{"id":8704,"date":"2025-05-18T13:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T13:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:45:42","slug":"upsc-prelims-answer-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Going through the <strong>UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with Solution<\/strong> is important to gain several crucial insights into the ever-evolving dynamics of the UPSC Civil Services Exam (UPSC CSE). It can help aspirants understand the latest trends and the nature of questions being asked by the UPSC. This article<strong> <\/strong>aims to enable aspirants to access the complete and authentic UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with solutions.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_56_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#UPSC_Official_Answer_Key\" title=\"UPSC Official Answer Key\">UPSC Official Answer Key<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#UPSC_Prelims_2024_Answer_Key_Solution\" title=\"UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key &amp; Solution\">UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key &amp; Solution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#UPSC_Prelims_Answer_Key_2024_General_Studies-I_GS-I\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024: General Studies-I (GS-I)\">UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024: General Studies-I (GS-I)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#UPSC_Prelims_Answer_Key_2024_with_Solution_CSAT\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with Solution: CSAT\">UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with Solution: CSAT<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#How_to_Calculate_Score_Using_UPSC_Prelims_2024_Answer_Key_2024\" title=\"How to Calculate Score Using UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key 2024\">How to Calculate Score Using UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key 2024<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#Calculating_Score_in_GS_Paper\" title=\"Calculating Score in GS Paper\">Calculating Score in GS Paper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#Calculating_Score_in_CSAT_Paper\" title=\"Calculating Score in CSAT Paper\">Calculating Score in CSAT Paper<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#UPSC_Prelims_2024_Detailed_Analysis_Expected_Cut_Off\" title=\"UPSC Prelims 2024: Detailed Analysis &amp; Expected Cut Off\">UPSC Prelims 2024: Detailed Analysis &amp; Expected Cut Off<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions_FAQs\" title=\"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#Is_UPSC_2024_Prelims_easy\" title=\"Is UPSC 2024 Prelims easy?\">Is UPSC 2024 Prelims easy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#Does_UPSC_release_the_answer_key_for_Prelims\" title=\"Does UPSC release the answer key for Prelims?\">Does UPSC release the answer key for Prelims?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#How_to_check_UPSC_prelims_answer_key\" title=\"How to check UPSC prelims answer key?\">How to check UPSC prelims answer key?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-answer-key\/#How_to_download_official_UPSC_answer_key\" title=\"How to download official UPSC answer key?\">How to download official UPSC answer key?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Analyzing the previous year&#8217;s questions (PYQs) along with their answers and solutions is important to keep UPSC preparation aligned with current trends and patterns. This is more so important for the ever-evolving UPSC Prelims Exam. Sections that follow provide ways of accessing the <strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 answer key with solutions for GS and CSAT Papers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59a29d1a4c744c235c45be0961e28f33\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Official_Answer_Key\"><\/span><strong>UPSC Official Answer Key<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The official UPSC Prelims Answer Key will be available on the official website of the UPSC only after the final result of the UPSC CSE 2024 is announced next year. This may happen somewhere around April-May, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c71b667c32e7294a8f3408b2e071154e\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Prelims_2024_Answer_Key_Solution\"><\/span><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key &amp; Solution<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The NEXT IAS expert team has prepared one of the <strong>most authentic UPSC Prelims Answer Key<\/strong> for <strong>GS <\/strong>as well as <strong>CSAT Papers<\/strong>. The same can be accessed as explained in the sections that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-03425bf3c22f51bf5e29088ce99611ff\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Prelims_Answer_Key_2024_General_Studies-I_GS-I\"><\/span><strong>UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024: General Studies-I (GS-I)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key of all sets of General Studies-I (GS-I) Paper can be accessed at the following link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 GS-I Set<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Answer Key PDF<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>GS-I, Set A<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/upsc-cse-answer-key\/cse-prelims-2024-answer-key\"><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 GS-I Answer Key<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>GS-I, Set B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>GS-I, Set C<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>GS-I, Set D<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d6a55ddf8557aa415f10207e39c3698b\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Prelims_Answer_Key_2024_with_Solution_CSAT\"><\/span><strong>UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with Solution: CSAT<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key and solution of all sets of CSAT Paper can be accessed at the following link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 CSAT Set<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Answer Key PDF<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>CSAT, Set A<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/upsc-cse-answer-key\/cse-prelims-2024-answer-key\"><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 CSAT Answer Key &amp; Solution<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>CSAT, Set B<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>CSAT, Set C<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>CSAT, Set D<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0394fa0c9c4a086971fa8c01718f0023\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Calculate_Score_Using_UPSC_Prelims_2024_Answer_Key_2024\"><\/span><strong>How to Calculate Score Using UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key 2024<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 to find out the number of right and wrong answers marked by you in the exam. Once you are done with this, you can calculate your score in each paper of UPSC Prelims 2024 as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a2a7c08d6d62167cefc918f4eac52b31\" style=\"color:#ff6a00\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Calculating_Score_in_GS_Paper\"><\/span><strong>Calculating Score in GS Paper<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the following marking scheme to calculate your score in the UPSC Prelims 2024 GS Paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td>Marks for each Correct Answer<\/td><td>+2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marks for each Incorrect Answer<\/td><td>-0.66<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marks for each Unattempted Question<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a74343032a86be929c426a3fe017a160\" style=\"color:#ff6a00\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Calculating_Score_in_CSAT_Paper\"><\/span><strong>Calculating Score in CSAT Paper<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the following marking scheme to calculate your score in the UPSC Prelims 2024 CSAT Paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td>Marks for each Correct Answer<\/td><td>+2.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marks for each Incorrect Answer<\/td><td>-0.83<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marks for each Unattempted Question<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12c411960bf3e20afe740661e336b409\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Prelims_2024_Detailed_Analysis_Expected_Cut_Off\"><\/span><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024: Detailed Analysis &amp; Expected Cut Off<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates can also visit our detailed analysis of the UPSC Prelims Exam 2024 and the expected cut off for the same at the following links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2024-detailed-analysis\/\"><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 Detailed Analysis<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-cut-off\/\"><strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 Expected Cut Off<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed analysis of UPSC Prelims 2024 is advisable for every aspirant in order to gain crucial insights into current trends and patterns of the exam. <strong>UPSC Prelims 2024 Answer Key and Solution<\/strong> prepared by the experts of NEXT IAS can help one do the same. Aspirants are advised to download and go through the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><strong>Also Check: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/upsc-result-2024\/\">UPSC Final Result 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-618812723183593a2c916a1fd5800128\" style=\"color:#015aa7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions_FAQs\"><\/span><strong>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1718714138644\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_UPSC_2024_Prelims_easy\"><\/span><strong>Is UPSC 2024 Prelims easy?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Based on the question analysis by our experts, the UPSC Prelims Exam 2024 can be categorized as lying somewhere between easy and moderate.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1718714148493\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_UPSC_release_the_answer_key_for_Prelims\"><\/span><strong>Does UPSC release the answer key for Prelims?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes, the official UPSC Prelims answer key 2024 will be released after the announcement of the final result of the UPSC CSE 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1718714158333\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_check_UPSC_prelims_answer_key\"><\/span><strong>How to check UPSC prelims answer key?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Candidates can follow the steps mentioned in the section above to check the UPSC Prelims answer key.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1718714168509\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_download_official_UPSC_answer_key\"><\/span><strong>How to download official UPSC answer key?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Once released by the UPSC in around April-May, 2025, the candidate can download the UPSC official answer key from the <a href=\"https:\/\/upsc.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website of the UPSC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going through the UPSC Prelims Answer Key 2024 with Solution is important to gain several crucial insights into the ever-evolving dynamics of the UPSC Civil Services Exam (UPSC CSE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,844],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upsc-cse","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18292,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions\/18292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}