UPSC answer key 2020 released. Check and download UPSC IAS 2020 answer key here.
UPSC answer key of a reputed coaching institute was released. The candidates can download the UPSC answer key 2020 PDF here. The UPSC answer key for the General Studies paper was released online for one set. The rest of the set will follow. The UPSC answer key 2020 will provide the answer to almost all the questions. But there are various questions which are not asked from the standard textbooks. To answer those questions, applications of various concepts are required. This is the reason that the coaching institutes take time to release the UPSC answer key even when they have the subject experts.
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UPSC answer key is very important for calculating the marks in the UPSC exam because the IAS prelims exam has the negative marking of one by three. It means that the three wrong answers will neutralise one right answer marks. So the candidates need to calculate the exact marks to know that they should start preparing for the UPSC main exam or wait for the next year prelims.
UPSC answer key (official) will be released after the exam process will be over next year. The official UPSC answer key is released by the Union Public Service Commission after the final result of IAS exam. This is done to minimise the legal proceedings against the answers. Besides this, UPSC provides the opportunity for representation against the UPSC question printed mistakenly or for the wrong question or the answer options. UPSC opens the online window for one week for these representations.
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UPSC answer key will be provided for all sets of UPSC question papers. Various IAS coaching institutes release the UPSC answer key online in the PDF. The candidates can download
UPSC answer key and check their answers. Most of the candidates will find the answers from the Internet. But most of the indirect questions which involve a conceptual application will not be available anywhere and the candidates need to apply their analytical skills for the right answers.
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UPSC answer key for the IAS 2020 question paper will be uploaded as it will be released by the reputed coaching institutes. Keep visiting this page to get the answer key of various coaching institutes at one place. The candidates can check their answers with the UPSC answer key and calculate their marks.
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Student Forum
Answered 4 days ago
Yes, the UPSC IAS previous year question papers are very important because they provide a clear picture of the exam. The UPSC IAS PYQs hints about the most frequently asked topics in the exam. It also provides the tentative weightage of the sections in the UPSC IAS syllabus.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The candidates can cover the IAS prelims syllabus if in six months if they are appearing for it for the first time. In case, the candidate has cleared the prelims earlier, he or she can prepare it in three months.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The Union Public Service Commission will notify the UPSC IAS Syllabus 2026 in its official notification. The Commission will release the Civil Service 2026 notification on January 14, 2026.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The UPSC IAS Prelims and Main exam syllabus is different. The candidates can say that the Prelims syllabus is a subset of the main because it is very vast and extesive.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
The IAS prelims cutoff means the minimum marks required to clear the prelims exam in the category of the candidate. The Union Public Service Commission conduct the IAS prelims exam to filter the candidates and limit the numbers for the main (written) exam. The Commission conduct the prelims in offli
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 3 weeks 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 a month 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

Are the UPSC IAS Previous Year Question paper important?