The Union Public Service Commission releases the UPSC CSE (IAS) question paper PDFs on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission releases such PDFs within a week from the conduct of exam. The question papers are released on the official website and they are open to all. The candidates are suggested to download the UPSC questions papers to anlayse the previous year trends and to anticipate important topics which are frequently asked in the UPSC exams.
- How to Download UPSC Question Paper 2025?
- UPSC Question Paper 2025 FAQs
- UPSC Previous Year Questions Papers
How to Download UPSC Question Paper 2025?
The UPSC conducted the IAS prelims exam on May 25, 2025. The candidates can see below the manner to download the UPSC question paper.
- Go to the official website of UPSC - upsc.gov.in
- Click on the 'Examination Tab' given on the top navigation
- On clicking above, the drop list will appear
- Click on the previous question papers link, a new window will appear
- Select the exam for which the question paper is required.
- Download the UPSC question paper of the desired exam.
Direct Link to download UPSC question paper - https://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/previous-question-papers
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission is the exam conducting body of the UPSC Civil Service Exam (CSE). Hence the Commission releases the UPSC CSE prelims and UPSC CSE main exam question papers. The Commission releases the UPSC prelims question paper on the very next day of the exam.
The UPSC CSE Mains question papers are released with in a week of the exam.
No, you cannot get the UPSC admit card from the exam center. Candidates are required to download their UPSC admit card from the official website of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) before the examination.
The Commission mention in the official notification that the candidates will be required to download their admit card from the official website and no admit card will be available in offline mode.
UPSC Question Paper 2025 FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to UPSC question papers.
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission mention the following details on the Civil Service IAS admit card 2025. Name Roll Number Photo Identity Card Father's Name Mother's Name Centre Venue of Examination Time Table of Exam.
The UPSC CSE (IAS) main exam 2025 was conducted from August 22 to 31.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 5 days ago
In my opinion, if you want to prepare for UPSC or any other competitive exams later, you can pursue a BA in Political Science, Economics, History, or Sociology. Since their syllabus is heavily equipped with GK, Indian and world history, public policy, public administration, Indian and world politics
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a week ago
No, the Commission do not mention any Minimum Qualifying Marks for the General Studies Paper 1. But there is a criteria of Minimum 33 % for the General Studies Paper 2 (Aptitude) paper.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The IAS Prelims exam is conducted offline in the pen and paper mode. There is no sectional cutoff in the IAS prelims exam because the number of questions from a section is not fixed and they vary year to year.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service (IAS) main (written) exam offline in pen and paper mode. This exam is a descriptive type exam where the candidates are required to breach this cutoff score to get a call for the interview phase.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
No, the number of IAS vacancies is fixed to 180. Every year, the Commission recommend 180 candidates for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS). In case of any change, the Commission will notify.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 weeks ago
The Union Public Service Commission is expected to conduct the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) interviews till March/April 2026. The Commission is expected to release the UPSC CSE (IAS) Final Result in April 2026.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
The Union Public Service Commission released the Civil Service (IAS) Main result 2025 on its portal - upsc.gov.in. The Commission selected 2,736 candidates for the interview stage. The Commission will start conducting the interviews in December 2025.
Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
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Beginner-Level 1
Answered 2 months ago
The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service Exam every year to recruit the candidates for the All India Services and Central Civil Services. There are around 25 Central Civil Services whose exam is combinedly conducted as Civil Service Exam.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC Civil Service (prelims) exam on May 24, 2026. The exam will be conducted in two sessions and the General Studies Paper 2 will be qualifying only.
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Beginner-Level 5
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