Topic weightage/General Studies Paper IV
General Studies Paper IV: where the marks are
Topic weightage in the UPSC 2026 paper — free. Every IndianCivils test for this subject is built on it.
84%
of the marks in Paper-Iv came from just 2 of 5 topics (UPSC 2026 paper). Focus there first — our tests do.
1 Case Studies120 marks 48.0% 🔒 2014–2026
2 Ethics in Public Administration90 marks 36.0% 🔒 2014–2026
3 Emotional Intelligence and Moral Thinkers20 marks 8.0% 🔒 2014–2026
4 Attitude and Foundational Values10 marks 4.0% 🔒 2014–2026
5 Ethics and Human Interface10 marks 4.0% 🔒 2014–2026
You are seeing the UPSC 2026 paper only.
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📅 Every year, 2014–2026, with year-by-year trends
🧩 Subtopic-wise weightage inside every topic
📘 The syllabus classified into those subtopics
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Share = the topic's portion of all marks UPSC set in that paper in the UPSC 2026 paper