UPSC CSE Commerce & Management Question Papers

Anuj Jindal Published on 21 August 2023

Knowing that you might have already gotten an idea about how important the UPSC (IAS) previous year’s question papers are to a sincere aspirant, I shall not be dwelling on the topic much.


The best way to utilize previous year’s question papers is to use them to access your preparation. It is also important to analyse your performance in those papers by comparing your marks to the cut off of the respective years.


With a careful analysis of previous year papers, you’ll be able to gauge your strengths and weaknesses.


Then, according to those, you can focus your efforts to shore up the weak areas while holding on to your strengths.

Once you are ready to check your progress again try to solve another previous year paper and repeat the entire process.

This will help you to continuously improve on your preparation and make you more confident for the day of UPSC exam.

 

UPSC Commerce Previous Year Question Paper


Solving previous year question papers for optional subject of commerce will help in effectively preparing for the exam.

In this section, I have provided the UPSC Commerce Previous Year Question Papers of the last 2 years in the table below.  

 

Year

Mains Question Papers

PDFs Links

2022

Commerce Paper-1

Commerce Paper-2

Download PDFs

Download PDFs

2021

Commerce Paper-1

Commerce Paper-2

Download PDFs

Download PDFs

With this, I hope you now know everything about UPSC Commerce question papers, it’s time to move to the next section.  


UPSC Management Previous Year Question Paper


Practicing previous year question papers are a must to ensure comprehensive coverage of the Management syllabus.

In this section below, I have provided the UPSC Management Previous Year Question Papers of the past 2 years. Take a look: 

 

Year

Mains Question Papers

PDFs Links

2022

Management Paper-1

Management Paper-2

Download PDFs

Download PDFs

2021

Management Paper-1

Management Paper-2

Download PDFs

Download PDFs

With the table given above, you can access the UPSC Management question papers and get an overall idea on the type of questions asked. 


Okay, now that I have stressed the importance of previous year’s question papers, I am sharing a few of those for you to download and practice. 


Benefits of Solving UPSC Previous Year Papers


 In this section below, I will be discussing the benefits of solving the UPSC past year papers Commerce & Accountancy and Management subject: 

  1. Know the Exam Pattern Better:   Solving previous year question paper would help you know exam structure and the weightage of topics of commerce and accountancy syllabus as well as of Management subject.  
  2. Familiarize with the type of questions asked: Practicing previous year question papers would help you understand the difficulty level and type of the questions asked in the examination.  
  3. Assess your strong and weak areas: Solving previous year question papers will provide an insight into strengths and weaknesses by helping you identify topics you are good at and topics you need to work on.   
  4. Improve Time Management: Analyzing previous year question papers would also help in assessing the time taken in attempting the questions and improve your answer- writing speed.  


Note: While it is difficult to crack UPSC CSE, but upon fetching the final selection the output that an IAS officer receives can be termed as handsome. 


How to Analyse UPSC Previous Year Question Papers?


Before appearing in the final exam, it is imperative for aspirants to not only attempt the previous year years but also ensure with its in-depth analysis. 


Analyzing UPSC Previous Year Papers helps exponentially in bettering the performance, however, it also depends on the way how analysis is conducted. 

Hence, to help you effectively analyze the previous year question papers, I have provided the steps below: 


  1. It is advisable to revisit the attempted previous year paper and identify the mistakes committed. 
  2. Once you will know your weak areas, you will work accordingly and the future chances of repeating that same mistake will be corrected.  
  3. Moreover, upon second reading, i.e., analyzing, you may get a different view of the question, and what looked difficult in the first attempt and will help you easily understand the type of questions asked.  


Explore All UPSC Commerce question papers  by accessing the linked page.