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International Relations

85 real UPSC Prelims questions across 11 years (20152026), tagged by sub-topic and difficulty.

85 questions11 years46 sub-topics12 Hard · 54 Medium · 19 Easy
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Questions per year

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

2026
1136% Hard
2025
5
2024
425% Hard
2023
911% Hard
2022
1136% Hard
2020
2
2019
520% Hard
2018
8
2017
9
2016
12
2015
911% Hard

Difficulty distribution

Across all 11 years. Difficulty is calibrated to the UPSC standard, not normalised to the aspirant population.

19
Easy
22%
54
Medium
64%
12
Hard
14%

Nature: 35 Static · 49 Current-affairs-linked · 1 Hybrid

Sub-topics

46 sub-topics tagged in the International Relations corpus. Each sub-topic drill pulls every question ever asked on that topic.

International Organizations

asked in 7 of 11 years · 4 Hard

International Days & Institutions

asked in 4 of 11 years · 2 Hard

Bilateral & Strategic Relations

asked in 3 of 11 years · 1 Hard

Trade, Treaties & Connectivity

asked in 4 of 11 years · 1 Hard

Global Conflicts & Crises

asked in 1 of 11 years

World Affairs & Geography

asked in 1 of 11 years · 2 Hard

Regional Trade Agreements

asked in 2 of 11 years

Middle East Conflict

asked in 1 of 11 years

Nuclear Safeguards

asked in 1 of 11 years

Global Conflict Zones

asked in 1 of 11 years

Regional Integration

asked in 1 of 11 years

United Nations agencies

asked in 1 of 11 years

WTO agreements and trade

asked in 1 of 11 years

IMF Governance

asked in 1 of 11 years

Middle East Conflicts

asked in 1 of 11 years

Regional Cooperation

asked in 1 of 11 years

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

asked in 1 of 11 years · 1 Hard

How to use this in your preparation

Subject Drill

Open Arena → Mode 2. Pick International Relations, 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 International Relations. Use in the final month of preparation.

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