UPSC Economics Optional Previous Year Question Papers (2014–2026)
Every question of Economics Paper I and Economics Paper II from 2014–2026: 728 parts, year-wise and chapter-wise, in English and Hindi, with marks, a suggested time and 728 model answers. Write an answer first, then compare it with the model answer, or send it to answer-writing practice for evaluation.
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Economics 2026
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2025
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2024
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2023
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2022
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2021
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2020
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2019
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2018
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2017
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2016
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2015
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics 2014
56 questions · Economics I: 28 · Economics II: 28
56 model answers
Economics Paper I: chapter-wise questions
- Price Determination and Theories of Distribution23 questions since 2014Notes
- Market Structures30 questions since 2014Notes
- Welfare Economics19 questions since 2014Notes
- Theories of Employment, Income and Interest58 questions since 2014Notes
- Money and Monetary Management33 questions since 2014Notes
- Public Finance22 questions since 2014Notes
- Theories of International Trade26 questions since 2014Notes
- Trade Policy, Protection and the WTO28 questions since 2014Notes
- Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates28 questions since 2014Notes
- Theories of Growth35 questions since 2014Notes
- Economic Development62 questions since 2014Notes
Economics Paper II: chapter-wise questions
- Indian Economy in the Pre-Independence Era54 questions since 2014Notes
- Planning in India32 questions since 2014Notes
- Agriculture before Liberalisation23 questions since 2014Notes
- Industry before Liberalisation20 questions since 2014Notes
- National Income, Poverty and Inequality47 questions since 2014Notes
- Agriculture after Liberalisation38 questions since 2014Notes
- Industry after Liberalisation39 questions since 2014Notes
- External Sector after Liberalisation36 questions since 2014Notes
- Public Finance and Fiscal Federalism in India26 questions since 2014Notes
- Monetary System and the RBI17 questions since 2014Notes
- Employment, Wages and Poverty Alleviation32 questions since 2014Notes
