The whole exam, mapped end-to-end.
Three stages, eleven papers, twenty-five optional subjects, and roughly 3,025 total marks of testable surface. Most aspirants never see the whole shape at once — here it is, on one page, with every topic clickable down to the official syllabus text.
Click any stage card on top to focus it. Its papers appear below with marks-proportional bars — click a paper to see its syllabus in the panel on the right.
Nine descriptive papers. Two are qualifying (Indian Language + English); the remaining seven are counted for the final merit list. Written together with Interview = 2,025 max.
Bar width = marks proportion. Click a paper to inspect its syllabus.
Source: Union Public Service Commission · Civil Services Examination Notification 05/2026 · Section II–III. Topic descriptions paraphrased verbatim from the notification. Any discrepancy with the official PDF favours the PDF.