UPSC Mains GS Previous Year Questions

Every General Studies (GS1–GS4) Mains paper from 2015 to 2025, with examiner-intent decoding, source-mapped citations from standard textbooks, cross-year framing patterns, and structured answer skeletons.

2025
79 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 19
2024
79 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 19
2023
79 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 19
2022
72 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 12
2021
79 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 19
2020
72 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 12
2019
72 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 12
2018
72 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 12
2017
74 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 14
2016
74 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20
  • GS4 14
2015
60 questions
  • GS1 20
  • GS2 20
  • GS3 20