UPSC Prelims Question Paper 2026 Out, Download GS Paper 1 & CSAT PDF

• The UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2026 was successfully held on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Students who took the exam are now looking for the question paper PDFs. Checking these papers helps them see how tough the exam was, understand the new pattern of questions, and start planning for the Mains exam.

• In this article, you will get the direct links to download the UPSC Prelims 2026 Question Papers for both General Studies (GS) Paper 1 and GS Paper 2 (CSAT).

UPSC Prelims 2026 Exam Overview

The UPSC Preliminary exam has two papers:

• General Studies Paper 1 (GS 1): Conducted in the morning shift.
• Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT): Conducted in the afternoon shift.

Note: UPSC has not released the official question papers yet. We have created these unofficial PDFs using the question papers shared by students who appeared for the exam.

Download UPSC Prelims 2026 PDF

UPSC Prelims Question Paper 2026 GS 1 PDF

UPSC Prelims Question Paper 2026 CSAT PDF