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UPPSC PCS Previous Papers

The commission publishes its question papers by examination and year, and its answer keys while the objection window is open.

UPPSC PCS · checked 19 September 2026

UPPSC PCS at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

UPPSC PCS: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Advt A-1/E-1/2026, 25 June 2026 — about 500 posts; applications closed 3 August; prelims 6 December 2026

    2026 cycle

  2. 02

    Advt A-1/E-1/2025 — 920 posts after revision; prelims 12 October 2025, 11,727 through; mains 29 March to 1 April 2026; result awaited

    2025 cycle

  3. 03

    Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission

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  4. 04

    Two OMR papers of 200 — general studies 150 questions counted, CSAT 100 questions qualifying at 33 per cent; one-third off per wrong answer

    Prelims

Past papers

UPPSC PCS — Reading previous papers properly

What is on record

  • Prelims 2025 — general studies I and II of 12 October 2025, on the previous-papers page.
  • Mains 2025 — general Hindi, essay and general studies I to VI of 29 March to 1 April 2026 — the current format.
  • Earlier cycles — the 2024 papers on the same scheme and the older optional-subject papers by year.
  • Answer keys — provisional keys are posted with an objection window of about a week — the 2025 preliminary key on about 20 October with objections to 25 October — and the page is empty between cycles.

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