Data, not guesswork
UPPCS Paper Trends
Where the questions actually come from — computed live from 800 verified UPPCS PYQs (2018–2025 · GS Paper 2 · CSAT). Built to show how the paper is changing and where to focus.
Subject weightage
Share of every subject across 2018–2025 — the fixed pie every paper is sliced from.
- CSAT (GS Paper II)100.0%800
What's rising, what's falling
Change in each subject's share of the paper between 2018–2019 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, 2018–2025 — watch the lines cross.
Current-affairs creep
Share of each paper drawn from Current Affairs — the single biggest structural shift in recent papers.
Averaging ~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 2018–2025, ranked by questions asked. Filter by subject to plan topic-wise revision.
How concentrated is the paper
What fraction of the entire 2018–2025 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.
- CSAT (GS Paper II) carries the most weight at 100.0% of all questions in 2018–2025 — it is the backbone of the paper.
- The #1 sub-theme is “Communication Basics” — 69 questions in 2018–2025 (~8.6 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.