MPSC PYQ Trends & Stats
Real numbers from all 24 real papers on this site (2013–2024) — which subjects and topics come back exam after exam, how hard each subject actually runs, and which topics MPSC has only recently leaned into. Nothing here is estimated; every count is a real question already answerable in practice mode.
1,138
Real questions
24
Real papers
12
Years covered
1048
Syllabus topics tracked
Questions by subject
CSAT vs GS Paper 1
The two papers test genuinely different skills — CSAT is aptitude, reasoning and comprehension; GS Paper 1 is general studies knowledge across history, geography, polity, economy and science.
Difficulty mix by subject
easy medium hard
Insight — Aptitude runs hardest — 29% of its questions are rated hard, the highest of any subject. Environment runs easiest, at just 6%.
Questions per year
Volume by paper year — reflects how many papers from each year have a sourced answer key, not just how many questions MPSC actually asked that year.
Most-repeated topics
Ranked by how many real questions across every paper touch that topic — the closest thing to “what MPSC actually keeps asking.”
Rising topics
Topics whose earliest real appearance is in the last 3 papers (2022–2024) — MPSC has only recently started asking about these, worth extra attention if you're prepping for the next exam.
Evergreen topics
Topics that have shown up across nearly every year in this dataset — the syllabus's real constants, worth prepping regardless of which year's paper you're studying.