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Science & Technology

95 real UPSC Prelims questions across 7 years (20202026), tagged by sub-topic and difficulty.

95 questions7 years10 sub-topics18 Hard · 57 Medium · 20 Easy
Practise all 95 Science & Technology questions

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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

Difficulty distribution

Across all 7 years. Difficulty is calibrated to the UPSC standard, not normalised to the aspirant population.

20
Easy
21%
57
Medium
60%
18
Hard
19%

Nature: 49 Static · 46 Current-affairs-linked · 0 Hybrid

Sub-topics

10 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 7 years · 4 Hard

Computing, AI & IT

asked in 6 of 7 years · 1 Hard

Energy & Nuclear

asked in 5 of 7 years · 1 Hard

Emerging & Applied Technology

asked in 4 of 7 years · 1 Hard

Space Technology & Astronomy

asked in 7 of 7 years · 3 Hard

Materials & Nanotechnology

asked in 6 of 7 years · 1 Hard

Defence Technology

asked in 4 of 7 years · 4 Hard

Health & Medical Science

asked in 4 of 7 years · 1 Hard

Biology & Life Sciences

asked in 3 of 7 years

Physics & Chemistry (basic)

asked in 1 of 7 years · 2 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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