Download UPSC Civil Service Preliminary Examination General Studies Paper II Previous Years Question Papers

Union Public Service Commission is responsible for conducing Civil Service Examinations in India for recruitment of candidates to different civil services and this examination is being conducted in two stages namely preliminary examination and main examination.

Papers in the Preliminary Examination:

Civil Service Preliminary Examination has the following subjects:

• General Studies Paper I
• General Studies Paper II
• General Studies Paper II (X Series)

Syllabus for General Studies Paper II:

Previous before the year 2011, the UPSC Civil Service Preliminary Examination had only a single paper for general studies and only from the civil service preliminary examination held during 2011, there are two general studies paper namely GS-I and GS-II.

Exam Pattern of General Studies Paper-II:

General studies paper – II of Civil service examination will have questions in multiple choice format to test the following abilities of the candidates:

• English language comprehension skill
• General mental ability
• Decision making and problem solving
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills
• Comprehension
• Basic numerical ability

There will be 80 questions in the paper to be completed within two hours and the maximum mark allotted is 200.

Previous years question papers:

Civil Service aspiring candidates can download 2011 question paper of GS-II and a sample paper according to the new format of general studies paper II given by UPSC.