
3 hours |
250 |
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Paper II – General Studies I |
3 hours |
250 |
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Paper III – General Studies II |
3 hours |
250 |
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Paper IV – General Studies III |
3 hours |
250 |
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Paper V – General Studies IV |
3 hours |
250 |
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Paper VI – Optional Paper I |
3 hours |
250 |
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Paper VII – Optional Paper II |
3 hours |
250 |
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1750 |
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Interview/ Personality Test |
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275 |
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Grand Total |
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2025 |
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