UPSC NDA & NA Previous Year Question Paper PDF Download
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NDA Previous Year Question Papers: Year-wise List
| Year | Papers (PDF) | Answer Key |
|---|---|---|
| NDA 2026 | 2 | — |
| NDA 2025 | 6 | — |
| NDA 2024 | 6 | — |
| NDA 2023 | 6 | — |
| NDA 2022 | 4 | Available |
| NDA 2021 | 4 | Available |
| NDA 2020 | 2 | Available |
| NDA 2019 | 4 | Available |
| NDA 2018 | 4 | Available |
| NDA 2017 | 4 | Available |
| NDA 2016 | 4 | Available |
| NDA 2015 | 4 | — |
| NDA 2014 | 4 | — |
| NDA 2013 | 4 | — |
| NDA 2012 | 4 | — |
62 free PDFs on docs.aglasem.com. Open a year for every shift and paper from that session.
Download UPSC NDA & NA previous year question papers as free PDFs below — 60 papers from past sittings, grouped by year.
Why UPSC papers repay close reading
UPSC sets one paper per sitting and publishes it in full afterwards, so a previous year paper is the exact article rather than a reconstruction. Working through several years shows you the Commission's standing preferences — which themes recur, how questions are framed, and how much depth an answer needs.
How to use these papers
- Attempt a full paper in one timed sitting, to the real duration.
- Score it with the real marking scheme applied — Yes — one third of the marks assigned to a question is deducted for each wrong answer in both papers of the written examination.
- Compare your score against the published cut off for that year, not against a percentage.
- Identify the weakest section and revise that before attempting the next paper.
Download NDA Previous Year Papers
62 PDFS available, hosted on docs.aglasem.com.
NDA Previous Year Papers Year Wise
Open a year to see every paper from that session.
NDA 2026
2 papers →
NDA 2025
6 papers →
NDA 2024
6 papers →
NDA 2023
6 papers →
NDA 2022
4 papers →
NDA 2021
4 papers →
NDA 2020
2 papers →
More NDA Previous Year Papers
Earlier sessions, listed here rather than on their own pages.
2019 4 files
2018 4 files
2017 4 files
2016 4 files
2015 4 files
2014 4 files
2013 4 files
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