Economy produced 302 of the 1,300 questions UPSC asked in GS Paper I between 2014 and 2026 — 23.2% of the paper, about 23.2 questions a year, and the 1st largest of 7 subjects. Its thinnest year gave 15 questions and its heaviest 33, which is the range your preparation has to survive.
Recent direction: the last four papers averaged 19.3 against 25.3 in the first four — falling.
One line of syllabus, 10 distinguishable topics. This is the part the syllabus text cannot tell you.
Difficulty is our own tagging, not UPSC's — the Commission publishes no difficulty label.
The largest single block across thirteen years, and the one aspirants most often under-weight. It has been the biggest subject in the paper in seven of the last thirteen years.
Counted from 1,300 UPSC Prelims GS questions, 2014–2026, each tagged to a topic by UPSC Answer Check. Question papers: Union Public Service Commission.
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