UPSC Mains Previous Year Questions: Topic-wise Classification & Year-wise Papers

UPSC Mains is the most important part of CSE preparation. The final ranking depends mostly on the marks secured at this stage. However, surprisingly even at this stage the preparation of students seems to lack a good strategy.

To give an example, when you ask someone what GS 1 consists of, the answer would be Modern Indian History, World History, Geography and so on… But, this is not the story of the question paper. Analysis of previous year papers suggests that Social issues and Geography together occupy two third of the questions. And a little room is left for history and other subjects.

Hence, to prepare without proper understanding and strategy is a sheer waste of time. This is also the reason many students get stuck at Mains, and don’t understand why their marks are not improving.

This book tries to address this most important issue. Based on the syllabus provided by UPSC, we’ve divided subjects into sections and subsections and classified all the questions since new pattern (2013) into these. Then, we’ve also analysed the weightage of each section, and illustrated using graphs.

This knowledge, helps you prioritize areas of preparation. It saves a lot of time, and also provides a question bank for practice.

We highly recommend this book to anyone who is planning to give UPSC-CSE. It is said that
a goal without plan is just a wish, our book will certainly help you in better planning.

Best wishes for your preparation.

Warm regards,

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