UPSC Economics Question Papers

Listed below are the UPSC Economics mains question papers, arranged year-wise to help you understand the pattern, difficulty level, and question trends of the IAS Economics optional. Going through this UPSC Economics question bank will help you identify recurring areas such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, growth and development theories, money & banking, international economics, public finance, and Indian economic issues.

These are the actual Economics optional question papers asked by UPSC in the Civil Services Mains Examination. Analyzing them will guide you in prioritizing high-weightage topics and improving your conceptual and analytical preparation. Our UPSC Economics previous year question bank is updated with papers up to 2025.

Previous Year Question Papers

• Question paper of 2025 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2025 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2024 [Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2024 [Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2023 [Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2023 [Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2022 [Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2022 [Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2021 [Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2021 [Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2020[Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2020[Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2019[Paper-I][PDF]
• Question paper of 2019[Paper-II][PDF]
• Question paper of 2018[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2018[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2017[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2017[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2016[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2016[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2015[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2015[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2014[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2014[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2013[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2013[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2012[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2012[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2011[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2011[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2010[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2010[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2009[Paper-I] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2009[Paper-II] [PDF]
• Question paper of 2007 [DOC format]
• Question paper of 2005 [PDF]
• Question paper of 2004 [PDF]