UPSC CSE (IAS) Answer Key 2025: Download Prelims Answer Key for GS & CSAT Exam
Indian Administrative Services 2025 ( IAS )
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE (IAS) prelims answer key 2025 for the 2024 session of exam. The Commission conducted the UPSC CSE Prelims exam on June 16, 2024. Interestingly, the Commission dropped three (3) questions from the UPSC Prelims exam 2024. The candidates should note that the UPSC Prelims marks were assigned from the total of 97 questions only since the General Studies Paper 2 is qualifying only. The candidates can check their answers from the official UPSC 2025 answer key and calculate their UPSC prelims exam marks.
The details of the questions dropped from different SETs of the UPSC question papers are given below:
| UPSC CSE 2024 Question Paper | SET A | SET B | SET C | SET D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questions Dropped from Marking | Question No. 20 is dropped | Question No. 30 is dropped | Question No. 42 is dropped | Question No. 32 is dropped |
| Question No. 52 is dropped | Question No. 82 is dropped | Question No. 47 is dropped | Question No. 37 is dropped | |
| Question No. 57 is dropped | Question No. 87 is dropped | Question No. 90 is dropped | Question No. 80 is dropped |
This year the Commission will conduct the UPSC 2025 exam on May 25, 2025. Various coaching institutes will release the answer key to the UPSC CSE (IAS) Prelims exam 2025 but no coaching can anticipate the dropping of the questions from the exam.
The Commission prepared the IAS result based on the marks calculated through the IAS answer key. The UPSC IAS 2026 prelims will be conducted on May 24, 2024, and its result will be released by June 8, 2026.
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- How to Download IAS Answer Key 2024?
- IAS Answer Key 2024 PDF Download
- IAS Answer Key of Previous Years
- IAS Answer Key 2024 FAQs
UPSC CSE (IAS) 2025 Answer Key
The Commission will conduct the UPSC CSE Prelims exam 2025 on May 25, 2025. The candidates will get the UPSC 2025 answer key next year in 2026. The Commission released the UPSC CSP answer key 2024 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates can download UPSC answer key 2025 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.
IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2025 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Jun ' 23 | IAS Prelims Result 2023 |
UPSC CSE (IAS) 2023 Answer Key
The UPSC CSE (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 IAS exam. The Ministry of Personnel will release the UPSC rank-wise post list 2023 later.
Also Read: UPSC 2024 Interview Questions
How to Download IAS Answer Key 2024?
The candidates can check and download UPSC answer key in the manner given below:
Step 1. Visit the official website of UPSC-upsc.gov.in
Step 2. Click on the Examination tab, a dropdown list will appear
Step 3. Click on the Answer Key button
Step 4. 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 2023 - https://upsc.gov.in/examinations/answer-key
IAS Answer Key 2024 PDF Download
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
IAS Answer Key of Previous Years
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
IAS Answer Key 2024 FAQs
The candidates can see here the important questions related to IAS answer key 2024 here.
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The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS 2026 notification on January 14 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission will also activate the UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 online application link on its website. The last date for the UPSC IAS application form is February 3, 2026.
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The candidates should analyse the UPSC CSE previous year question papers to know the trend of the most asked topics. The Commission releases the UPSC question paper on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates can get the UPSC question paper of previous year here. The candidates can downloa
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The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) notification on January 14, 2026. With the release of official notification, the UPSC IAS Application form 2026 will also be activated for the candidates. The last date to apply online for the UPSC CSE (IAS) exam 2026 wil
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The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE notification 2025 on January 22, 2025. In the official notification, the Commission notified 979 vacancies for the UPSC CSE 2025 exam. But this is a tentative number and the final number of vacancies will be mentioned in the final Result of
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The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC CSE (IAS) Main exam (written) from August 22 to 31, 2025. The Commission will conduct the UPSC IAS main exam in offline mode at the designated exam centres. The candidates are informed about their exam centre through their UPSC admit card.
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Yes, the Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC CSE (IAS) Main exam admit card 2025 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates are required to log in with their UPSC OTR and password. The UPSC CSE admit card will inform the candidate about their UPSC exam centre.
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The Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC CSE (IAS) main admit card 2025 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission released the admit card for the candidates to download. The candidates are required to download the admit card from the official website by logging in with t
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The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE (IAS) Prelims cutoff 2024 after the declaration of final result. The candidates can see below the UPSC IAS Prelims Cutoff 2024
Category | IAS Prelims Cut off 2024 |
|---|---|
General | 87.98 |
EWS | 85.92 |
OBC | 87.28 |
SC | 79.03 |
ST | 74.23 |
PwBD1 | 69.42 |
PwBD2 | 65.30 |
PwBD3 | 40.56 |
PwBD5 | 40.56 |
Shiksha.com had predicted the UPSC CSE cutoff most accurately in some cases.
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The UPSC CSE (IAS) exam result 2024-25 was released on June 11. The Commission released the final UPSC CSE (IAS) 2024 cutoff for all the categories and stages of exam. The Commission released the UPSC Cutoff 2025 for all the stages of exam as given below:
| Category | CS (Prelim)* | CS (Main)# | CS (Final) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | 87.98 | 729 | 947 |
| EWS | 85.92 | 696 | 917 |
| OBC | 87.28 | 702 | 910 |
| SC | 79.03 | 685 | 880 |
| ST | 74.23 | 684 | 884 |
| PwBD-1 | 69.42 | 663 | 876 |
| PwBD-2 | 65.30 | 696 | 913 |
| PwBD-3 | 40.56 | 307 | 701 |
| PwBD-5 | 40.56 | 361 | 461 |
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The Union Public Service Commission is expected to release the UPSC CSE (IAS) main exam admit card 2025 soon on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates will be required to download their UPSC admit card from the official website using their UPSC One-Time Registration (OTR) number and pass
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