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

184 questions14 years96 sub-topics27 Hard · 112 Medium · 45 Easy
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Questions per year

How many Science & Technology questions appeared in each year's GS Paper 1.

2026
1315% Hard
2025
1540% Hard
2024
1217% Hard
2023
1619% Hard
2022
14
2021
1233% Hard
2020
138% Hard
2019
157% Hard
2018
138% Hard
2017
9
2016
10
2015
119% Hard
2014
1619% Hard
2013
1520% Hard

Difficulty distribution

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

45
Easy
24%
112
Medium
61%
27
Hard
15%

Nature: 114 Static · 68 Current-affairs-linked · 2 Hybrid

Sub-topics

96 sub-topics tagged in the Science & Technology corpus. Each sub-topic drill pulls every question ever asked on that topic.

Biotechnology & Genetics

asked in 7 of 14 years · 4 Hard

Computing, AI & IT

asked in 6 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Energy & Nuclear

asked in 5 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Emerging & Applied Technology

asked in 4 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Space Technology & Astronomy

asked in 7 of 14 years · 3 Hard

Materials & Nanotechnology

asked in 6 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Defence Technology

asked in 4 of 14 years · 4 Hard

Health & Medical Science

asked in 4 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Biology & Life Sciences

asked in 3 of 14 years

Physics & Chemistry (basic)

asked in 1 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Physics - Optics and Light

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Physics - Fundamental Forces

asked in 2 of 14 years · 2 Hard

Telecommunications

asked in 1 of 14 years

DNA and Genetic Engineering

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Physics and Cosmology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Additive manufacturing

asked in 1 of 14 years

Space Technology and Satellites

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Biotechnology and cloning

asked in 1 of 14 years

Communication Technology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Aviation Technology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Microbiology and Virology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Biotechnology regulation

asked in 1 of 14 years

Remote Sensing Technology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Indian Scientific Initiatives

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Virology and Disease

asked in 1 of 14 years

Agricultural Microbiology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Diseases and Health

asked in 1 of 14 years

Microbiology - Virology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Physics - Particle Physics

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Physics - optics and illusions

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

Plant Physiology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Microbiology

asked in 1 of 14 years

Particle Physics

asked in 1 of 14 years · 1 Hard

How to use this in your preparation

Subject Drill

Open Arena → Mode 2. Pick Science & Technology, 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 Science & Technology. Use in the final month of preparation.

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