UPSC Prelims 2024 Question Paper & Analysis
Get the UPSC Prelims Previous Year Question (PYQ) Paper with subject-wise trends, difficulty analysis, and detailed model answers — including diagrams, flowcharts, and structured writing for GS.
Subject-wise MCQ Distribution
Difficulty Analysis
Type of questions
Key Insights
- Indian Polity, Environment & Ecology, Economy carried the highest weightage, together accounting for 45% of the paper.
- The paper strongly favoured statement-based questions — multi-statement and assertion-reasoning questions together made up 73% of the paper, making careful reading and elimination especially important.
- The paper was largely easy to moderate in difficulty, with 82% of questions falling in the easy or medium range and only 18% classified as hard.
- Questions were spread across 13 subject areas, making broad syllabus coverage important rather than relying on a few traditionally dominant subjects.
- The question format demanded more than direct recall, with only 27% of questions being direct, while most required evaluating multiple statements or reasoning through assertions.
PYQs with Detailed Answers
- View Answer for: Consider the following statements:Statement-I: Recently, Venezuela has achieved a rapid recovery from its economic crisis and succeeded in preventing its people from fleeing/emigrating to other countries. Statement-II: Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following statements:
Statement-I: Recently, Venezuela has achieved a rapid recovery from its economic crisis and succeeded in preventing its people from fleeing/emigrating to other countries. Statement-II: Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
- View Answer for: Consider the following statements:Statement-I : The European Parliament approved The Net-Zero Industry Act recently. Statement-II: The European Union intends to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 and therefore aims to develop all of its own clean technology by that time.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following statements:
Statement-I : The European Parliament approved The Net-Zero Industry Act recently. Statement-II: The European Union intends to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 and therefore aims to develop all of its own clean technology by that time.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
- View Answer for: Consider the following statements :Statement-I : There is instability and worsening security situation in the Sahel region. Statement-II: There have been military takeovers/coups d'état in several countries of the Sahel region in the recent past.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following statements :
Statement-I : There is instability and worsening security situation in the Sahel region. Statement-II: There have been military takeovers/coups d'état in several countries of the Sahel region in the recent past.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
- View Answer for: Consider the following pairs :Country | Reason for being in the news - | - 1. Argentina | Worst economic crisis 2. Sudan | War between the country's regular army and paramilitary forces 3. Turkey | Rescinded its membership of NATOHow many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
Consider the following pairs :
Country Reason for being in the news 1. Argentina Worst economic crisis 2. Sudan War between the country's regular army and paramilitary forces 3. Turkey Rescinded its membership of NATO How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
- View Answer for: Who of the following is the author of the books "The India Way" and "Why Bharat Matters"?
Who of the following is the author of the books "The India Way" and "Why Bharat Matters"?
- View Answer for: Which of the following statements about 'Exercise Mitra Shakti-2023' are correct? This was a joint military exercise between India and Bangladesh. It commenced in Aundh (Pune). Joint response during counter-terrorism operations was a goal of this operation. Indian Air Force was a part of this exercise.Select the answer using the code given below :
Which of the following statements about 'Exercise Mitra Shakti-2023' are correct?
- This was a joint military exercise between India and Bangladesh.
- It commenced in Aundh (Pune).
- Joint response during counter-terrorism operations was a goal of this operation.
- Indian Air Force was a part of this exercise.
Select the answer using the code given below :
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