UPSC CSE
Union Public Service Commission
The Civil Services Examination is UPSC's annual three-stage recruitment for the IAS, IPS, Indian Foreign Service, the Indian Revenue Services and oth…
26 papers · up to 2025View Papers
UPSC Previous Year Papers
Examinations held by the Union Public Service Commission for the All India Services, central civil services, defence academies and specialised cadres such as engineering and medical services. These are multi-stage exams that typically combine objective screening, descriptive papers and a personality test.
7 exams76 papers
UPSC CDS
Union Public Service Commission
The CDS examination, held twice a year, is the graduate-level entry to officer training at the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air For…
18 papers · up to 2025View PapersUPSC NDA & NA
Union Public Service Commission
UPSC holds the NDA & NA examination twice a year to select school-leavers for the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the National Defence Academy and…
16 papers · up to 2025View PapersUPSC CAPF AC
Union Public Service Commission
This annual UPSC examination recruits Group A Assistant Commandants into the BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP and SSB. It is open to men and women graduates in…
6 papers · up to 2025View PapersUPSC CMS
Union Public Service Commission
The Combined Medical Services Examination recruits MBBS doctors as medical officers in the Central Health Service, Indian Railways and municipal bodi…
4 papers · up to 2025View PapersUPSC IFoS
Union Public Service Commission
The Indian Forest Service Examination recruits officers for the all-India forest service. It has no separate preliminary paper: candidates apply for…
4 papers · up to 2025View PapersUPSC ESE
Union Public Service Commission
The Engineering Services Examination recruits Group A and Group B engineers into central services such as railway management, central engineering, de…
2 papers · up to 2025View Papers
Preparation guides
- How to use previous year papers (and when to start)A step-by-step method for turning past papers into a study plan, from your first read-through to full mock conditions.
- Official answer keys explainedProvisional vs final keys, why they differ, how to use them to estimate your score, and why official keys beat unofficial solutions.
- Reading exam patterns from past papersHow to analyse several years of papers to spot recurring topics, question styles and difficulty trends, without over-reading the data.