The UPSC Civil Services Examination (Mains) is the second stage of the UPSC IAS Exam, with a total of 9 papers. Paper A is the mandatory Indian Language Paper out of the nine papers. Aspirants taking the Mains exam must select an Indian language from a list given by the Union Public Service Commission in the official notification.
Paper A – Compulsory Indian Language Paper is being held on 24th September 2022 (Saturday) in the forenoon session.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 English Language Paper from the linked article.
UPSC 2022 Mains Indian Languages Paper
The papers in Indian languages will be at Matriculation or comparable level and would solely be qualifying in character. This paper’s scores will not be used to determine in the final merit list. The total number of marks allotted for this paper is 300, and the time limit is 3 hours.
The purpose of the paper is to assess applicants’ abilities to read and comprehend serious discursive prose as well as convey ideas clearly and correctly in one of the Indian languages involved.
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Download IAS Mains 2022 Indian Language Papers PDF
The following URLs will allow applicants to download the required Indian language papers:
Download UPSC Mains 2022 GS Paper I from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 GS Paper II from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 GS Paper III from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 GS Paper IV from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 Essay Paper from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 English Language Paper from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 Optional Paper-I from the linked article.
Download UPSC Mains 2022 Optional Paper-II from the linked article.
Aspirants taking the Mains examination may select one of the Indian languages for the Mandatory paper (Paper A). The following scripts will be used by applicants in the written examination for the respective languages:
| Scripts to be used in Indian Language Papers | |
| Language | Script |
| Assamese | Assamese |
| Bengali | Bengali |
| Gujarati | Gujarati |
| Hindi | Devanagari |
| Kannada | Kannada |
| Kashmiri | Persian |
| Konkani | Devanagari |
| Malayalam | Malayalam |
| Manipuri | Bengali |
| Marathi | Devanagari |
| Nepali | Devanagari |
| Odia | Odia |
| Punjabi | Gurumukhi |
| Sanskrit | Devanagari |
| Sindhi | Devanagari or Arabic |
| Tamil | Tamil |
| Telugu | Telugu |
| Urdu | Persian |
| Bodo | Devanagari |
| Dogri | Devanagari |
| Maithilli | Devanagari |
| Santhali | Devanagari or Olchiki |
Note: The question paper for the Santhali language will be printed in Devanagari script, however, aspirants will be permitted to answer in either Devanagari script or Olchiki.
UPSC candidates can check out Previous years’ UPSC question papers, from the linked article.
Note: Visit the linked article to get all UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
The following are the kind and characteristics of questions posed in Compulsory Indian Language Papers:
- Comprehension of given passages
- Precis Writing
- Usage and Vocabulary
- Short Essays
- Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa.
UPSC aspirants can check other UPSC Mains 2022 Question papers from the linked article.
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