Topic weightage/General Studies Paper II
General Studies Paper II: where the marks are
Topic weightage in the UPSC 2025 paper — free. Every IndianCivils test for this subject is built on it.
66%
of the marks in Paper II came from just 3 of 6 topics (UPSC 2025 paper). Focus there first — our tests do.
1 Representation and Regulatory Bodies75 marks 30.0% 🔒 2014–2025
2 Governance and International Relations50 marks 20.0% 🔒 2014–2025
3 Constitution and Polity40 marks 16.0% 🔒 2014–2025
4 Federalism and Local Governance40 marks 16.0% 🔒 2014–2025
5 Welfare and Social Justice35 marks 14.0% 🔒 2014–2025
6 Parliament and Executive10 marks 4.0% 🔒 2014–2025
You are seeing the UPSC 2025 paper only.
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📅 Every year, 2014–2025, with year-by-year trends
🧩 Subtopic-wise weightage inside every topic
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Share = the topic's portion of all marks UPSC set in that paper in the UPSC 2025 paper