UPSC Law question papers

Listed below are the UPSC Law Mains question papers, arranged year-wise to help you clearly understand the IAS Law optional exam pattern and the nature of questions asked in the Civil Services Examination. Go through this comprehensive UPSC Law question bank to identify recurring legal themes, important topics, and high-weightage areas that appear frequently in the exam. All the Law question papers listed here are the authentic UPSC Mains papers used in the actual examination. Our UPSC Law optional question bank is updated till 2025, providing aspirants with a complete and reliable resource for effective preparation.

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 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]
• 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 2005 [PDF File][PDF]
• Question Paper of 2004 [PDF File] [PDF]

Law Optional Topic Wise Questions

Spending some time to go through the law question papers and segregating them topic wise is a task we highly recommend to each you. The process will engrain in your mind certain patterns that no ready made list can do. Also when you make notes please note the questions related to that note so you will learn to link and unlink in the proper manner. This exercise is also very useful at the time of revision.

UPSC Law Optional Solved Papers

Guide books with solved papers are a wonderful idea to begin with but depending upon them totally is misleading and sure cause for failure. Do buy a set and go through along with your main books and then make sure you sit down and write your own answers to previous year question papers as suggested earlier. Guide books do not have well written in trend answers. UPSC expects you to write your answers in view of latest events. So unless you read and write and add more notes as you read newer stuff you will be unable to write an effective answer.