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UPSC Commerce & Accountancy Optional Previous Year Question Papers – PDF Download

Download UPSC Previous 10 years of question papers for Commerce & Accountancy Optional

The Civil Services Exam will have an optional subject paper and UPSC Commerce & Accountancy Optional Previous Years Question Papers will help candidates prepare for the subject. Solving the previous year’s papers will help them learn about speed, accuracy, and time management and which topics are to be focused on.

IAS Commerce & Accountancy Optional Subject has Paper 1 and Paper 2 in UPSC Mains. Each paper is 250 marks with a total of 500 marks. The time allotted is 3 Hours.

We have compiled Previous year’s papers PDF of 10 years for UPSC Mains Commerce & Accountancy Optional Subject, which will help aspirants ace the subject preparations and get familiar with the paper pattern.

Aspirants can find below the official PDF of the Previous year’s Papers Topic Wise for UPSC Mains Commerce & Accountancy Optional Subject.

Year Question paper  UPSC Commerce & Accountancy Optional Previous Year Question Papers 
2021 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – I
2021 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – II
2020 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – I
2020 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – II
2019 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – I
2019 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – II
2018 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – I
2018 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – II
2017 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – I
2017 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – II
2016 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – I
2016 Commerce & Accountancy Paper – II
2015 Commerce & Accountancy Paper I
2015 Commerce & Accountancy Paper II
2014 Commerce & Accountancy Paper I
2014 Commerce & Accountancy Paper II
2013 Commerce & Accountancy Paper I
2013 Commerce & Accountancy Paper II
2012 Commerce & Accountancy Paper I
2012 Commerce & Accountancy Paper II
  • Candidates must solve the previous years’ papers as they are a must to help the candidates know what type of questions the candidates will be asked in the examination.
  • A minimum of 10 previous year paper sets should be solved by the candidates before they appear for the UPSC main examination.
  • Practising the UPSC Commerce Optional Previous Year Question Papers specially designed by the panel of experts will substantially improve the growth of the candidate.
  • To help the candidates here are the economics previous year papers of the most expected question sets and tips to crack the UPSC Civil Services exam.
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UPSC Commerce & Accountancy Optional – Exam pattern 2022

The UPSC economics paper is an optional paper in the main exam. Candidates can appear for the main exam only if they qualify the prelim paper. Here’s the exam pattern for the main exam

Paper  Topic  Total marks
Paper 1 Essay writing  250 marks
Paper 2 General studies I 250 marks
Paper 3 General studies II 250 marks
Paper 4 General studies III 250 marks
Paper 5 General studies IV 250 marks
Paper 6 Optional paper 1 (Commerce) 250 marks
Paper 7 Optional paper 2 (Commerce) 250 marks
Total  1750 marks
  • It will consist of an essay writing assessment, four general studies and two optional papers
  • The questions will be subjective in nature 
  • The paper will be available in both Hindi and English
  • There will be total of 3 hours allotted to the candidates for solving the paper
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Importance of UPSC Commerce Optional Previous Year Question Papers

  • The UPSC Commerce Optional Previous Year Question Papers are an important and unavoidable subject.
  • The test series will help candidates improve their speed as well. Speed and accuracy play a major role in competitive exams as numerous questions are to be solved in a short span of time.
  • To score good, candidates must also know how to work under pressure along with time management which can be tested through the mock tests

During these hard times there should be no hindrance in the preparation of the candidates so as to help them with the preparation, we have provided previous years papers with detailed solutions to it. Hope these previous year papers prove helpful in the preparation. For more information about test series, live classes, detailed notes and to know about several other government exam candidates can download the Testbook App

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