Data, not guesswork
UPPCS Paper Trends
Where the questions actually come from — computed live from 750 verified UPPCS PYQs (2021–2025 · GS Paper 1). Built to show how the paper is changing and where to focus.
Subject weightage
Share of every subject across 2021–2025 — the fixed pie every paper is sliced from.
- History16.1%121
- Geography15.9%119
- Current Affairs14.5%109
- Polity14.4%108
- Science & Technology11.3%85
- Environment & Ecology9.9%74
- Economy9.7%73
- Uttar Pradesh Special4.0%30
- Others4.1%31
What's rising, what's falling
Change in each subject's share of the paper between 2021–2022 and 2024–2025 — the clearest signal of where the exam is heading.
▲ Rising
- Economy14.0% now+7.3pp
- Polity15.7% now+1.2pp
- Geography17.7% now+1.1pp
- History16.7% now+0.8pp
▼ Falling
- Uttar Pradesh Special2.0% now-4.0pp
- Environment & Ecology8.2% now-2.8pp
- Current Affairs13.7% now-2.3pp
- Science & Technology11.9% now-1.2pp
Subject trajectories
Year-by-year question counts for the six heaviest subjects, 2021–2025 — watch the lines cross.
Current-affairs creep
Share of each paper drawn from Current Affairs — the single biggest structural shift in recent papers.
Averaging ~14% in the later half vs ~15% earlier — a relatively stable mix; static areas still decide the paper.
Must-focus sub-themes
The highest-yield sub-themes in 2021–2025, ranked by questions asked. Filter by subject to plan topic-wise revision.
How concentrated is the paper
What fraction of the entire 2021–2025 paper comes from just a handful of sub-themes?
Key takeaways
What the numbers above mean for your preparation — generated from this page's data.
- History carries the most weight at 16.1% of all questions in 2021–2025 — it is the backbone of the paper.
- Economy is the fastest-growing subject, up 7.3 points of paper share (2021–2022 → 2024–2025). Give it extra revision time.
- Uttar Pradesh Special has cooled the most, down 4.0 points of share — don't over-invest here at the cost of risers.
- The #1 sub-theme is “The Parliament (1)” — 17 questions in 2021–2025 (~3.4 per paper). Master it first.