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UPPCS Paper Trends

Where the questions actually come from — computed live from 500 verified UPPCS PYQs (2021–2025 · GS Paper 2 · CSAT). 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.

CSAT (GS Paper II): 500 (100.0%)500questions
  • CSAT (GS Paper II)100.0%500

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

No subject gained share in this window.

    ▼ Falling

    No subject lost share in this window.

      Subject trajectories

      Year-by-year question counts for the six heaviest subjects, 2021–2025 — watch the lines cross.

      255075100CSAT (GS Paper II)CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2021: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2022: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2023: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2024: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2025: 10020212022202320242025
      CSAT (GS Paper II)

      Current-affairs creep

      Share of each paper drawn from Current Affairs — the single biggest structural shift in recent papers.

      0%1%1%1%2021: 0%0%20212022: 0%0%20222023: 0%0%20232024: 0%0%20242025: 0%0%2025

      Averaging ~0% in the later half vs ~0% earlier — the paper rewards daily current-affairs reading more every year.

      Must-focus sub-themes

      The highest-yield sub-themes in 2021–2025, ranked by questions asked. Filter by subject to plan topic-wise revision.

      Top 12 sub-themes by questions asked · tap a row to see its questions

      How concentrated is the paper

      What fraction of the entire 2021–2025 paper comes from just a handful of sub-themes?

      Top 5 cover
      29%
      Top 10 cover
      46%
      Sub-themes asked
      52

      Key takeaways

      What the numbers above mean for your preparation — generated from this page's data.

      • CSAT (GS Paper II) carries the most weight at 100.0% of all questions in 2021–2025 — it is the backbone of the paper.
      • The #1 sub-theme is “Communication Basics” — 38 questions in 2021–2025 (~7.6 per paper). Master it first.
      • Just 5 sub-themes account for 29% of the entire paper — depth in a few high-yield areas beats shallow breadth.
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