2,077 Questions to practise
Updated 3rd October, 2026
UPSC Civil Services
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Understand the exam, study from notes written for it, practise with every answer explained, and keep up with current affairs every morning.
01Plan · Prep Guide
"Where do I even start?"
What the syllabus covers, which books to read, and how each stage of the exam works, before you open a single note.
02Learn · Read
"Where do I actually study from?"
Written for what the exam asks, not as textbook summaries, and linked to the questions on each chapter. Free to read, no account needed.
Going for Mains too? 77 notes in Polity, History and Economy have an "In depth" view with the arguments and debates Mains GS2 and GS3 ask for. See an example →
03Test · Practice
"Am I retaining any of it?"
10 years of GS and CSAT past papers, 2016 to 2025, checked against UPSC's official answer key, plus a daily current affairs quiz and new original questions. Every answer explained. Try one right now, no account needed.
Medium · Medieval agriculture / technology
The medieval-era term 'Araghatta', found in inscriptions and travellers' accounts of India, refers to which of the following?
04Keep up · Current Affairs
"How do I keep up without drowning?"
A short digest each morning and a quick quiz on it, every item tagged to the syllabus, and new stories mark the facts Prelims tests. Current affairs becomes a ten-minute habit instead of a second syllabus that never ends.
"Where am I weak, and where did I leave off?"
Everything you read and practise is tracked as you go, from your first question, no account needed. Sign in free to keep it on every device.
- A plan for every dayToday's current affairs, mistakes to clear, one new chapter
- Practice calendarEvery day you practise, GitHub-style, with your streak
- Syllabus coverageNotes read and questions practised, chapter by chapter
- Mistakes collected for youEvery wrong answer waits in one list until you get it right
Your plan for today
Example12 day streak- Today's current affairs and quiz
- Clear 6 mistakes
- One new chapter: Fundamental Rights
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- Mains depth on 77 notesFreeThe arguments and debates GS2 and GS3 ask for
- Prep guide and roadmapsFreeSyllabus, reading list and a plan for each subject
Practise
- 2,077 questions explainedWith a planEvery PYQ since 2016, by the chapter of your book
- Questions beyond PYQsWith a planOn syllabus topics UPSC has not asked yet
- GS and CSAT full mocksWith a planReal papers, 2 hours, negative marking, scored
- UPSC Prelims mock testsSoonOur own full-length tests on the latest pattern
Current affairs
- Daily digest with Prelims factsFreeBackground, the facts Prelims tests and the Mains angle
- Daily quizFreeQuestions the way UPSC asks them, every morning
- Monthly compilation PDFWith a planSubject-wise, with the answer key
Track
- My prep and your streakFreeToday's plan and a practice calendar
- Performance by subjectFreeSee where your marks leak
- Syllabus coverageFreeChapters read and practised, at a glance
- Mistakes and saved listsFreeWrong answers come back until you get them right
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What is Civils Notes?
A place to prepare for UPSC Civil Services Prelims: study notes, practice questions from GS and CSAT past papers, timed mock tests and daily current affairs, all organised by the official syllabus.
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Yes, to start. Every note and the daily current affairs digest are free to read without an account. With a free account you can practise 10 questions a day and keep your progress, bookmarks and notebook.
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Up to 300 new questions a day on the Yearly plan (100 on the Monthly), every question in the bank, timed full-length mock tests with scores, and the full current affairs archive with monthly compilations. It also includes original questions written only for members, modelled on our analysis of 10 years of Prelims papers: the same question formats, the same mix of easy and hard, and the same kinds of traps.
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Two plans, each a single payment: the Yearly plan at ₹999 lasts one year from the day you buy, and the Monthly plan at ₹199 lasts 30 days. There is no subscription and nothing renews automatically.
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Each past-paper question is written fresh to test the same fact as the real exam question, with the year and paper it comes from. None is copied word for word from the official paper, and every answer is checked against UPSC's official answer key.
Does it help with Mains?
The questions are for Prelims. For Mains, 77 notes have an "In depth" view with the arguments and debates GS2 and GS3 ask for.
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