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UPPCS PYQs Trends

GS-ICSAT

Year-wise subject weightage

Questions per subject in each paper across 2016–2025 — switch between chart and table.

255075100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2016: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2017: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2018: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2019: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2020: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2021: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2022: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2023: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2024: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2025: 100100CSAT (GS Paper II)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Subject weightage

CSAT (GS Paper II): 1,000 (100.0%)1,000questions
  • CSAT (GS Paper II)100.0%

Subject trend explorer

Pick a subject to see its year-by-year question counts.

2550751002016: 100 questions10020162017: 100 questions10020172018: 100 questions10020182019: 100 questions10020192020: 100 questions10020202021: 100 questions10020212022: 100 questions10020222023: 100 questions10020232024: 100 questions10020242025: 100 questions1002025

Subject trajectories

Year-by-year question counts for the six largest subjects, 2016–2025 — spot what's rising and what's falling.

255075100CSAT (GS Paper II)CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2016: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2017: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2018: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2019: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2020: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2021: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2022: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2023: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2024: 100CSAT (GS Paper II) · 2025: 1002016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CSAT (GS Paper II)

Must-focus sub-themes

The highest-yield sub-themes in 2016–2025, ranked by questions asked. Filter by subject to plan topic-wise revision.

Top 12 sub-themes by questions asked · tap a row to see its questions

Key takeaways

What the numbers above mean for your preparation — generated from this page's data.

  • CSAT (GS Paper II) carries the most weight at 100.0% of all questions in 2016–2025 — it is the backbone of the paper.
  • The #1 sub-theme is “Communication Basics” — 85 questions in 2016–2025 (~8.5 per paper). Master it first.
  • Just 5 sub-themes account for 30% of all questions in 2016–2025 — depth in a few high-yield areas beats shallow breadth.
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