Topic-wise IAS CSAT previous year questions with detailed solutions.
How many CSAT questions each topic contributed per year in IAS — darker cells mean more questions that year. Tap a topic to open its questions.
| Topic | Weightage | Total | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
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| Comprehension | 36.8% | 471 | 26 | 29 | 27 |
| 27 |
| 27 |
| 27 |
| 25 |
| 31 |
| 27 |
| 28 |
| 26 |
| 30 |
| 34 |
| 31 |
| 40 |
| 36 |
| Maths | 32.5% | 416 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
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| Reasoning | 30.7% | 393 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 24 |
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| All topics | 1280 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
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