Data, not guesswork
UPPCS Paper Trends
Where the questions actually come from — computed live from 2,000 verified UPPCS PYQs (2018–2025). 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)40.0%800
- History9.6%191
- Current Affairs9.4%189
- Geography9.3%187
- Polity8.1%161
- Science & Technology7.1%142
- Environment & Ecology6.3%125
- Economy5.0%100
- Others5.3%105
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
- Economy8.3% now+4.1pp
- Polity9.3% now+2.3pp
- Uttar Pradesh Special1.2% now+0.8pp
- Geography10.5% now+0.8pp
- History9.9% now+0.2pp
▼ Falling
- Environment & Ecology4.9% now-3.0pp
- Science & Technology7.1% now-2.3pp
- CSAT (GS Paper II)40.6% now-2.0pp
- Current Affairs8.1% now-0.8pp
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 ~8% in the later half vs ~11% earlier — a relatively stable mix; static areas still decide the paper.
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 40.0% of all questions in 2018–2025 — it is the backbone of the paper.
- Economy is the fastest-growing subject, up 4.1 points of paper share (2018–2019 → 2024–2025). Give it extra revision time.
- Environment & Ecology has cooled the most, down 3.0 points of share — don't over-invest here at the cost of risers.
- The #1 sub-theme is “Communication Basics” — 69 questions in 2018–2025 (~8.6 per paper). Master it first.