UPSC Mains 2023 Question Paper – Download PDF
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Updated on: September 27th, 2023
UPSC Mains 2023 Question Paper will be released here after the exam. You can download the Question Paper PDF with the Answers for the Essay Paper, Paper-II General Studies-I, Paper-III General Studies-II, Paper-IV General Studies-III, Paper-V General Studies-IV, Paper-A Indian Language, Paper-B English, Paper-VI Optional Subject-Paper-1 and Paper-VII Optional Subject-Paper-2. UPSC Mains Exams Started on September 15, 2023 (Friday) with Essay Paper and it end with Paper-VII Optional Subject-Paper-2 on 24th September, 2023 (Sunday). If you are preparing for the UPSC IAS Exam and Looking for a UPSC Mains 2023 Question Paper, then this will be the right platform to get.
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 Essay Paper with Answer
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper I
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper II with Answer
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper III
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper IV with Answer
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 Optional Paper 1 with Answer
- Download UPSC Mains 2022 Optional Paper 2
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UPSC 2023 Mains Questions Paper PDF
We all know that UPSC Mains consists of 9 Papers: Essay Paper, GS Paper 1, GS Paper 2, GS Paper 3, GS Paper 4, Optional Subject-Paper-1, Optional Subject-Paper-2, Paper-B English, and Paper-A Indian Language. You can download the PDFs for each exam from below table.
| UPSC Mains 2023 Exam | Shift | Shift |
|---|---|---|
| 15th September 2023 (Friday) | Essay Paper PDF | – |
| 16th September 2023 (Saturday) | Paper-II General Studies-I PDF | Paper-III General Studies-II PDF |
| 17th September 2023(Sunday) | Paper-IV General Studies-III PDF | Paper-V General Studies-IV PDF |
| 23rd September 2023(Saturday) | Paper-A Indian Language PDF | Paper-B English PDF |
| 24th September 2023(Sunday) | Paper-VI Optional Subject-Paper-1 PDF | Paper-VII Optional Subject-Paper-2 PDF |
In this UPSC Mains Exam, English and the other language papers are of a qualifying nature while the remaining papers are counted for merit ranking, and that will decide for your Result.
Indian language Paper is Compulsory for all candidates except those hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, and Meghalaya. UPSC Mains Language Paper can be written in these languages Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhali.
Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper 1 to 4 Question Paper with Answer PDFs
In this section, you can get Question Paper with Answer Key PDF for GS Paper I, GS Paper II, GS Paper III, and GS Paper IV.
- GS Paper I Question Paper PDF with Answer
- GS Paper II Question Paper PDF with Answer
- GS Paper III Question Paper PDF with Answer
- GS Paper IV Question Paper PDF with Answer
UPSC Mains 2023 Language Question Papers with Answer Key PDF
In this section, you can download Indian Language Question Papers and English Language Question Papers with Answer key.
| Language Question Papers for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| English Language Paper with Answer Key |
| Assamese Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Hindi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Maithili Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Oriya Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Sanskrit Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Tamil Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Urdu Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Sindhi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Bengali Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Gujarati Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Kannada Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Malayalam Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Nepali Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Punjabi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Telugu Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Dogri Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| Marathi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
UPSC Mains Previous Year Question Paper 2022 – 2019
If you need to verify how many questions are asked in UPSC Mains 2023 with the Previous year question paper, then download the below year-wise question paper with the answer key and check it.
Below we have provided links to download the UPSC Mains 2022 year question paper
- UPSC Mains 2022 Compulsory English Language Paper
- UPSC 2022 Mains Question Paper for Essay
- UPSC Mains Question Paper Language – 2022 Hindi
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2022 GS-1
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2022 GS-2
- UPSC 2022 Mains Question Paper GS-3
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2022 GS-4
The UPSC Mains 2021 Question Paper is available for download below.
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2021 Compulsory English Paper
- UPSC CSE Mains 2021 Essay Question Paper
- UPSC Mains 2021 Question Paper GS 1
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2021 GS Paper 2
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2021 GS Paper 3
- IAS Question Paper 2021 for UPSC Mains GS 4
You can download UPSC Mains 2020 GS Paper 1 to 4 Question Paper from below,
- UPSC 2020 Mains Question Paper GS-1
- UPSC 2020 Mains Question Paper GS-2
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2020 GS-3
- UPSC Mains Question Paper 2020 GS-4
The candidates can download the UPSC question paper 2019 to analyze the level of questions asked in the exam.
- UPSC Question Paper 2019 for Mains GS-1
- UPSC Question Paper for Mains 2019 GS-2
- UPSC Question Paper 2019 for Mains GS-3
- UPSC Question Paper for Mains 2019 GS-4
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