UPPSC PCS Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Live: Answer Key, Expected Cutoff
The UPPSC Prelims 2025 exam analysis will be available here after the first shift of the exam. The candidates will get here the overall difficulty level of the question paper and the UPPSC Prelims 2025 expected cutoff.
UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Analysis
UPPSC Exam Analysis 2025 : The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission is conducting the UPPSC PCS 2025 prelims exam at the designated exam centres. The UPPSC Exam Analysis 2025 will be available based on the question paper asked in the exam. The candidates will get the section-wise difficulty level of the question paper and the expected cutoff.
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will conduct the exam as per the syllabus and exam pattern mentioned in the official notification. The candidates can see below the UPPSC exam pattern and syllabus.
UPPSC 2025 Answer Key
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will release the UPPSC answer key 2025 within a week from the prelims exam. The Commission will release the tentative answer key first and ask the candidates to send representation against the incorrect answers given in the tentative answer key.
UPPSC 2025 Prelims Expected Cutoff
The Commission will release the official UPPSC PCS Prelims cutoff after the declaration of final result. Till then the candidates can anticipate the official cutoff. The candidates can see below the UPPSC prelims expected cutoff.
| UPPSC Categories | Expected Cutoff |
|---|---|
| General |
TBA |
| General (EWS) | TBA |
| Other Backward Classes | TBA |
| Scheduled Caste | TBA |
| Scheduled Tribe | TBA |
| General (Females) | TBA |
| Other Backward Classes (Females) | TBA |
| Dependant of Freedom-Fighter of Uttar Pradesh | TBA |
| Ex-Serviceman of Uttar Pradesh | TBA |
| Differently Abled Persons of Uttar Pradesh | TBA |
The official cutoff will be released by the Commission after the conclusion of exam process.
UPPSC Prelims Exam Pattern 2025
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission mentioned the UPPSC Prelims exam pattern in the official notification. The candidates can see below the UPPSC Exam Pattern as mentioned in the official notification.
| Paper Name |
No. of Questions |
Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Studies – I |
150 |
200 |
| General Studies– II(Aptitude) |
100 |
200 |
| Total |
400 |
|
The candidates should note that the General Studies Paper II (Aptitude) is qualifying only. The marks secured in the General Studies - I will be considered for the UPPSC Prelims merit list.
UPPSC PCS Syllabus
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission mentioned the UPPSC Prelims Syllabus in the official notification. In the UPPSC prelims exam, the Commission ask the questions from the fundamental five subjects and the current affairs only. Theses subjects are
- History of India & Indian National Movement
- India and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World
- Indian Polity and Governance
- Economic and Social Development
- General Science
The General Studies Paper 2 is qualifying only and its marks are not considered for the UPPPSC Prelims Merit.
LIVE UPDATE
UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Analysis Live Updates
- 4:44 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What are the Total Marks of the UPPSC PCS Prelims Exam?
The candidates must refer to the official notification to know the official UPPSC exam pattern. As per the official notification, there are two papers in the UPPSC Prelims exam and each paper carries 200 marks. So the total marks in the UPPSC PCS Prelims exam is 400.
- 3:46 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What are the Total Marks of the UPPSC Prelims General Studies Paper?
The candidates should note that the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission released the exam pattern in the official notification. The candidates should note that the total marks assigned to the General Studies Paper 1 is 200 only.
- 2:47 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What is the Duration of the UPPSC Prelims Exam?
The candidates should note that that there are 150 questions in the UPPSC PCS prelims General Studies paper 1. The candidates get two hours to solve these questions.
- 2:23 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What is the Shift Timing of UPPSC Exam 2025?
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will conduct the UPPSC Prelims exam in two shifts. The UPPSC Prelims Shift Timing is given below:
UPPSC Prelims Paper Name Session Start Time Session Start Time General Studies Paper I 9.30 AM 11.30 AM General Studies Paper II 2.30 PM 4.30 PM - 2:17 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
How Many Stages Are There in the UPPSC PCS Exam?
The candidates should note tha there are three stages in the UPPSC PCS exam and the candidates are required to clear all the stages of exam in order to get selected in the final result. These stages are
- UPPSC Prelims Exam
- UPPSC Main (written) Exam
- UPPSC PCS Main Interview Stage
- In the Prelims exam – 15 times of the vacancies.
- In the Main Exam – 3 times of the number of vacancies.
- 2:00 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
Is the UPPSC Prelims Exam Qualifying Only?
Yes, the UPPSC Prelims exam is a qualifying exam only. The Commission conduct the prelims exam to filter the candidates for the main exam. The marks scored in the prelims exam are not considered for any other stage of exam.
- 1:57 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
UPPSC Prelims Exam 2025: Number of Questions
There are 150 questions in the UPPSC Prelims General Studies paper 1. The candidates should note that the marks scored in the UPPSC Prelims General Studies paper 1 are considered for the prelims result.
- 1:56 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
UPPSC Prelims Exam 2025: Is There Any Negative Marking in the Exam?
Yes, the candidates should note that there is a provision of negative marking in the UPPSC Prelims exam. The provision was introduced to reduce the instance of guess work in the UPPCS prelims exam.
- 1:54 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What is the UPPSC Prelims 2025 Expected Cutoff?
The candidates should note that the UPPSC Prelims 2025 expected cutoff will be deduced after analysing the UPPCS prelims question paper and its difficulty level.
- 1:54 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
UPPSC PCS 2025 Prelims Exam Analysis will be Available Soon
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will conduct the UPPSC Prelims exam at the designated exam centres today. The candidates can see here the UPPCS Prelims exam analysis 2025 after the first shift of the exam.
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission releases the UPPSC cutoff after the declaration of final result. The Commission mention the UPPSC PCS cutoff for each post separately for all the categories. The candidates are selected based on the final merit list which is prepared based on the marks secured in the written and interveiw.
The candidates can download the UPPSC PCS cutoff of previous year's here. We have compiled the UPPSC Cutoff of previous years for the candidates.
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission mention the number of vacancies in the official notification. The Commission recently changed the candidates selection criteria. The candidates can see below the selection criteria for UPPSC Prelims and Main Exam:
This has increased the competition in the UPPSC main exam.
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The candidates should understand that the number of UPPSC vacancies affect the UPPSC cutoff in a negative way. The increase in number of vacancies can reduce the UPPSC cutoff. The number of vacancies are inversely proportional to the cutoff of any exam. The candidates should check the UPPSC vacancies of previous year exams and the corresponding cutoff.