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Next IAS UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2026

Next IAS's answer key for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026 — all sets (A, B, C, D), GS Paper 1. Last updated 2 days, 12 hours ago.

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Set A · 100 questions

Q. No.	Correct Answer
1	D
2	D
3	C
4	B
5	B
6	A
7	D
8	A
9	C
10	C
11	D
12	A
13	C
14	B,D
15	B
16	B
17	A
18	D
19	D
20	D
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	Scrapped
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	D
23	C
24	B
25	B
26	A
27	D
28	A
29	C
30	C
31	D
32	A
33	C
34	B,D
35	B
36	B
37	A
38	D
39	D
40	D
41	C
42	A
43	Scrapped
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,D
25	B
26	B
27	A
28	D
29	D
30	D
31	D
32	D
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	Scrapped
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,D
5	B
6	B
7	A
8	D
9	D
10	D
11	D
12	D
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	B
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	Scrapped
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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