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CAPF 2026 vs CAPF 2025 — what changed

125 vs 125 questions · answer-keyed 124/125 vs 0/125 · CAPF

Executive summary

  • Question style: 49% of CAPF 2026 was analytical (multi-statement) vs 38% in 2025 — a marked shift toward multi-statement reasoning.
  • Biggest subject change: Current Affairs & Static GK fell 23→6 questions (18.4%→4.8%).
  • 0 concepts recurred from 2025; 0 appeared that were absent in 2025.

Conceptual vs factual

Analytical (multi-statement) questions: 38% in 2025 → 49% in 2026 — a marked shift toward multi-statement reasoning.
Show evidence — how this is measured
Analytical = statement-based, assertion-reason, match-the-following, pairs, how-many-correct and sequence questions; factual = single-fact recall. CAPF 2026: 61 analytical / 64 factual. CAPF 2025: 47 analytical / 78 factual.

Subject distribution

Subject20252026Δ
Science & Technology3738+1stable
Economy1615-1stable
History1811-7declined
Current Affairs & Static GK236-17declined
Geography1113+2stable
Polity & Governance513+8gained
Environment & Ecology67+1stable
Quantitative Aptitude011+11gained
Art & Culture44+0stable
International Relations32-1stable
Logical Reasoning & DI04+4gained
Social Issues & Welfare11+0stable
Agriculture10-1stable
"Gained/declined" is flagged only where the change is ≥3 questions and ≥3 percentage points; smaller moves are normal year-to-year variation (shown as stable).
Show evidence — History in CAPF 2026 (11 Qs)
Q26 · CAPF 2026 Which one among the following events of Indian history was the earliest to take …
Q27 · CAPF 2026 Consider the following statements : 1. The first book in the Tamil script was pr…
Q29 · CAPF 2026 Which one of the following statements about the 'Amara-Nayaka' system is not cor…
Q31 · CAPF 2026 Consider the following statements about the Zawar mines : 1. Zinc was present, m…
Q32 · CAPF 2026 Which one of the following does not find mention in the works of the astronomers…
Q33 · CAPF 2026 Which one among the following about Kodumanal is correct?…
Q34 · CAPF 2026 Which one of the following inscriptions refers to a confederacy of Tamil States?…
Q35 · CAPF 2026 Who among the following Vedic deities was considered the guardian of compacts an…
Q36 · CAPF 2026 In which one of the following Vedas does the term 'Gotra' appear for the first t…
Q38 · CAPF 2026 Who among the following Congressmen was not a member of the 'No-Changers' group?…
Q39 · CAPF 2026 Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order : 1. Formation o…
Show evidence — History in CAPF 2025 (18 Qs)
Q26 · CAPF 2025 Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the L…
Q27 · CAPF 2025 Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1919 : …
Q33 · CAPF 2025 Who among the following was the founder of 'Sikkim Praja Mandal'?…
Q35 · CAPF 2025 Consider the following statements about international events : 1. The First Gulf…
Q37 · CAPF 2025 Which of the following statements about the Bhoodan Movement are correct? 1. It …
Q41 · CAPF 2025 Which one of the following ancient towns is known for the evidence of a ploughed…
Q42 · CAPF 2025 Krishnadevaraya, a king of Vijayanagara, composed a work on statecraft known as …
Q43 · CAPF 2025 Who among the following travellers reported the use of seed drill on the Karnata…
Q45 · CAPF 2025 With reference to ancient South India, the terms 'Vichitrachitta', 'Chitrakarapu…
Q46 · CAPF 2025 Which one of the following Harappan sites has yielded evidence of a wash basin i…
Q47 · CAPF 2025 Who among the following British Commanders suffered defeat in the famous Battle …
Q48 · CAPF 2025 With reference to the history of Orissa, consider the following statements : 1. …
Q49 · CAPF 2025 Consider the following pairs : Literary Work : Author 1. Rigarthadipika : Madhav…
Q50 · CAPF 2025 Consider the following pairs : King : Dynasty 1. Lakshmikarna : Pala 2. Bhima I …
Q51 · CAPF 2025 Consider the following statements : 1. The first meeting of the All India Depres…
Q53 · CAPF 2025 The indentured system in tea gardens of Assam was abolished in…
Q54 · CAPF 2025 With reference to the Indo-Roman trade, who among the following referred to the …
Q55 · CAPF 2025 With reference to the history of India, the 'Katapayadi system', the 'Parahita s…
Show evidence — Current Affairs & Static GK in CAPF 2026 (6 Qs)
Q1 · CAPF 2026 Which one of the following statements about 'SB 64' is correct?…
Q3 · CAPF 2026 Raghu Rai, who passed away recently, was…
Q5 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements about the Black Swan Summit India, 2026 is/are…
Q8 · CAPF 2026 Consider the following statements with reference to the Promotion and Regulation…
Q9 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. LAMITIYE-2026 was a joint m…
Q10 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements with regard to Mundial do Queijo do Brasil 202…
Show evidence — Current Affairs & Static GK in CAPF 2025 (23 Qs)
Q3 · CAPF 2025 'Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, 2024' under the category of 'Vigyan Ratna Award' was…
Q4 · CAPF 2025 Which among the following statements with regard to Grameen Bharat Mahotsav, 202…
Q5 · CAPF 2025 The 2024 OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)-The Hague A…
Q9 · CAPF 2025 Arrange the following military operations undertaken by India against Pakistan i…
Q10 · CAPF 2025 Which of the following statements is/are correct about recently elected Chancell…
Q15 · CAPF 2025 'Collaboration for the Intelligent Age' was the theme of a meeting convened in 2…
Q56 · CAPF 2025 For any three natural numbers a, b and c, if (bc+1)/(abc+a+c) = 11/43, then the …
Q57 · CAPF 2025 If n is an integer larger than 1, then what is the least value of the integer n …
Q58 · CAPF 2025 The unit digit of (3×1+4×2×1+5×3×2×1+ ... +20×18×17× ... ×2×1) is…
Q59 · CAPF 2025 A point P on the ground is on the same line as the bases and the tips of a pair …
Q60 · CAPF 2025 Four cylindrical drums, each of radius 1 m, are placed such that each one touche…
Q61 · CAPF 2025 P and Q are two points on a highway, 300 km apart. Two bikers A and B start at t…
Q62 · CAPF 2025 A clock is set right at 8:00 AM in the morning. The minute hand and the hour han…
Q63 · CAPF 2025 A triangle of sides 18 cm, 24 cm and 30 cm is inscribed in a circle. The ratio o…
Q64 · CAPF 2025 If a/b = 2, b/c = 4, c/d = 4, d/e = 3, e/f = 2 and f/g = 1·5, what is the value …
Q65 · CAPF 2025 Which one of the following years will have identical calendar with the year 2025…
Q66 · CAPF 2025 Two trains A and B are entering a railway platform from opposite direction. The …
Q67 · CAPF 2025 The sum of two numbers is 168. If their HCF is 14, how many such pairs of number…
Q68 · CAPF 2025 There are four bulbs A, B, C and D in a room. A glows for 2 minutes, then goes o…
Q69 · CAPF 2025 If a^(2x) = b^(3y) = c^(5z) and b = a^2 c, then which one of the following is tr…
Q70 · CAPF 2025 The value at the tenth place of a three-digit number is twice the value at the u…
Q79 · CAPF 2025 Which one of the following has launched the environmental project 'Shaheed-e-Aza…
Q83 · CAPF 2025 Which one among the following institutes was established first?…
Show evidence — Polity & Governance in CAPF 2026 (13 Qs)
Q40 · CAPF 2026 Who among the following was appointed by the Constituent Assembly of India as He…
Q42 · CAPF 2026 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given bel…
Q43 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements about Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is/are …
Q44 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements in respect of the election of the President of…
Q45 · CAPF 2026 Which one of the following pairs of Ministries and Departments is not correctly …
Q46 · CAPF 2026 Which among the following subjects is not included in the Ninth Schedule of the …
Q47 · CAPF 2026 Which one of the following statements in respect of the North Eastern Council is…
Q48 · CAPF 2026 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given bel…
Q49 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements in respect of the nature of the federal system…
Q51 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following are a part of the 'basic features' of the Constitution of…
Q53 · CAPF 2026 Which one among the following States has the highest allocation of seats in the …
Q54 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements about human rights is/are correct? 1. The firs…
Q55 · CAPF 2026 Which of the following statements about Article 20(1) of the Constitution of Ind…
Show evidence — Polity & Governance in CAPF 2025 (5 Qs)
Q28 · CAPF 2025 From amongst the following, identify the correct option that captures the change…
Q29 · CAPF 2025 Consider the following statements about the powers and duties of the Comptroller…
Q30 · CAPF 2025 Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the L…
Q34 · CAPF 2025 Which one of the following statements is not correct?…
Q38 · CAPF 2025 Which one among the following statements about the Department of Defence (DoD) i…
Show evidence — Quantitative Aptitude in CAPF 2026 (11 Qs)
Q56 · CAPF 2026 When A runs 5 km, B can run 2 km. Initially A was 750 m behind B and they were r…
Q57 · CAPF 2026 There is a question followed by two statements I and II : Question : If x and y …
Q58 · CAPF 2026 A metallic cylindrical disc of radius 7 cm is melted and 22 square-shaped solids…
Q59 · CAPF 2026 In a club, there are 58 members. Among them, 25 members drink tea, 23 members dr…
Q60 · CAPF 2026 The brightness of a lightning event was seen at 19:06:17 hr, whereas the sound o…
Q61 · CAPF 2026 A large pot X contains 3 litres mixture consisting of milk and water in the rati…
Q62 · CAPF 2026 A person X has to make a payment of ₹56. He has twenty-five ₹2 coins and nine ₹5…
Q65 · CAPF 2026 A shopkeeper marked a price on an article so that he gets 50% profit. After 2 mo…
Q66 · CAPF 2026 The smaller angle made by the hour and the minute hands is noted when it was 1:3…
Q67 · CAPF 2026 In a matching problem, there are two columns. The first column has 4 statements …
Q69 · CAPF 2026 Suppose 1 ≤ x, y, z ≤ 9 are integers such that x > z. Let α and β be the three-d…
Show evidence — Logical Reasoning & DI in CAPF 2026 (4 Qs)
Q63 · CAPF 2026 There are three rooms (I, II and III) with occupancy capacity of three each. P, …
Q64 · CAPF 2026 If ART is encoded as BQU, then TAR is encoded as…
Q68 · CAPF 2026 A rectangular wall is partitioned into 5 rectangular parts as shown in the follo…
Q70 · CAPF 2026 P, Q, R and S are four places. To travel from P to R, one travels via Q and to t…

Concept-level changes

Recurring — in both papers

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New this year

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Not tested this year

Union Budget 2025-26Organic ChemistryMagnetismNumber TheoryGeographic Information SystemMembrane TransportChemical CompoundsOpticsMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate ChangeNational Green Hydrogen Mission
★ = first appearance in the corpus. Not tested this year ≠ dropped — concepts often return. Click any concept for its full cross-exam history (your evidence). Tagging is provisional, so this layer is directional.

Preparation takeaways

  • If this style shift persists, prioritise multi-statement reasoning practice over single-fact recall — but confirm against a third year before treating it as a trend.
  • Polity & Governance carried more weight this year (5→13); ensure it is not under-prepared. A single year is a noisy signal, so weigh it against earlier papers.
  • History was lighter this year (18→11); do not drop it — single-year dips frequently reverse.
Methodology & caveats
All figures are computed from CrispUPSC's verified PYQ corpus — no opinions, no predictions, no AI-written analysis. A single paper per year is a small, noisy sample, so a two-year difference is a change, not a trend; a subject is flagged as moved only when it shifts ≥3 questions and ≥3 percentage points. Concept tagging is provisional, so concept lists are directional. "Not tested this year" never means a concept was dropped. This page explains how UPSC has changed; it does not predict future papers.
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