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Topic weightage/Zoology

Zoology: where the marks are

Topic weightage in the UPSC 2025 paper — free. Every IndianCivils test for this subject is built on it.

62%

of the marks in Paper I came from just 2 of 6 topics (UPSC 2025 paper). Focus there first — our tests do.

1 Non chordates and Chordates180 marks 45.0% 🔒 2014–2025
2 Ethology70 marks 17.5% 🔒 2014–2025
3 Economic Zoology and Medical Applications60 marks 15.0% 🔒 2014–2025
4 Ecology and Wildlife55 marks 13.8% 🔒 2014–2025
5 Biostatistics and Experimental Design20 marks 5.0% 🔒 2014–2025
6 Instrumentation and Biotech Methods15 marks 3.8% 🔒 2014–2025
You are seeing the UPSC 2025 paper only.

Full weightage opens with any Zoology test series, video course, 1-year daily practice, or any Zoology course of ₹9,000 or more:

📅 Every year, 2014–2025, 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 2025 paper