UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Analysis: Detailed Analysis for Prelims Exam

Updated on Oct 10, 2025 16:53 IST

By Rachit Kumar Saxena, Manager-Editorial

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will conduct the UPPSC PSC prelims exam 2025 on October 12 at the designated exam centres. The Commission released the UPPSC admit card on September 30, 2025. It was the first time in recent times that the Commission released the admit card more than ten days before the exam date. The candidates will get here the UPPSC 2025 Prelims Exam Analysis.

The candidates should note that the Commission will release the UPPSC answer key for the prelims exam within a week from the exam. The candidates are suggested to check their answers from the official answer key. The UPPSC is expected to release the UPPSC PCS result in November 2025. In the UPPSC prelims CSAT paper is qualifying only and the candidates will be required to score 33 per cent marks in the paper which is 66 marks.

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UPPSC Exam Analysis 2025
UPPSC PCS Exam Analysis - Previous Years
UPPSC UPPSC Exam Analysis 2025 FAQs

UPPSC Exam Analysis 2025

The UPPSC PCS Prelims exam will be conducted on October 12, 2025 across the state in offline mode. The candidates will be required to mark the answers on the OMR sheet provided by the Commission. The candidates will get here the UPPSC PCS Prelims Exam Analysis of the General Studies Paper 1 mentioning the difficulty level of the questions asked in the exam.

UPPSC Syllabus Section	No. of Questions	Difficult Level of the Questions
Indian Polity and Governance	TBA	TBA
Environment	TBA	TBA
Current Affairs	TBA	TBA
Science	TBA	TBA
History of India & Indian National Movement	TBA	TBA
Economy	TBA	TBA
Government Schemes	TBA	TBA
Geography	TBA	TBA
Uttar Pradesh State-specific	TBA	TBA
Miscellaneous	TBA	TBA
Total	150	TBA

Commonly asked questions

Q: When will UPPSC PCS Prelims Exam Analysis be available?

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will conduct the UPPSC exam 2025 (prelims) on October 12. The candidates will get here the UPPSC Exam analysis on the same day.

Q: When will UPPSC PCS Prelims Answer Key be released?

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission is expected to conduct the UPPSC Prelims exam 2025 on October 12. The Commission will release the UPPSC Prelims answer key 2025 by October 15.

UPPSC PCS Exam Analysis - Previous Years

The candidates will get here the UPPSC 2024 exam analysis and its video after the first shift of the exam. he UPPSC 2024 exam first shift was over by 11.30 and the candidates can see below the UPPSC 2024 exam analysis.

UPPSC 2024 Topic-wise Questions breakup

The candidates can see here that the UPPSC PCS paper asks questions from all walks of life. The candidates can expect the questions from the following sections.

UPPSC Syllabus Section	No. of Questions	Difficult Level of the Questions
Indian Polity and Governance	22	Moderate with Some difficult questions
Environment	8	Moderate
Current Affairs	25	Moderate
Science	12	Moderate
History of India & Indian National Movement	24	Moderate with Some Difficult Questions
Economy	12	Moderate
Government Schemes	3	Moderate
Geography	24	Moderate with Some Difficult Questions
Uttar Pradesh State-specific	8	Moderate
Miscellaneous	12	Moderate
Total	150	Moderate

The candidates can see below the UPPSC previous year exam analysis.

UPPSC UPPCS Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis

UPPSC UPPCS exam analysis 2022 was based on the inputs received from the candidates who appeared in the exam. Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) conducted the UPPCS 2022 exam (prelims) on June 12 at the designated exam centres in offline mode across the state. The exam was conducted in two shifts because there are two papers in the prelims exam. The first shift was started at 09.30 A.M. UPPSC UPPCS general studies paper was conducted in the first shift. The marks secured in the general studies paper are considered for the UPPSC prelims result. The second paper (CSAT paper) is qualifying only and the candidates need to score equal to or above the qualifying marks (33 per cent). The paper was difficult and the expected UPPSC UPPCS cutoff will remain low.

UPPSC UPPCS prelims 2022 paper was not easy. As per the exam experts, the exam was moderately difficult. The Commission spelt surprise by asking a large number of questions from the History, Science and Technology and Current Affairs Sections. Around 80+ questions were asked from these three sections only. In the History section, there were a large number of questions from Ancient History and the questions were difficult to answer. The candidates having History as their optional subject can only answer the questions. The questions asked from Science and Technology section were comprehensive questions demanding deep knowledge of the concepts. Current Affairs questions were extensive and the candidates were asked dates and other minute details in some questions.

UPPSC UPPCS Prelims 2022 Subject-wise Questions-Breakup

The candidates can see below the subject-wise break up of the questions asked in the UPPSC UPPSC exam 2022.

Sl. No	UPPSC Syllabus Section	No. of Questions
1	History of India & Indian National Movement	32
2	Geography	15
3	Environment	6
4	Science	26
5	Indian Polity and Governance	13
6	Economy	7
7	Uttar Pradesh State-specific	2
8	Current Affairs	39
9	Miscellaneous	4
10	Government Schemes	6
	Total	150

The above numbers can vary from perspective to perspective because several questions fall into more than two subjects.

The candidates can see below the UPPCS Prelims exam analysis of previous years'.

UPPSC UPPCS Prelims 2020 Subject-wise Questions-Breakup

Sl. No	UPPSC Syllabus Section	No. of Questions
1	History of India & Indian National Movement	26
2	Geography	24
3	Environment	8
4	Science	12
5	Indian Polity and Governance	16
6	Economy	6
7	Uttar Pradesh State-specific	1
8	Current Affairs	39
9	Miscellaneous	12
10	Government Schemes	6
	Total	150

The UPPSC UPPCS exam is the most coveted exam of the state. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) is a constitutional body with a mandate to conduct the said exam. The UPPCS officers are the topmost officers appointed by the Governor of the state. The other official name of this exam is Uttar Pradesh Combined/Upper Subordinate Exam.

The UPPCS officers are only second to the IAS officers working in the state. They become an IAS officer through the limited departmental exam. These are very important officers of the state and hence the UPPSC recruitment process selects the best candidates based on the written exam and interview process.

UPPSC exam result 2018 shows that the share of women is increased to around 26% in the total selections. In the total of One hundred and Nineteen candidates selected for the post of SDM, forty-one of them are women candidates. In the Dy. SP category, eighteen females were selected. The females from the other states also are making their mark in the UPPSC exam. Even in the top three, the second rank is secured by a girl from Haryana. This shows that the candidates will have very tough competition from the candidates of other states as well.

See here: UPPSC 2020 Question papers

It is very important to understand and analyse the UPPSC UPPCS exam closely, to know the demand for the exam and to determine the competitiveness of the exam. Recently the UPPSC declared the UPPCS 2018 result. This marked the end of the recruitment process for 2018 for the public. Now the commission will do individual communication with the selected candidates on a one-to-one basis.

UPPSC UPPCS Prelims 2019 Subject-wise Questions-Breakup

The question paper is more traditional General Knowledge-based and the candidates need to prepare the core general studies facts.

The second paper of the UPPSC Prelims exam is qualifying only and the candidates need to score 33% marks of the total to qualify it.

UPPSC UPPCS Prelims 2019 Subject-wise Questions-Breakup

Sl. No	UPPSC Syllabus Section	No. of Questions
1	History of India & Indian National Movement	23
2	Geography	21
3	Environment	22
4	Science	22
5	Indian Polity and Governance	18
6	Economy	13
7	Uttar Pradesh State-specific	1
8	Current Affairs	22
9	Miscellaneous	8
	Total	150

The above numbers are indicative only.

Commonly asked questions

Q: How was the UPPSC UPPCS 2023 Prelims Paper?

The paper was moderate. There were a large number of questions from History, Current Affairs and Science and Technology section. The candidates can see here the complete exam analysis with subject-wise breakup.