Topic weightage/General Studies Paper I
General Studies Paper I: where the marks are
Topic weightage in the UPSC 2026 paper — free. Every IndianCivils test for this subject is built on it.
74%
of the marks in Paper I came from just 3 of 5 topics (UPSC 2026 paper). Focus there first — our tests do.
1 Indian Society and Social Issues75 marks 30.0% 🔒 2014–2026
2 Physical Geography60 marks 24.0% 🔒 2014–2026
3 Modern Indian History and Freedom Struggle50 marks 20.0% 🔒 2014–2026
4 Human and Economic Geography40 marks 16.0% 🔒 2014–2026
5 Indian Culture and Heritage25 marks 10.0% 🔒 2014–2026
You are seeing the UPSC 2026 paper only.
Full weightage opens with any General Studies Paper I test series, video course, 1-year daily practice, or any General Studies Paper I course of ₹9,000 or more:
📅 Every year, 2014–2026, with year-by-year trends
🧩 Subtopic-wise weightage inside every topic
📘 The syllabus classified into those subtopics
📝 Tests built on exactly this weightage, with your All-India rank
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Share = the topic's portion of all marks UPSC set in that paper in the UPSC 2026 paper