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158 real UPSC Prelims questions across 14 years (20132026), tagged by sub-topic and difficulty.

158 questions14 years85 sub-topics32 Hard · 92 Medium · 34 Easy
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Questions per year

How many Geography questions appeared in each year's GS Paper 1.

2026
729% Hard
2025
1258% Hard
2024
1735% Hard
2023
1414% Hard
2022
128% Hard
2021
1225% Hard
2020
743% Hard
2019
1020% Hard
2018
6
2017
825% Hard
2016
5
2015
147% Hard
2014
166% Hard
2013
1811% Hard

Difficulty distribution

Across all 14 years. Difficulty is calibrated to the UPSC standard, not normalised to the aspirant population.

34
Easy
22%
92
Medium
58%
32
Hard
20%

Nature: 145 Static · 13 Current-affairs-linked · 0 Hybrid

Sub-topics

85 sub-topics tagged in the Geography corpus. Each sub-topic drill pulls every question ever asked on that topic.

Climatology & Atmosphere

asked in 6 of 14 years · 5 Hard

Geomorphology & Earth Science

asked in 4 of 14 years · 5 Hard

Oceanography & Water Resources

asked in 5 of 14 years · 4 Hard

World Physical Geography

asked in 6 of 14 years · 3 Hard

World Economic & Political Geography

asked in 4 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Locational & Map-based

asked in 2 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Indian Economic Geography

asked in 2 of 14 years

Indian Physical Geography

asked in 3 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Economic & Agricultural Geography

asked in 3 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Indian Geography (general)

asked in 3 of 14 years · 1 Hard

World Geography (general)

asked in 2 of 14 years

Indian fauna and their habitats

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Physical geography - glaciers and rivers

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Location and Coordinates

asked in 1 of 14 years

Water Bodies - Lakes

asked in 1 of 14 years

Biodiversity and Protected Areas

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Coastal Geomorphology

asked in 1 of 14 years

India Physical Geography

asked in 1 of 14 years

Islands and Proximity

asked in 1 of 14 years

Indian River Systems

asked in 1 of 14 years

Indian Forests and Vegetation

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Wind systems and weather

asked in 1 of 14 years

Oceanography and tides

asked in 1 of 14 years

Indian Drainage Systems

asked in 1 of 14 years

Ethnography and Regional Tribes

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Water Resources

asked in 1 of 14 years

Protected Areas in India

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Fauna and biodiversity of India

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Soil Types and Properties

asked in 1 of 14 years

Mineral Resources

asked in 1 of 14 years

How to use this in your preparation

Subject Drill

Open Arena → Mode 2. Pick Geography, set your year range and question count. Best for a timed subject revision before the paper.

Sub-topic Drill

Open Arena → Mode 3. Pick any sub-topic above to get every question ever asked on it. The moat coaching sites can't replicate.

Hard Questions Only

Open Arena → Mode 4. Set difficulty to Hard, subject to Geography. Use in the final month of preparation.

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