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UPSC Civil Services Previous Question Papers PDF

Organization Name	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Post Name	Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025
Category	Previous Year Question Papers
Job Location	Across India
Official Site	upsc.gov.in

**Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025**
General Studies Paper – I General Studies Paper-II

**Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2025**
General Ability and Intelligence General Studies, Essay and Comprehension

**Indian Economic Service – Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2025**
General English General Studies General Economics Paper – I General Economics Paper – II General Economics Paper – III Indian Economics Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Statistics Paper – III Statistics Paper – IV

**Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025**
Civil Engineering Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Electrical Engineering General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Mechanical Engineering

**Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2025**
Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Chemistry Paper – III Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II Geo-Physics Paper – I Geo-Physics Paper – II Geo-Physics Paper – III HydroGeology

**National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2025**
General Ability Test Mathematics

**CISF AC(EXE) LDCE-2025**
General Ability and Intelligence and Professional Skills Essay, Precis Writing, and Comprehension

**Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2025**
Paper – I Paper – II Chemistry Paper – II Geology Paper – II Geophysics

**Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2025**
Elementary Mathematics English General Knowledge

Year: 2020

**Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2020**
Agricultural Engineering Paper – I Agricultural Engineering Paper – II Agriculture Paper – I Agriculture Paper – II Animal Hus and Veterinary Science Paper – I Animal Hus and Veterinary Science Paper – II Botany Paper – I Botany Paper – II Chemical Engineering Paper – I Chemical Engineering Paper – II Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Forestry Paper – I Forestry Paper – II General English General Knowledge Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II Mathematics Paper – I Mathematics Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Physics Paper – I Physics Paper – II Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Zoology Paper – I Zoology Paper – II

**Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020**
Compulsory Subjects	English Compulsory Assamese Compulsory Bengali Compulsory Bodo Compulsory Gujarati Compulsory Hindi Compulsory Kannada Compulsory Maithili Compulsory Malayalam Compulsory Marathi Compulsory Nepali Compulsory Odia Compulsory Punjabi Compulsory Sindhi (Arabic) Compulsory Sanskrit Compulsory Tamil Compulsory Telugu Compulsory Urdu Compulsory
Optional Subjects	Agriculture Paper – I Agriculture Paper – II Animal Husbandry and Vet. Science Paper – I Animal Husbandry and Vet. Science Paper – II Anthropology Paper – I Anthropology Paper – II Botany Paper – I Botany Paper – II Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Commerce and Accountancy Paper – I Commerce and Accountancy Paper – II Economics Paper – I Economics Paper – II Electrical Engineering Paper – I Electrical Engineering Paper – II Geography Paper – I Geography Paper – II Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II History Paper – I History Paper – II Law Paper – I Law Paper – II Management Paper – I Management Paper – II Mathematics Paper – I Mathematics Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Medical Science Paper – I Medical Science Paper – II Philosophy Paper – I Philosophy Paper – II Physics Paper – I Physics Paper – II Political Science and IR Paper – I Political Science and IR Paper – II Psychology Paper – I Psychology Paper – II Public Administration Paper – I Public Administration Paper – II Sociology Paper – I Sociology Paper – II Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Zoology Paper – I Zoology Paper – II
Literature Subjects	Assamese Literature Paper – I Assamese Literature Paper – II Bengali Literature Paper – I Bengali Literature Paper – II English Literature Paper – I English Literature Paper – II Gujarati Literature Paper – I Gujarati Literature Paper – II Hindi Literature Paper – I Hindi Literature Paper – II Kannada Literature Paper – I Kannada Literature Paper – II Maithili Literature Paper – I Maithili Literature Paper – II Malayalam Literature Paper – I Malayalam Literature Paper – II Manipuri Literature Paper – I Manipuri Literature Paper – II Marathi Literature Paper – I Marathi Literature Paper – II Odia Literature Paper – I Odia Literature Paper – II Punjabi Literature Paper – I Punjabi Literature Paper – II Sanskrit Literature Paper – I Sanskrit Literature Paper – II Sindhi (Arabic) Literature Paper – I Sindhi (Arabic) Literature Paper – II Tamil Literature Paper – I Tamil Literature Paper – II Telugu Literature Paper – I Telugu Literature Paper – II Urdu Literature Paper – I Urdu Literature Paper – II
General Studies	General Studies Paper – I General Studies Paper – II General Studies Paper – III General Studies Paper – IV
General	Essay

**Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2020**
General Ability and Intelligence General Studies, Essay, and Comprehension

**Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2020**
Elementary Mathematics English General Knowledge

**Combined Medical Services Examination, 2020**
Paper – I Paper – II

**Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2020**
Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Electrical Engineering Paper – I Electrical Engineering Paper – II Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Paper – I Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II

**Indian Economic Service – Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2020**
General Economics Paper – I General Economics Paper – II General Economics Paper – III General English General Studies Indian Economics Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Statistics Paper – III Statistics Paper – IV

**Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2020**
Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Chemistry Paper – III Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II Geology Paper – III Geophysics Paper – I Geophysics Paper – II Geophysics Paper – III Hydrogeology

**Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020**
General Studies Paper-I General Studies Paper-II

**National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) & (II), 2020**
General Ability Test Mathematics

**CISF AC(EXE) LDCE-2020**
Essay, Precis Writing and Comprehension General Ability and Intelligence and Professional Skills

**Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2020**
Elementary Mathematics English General Knowledge

**Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2020**
Paper – I Paper – II Geology – Hydrogeology Paper – II Chemistry Paper – II Geophysics

**Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020**
General Studies & Engineering Aptitude Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Electrical Engineering

Year: 2019

**Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019**
Literature Subjects	Assamese Literature Paper – I Assamese Literature Paper – II Bengali Literature Paper – I Bengali Literature Paper – II English Literature Paper – I English Literature Paper – II Gujarati Literature Paper – I Gujarati Literature Paper – II Hindi Literature Paper – I Hindi Literature Paper – II Kannada Literature Paper – I Kannada Literature Paper – II Maithili Literature Paper – I Maithili Literature Paper – II Malayalam Literature Paper – I Malayalam Literature Paper – II Manipuri Literature Paper – I Manipuri Literature Paper – II Marathi Literature Paper – I Marathi Literature Paper – II Oriya Literature Paper – I Oriya Literature Paper – II Punjabi Literature Paper – I Punjabi Literature Paper – II Sanskrit Literature Paper – I Sanskrit Literature Paper – II Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper – I Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper – II Tamil Literature Paper – I Tamil Literature Paper – II Telugu Literature Paper – I Telugu Literature Paper – II Urdu Literature Paper – I Urdu Literature Paper – II

**Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2019**
Agriculture Paper – I Agriculture Paper – II Agricultural Engineering Paper – I Agricultural Engineering Paper – II Animal Hus and Veterinary Science Paper – I Animal Hus and Veterinary Science Paper – II Botany Paper – I Botany Paper – II Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Chemical Engineering Paper – I Chemical Engineering Paper – II Forestry Paper – I Forestry Paper – II Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Mathematics Paper – I Mathematics Paper – II Physics Paper – I Physics Paper – II Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Zoology Paper – I Zoology Paper – II General Knowledge General English

**National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2019**
General Ability Test Mathematics

**Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019**
General	Essay
Optional Subjects	Agriculture Paper – I Agriculture Paper – II Animal Husbandry and Vet. Science Paper – I Animal Husbandry and Vet. Science Paper – II Anthropology Paper – I Anthropology Paper – II Botany Paper – I Botany Paper – II Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Commerce and Accountancy Paper – I Commerce and Accountancy Paper – II Economics Paper – I Economics Paper – II Electrical Engineering Paper – I Electrical Engineering Paper – II Geography Paper – I Geography Paper – II Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II History Paper – I History Paper – II Law Paper – I Law Paper – II Management Paper – I Management Paper – II Mathematics Paper – I Mathematics Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Medical Science Paper – I Medical Science Paper – II Philosophy Paper – I Philosophy Paper – II Physics Paper – I Physics Paper – II Political Science and IR Paper – I Political Science and IR Paper – II Psychology Paper – I Psychology Paper – II Public Administration Paper – I Public Administration Paper – II Sociology Paper – I Sociology Paper – II Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Zoology Paper – I Zoology Paper – II
Compulsory Subjects	English Compulsory Assamese Compulsory Bengali Compulsory Dogri Compulsory Gujarati Compulsory Hindi Compulsory Kannada Compulsory Maithili Compulsory Malayalam Compulsory Marathi Compulsory Nepali Compulsory Oriya Compulsory Punjabi Compulsory Sanskrit Compulsory Sindhi Compulsory Dev Tamil Compulsory Telugu Compulsory Urdu Compulsory
General Studies	General Studies Paper – I General Studies Paper – II General Studies Paper – III General Studies Paper – IV

**Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2019**
Elementary Mathematics English General Knowledge

**Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2019**
General Ability and Intelligence General Studies, Essay and Comprehension

**Combined Medical Services Examination, 2019**
Paper – I Paper – II

**Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination, 2019**
Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II Geology Paper – III Geophysics Paper – I Geophysics Paper – II Geophysics Paper – III Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Chemistry Paper – III Hydrogeology

**Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2019**
General Economics Paper – I General Economics Paper – II General Economics Paper – III Indian Economics Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Statistics Paper – III Statistics Paper – IV General Studies General English

**Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2019**
Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Electrical Engineering Paper – I Electrical Engineering Paper – II Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Paper – I Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Paper – II

**Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2019**
General Studies Paper-I General Studies Paper-II

**National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2019**
General Ability Test Mathematics

**CISF AC(EXE) LDCE-2019**
Essay, Precis Writing & Comprehension General Ability & Intelligence and Professional Skills

**Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2019**
Elementary Mathematics General Knowledge English

**Engineering Services (Preliminary – Stage I) Examination, 2019**
Civil Engineering Paper Electrical Engineering Paper Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Paper General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper Mechanical Engineering Paper

Year: 2018

**Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2018**
Literature Subjects	Assamese Literature Paper – I Assamese Literature Paper – II Bengali Literature Paper – I Bengali Literature Paper – II English Literature Paper – I English Literature Paper – II Gujarati Literature Paper – I Gujarati Literature Paper – II Hindi Literature Paper – II Hindi Literature Paper – I Kannada Literature Paper – I Kannada Literature Paper – II Maithili Literature Paper – I Maithili Literature Paper – II Malayalam Literature Paper – I Malayalam Literature Paper – II Manipuri Literature Paper – I Manipuri Literature Paper – II Marathi Literature Paper – I Marathi Literature Paper – II Oriya Literature Paper – I Oriya Literature Paper – II Punjabi Literature Paper – I Punjabi Literature Paper – II Sanskrit Literature Paper – I Sanskrit Literature Paper – II Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper – I Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper – II Tamil Literature Paper – I Tamil Literature Paper – II Telugu Literature Paper – I Telugu Literature Paper – II Urdu Literature Paper – I Urdu Literature Paper – II

**Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2018**
General Knowledge General English Agriculture Paper – I Agriculture Paper – II Agriculture Engineering Paper – I Agriculture Engineering Paper – II Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Paper – I Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Paper – II Botany Paper – I Botany Paper – II Chemical Engineering Paper – I Chemical Engineering Paper – II Chemistry Paper – I Chemistry Paper – II Civil Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Forestry Paper – I Forestry Paper – II Geology Paper – I Geology Paper – II Mathematics Paper – I Mathematics Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Physics Paper – I Physics Paper – II Statistics Paper – I Statistics Paper – II Zoology Paper – I Zoology Paper – II

**Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2018**
English General Knowledge Elementary Mathematics

**Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2018**
English Elementary Mathematics General Knowledge

**Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2018**
General Studies Paper – I General Studies Paper – II

UPSC PREVIOUS PAPERS 2015 – PDF DOWNLOAD

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**Combined SO – Steno Grade LDCE, 2014**
Paper – I Paper-II (Cat. VI) Paper-II (Cat. I, IV, VIII and IX) Noting and Drafting, Precis Writing Paper – II (Cat. III and VII) Paper-II (Cat. II and V)

CAPF (AC) EXAM, 2014
General Ability and Intelligence General Studies, Essay and Comprehension

Combined Defence Services (I) Exam, 2014
General Knowledge Elementary Mathematics English

SOs/Steno’s (Gr.B/Gr.I) Examination, 2014
Noting and Drafting, Precis Writing Paper I Paper II (Categories I, IV .VIII & IX) Paper II (Categories II & V)

Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Exam, 2014
General	General English General Studies
Indian Statistical Service	Statistics-I Statistics-II Statistics-III Statistics-IV
Indian Economic Service	General Economics-I General Economics-II General Economics-III Indian Economics

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2014
Literature Subjects for Main Examination	Assamese Paper I Bengali Paper I English Paper I Gujarati Paper I Hindi Paper I Kannada Paper I Manipuri Paper I Maithili Paper I Malayalam Paper I Marathi Paper I Oriya Paper I Punjabi Paper I Sanskrit Paper I Santali Paper I Sindhi (Arabic) Paper I Sindhi (Devanagari) Paper I Tamil Paper I Telugu Paper I Urdu Paper I Assamese Paper II Bengali Paper II English Paper II Gujarati Paper II Hindi Paper II Kannada Paper II Manipuri Paper II Maithili Paper II Malayalam Paper II Marathi Paper II Oriya Paper II Punjabi Paper II Sanskrit Paper II Santali Paper II Sindhi (Arabic) paper II Sindhi (Devanagari) Paper II Tamil Paper II Telugu Paper II Urdu Paper II
General	Essay General Studies Paper I General Studies Paper II General Studies Paper III General Studies Paper IV English Language (Compulsory)
Indian Languages (Compulsory)	Assamese Bodo Hindi Maithili Marathi Oriya Sanskrit Tamil Urdu Sindhi (Devanagari) Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Nepali Punjabi Manipuri Telugu Konkani Sindhi (Arabic)
Optional Subjects for Main Examination	Agriculture Paper I Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper I Anthropology Paper I Botony Paper I Chemistry Paper I Civil Engineering Paper I Commerce & Accountancy Paper I Economics Paper I Electrical Engineering Paper I Geography Paper I Geology Paper I History Paper I Law Paper I Management Paper I Mathematics Paper I Mechanical Engineering Paper I Medical Science Paper I Philosphy Paper I Physics Paper I Political Science & Internation Relations Paper I Psychology Paper I Public Administration Paper I Sociology Paper I Statistics Paper I Zoology Paper I Agriculture Paper II Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper II Anthropology Paper II Botony Paper II Chemistry Paper II Civil Engineering Paper II Commerce & Accountancy Paper II Economics Paper II Electrical Engineering Paper II Geography Paper II Geology Paper II History Paper II Law Paper II Management Paper II Mathematics Paper II Mechanical Engineering Paper II Medical Science Paper II Philosphy Paper II Physics Paper II Political Science & Internation Relations Paper II Psychology Paper II Public Administration Paper II Sociology Paper II Zoology Paper II Statistics Paper II

Engineering Services Examination, 2014
Conventional Papers	Civil Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Electrical Engineering Paper – I E & T Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Electrical Engineering Paper – II E & T Engineering Paper – II
Objective Papers	Civil Engineering Paper – I Mechanical Engineering Paper – I Electrical Engineering Paper – I E & T Engineering Paper – I Civil Engineering Paper – II Mechanical Engineering Paper – II Electrical Engineering Paper – II E & T Engineering Paper – II
General	General Ability Test

Indian Forest Service (Main) Exam., 2014
Optional Subjects	Agriculture Paper I Agricultural Engineering Paper I Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper I Botony Paper I Chemical Engineering Paper I Chemistry Paper I Civil Engineering Paper I Forestry Paper I Geology Paper I Mathematics Paper I Physics Paper I Mechanical Engineering Paper I Statistics Paper I Zoology Paper I Agriculture Paper II Agricultural Engineering Paper II Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper II Botony Paper II Chemical Engineering Paper II Chemistry Paper II Civil Engineering Paper II Forestry Paper II Geology Paper II Mathematics Paper II Mechanical Engineering Paper II Physics Paper II Statistics Paper II Zoology Paper II
General	General English General Knowledge

Combined Medical Services Examination, 2014
Paper – I Paper-II

Combined Defence Services (II) Exam, 2014
English General Knowledge Elementary Mathematics

National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Exam (II), 2014
Mathematics General Ability Test

Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2014
General Studies Paper I General Studies Paper II General Studies Paper II (X Series)

CISF (AC) Limited Departmental Examination 2014
Essay, Precis Writing & Comprehension General Ability, Intelligence & Professional Skills

Combined Geo-Scientist & Geologists Exam, 2014
General English Geology Paper I Geology Paper II Geology Paper III Hydrogeology Geo-Physics Paper I Geo-Physics Paper II Geo-Physics Paper III Chemistry – I Chemistry – II Chemistry – III

National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Exam (I), 2014
Mathematics General Ability Test

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