Topic weightage/General Studies Paper II
General Studies Paper II: where the marks are
Topic weightage in the UPSC 2026 paper — free. Every IndianCivils test for this subject is built on it.
60%
of the marks in Paper II came from just 3 of 7 topics (UPSC 2026 paper). Focus there first — our tests do.
1 International Relations50 marks 20.0% 🔒 2014–2026
2 Welfare and Social Justice50 marks 20.0% 🔒 2014–2026
3 Constitution and Polity50 marks 20.0% 🔒 2014–2026
4 Representation and Regulatory Bodies35 marks 14.0% 🔒 2014–2026
5 Governance25 marks 10.0% 🔒 2014–2026
6 Parliament and Executive25 marks 10.0% 🔒 2014–2026
7 Federalism and Local Governance15 marks 6.0% 🔒 2014–2026
You are seeing the UPSC 2026 paper only.
Full weightage opens with any General Studies Paper II test series, video course, 1-year daily practice, or any General Studies Paper II 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