Our Performance in UPSC Prelims
Every year we check the UPSC GS Prelims paper against our study material. Here is how many questions came from it — year by year since 2008.
84%Best year — questions from our material
75%Average over 13 years
76%Average of the last 5 papers
Share of GS Prelims questions from our material
Questions that came from our books, out of the total in the paper.
2017
From 9-Wonder Booklets
77 of 100 Qs · 77%
2016
From 9-Wonder Booklets
76 of 100 Qs · 76%
2015
From 9-Wonder Booklets
84 of 100 Qs · 84%
2014
From 9-Wonder Booklets
81 of 100 Qs · 81%
2013
From 9-Wonder Booklets
84 of 100 Qs · 84%
2012
From 9-Wonder Booklets
74 of 100 Qs · 74%
2010
From 9-Wonder Booklets
98 of 150 Qs · 65%
2009
From 9-Wonder Booklets
93 of 150 Qs · 62%
2008
From 9-Wonder Booklets
92 of 150 Qs · 61%
Before 2011 the GS Prelims paper had 150 questions; from 2011 it has 100. Our material was published as CrackIAS 9-Wonder Booklets until 2018 and as RED Books from 2019.
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