UPSC CSE (IAS) Answer Key 2025: Download Prelims Answer Key for GS & CSAT Exam

The Commission conducted the UPSC IAS Prelims exam 2025 on May 25. The candidates will get the UPSC 2025 answer key next year in 2026. The candidates can download UPSC answer key 2025 (for 2024 session) below:

Download Here: UPSC Civil Service (IAS) General Studies-1 Prelims Answer key 2024

Download Here: UPSC Civil Service (IAS) General Studies-2 (CSAT) Prelims Answer key 2024

The Union Public Service Commission dropped the following questions from All Sets:

Q No. 20 (SET A)

Consider the following:

Statement I:

The India Flying Fox is placed under the "vermin" category in the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.

Statement II:

The Indian Flying Fox feeds on the blood of other animals.

Q No. 52 (SET A)

Consider the following:

Statement I:

Syndicated lending spreads the risk of borrower default across multiple lenders.

Statement II:

The syndicated loan can be a fixed amount/lump sum of funds, but cannot be a credit line.

Q No. 57 (SET A)

With reference to revenue collection by Cornwallis, consider the following statement:

1. Under the Ryotwari Settlement of revenue collection, the peasants were exempted from revenue payment in case of bad harvests or natural calamities.

2. Under the Permanent Settlement in Bengal, if the Zamindar failed to pay his revenue to the state, on or before the fixed date, he would be removed from his Zamindari.

The candidates can check and download UPSC answer key in the manner given below:

• Visit at upsc.gov.in
• Click on the Examination tab, a dropdown list will appear 
• Click on the Answer Key button
• Click on the Download button of the exam for which answer key needs to be seen.

Direct Link to download UPSC CSE (IAS) prelims answer key 2024 - https://upsc.gov.in/examinations/answer-key 

The IAS 2024 answer key (for the 2023 session) is available here for downloading purpose after is official declaration.

Download Here: UPSC CSE (IAS) General Studies Paper 1 Answer Key

Download Here: UPSC CSE (IAS) General Studies Paper 2 CSAT Answer Key

The UPSC IAS 2024 answer key for the 2023 session was released online on May 9, 2024. The Union Public Service Commission released the IAS prelims answer key for the General Studies and Aptitude Paper separately. The Commission dropped one question from the General Studies Paper 1 and considered only 99 questions only for merit and cutoff purposes. The Commission removed the following question from the IAS prelims exam 2023.

IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1 Set A

Q. 34 In India, which one of the following Constitutional Amendments was widely believed to be enacted to overcome the judicial interpretations of the Fundamental Rights?
(a) 1st Amendment
(b) 42nd Amendment
(c) 44th Amendment
(d) 86th Amendment 

The Commission did not provide the answer to the above question.

The Union Public Service Commission released the IAS 2024 result on its official website - upsc.gov.in on April 16, 2024. The Commission will mention the names ot the UPSC IAS Toppers 2024 in its official result pdf. The Commission will also release the IAS cutoff after the result which will mention the minimum marks required to qualify in the Civil Service (IAS) exam. The Ministry of Personnel will release the UPSC rank-wise post list 2023 later.

Also Read: UPSC 2024 Interview Questions

The IAS answer key 2022 PDF was released by the Commission on July 4, 2023. The Commission released the answer key for all the sets of both papers. The candidates can download the IAS answer key pdf. 

Download Here

IAS Answer Key 2022 - General Studies Paper 1

IAS Answer Key 2022 - General Studies Paper 2 CSAT

UPSC Prelims result is prepared based on this answer key hence it is important to know the marks secured in the IAS Prelims exam. UPSC IAS answer keys are a very helpful official document for the IAS preparation because they provide the official answers to the IAS prelims questions and indirectly provide the clarity of concept regarding the confusing options as given in the other three answer options. The UPSC IAS key is the only source to know the official answer to any questions and hence immensely helps in the case of questions asked from the same topic.

Download IAS Answer key 2021- General Studies paper-I - IAS_Prelims 2021 General_Studies-I_Answer_Key 

Download IAS Answer key 2021- General Studies paper-II (CSAT) -IAS_Prelims_2021_GS_2_CSAT_Answer_Key 

Check and download UPSC answer key 2020 - IAS Prelims GS Paper -1

Check and download UPSC answer key 2020 - IAS Prelims GS Paper -2 (CSAT)

UPSC answer key 2019 General Studies-I

UPSC answer key 2019 General Studies-II

UPSC answer key 2018 General Studies-I

UPSC answer key 2018 General Studies-II

The candidates can see here the important questions related to IAS answer key 2024 here.