UPSC Civil Services Examination Trend Analysis from 2012 to 2019 subject wise number of questions asked.
UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam Trends 2012-2019
UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam Trends 2012-2019: Union Public Service Commission conduct Civil Services Exam every year for the recruitment of Indian Administrative Servant in Civil Services. Candidates can check here last 8 year trend of UPSC prelims Questions for General Studies Paper 1 and Civil Services Aptitude Test(CSAT) Paper 2.
Segments
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
History of India
20
16
19
16
16
13
22
16
Indian Polity & Governance
21
17
10
13
6
22
13
15
Geography of India & World
17
18
20
18
3
8
9
8
Environment & Ecology
14
14
20
12
16
17
10
19
Indian Economy & Development
14
18
11
16
15
29
22
20
General Science & Technology
10
16
12
9
7
3
14
15
Current Affairs
04
01
08
16
37
8
10
7
Total
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Break down of questions asked in CSAT 2012-2019
Segments
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Reading Comprehension(Bilingual)
32
24
26
30
27
30
26
30
English Comprehension
8
8
6*
0
0
0
0
0
Basis Numeracy
3
9
16
20
28
24
17
26
Data Interpretation / Sufficiency
0
5
5
0
0
0
12
10
Reasoning /Analytical Ability
30
28
27
30
25
26
25
14
Decision Making & Problem Solving
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
80
80
80*
80
80
80
80
80
*In 2014, the evaluation of questions from English Comprehension were not taken into consideration, which means that only 74 questions were taken for calculating the the cut-off. From year 2015 onwards, English comprehension was removed from the CSAT question paper.
