Getting your exam cockpit ready...
Loading high-yield questions, analytics, and personalized prep signals.
Tip: Solve PYQs daily for faster UPSC CMS retention.
Loading high-yield questions, analytics, and personalized prep signals.
Discover the most important topics and chapters in UPSC CMS based on PYQ analysis from 2018-2025. Prioritize your preparation by understanding which subjects and topics carry the most marks.
Analyze your previous year question performance. Enter topic, correct count, and total questions attempted.
Format: Topic Name, Correct Count, Total Questions
General Medicine (~25%), General Surgery (~20%), Paediatrics (~12%), OBG (~12%), and PSM (~10%) together cover approximately 80% of the UPSC CMS paper. Focus on these first.
Topics marked with an upward trend (↑) have seen increasing questions in recent years. These include Cardiology, Endocrinology, Biostatistics, and Vaccination. Allocate extra study time to these emerging areas.
Use the weightage percentages above to allocate your study time proportionally. A topic with 14% weightage deserves roughly 3x the study time of a topic with 5% weightage. Combine this with our Study Plan Builder for a personalised schedule.
General Medicine and General Surgery typically carry the highest weightage in UPSC CMS, each contributing around 30-35% of the total questions. Paediatrics, OBG, and PSM follow with 10-15% each. Use our Subject Weightage Analyzer for detailed breakdowns.
Use our Subject Weightage Analyzer tool above. It breaks down each subject into individual topics and shows the percentage weightage, number of questions asked historically, and whether the topic is trending up, down, or stable based on 2018-2025 data.
High-frequency topics include Cardiology (General Medicine), GI Surgery (General Surgery), Obstetrics (OBG), Epidemiology (PSM), and Growth & Development (Paediatrics). These consistently appear with 12-14% weightage each year.