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

227 questions14 years120 sub-topics43 Hard · 139 Medium · 45 Easy
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Questions per year

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

2026
1323% Hard
2025
1850% Hard
2024
2035% Hard
2023
1638% Hard
2022
1233% Hard
2021
1921% Hard
2020
166% Hard
2019
1932% Hard
2018
16
2017
25
2016
5
2015
14
2014
1811% Hard
2013
166% Hard

Difficulty distribution

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

45
Easy
20%
139
Medium
61%
43
Hard
19%

Nature: 211 Static · 14 Current-affairs-linked · 2 Hybrid

Sub-topics

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

Executive & Administration

asked in 6 of 14 years · 5 Hard

Parliament & Legislature

asked in 6 of 14 years · 7 Hard

Judiciary & Legal Framework

asked in 6 of 14 years · 5 Hard

Fundamental Rights, DPSP & Duties

asked in 5 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Constitution: Framework & History

asked in 5 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Federalism & Centre-State

asked in 6 of 14 years · 7 Hard

Political Theory & Social Justice

asked in 5 of 14 years · 3 Hard

Constitutional Amendments

asked in 5 of 14 years

Constitutional & Statutory Bodies

asked in 3 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Elections & Representation

asked in 3 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Legislative Process

asked in 2 of 14 years

Removal of judges and impeachment

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Constitutional amendments

asked in 1 of 14 years

Constitutional Powers of Supreme Court

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Gubernatorial role and qualifications

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Banking Regulation

asked in 1 of 14 years

Regulatory Bodies

asked in 1 of 14 years

Labour Laws

asked in 1 of 14 years

Parliamentary Legislation

asked in 1 of 14 years

President Election System

asked in 1 of 14 years

State Legislature

asked in 1 of 14 years

Constitutional Philosophy

asked in 1 of 14 years

Fundamental Rights

asked in 1 of 14 years

Legal Framework and Acts

asked in 1 of 14 years

Federalism in India

asked in 1 of 14 years

Finance Commission

asked in 1 of 14 years

Constitutional Provisions

asked in 1 of 14 years

Constitutional Framework

asked in 1 of 14 years

Amendment to Constitution

asked in 1 of 14 years

Attorney General of India

asked in 1 of 14 years

Constitutional framework

asked in 1 of 14 years

Parliamentary Committees

asked in 1 of 14 years

Executive Government

asked in 1 of 14 years

Planning and Governance

asked in 1 of 14 years

Parliament and its Houses

asked in 1 of 14 years

How to use this in your preparation

Subject Drill

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

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