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StudyIQ IAS UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2026

StudyIQ IAS's answer key for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026 — all sets (A, B, C, D), GS Paper 1. Last updated 3 days, 2 hours ago.

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General Studies (Paper 1)

StudyIQ IAS GS answer key

Set A · 100 questions

Q. No. Correct Answer
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 B
6 A
7 D
8 A
9 C
10 C
11 D
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 B
16 B
17 A
18 D
19 D
20 B
21 B
22 B
23 D
24 D
25 C
26 C
27 A
28 D
29 C
30 B
31 A
32 B
33 B
34 B
35 B
36 B
37 C
38 B
39 B
40 C
41 C
42 B
43 C
44 B
45 B
46 C
47 B
48 B
49 C
50 B
51 C
52 A
53 C
54 D
55 B
56 B
57 A
58 C
59 D
60 A
61 D
62 D
63 A
64 D
65 D
66 A
67 B
68 A
69 C
70 A
71 B
72 C
73 D
74 B
75 C
76 C
77 B
78 B
79 C
80 C
81 C
82 C
83 C
84 A
85 A
86 C
87 A
88 C
89 C
90 D
91 A
92 C
93 B
94 B
95 A
96 C
97 C
98 D
99 A
100 A

Set B · 100 questions

Q. No. Correct Answer
1 B
2 B
3 D
4 D
5 C
6 C
7 A
8 D
9 C
10 B
11 A
12 B
13 B
14 B
15 B
16 B
17 C
18 B
19 B
20 C
21 D
22 A
23 C
24 B
25 B
26 A
27 D
28 A
29 C
30 C
31 D
32 A
33 C
34 B
35 B
36 B
37 A
38 D
39 D
40 B
41 C
42 A
43 C
44 D
45 B
46 B
47 A
48 C
49 D
50 A
51 D
52 D
53 A
54 D
55 D
56 A
57 B
58 A
59 C
60 A
61 B
62 C
63 D
64 B
65 C
66 C
67 B
68 B
69 C
70 C
71 C
72 C
73 C
74 A
75 A
76 C
77 A
78 C
79 C
80 D
81 A
82 C
83 B
84 B
85 A
86 C
87 C
88 D
89 A
90 A
91 C
92 B
93 C
94 B
95 B
96 C
97 B
98 B
99 C
100 B

Set C · 100 questions

Q. No. Correct Answer
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 B
5 B
6 B
7 C
8 B
9 B
10 C
11 B
12 B
13 D
14 D
15 C
16 C
17 A
18 D
19 C
20 B
21 D
22 A
23 C
24 B
25 B
26 B
27 A
28 D
29 D
30 B
31 D
32 A
33 C
34 B
35 B
36 A
37 D
38 A
39 C
40 C
41 C
42 A
43 C
44 C
45 D
46 A
47 C
48 B
49 B
50 A
51 C
52 C
53 D
54 A
55 A
56 C
57 B
58 C
59 B
60 B
61 C
62 B
63 B
64 C
65 B
66 C
67 A
68 C
69 D
70 B
71 B
72 A
73 C
74 D
75 A
76 D
77 D
78 A
79 D
80 D
81 A
82 B
83 A
84 C
85 A
86 B
87 C
88 D
89 B
90 C
91 C
92 B
93 B
94 C
95 C
96 C
97 C
98 C
99 A
100 A

Set D · 100 questions

Q. No. Correct Answer
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 B
6 B
7 A
8 C
9 D
10 B
11 D
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 B
16 A
17 D
18 A
19 C
20 C
21 A
22 B
23 B
24 B
25 B
26 B
27 C
28 D
29 B
30 C
31 B
32 B
33 D
34 D
35 C
36 C
37 A
38 D
39 C
40 B
41 C
42 B
43 B
44 C
45 C
46 C
47 C
48 C
49 A
50 A
51 C
52 A
53 C
54 C
55 D
56 A
57 C
58 B
59 B
60 A
61 C
62 C
63 D
64 A
65 A
66 C
67 B
68 C
69 B
70 B
71 C
72 B
73 B
74 C
75 B
76 C
77 A
78 C
79 D
80 B
81 B
82 A
83 C
84 D
85 A
86 D
87 D
88 A
89 D
90 D
91 A
92 B
93 A
94 C
95 A
96 B
97 C
98 D
99 B
100 C

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  • A — single correct option
  • A,B — multi-correct: any listed option is full marks
  • Scrapped — question was incorrect; attempters get full marks, skippers get 0

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