Data, not guesswork
UPPCS Paper Trends
Where the questions actually come from — computed live from 1,200 verified UPPCS PYQs (2018–2025 · GS Paper 1). Built to show how the paper is changing and where to focus.
Subject weightage
Share of every subject across 2018–2025 — the fixed pie every paper is sliced from.
- History15.9%191
- Current Affairs15.8%189
- Geography15.6%187
- Polity13.4%161
- Science & Technology11.8%142
- Environment & Ecology10.4%125
- Economy8.3%100
- Uttar Pradesh Special3.0%36
- Others5.8%69
What's rising, what's falling
Change in each subject's share of the paper between 2018–2019 and 2024–2025 — the clearest signal of where the exam is heading.
▲ Rising
- Economy14.0% now+6.6pp
- Polity15.7% now+3.5pp
- Uttar Pradesh Special2.0% now+1.3pp
- Geography17.7% now+0.7pp
▼ Falling
- Environment & Ecology8.2% now-5.5pp
- Science & Technology11.9% now-4.4pp
- Current Affairs13.7% now-1.9pp
- History16.7% now-0.3pp
Subject trajectories
Year-by-year question counts for the six heaviest subjects, 2018–2025 — watch the lines cross.
Current-affairs creep
Share of each paper drawn from Current Affairs — the single biggest structural shift in recent papers.
Averaging ~14% in the later half vs ~18% earlier — a relatively stable mix; static areas still decide the paper.
Must-focus sub-themes
The highest-yield sub-themes in 2018–2025, ranked by questions asked. Filter by subject to plan topic-wise revision.
How concentrated is the paper
What fraction of the entire 2018–2025 paper comes from just a handful of sub-themes?
Key takeaways
What the numbers above mean for your preparation — generated from this page's data.
- History carries the most weight at 15.9% of all questions in 2018–2025 — it is the backbone of the paper.
- Economy is the fastest-growing subject, up 6.6 points of paper share (2018–2019 → 2024–2025). Give it extra revision time.
- Environment & Ecology has cooled the most, down 5.5 points of share — don't over-invest here at the cost of risers.
- The #1 sub-theme is “Modern History: Miscellaneous” — 28 questions in 2018–2025 (~3.5 per paper). Master it first.