Agriculture PYQs — UPSC Prelims

All 61 Agriculture Previous Year Questions for UPSC Prelims, with answers and explanations. Click any question for the full solution.

Agriculture weightage in UPSC Prelims

Across 19952025, UPSC Prelims has asked 61 Agriculture questions — an average of 3.1 per year. The heaviest year was 2020 with 7 questions; the lightest was 2009 with 1. Use the year-wise split below to see where the paper has been concentrating.

Year-wise count of Agriculture questions in UPSC Prelims
YearQuestionsShare
20255
8%
20233
5%
20221
2%
20207
11%
20194
7%
20184
7%
20173
5%
20164
7%
20154
7%
20144
7%
20131
2%
20113
5%
20102
3%
20091
2%
20082
3%
20044
7%
20032
3%
20023
5%
20012
3%
19952
3%

Most-tested themes in Agriculture

  • Government Policies and Schemes for Agriculture13
  • Major Crops of India12
  • Minimum Support Price (MSP)11
  • Innovations in Agriculture4
  • Farm Subsidy3
  • Storage Transport and marketing of Agricultural produce3
  • Food Processing Industry (FPI)3
  • Cropping Pattern2

All Agriculture questions, year by year

20255

20233

20221

20207

20194

20184

20173

20164

20154

20144

20131

20113

20102

20091

20082

20044

20032

20023

20012

19952

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