You can never prepare for an exam or even a paper of an exam without knowing the previous trends and distribution of topics in that paper in order to subsequently plan and strategize for the same.
Below is the Trend Analysis of GS Mains Paper-I, go through it plan accordingly-
| Subject | Sub-Topic | Year |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| History | Culture | 20 | 40 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 50 |
| Freedom Struggle | 30 | 30 | 25 | 37.5 | 65 | 10 | 50 | 25 | |
| World History | 40 | 30 | 25 | 12.5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 0 | |
| Post Independence | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Society | Religion, Region, empowerment | 10 | 10 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 50 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Poverty, Population, Development | 0 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 25 | |
| Globalization Impact | 10 | 0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Women | 10 | 30 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 0 | |
| Geography | Climate | 10 | 20 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 60 | 10 | 55 | 10 |
| Disaster | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Urbanization | 10 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Physical | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
| Resources | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 45 | |
| Industrial Location | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 10 |
This shows the core subjects of GS-1 are-
For further Strategy, Visit detailed GS-I Paper Strategy. (LINK)
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