we will provide you last twelve (12) previous years’ question paper of APSC and sincerely wish these papers will be highly beneficial for future APSC aspirants.
Name of examination
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE)
Name of agency
Assam Public Service Commission (APSC)
Question paper available
From 1998 to 2023
Question paper format
PDF only
Office address
Jawahar Nagar, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam
So, for all the aspirants, here are the direct download links of last 12 years’ APSC General Studies (Prelims) Question Papers. If you have faced any problem while downloading these question papers, pl leave a comment below.
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The Combined Competitive Examination consists of following two successive stages :
(i) The Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
(ii) The Main Examination (Written & Interview Test)
Preliminary Examination: The Preliminary Examination consists of 2 objective type General Studies question paper with 200 marks each.
Main Examination: The Main Examination shall consist of written examination and interview tests. The written examination shall consist of six papers on the subject of General Studies . Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the main examination (Written Part as well as Interview) would determine their final ranking.
Syllabus of APSC
| APSC Prelims Syllabus | Click Here |
| APSC Mains Syllabus | Click Here |
| Official Website | Click Here |
looking for APSC previous years’ question paper ? Here it goes all the General Studies question papers of Preliminary exam for last 12 years.
APSC Prelims Question Paper
| Year | Paper I | Paper II |
| 1998 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2001 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2006 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2011 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2013 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2014 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2015 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2016 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2018 | Click Here | N/A |
| 2020 | Click Here | Click Here |
| 2022 | Click Here | Click Here |
| 2023 | Click Here | Click Here |
Here’s the question papers of APSC Mains exam for the year 2020 and 2022.
| APSC Mains Question Paper | ||
| Year | Paper | |
| 2020 | Essay | |
| 2020 | GS Paper 1 | |
| 2020 | GS Paper 2 | |
| 2020 | GS Paper 3 | |
| 2020 | GS Paper 4 | |
| 2020 | GS Paper 5 | |
| 2022 | Essay | |
| 2022 | GS Paper 1 | |
| 2022 | GS Paper 2 | |
| 2022 | GS Paper 3 | |
| 2022 | GS Paper 4 | |
| 2022 | GS Paper 5 | |
Rather than purchasing substandard guidebooks, we suggest you to stick to the base books so that you can accumulate knowledge and clear doubts.
First, try to accumulate as many topics/ facts as possible from these base books, make notes and then try to solve questions from above given previous years’ question papers.
| Section | Book |
| Numerical Ability | Fast Track Objective Arithmetic |
| General English | Objective General English by S P Bakshi |
| Reasoning | Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning R S Aggarwal |
| General Knowledge | Lucent’s General Knowledge |
| Current Affairs | Manorama Yearbook 2024 | Assam Tribune E paper | unacademy |
| Modern Indian History | Modern India by Rajiv Ahir |
| Indian Economy | Pratiyogita Darpan General Studies: Indian Economy |
| Indian Polity | Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth |
| Indian Geography | Geography of India by Majid Husain |
| Computer Awareness | Objective Computer Awareness by Arihant |
| APSC Question Papers | APSC CCE General Studies 1997-2017 Solved Papers |
| UPSC Question Papers | Mrunal UPSC Prelims 1995-2022 Solved Papers |
| Assam History | History of Assam by Priyam Goswami |
| Assam Related Topics | Assam Year Book by Santanu Kaushik Baruah |
