UPSC 2021 Prelims & Mains Question Papers

UPSC 2021 Question Papers are now available here. The UPSC Examination consists of three stages, the Preliminary, Mains, and Interview stages. The UPSC Prelims Exam 2021 was conducted on October 10, 2021, and the Mains examination commenced on 7th January 2022 and continued till January 16, 2022. A total of 9,70,000 candidates appeared in the examination. Approx 13,000 students qualified for the Preliminary stage and then appeared for the Mains examination. In this article, our UPSC CSE Coaching team has curated the UPSC Question Papers 2021 which include papers of the Prelims & Mains exam.

Candidates can scroll down to get free UPSC 2021 Prelims Question Papers and UPSC 2021 Mains Question Papers and start solving them for the upcoming IAS exam.

UPSC 2021 Prelims Question Paper PDF - Download Now

The UPSC CSE Prelims 2021 Exam was conducted on 10th October 2021. The UPSC 2021 Prelims Question Papers are made available after the examination. It is recommended to the aspirants to download these papers and start solving them to understand the pattern of questions. The candidates can Download the Free UPSC Prelims 2021 Question Paper PDF (General Studies & CSAT Paper 2021) by clicking on the direct links in the below table.

UPSC Prelims 2021 Question Paper Weightage

In the UPSC 2021 Prelims GS Question Paper, the weightage provided to each subject was almost equal, though history had a larger share compared to other subjects. The weightage of each subject has been provided in a tabular format for easy reference.

Also, check out the UPSC 2013 Prelims Question Paper here.

UPSC 2021 Mains Question Paper PDF

The Mains exams are quite important as they are taken into account for merit calculation. It is important to understand the pattern of the Mains exam. All the links to the PDF of UPSC Mains Question Paper 2021 are in the table below. Download them for free.

UPSC Mains 2021 Compulsory Language Papers 

The UPSC Aspirants can download the compulsory language papers in the table below:

UPSC 2021 Essay Question Paper

The Essay Paper consists of 250 marks and the student has to write a total of two essays, one from each section. This year, the focus of the paper was more on philosophical topics, unlike previous years’ essay papers. You can download the UPSC CSE Mains 2021 Essay Question Paper from the link given below.

• UPSC CSE Mains 2021 Essay Question Paper

UPSC Mains 2021 General Studies Question Paper

The aspirants can check the below table and Download the GS1, GS2, GS3 and GS4 Paper 2021.

UPSC 2021 Mains Optional Papers PDF

The UPSC candidates can Download and refer to their preferred Optional Paper from the table below:

Why is the UPSC Prelims Question Paper 2021 important?

• Previous Years Question Papers are a great option for practising because they help you mould your approach nearest to the actual exam.
• The PYPs help to understand the application of the syllabus according to the question asked in the exam. So if you solve them, you can plan your techniques based on PYPs for the exam.

We hope this article on UPSC 2021 question papers PDF will give a boost to your exam preparation. Apart from UPSC 2021 Question Paper we also have a wide range of practice tests, mock tests, quizzes and courses with live classes to help you cover your course. For all the study-related materials you can visit our website Testbook.com or download our Testbook App.