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UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026 - General Studies Paper II (CSAT) — question paper

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UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026 - General Studies Paper II (CSAT)

Paper #3173 · 05-2026 · General Studies Paper II (CSAT) · 6 reviewed questions

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Official UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026 GS Paper II (CSAT), Series A, presented in six readable review sections covering all 80 English-language positions. KSLC provides 79 independently reviewed scoring answers and one conspicuous non-scoring explanation for Q16, where the printed passage conflicts with UPSC's provisional Series-A key. The complete 48-page official scan remains available for exact stems, options and shared passages. This is an independent KSLC review, not the final official UPSC answer key.

  1. Data sufficiency, comprehension and numeracy — official source questions 1-15. The official UPSC scanned PDF linked to paper #3173 controls every exact stem, option and shared passage. This record carries KSLC's independently reviewed answer map for those source positions.
  2. Question 16 (official English source page 9): Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Real value should not change in the instance of static output cost and unchanged quantities against falling oil prices. 2. Deflators are to be used separately for inputs and outputs, and this is a practice universally adopted by all economies. Options: (a) 1 only; (b) 2 only; (c) Both 1 and 2; (d) Neither 1 nor 2.
  3. Deflation passage and applied numeracy — official source questions 17-20. The official UPSC scanned PDF linked to paper #3173 controls every exact stem, option and shared passage. This record carries KSLC's independently reviewed answer map for those source positions.
  4. Numeracy, health passage, logic and law passage — official source questions 21-40. The official UPSC scanned PDF linked to paper #3173 controls every exact stem, option and shared passage. This record carries KSLC's independently reviewed answer map for those source positions.
  5. Applied numeracy, comprehension and reasoning — official source questions 41-60. The official UPSC scanned PDF linked to paper #3173 controls every exact stem, option and shared passage. This record carries KSLC's independently reviewed answer map for those source positions.
  6. Comprehension, quantitative aptitude and communication — official source questions 61-80. The official UPSC scanned PDF linked to paper #3173 controls every exact stem, option and shared passage. This record carries KSLC's independently reviewed answer map for those source positions.

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