Candidate preparing for UPSC and interested aspirants can download UPSC Mains question paper 2023 for all 9 sections which is going to be held from September 15, 2023 to 24th September
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
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 05:00 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 Languages | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2023 (Friday) | Essay Paper PDF | - |
| 16 Sep 2023 (Saturday) | Paper-II General Studies-I PDF | Paper-III General Studies-II PDF |
| 17 Sep 2023 (Sunday) | Paper-IV General Studies-III PDF | Paper-V General Studies-IV PDF |
| 23 Sep 2023 (Saturday) | Paper-A Indian Language PDF | Paper-B English PDF |
| 24 Sep 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 Paper |
|---|
| 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 |
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