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UPSC Mains Question Paper 2023
UPSC Mains Question Paper 2023 will be released after the exam. Candidates can download the Question Paper PDF with the Answers for the Essay Paper, Paper-II General Studies-I, Paper-III General Studies-II, Paper-IV General Studies-III, Paper-V General Studies-IV, Paper-A Indian Language, Paper-B English, Paper-VI Optional Subject-Paper-1 and Paper-VII Optional Subject-Paper-2.
UPSC Mains Exams Started on September 15, 2023 (Friday) with an Essay Paper and it will end with Paper-VII Optional Subject-Paper-2 on 24th September, 2023 (Sunday). If you are preparing for the UPSC IAS Exam and are interested in UPSC Mains Question Paper 2023 and Looking for a UPSC Mains 2023 Question Paper, then this will be the right place to get all the information in one click.
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 Essay Paper with Analysis
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper I with Analysis
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper II with Analysis
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper III with Analysis
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Paper IV with Analysis
- Download UPSC Mains 2023 Optional Paper 1
- Download UPSC Mains 2022 Optional Paper 2
UPSC Mains Exam 2023 Time Table
The English language paper, one paper in the Indian language, two optional papers, the essay paper, and four general studies papers (GS-1, 2, 3, and 4) make up the nine papers that make up the UPSC mains exam. The schedule for the UPSC Mains 2023 exam is provided in the table below.
| Date | Forenoon Session
(9.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon) |
Afternoon Session
(2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M.) |
| 15 Sep 2023 (Friday) | Essay Paper | No Paper |
| 16 Sep 2023 (Saturday) | GS -1 | GS-2 |
| 17 Sep 2023 (Sunday) | GS-3 | GS-4 |
| 23 Sep 2023 (Saturday) | Indian Language | English |
| 24 Sep 2023 (Sunday) | Optional Paper 1 | Optional Paper 2 |
UPSC Mains Questions Paper 2023 PDF
Candidates who are preparing for UPSC already know that UPSC Mains consists of Nine Papers: Essay Paper, GS Paper 1, GS Paper 2, GS Paper 3, GS Paper 4, Optional Subject-Paper-1, Optional Subject-Paper-2, Paper-B English, and Paper-A Indian Language. You can download the PDFs for each exam from the below table.
| Date | Shift 1 | Shift 2 |
| 15th September 2023 (Friday) | Essay Paper PDF | – |
| 16th September 2023 (Saturday) | Paper-II General Studies-I PDF | Paper-III General Studies-II PDF |
| 17th September 2023(Sunday) | Paper-IV General Studies-III PDF | Paper-V General Studies-IV PDF |
| 23rd September 2023(Saturday) | Paper-A Indian Language PDF | Paper-B English PDF |
| 24th September 2023(Sunday) | Paper-VI Optional Subject-Paper-1 PDF | Paper-VII Optional Subject-Paper-2 PDF |
While the remaining exams of the UPSC Mains Exam are counted for merit ranking and will determine your result, the English and other language papers are of a qualifying character.
All candidates must take an exam in the Indian language, with the exception of those from Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, and Meghalaya. Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali are among the languages that can be used to write the UPSC Mains Language Paper.
Download UPSC Mains 2023 GS Question Paper PDFs
Candidates can access the UPSC Mains Exam 2023 general studies exam papers in this part of the website by selecting them from the table below. (Links will be provided once the papers are out).
| UPSC Mains Question Papers 2023 | |
| UPSC Mains GS 1 2023 Question Paper | UPSC Mains GS 2 2023 Question Paper |
| UPSC Mains GS 3 2023 Question Paper | UPSC Mains GS 4 2023 Question Paper |
UPSC Mains Language Question Papers 2023
Even though the language exams are for qualification purposes, they are significant because the candidate must pass them with the required minimum score in order to advance to the IAS mains exam. There is a list of languages from which applicants can select for the required Indian language exam.
The English language paper is referred to as Paper B, while the Indian language paper is referred to as Paper A. From the table below, candidates can download the language test questions. Upon release of the papers, links will be provided.
| UPSC Mains Language Test Question Paper |
| UPSC Mains 2023 Indian Language Question Paper |
| UPSC Mains 2023 English Language Question Paper |
UPSC Mains 2023 Language Question Papers PDF
From this section, candidates can download Indian Language Question Papers and English Language Question Papers in PDF format.
| S. No. | Language Question Papers for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 1. | English Language Paper |
| 2. | Assamese Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 3. | Hindi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 4. | Maithili Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 5. | Oriya Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 6. | Sanskrit Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 7. | Tamil Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 8. | Urdu Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 9. | Sindhi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 10. | Bengali Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 11. | Gujarati Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 12. | Kannada Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 13. | Malayalam Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 14. | Nepali Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 15. | Punjabi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 16. | Telugu Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 17. | Dogri Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
| 18. | Marathi Language Question Paper for UPSC Mains 2023 |
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