The UPSC Mains examination consists of four General Studies (GS) papers, two optional papers, an essay paper and two language papers. The first GS paper or GS I comprises the subjects of Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World, Society and Social Justice.
Please check the UPSC Mains GS 1 Strategy, Structure & Syllabus in the linked article. For topic-wise questions asked in the previous years’ GS I papers, please check the link here.
To ace the UPSC Mains papers, it is important to have adequate answer writing practice in order to develop speed and time management skills.
In this section, you can click on the GS I questions below and write/post your answers. Make sure to check out the answers given by your fellow aspirants as well and give your feedback.