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The exam authorities have successfully conducted the UPSC ESE exam 2025 on June 8 for the prelims exam. Candidates who appeared in the exam can now check the UPSC IES exam analysis 2025 from here. As per the students' reactions, the UPSC ESE 2025 exam was moderate in difficulty level. There was a balance of high and low weightage topics in the exam. The authorities have conducted the exam for various disciplines. UPSC IES Exam Analysis will highlight the important aspects like the number of questions asked, the difficulty level of the questions and the total number of good attempts. Candidates can check the detailed UPSC IES exam analysis below.
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Union Public Service Commission has successfully concluded the UPSC IES 2025 prelims exam on June 8 across various exam centres. As per the student's reaction, the UPSC ESE 2025 exam was moderate. The questions were asked on almost all the major topics. UPSC ESE 2025 exam has conceptual questions. As per the UPSC ESE exam analysis 2025, the paper was easy to solve with good conceptual understanding. The maths section was easy, while the Ethics section was moderate to difficult. As per the student's reaction, a few important topics asked in the exam were Biodiversity, Alloys, Metal properties, polymer and others. The exam authorities will now release the UPSC ESE result 2025 online at the official website. UPSC IES answer key 2025 will be issued after the declaration of the results.
Candidates can check the exam analysis from the table provided below;
Topics covered |
Weightage |
Basics of Material Science and Engineering |
8 to 9 Questions |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) |
8 to 10 Questions |
Ethics and values in the Engineering profession |
8 to 10 Questions |
Standards and Quality Practices |
7 to 9 Questions |
Basics of Energy and Environment |
9 to 12 Questions |
Current issues of national and international importance |
5 to 7 Questions |
Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis |
7 to 9 Questions |
Engineering Aptitude |
10 to 12 Questions |
Basics of Project Management |
9 to 12 Questions |
The UPSC IES paper is conducted in two shifts, in the first shift, the paper will be having questions from General Awareness and Engineering Aptitude. In the next shift, the paper will be having subject-specific MCQ-type questions. This is a pan-India exam that will be conducted in offline mode.
Here we have shared the detailed UPSC IES Exam Analysis for paper 1 which was conducted for General Studies & Engg. Aptitude. Candidates can check the UPSC IES Exam Analysis to determine how tough/easy the exam was and then determine their chances of clearing the exam. The detailed UPSC IES Exam Analysis is mentioned below in tabular format.
Topics |
No. of Questions |
Engineering aptitude covering Logical reasoning and analytical ability |
15 |
Current issues of National and International importance relating to Social, Economic and Industrial development |
15 |
General Principles of Design, Drawing, the importance of safety |
10 |
Engineering Mathematics and Numerical analysis |
14 |
Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change, Environmental impact assessment |
08 |
Basics of Material Science and Engineering |
06 |
Basics of Project Management |
08 |
Ethics and values in the Engineering profession. |
09 |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering |
10 |
Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services |
05 |
Total | 100 |
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This time the level of the paper was easy to moderate and most of the questions were asked from Design of Concrete Structures, Strength of Materials, Design of Steel Structures, Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics etc. Check the detailed UPSC IES Civil Analysis of prelims paper.
Subject |
No of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
Strength of Materials |
14 |
Easy |
Soil Mechanics |
12 |
Easy |
Engineering Hydrology |
2 |
Easy |
Highway Engineering |
10 |
Moderate |
Surveying |
11 |
Moderate |
Irrigation Engineering |
11 |
Tough |
Building Materials |
11 |
Easy |
Construction Planning and Management |
12 |
Easy |
Design of Steel Structures |
14 |
Tough |
Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics |
14 |
Easy |
Open Channel Flow |
1 |
Easy |
Railways, Airport and Tunneling |
1 |
Easy |
Structural Analysis |
9 |
Moderate |
Design of Concrete Structures |
16 |
Moderate |
Environmental Engineering |
12 |
Moderate |
Total |
150 |
Easy to Moderate |
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In this section, we have provided the detailed UPSC IES Exam Analysis for the prelims. The exam analysis provided in this section is for the past four years. Go through the entire UPSC IES Exam Analysis (Prelims) mentioned below in tabular format.
Topics |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Engineering aptitude covering Logical reasoning and analytical ability |
10 |
14 |
13 |
8 |
Current issues of National and International importance relating to Social, Economic and Industrial development |
10 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
General Principles of Design, Drawing, importance of safety |
9 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
Engineering Mathematics and Numerical analysis |
12 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change, Environmental impact assessment |
10 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
Basics of Material Science and Engineering |
11 |
14 |
26 |
9 |
Basics of Project Management |
12 |
13 |
12 |
4 |
Ethics and values in the Engineering profession. |
5 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering |
11 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services |
10 |
9 |
9 |
21 |
The UPSC IES Prelims examination is a pen and paper exam that will be conducted for a total of 600 marks. The details of the UPSC IES Prelims Exam Exam Pattern has been given below:
Papers | Number of Questions | Duration of Exam | Maximum Marks |
---|---|---|---|
Paper 1 (General Studies & Engineering Aptitude) | 100 | 2 hours | 200 |
Paper 2 (Engineering Discipline) | 150 | 3 hours | 300 |
Total | 250 Questions | 5 hours | 600 marks |
The latest PDF on UPSC IES Syllabus is available here!
The UPSC IES Prelims Cut Off marks will be released along with the UPSC ESE result. The UPSC IES Cut Off marks will help determine if the candidates have qualified for the remaining stages of the selection process or not.
Download all the UPSC IES Previous Year Papers here in this article
The UPSC IES Prelims Result will help determine if candidates who have given the UPSC IES Pre-examination have qualified it or not. Candidates who clear the UPSC IES prelims examination appear in the next stage of the selection process i.e UPSC IES Mains.
Download the UPSC IES Result here!
We hope that candidates have got all the information regarding the UPSC IES Exam Analysis 2022. Aspirants who want to score a nice percentile in UPSC IES ESE 2022 exam and get into PSUs must well prepare for the examination. Apart from the books listed above candidates can download our Testbook App. Here you will get section-wise mock tests, various practice sets, previous year papers, and much more.
Last updated: Jun 9, 2025
-> UPSC ESE admit card 2025 for the prelims exam has been released.
-> The UPSC IES Prelims 2025 will be held on 8th June 2025.
-> The selection process includes a Prelims and a Mains Examination, followed by a Personality Test/Interview.
-> Candidates should attempt the UPSC IES mock tests to increase their efficiency. The UPSC IES previous year papers can be downloaded here.
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