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UPSC Previous Year Question Papers Year wise :

2025 YEAR

CISF AC ( EXE ), LDCE -2025

General Ability and Intelligence and Professional Skills 

Essay, Precis writing and Comprehension 

National Defence Academy, and Naval Academy, Examination ( I ), 2025
1. Mathematics
2. General Ability Test


Combined Defence Services Examination ( I ), 2025

1. English 
2. General Knowlede 
3. Elementary Mathematics 

Combined Geo-scientist ( Prelims ) Exams -2025

1. Paper-1, General Studies
2. Paper-2, Chemistry
3. Paper-2, Geology / Hydrogeology
4. Paper-2, Geophysics

2024 Year

Combined Section Officer, Grade -B ( LDCE )-2024

• Paper-1
• Paper-2, Procedure and Practice categories I & VIII
• Paper -2, Process and Practice Categories-II
• Paper-2, Process and Practice categories III
• Paper -2, Process and Practice categories X
• Paper-3, Noting and Drafting, and Precis writing

Indian FOREST Service ( Main ) Exams-2024

• Agricultural Engineering Paper -1
• Agricultural Engineering Paper -2
• Agriculture Paper-1
• Agriculture Paper-2
• Animal husbandry & veterinary science paper -1
• Animal husbandry and veterinary science, paper-2
• Botany Paper-1
• Botany Paper-2
• Chemical Engineering Paper-1
• Chemical Engineering Paper -2
• Chemistry Paper-1
• Chemistry Paper-2
• Civil Engineering Paper-1
• Civil Engineering Paper -2
• Forestry Paper-1
• Forestry Paper-2
• General English
• General knowledge
• Geology Paper -1
• Geology Paper -2
• Mathematics Paper-1
• Mathematics Paper-2
• Mechanical Engineering Paper -1
• Mechanical Engineering Paper -2
• Physics Paper-1
• Physics Paper-2
• Statistics Paper-1
• Statistics Paper -2
• Zoology paper-1
• Zoology paper-2

Civil Services Main Examination -2024 :

‘Optional Subjects’

• Agriculture Paper-1
• Agriculture Paper-2
• animal husb. & veterinary science paper-1
• Animal husb. & veterinary science paper-2
• anthropology paper-1
• Anthropology paper-2
• botany paper-1
• botany paper-2
• Chemistry Paper -1
• Chemistry paper -2
• Civil engineering paper-1
• Civil Engineering Paper-2
• Commerce and Accountancy Paper-1
• Commerce and Accountancy paper -2
• Economics Paper-1
• Economics Paper -2
• Electrical Engineering Paper-1
• Electrical Engineering Paper-2
• Geography Paper -1
• Geography paper -2
• Geology paper-1
• Geology paper -2
• History Paper-1
• History paper -2
• Law Paper -1
• Law Paper-2
• Management Paper-1
• Management Paper-2
• Mathematics paper-1
• Mathematics paper-2
• Mech Engg paper-1
• Mech Engg paper -2
• Medical Science -1
• Medical Science -2
• Philosophy paper-1
• Philosophy paper-2
• Physics paper-1
• Physics paper -2
• Political science and International Relation paper-1
• Political Science and International Relation paper-2
• Psychology paper-1
• Psychology paper-2
• Public Administration Paper -1
• Public Administration Paper -2
• Sociology paper-1
• Sociology paper-2
• Statistics paper-1
• Statistics paper-2
• Zoology paper-1
• Zoology paper-2

‘Literature Subjects’

• Assamese literature paper-1
• Assamese literature paper -2
• Bengali literature paper -1
• Bengali literature paper -2
• English literature paper -1
• English literature paper -2
• Gujarati literature paper -1
• Gujarati literature paper-2
• Hindi literature paper-1
• Hindi literature paper-2
• Kannada literature paper -1
• Kannada literature paper 2
• Maithili literature paper-1
• Maithili literature paper -2
• Malayalam literature paper -1
• Malayalam literature paper 2
• Manipuri literature paper 1
• Manipuri literature paper -2
• Marathi literature paper -1
• Marathi literature paper -2
• Odia literature paper -1
• Odia literature paper 2
• Punjabi literature paper-1
• Punjabi literature paper -2
• Sindhi literature paper 1
• Sindhi literature paper 2
• Sanskrit literature paper -1
• Sanskrit literature paper -2
• Tamil literature paper 1
• Tamil literature paper 2
• Telugu literature paper 1
• Telugu literature paper 2
• Urdu literature paper -1
• Urdu literature paper 2

‘Compulsory subjects ‘

• Assamese
• Bengali
• Bodo
• English
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Marathi
• Nepali
• odia
• punjabi
• Sanskrit
• Sindhi
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu

‘General Studies ‘

• General studies 1
• Gen. Study 2
• Gen. Study 3
• Gen. Study 4

‘General’

Essay

CDSE -2, 2024 :

• English
• General knowledge
• Elementary mathematics

NDA & Naval Academic Examination ( II ), 2024 :

• General ability test
• Mathematics

CAPF ( ACs ) examination, 2024 :

• General Ability and Intelligence
• General studies, essay and comprehension

Combined Medical Services Examination -2024:

• General medicine and pediatrics
• Surgery, gynaecology & obstetrics, preventive and social medicine

IES – ISS Examination, 2024 :

• General studies
• General english
• Indian Economics
• General economics paper -1
• General economics paper -2
• General economics paper -3
• Statistics paper-1
• Statistics paper -2
• Statistics paper-3
• Statistics paper-4

Engineering Services ( Mains ) exams -2024 :

• Civil Engg. Paper 1
• Civil Engg. Paper 2
• Mech Engg. Paper 1
• MECH Engg. Paper 2
• Elect Engg. Paper 1
• Elect Engg. Paper 2
• Electronics and Telecommunications paper-1
• Electronics and Telecommunication paper 2

Combined Geo-Scientist Main exams 2024 :

• Hydrogeology
• Geology paper-1
• Geology paper-2
• Geology paper-3
• Geo-physics paper 1
• Geo-physics paper 2
• Geo-physics paper-3
• Chemistry paper 1
• Chemistry paper 2
• Chemistry paper 3

Civil Services ( Preliminary Examination ) 2024 :

• General studies paper 1
• General studies paper 2

NDA & Naval Academic Examination ( I ), 2024 :

• General ability test
• Mathematics

CDSE-I 2024 :

• Elementary mathematics
• English
• General knowledge

CISF AC ( EXE ) LDCE -2024 :

• General ability and intelligence and professional skills
• essay, precis, writing and comprehension

Combined geo-scientist preliminary examination -2024:

• Paper -2 chemistry
• Paper -2 Geology – hydrology
• Paper 2 geophysics
• Paper-1 General studies

Engineering Services Preliminary exams -2024 :

• General studies and engineering aptitude, paper-1
• Electrical engg. Paper -2
• Mechanical Engineering Paper 2
• Civil Engineering paper 2
• Electronics and Paper engineering paper 2

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