UPSC Answer Key 2022: Union Public Service Commission every year conducts a civil service examination for shortlisting eligible candidatures for prestigious Indian Administrative Services and the selection begins with the Prelims Exam followed by Mains & Interview. As UPSC Civil Service Prelims Exam is an objective type, therefore UPSC will be releasing the UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2022 officially for both papers and all sets. Stay alert with us, as we will be uploading the official UPSC Answer Key in this section. 

UPSC Prelims 2022 Answer Key & Question Paper

As the UPSC Prelims Exam for Civil Services has been conducted on 5th June 2022 and the UPSC Prelims Answer Key will be issued after the complete recruitment process is conducted. Career Power has provided the unofficial UPSC Answer Key on the same day. The candidates can match their responses from the expected UPSC Answer Key 2022 prepared by our faculty. Bookmark this page to get the latest update for UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key 2022. 

UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2022

UPSC will issue Official UPSC Answer Key 2022 for Paper-I & II on its official website with the correct responses to the MCQ questions asked in the civil service exam. UPSC Prelims 2022 Answer Key will help the candidates to calculate their approximate marks to be scored in the exam. For more details about UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer key 2022 refer to the below overview table. 

OrganisationUnion Public Service Commission
Name of ExamUPSC IAS Exam 2022
Vacancies1011
Total Number of ApplicantsMore than 11,00,000
UPSC Prelims Exam Date05th June 2022 (Sunday)
UPSC Answer Key Release Date (Unofficial)05th June 2022
UPSC Answer Key Release Date (Official)To be notified
Marking Scheme 

GS Paper I: 2 marks per question

GS Paper II: 2.5 marks per question

Negative Marking1/3rd of marks 
Official Websitehttps://www.upsc.gov.in/

UPSC Answer Key 2022 PDF 

UPSC CSE Answer Key 2022 will help the applicants to know their correct and incorrect responses and they can calculate the marks that they are going to score in the Prelims exam. The official UPSC Answer Key will be uploaded on the official website after the recruitment process is over. Till then, you can have a look at the unofficial UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key prepared by our experts which has been updated below.

UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key for GS Paper

1.C21.D41.B61.B81.A
2.A22.C42.B62.D82.B
3.A23.C43.B63.B83.D
4.B24.B44.A64.C84.B
5.C25.D45.A65.B85.C
6.A26.B46.A66.A86.A
7.A27.C47.D67.C87.A
8.D28.A48.D68.B88.A
9.D29.A49.D69.B89.A
10A30.A50.B70.B90.C
11.A31.C51.B71.B91.D
12.C32.B52.C72.D92.D
13.B33.D53.B73.B93.D
14.B34.B54.C74.B94.C
15.C35.B55.C75.B95.B
16.D36.C56.B76.B96.D
17.C37.B57.A77.D97.D
18.D38.D58.D78.C98.C
19.A39.D59.A79.B99.B
20.C40.A60.C80.A100.C
UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key 2022 for GS Paper: Set A
Question NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswer
1.B21.B41.A61.A81.D
2.C22.D42.B62.C82.C
3.B23.B43.D63.B83.C
4.C24.C44.B64.B84.B
5.A25.B45.C65.C85.D
6.B26.A46.A66.D86.B
7.A27.C47.A67.C87.C
8.D28.B48.A68.D88.B
9.A29.B49.A69.A89.A
10C30.B50.C70.C90.A
11.B31.D51.C71.C91.B
12.D32.D52.B72.A92.B
13.B33.D53.D73.A93.B
14.B34.C54.B74.B94.A
15.B35.B55.B75.C95.A
16.B36.D56.C76.A96.A
17.D37.D57.B77.A97.D
18.C38.C58.D78.D98.D
19.B39.B59.D79.D99.D
20.A40.C60.A80.A100.B
UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key 2022 for GS Paper: Set B
Question NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswer
1.A21.B41.B61.D81.C
2.B22.D42.D62.C82.B
3.D23.B43.B63.C83.D
4.B24.B44.C64.B84.B
5.C25.B45.B65.D85.B
6.A26.B46.A66.B86.C
7.A27.D47.C67.C87.B
8.A28.C48.B68.B88.D
9.A29.B49.B69.A89.D
10C30.A50.B70.A90.A
11.D31.B51.B71.A91.C
12.D32.C52.B72.C92.A
13.D33.B53.B73.B93.A
14.C34.C54.A74.B94.B
15.B35.A55.A75.C95.C
16.D36.B56.A76.D96.A
17.D37.A57.D77.C97.A
18.C38.D58.D78.D98.D
19.B39.A59.D79.A99.D
20.C40.C60.B80.C100.A
UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key 2022 for GS Paper: Set C
Question NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswer
1.B21.C41.C61.D81.B
2.B22.A42.B62.D82.D
3.B23.A43.D63.D83.B
4.A24.B44.B64.C84.B
5.A25.C45.B65.B85.B
6.A26.A46.C66.D86.B
7.D27.A47.B67.D87.D
8.D28.D48.D68.C88.C
9.D29.D49.D69.B89.B
10B30.A50.A70.C90.A
11.D31.A51.A71.B91.B
12.C32.C52.B72.D92.C
13.C33.B53.D73.B93.B
14.B34.B54.B74.C94.C
15.D35.C55.A75.B95.A
16.B36.D56.A76.A96.B
17.C37.C57.A77.C97.A
18.B38.D58.A78.B98.D
19.A39.A59.A79.B99.A
20.A40.C60.C80.B100.C
UPSC Prelims Question Paper Answer Key 2022 for GS Paper: Set D
Question NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswerQuestion NumberAnswer
1.C21.D41.B61.B81.A
2.A22.C42.B62.D82.B
3.A23.C43.B63.B83.D
4.B24.B44.A64.C84.B
5.C25.D45.A65.B85.C
6.A26.B46.A66.A86.A
7.A27.C47.D67.C87.A
8.D28.A48.D68.B88.A
9.D29.A49.D69.B89.A
10A30.A50.B70.B90.C
11.A31.C51.B71.B91.D
12.C32.B52.C72.D92.D
13.B33.D53.B73.B93.D
14.B34.B54.C74.B94.C
15.C35.B55.C75.B95.B
16.D36.C56.B76.B96.D
17.C37.B57.A77.D97.D
18.D38.D58.D78.C98.C
19.A39.D59.A79.B99.B
20.C40.A60.C80.A100.C

UPSC Prelims 2022 Question Paper PDF 

The aspirants who are planning for the upcoming UPSC IAS Exam can download the UPSC Prelims Question Paper 2022 for their preparation from the below link. The Paper-1 General Studies, Question Paper PDF has been uploaded and Paper-2 for CSAT will be uploaded soon after the exam is over. 

Civil Service Preliminary Exam 2022UPSC Question Paper 2022 PDF
General Studies (Paper-1)Download Paper (English)
CSAT (Paper-2)Download Paper

Steps to Download UPSC 2022 Prelims Answer Key 

Candidates can download the official UPSC Answer Key 2022 by following the below-mentioned steps-

Step-1 Browse the official website of UPSC at www.upsc.gov.in.  

Step-2 On the homepage, click on “Examination>>Answer Keys”.

Step-3 Click on the answer key link against “Civil Service Preliminary Examination Answer Key 2022”

Step-4 The UPSC Civil Service Preliminary Answer Key pdf is opened, download the pdf and compare your responses to those detailed in the answer key.

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UPSC Prelims 2022 Answer Key- Marking Scheme

The aspirants can calculate their approximate marks in the UPSC Preliminary Exam as per the marking scheme decided by the Union Public Service Commission. UPSC CSE exam consists of 400 marks scoring 2 marks each for the correct answer in Paper-1 & 2.5 marks in Paper-2. There will be a penalty of 0.33 marks or 1/3rd marks for each incorrect answer. The marking scheme is discussed below.

ParticularsPaper-1Paper-2
Correct Answer+2+2.5
Incorrect Answer-0.33-0.33
Unanswered00
No. of Questions10080
Total Marks200200

UPSC Prelims 2022 Cut Off 

The UPSC Civil Service cut-off marks will be released separately for Prelims, Mains & Final by the commission on the official website @upsc.gov.in. The candidates can have a look at the expected and previous year cut off marks to have an idea about this year UPSC Prelims Cut Off Marks. 

UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2022
CategoryUPSC Cut Off
General84-89
EWS78-83
OBC81-86
SC73-78
ST68-73
PwBD-165-70
PwBD-264-69
PwBD-342-47
PwBD-543-48

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UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2022: FAQs

Ans. UPSC will release the official UPSC Answer Key after the recruitment process.

Ans. No, there is no option to raise objection/challenge the UPSC Prelims Question paper Answer Key 2022.

Ans. No, there is no marking for unanswered question.

Ans. As UPSC Mains Exam is descriptive in nature, therefore no answer key will be released for Mains Exam.

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