Download UPSC IAS Previous Year Papers [2021]

UPSC Previous Examination paper: Self-preparation through online mode 

Due to current pandemic of COVID-19, education industry is also facing issues as there are no classes is going in school, coaching centers, universities and institutes.

Only through online everyone is connected with each other. Same way this time, IAS aspirants are also faced problems and impacted their preparation. They online have online access for their preparation and previous years’ questions paper will surely help them out for UPSC IAS examination.

Only few months are left for the examination and this is the time for check themselves and their preparation by solving last year question papers online and then they can evaluate themselves and make further exam strategy.

IAS applicants required correct approach and lot of hard work and their focus towards the civil examination to beat the exam specially during this pandemic as it have already hampered much situations.

The only hard work, self-preparation and determination can show their results and for this they must aware of what kind of pattern of the examination will be for both UPSC IAS Preliminary and Mains examinations.

Previous year question paper will definitely help them and candidate will get all the important information and pattern of the examination. The examination is held in both Hindi and English languages. UPSC IAS examination is accompanied in three phases:

Phase 1– Preliminary examination of Civil services which is comprises of Objective type questions

Phase 2-Main examination of Civil services which is comprises of Descriptive type questions

Phase 3– Personal Interview to check personality test

UPSC Prelims Exam of phase 1 is comprised of two sections that is:

• GS (General studies)
• CSAT (Civil services aptitude test)

UPSC Main Exam of phase 2 is comprised of descriptive questions where aspirants have to choose two subjects of their choice out of nine subjects and then personal interview of phase 3 will take place.

Now for the examination preparation, aspirants must visit last years of previous years’ questions papers of preliminary examination for civil services and evaluate themselves by clicking on the link below:

Year	Subject	Examination
2019	GS	Preliminary examination of UPSC with answer key
2018	GS	Preliminary examination of UPSC with answer key
2017	GS	Preliminary examination of UPSC IAS with answer key
2016	GS	Preliminary examination of UPSC IAS with answer key
2015	GS	Preliminary examination of UPSC IAS with answer key
2014	GS	Preliminary examination of UPSC IAS with answer key

 Literature Subjects –  Below are the links for the Previous Year Question paper of all Literature subjects

Year	Subject	Main Examination
2019	Assamese Literature -1	Assamese Literature Paper – I
2019	Assamese Literature -2	Assamese Literature Paper – II
2019	Bengali Literature-1	Bengali Literature Paper – I
2019	Bengali Literature-2	Bengali Literature Paper – II
2019	English Literature-1	English Literature Paper – I
2019	English Literature-2	English Literature Paper – II
2019	Gujarati Literature -1	Gujarati Literature Paper – I
2019	Gujarati Literature -2	Gujarati Literature Paper – II
2019	Hindi Literature-1	Hindi Literature Paper – I
2019	Hindi Literature-2	Hindi Literature Paper – II
2019	Kannada Literature -1	Kannada Literature Paper – I
2019	Kannada Literature -2	Kannada Literature Paper – II
2019	Maithili Literature -1	Maithili Literature Paper – I
2019	Maithili Literature -2	Maithili Literature Paper – II
2019	Malayalam Literature-1	Malayalam Literature Paper – I
2019	Malayalam Literature-2	Malayalam Literature Paper – II
2019	Manipuri Literature -1	Manipuri Literature Paper – I
2019	Manipuri Literature -2	Manipuri Literature Paper – II
2019	Marathi Literature-1	Marathi Literature Paper – I
2019	Marathi Literature-2	Marathi Literature Paper – II
2019	Oriya Literature-1	Oriya Literature Paper – I
2019	Oriya Literature-2	Oriya Literature Paper – II
2019	Punjabi Literature-1	Punjabi Literature Paper – I
2019	Punjabi Literature-2	Punjabi Literature Paper – II
2019	Sanskrit Literature-1	Sanskrit Literature Paper – I
2019	Sanskrit Literature -2	Sanskrit Literature Paper – II
2019	Sindhi (Devanagari)-1	Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper – I
2019	Sindhi (Devanagari)-2	Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper – II
2019	Tamil Literature-1	Tamil Literature Paper – I
2019	Tamil Literature -2	Tamil Literature Paper – II
2019	Telugu Literature-1	Telugu Literature Paper – I
2019	Telugu Literature -2	Telugu Literature Paper – II
2019	Urdu Literature-1	Urdu Literature Paper – I
2019	Urdu Literature -2	Urdu Literature Paper – II

Optional Subjects – Below are the links for the Previous Year Question paper of all Optional subjects

Year	Subject	Main Examination
2019	Agriculture -1	Agriculture Paper – I
2019	Agriculture -2	Agriculture Paper – II
2019	Animal Husbandry and Vet Science-1	Animal Husbandry and Vet. Science Paper – I
2019	Animal Husbandry and Vet Science-2	Animal Husbandry and Vet. Science Paper – II
2019	Anthropology -1	Anthropology Paper – I
2019	Anthropology -2	Anthropology Paper – II
2019	Botany -1	Botany Paper – I
2019	Botany-2	Botany Paper – II
2019	Chemistry-1	Chemistry Paper – I
2019	Chemistry-2	Chemistry Paper – II
2019	Civil Engineering-1	Civil Engineering Paper – I
2019	Civil Engineering-1	Civil Engineering Paper – II
2019	Commerce and Accountancy-1	Commerce and Accountancy Paper – I
2019	Commerce and Accountancy-2	Commerce and Accountancy Paper – II
2019	Economics-1	Economics Paper – I
2019	Economics-2	Economics Paper – II
2019	Electrical Engineering-1	Electrical Engineering Paper – I
2019	Electrical Engineering-2	Electrical Engineering Paper – II
2019	Geography-1	Geography Paper – I
2019	Geography-2	Geography Paper – II
2019	Geology-2	Geology Paper – I
2019	Geology-2	Geology Paper – II
2019	History-1	History Paper – I
2019	History-2	History Paper – II
2019	Law-1	Law Paper – I
2019	Law-2	Law Paper – II
2019	Management-1	Management Paper – I
2019	Management-2	Management Paper – II
2019	Mathematics-1	Mathematics Paper – I
2019	Mathematics-2	Mathematics Paper – II
2019	Mechanical Engineering-1	Mechanical Engineering Paper – I
2019	Medical Science-1	Medical Science Paper – I
2019	Medical Science-2	Medical Science Paper – II
2019	Philosophy-1	Philosophy Paper – I
2019	Physics-1	Physics Paper – I
2019	Physics-2	Physics Paper – II
2019	Political Science and International Relations-1	Political Science and International Relations Paper – I
2019	Political Science and International Relations-2	Political Science and International Relations Paper – II
2019	Psychology-1	Psychology Paper – I
2019	Psychology-2	Psychology Paper – II
2019	Public Administration-1	Public Administration Paper – I
2019	Public Administration-2	Public Administration Paper – II
2019	Sociology-1	Sociology Paper – I
2019	Sociology-2	Sociology Paper – II
2019	Statistics-1	Statistics Paper – I
2019	Statistics-2	Statistics Paper – II
2019	Zoology-1	Zoology Paper – I
2019	Zoology-2	Zoology Paper – II

Conclusion

UPSC IAS examination is scheduled for October 2020, time is less for the aspirants and they have to start solving previous questions paper. 

Apart from above mention question paper links the students must visit UPSC official website of previous year question paper that is https://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/previous-question-papers to check all the compulsory subjects question paper of UPSC IAS mains examination as well as they can also go through optional subject questions paper. 

Solving previous questions paper will help the aspirants and they will get the awareness about the examination pattern and what kinds of question they ask for like multiple choice, statements, descriptive or matching the answers. 

With the above link, every aspirant gets the correct and genuine questions paper of UPSC IAS examination of both preliminary and mains examinations along with optional and literature subjects. 

UPSC IAS examination required seriousness, dedication and hard work to clear the examination and most important self-confidence which will drive through the preparation journey.