UPSC CSAT Answer Key 2025 (Unofficial)- Download PDF For All Sets

UPSC Prelims CSAT Answer Key 2025—The Union Public Service Commission successfully conducted the Civil Services Examination 2025 (Preliminary) on 25th May 2025 in offline mode across more than 80 exam centres nationwide. The examination was conducted in the second slot, 2:30-4:30 PM. This year, about 13 lakh candidates appeared for the UPSC Prelims.

UPSC CSAT is a qualifying paper, and candidates must score at least 33% or 66 marks to qualify for the exam. Read on for further details about the UPSC CSAT 2025 Answer key. 

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UPSC CSAT 2025 Answer Key- PDF Download 

The official UPSC CSAT 2025 Answer Key will be released by the Commission after the announcement of the final UPSC results. But, worry not- Career Launcher’s experts have unofficially released the UPSC CSAT Answer Key 2025 for all sets on 25th May. Aspirants can download it from the links below and refer to it.  

Steps to Download UPSC CSAT Answer Key 2025 

The official answer key will be released by UPSC after the final UPSC 2025 result, which can tentatively be expected in May/ June 2026. 

The steps to download the official UPSC CSAT Answer Key are as follows. 

1. Go to the official UPSC website, www.upsc.gov.in. 
2. Go to Examinations in the top bar. 
3. Click on ‘Answer Keys’. 
4. The answer key will be displayed here once it is released. 
5. Aspirants can download the PDF from the given link and access it. 

UPSC CSAT 2025 Marking Scheme

The UPSC CSAT 2025 Marking Scheme remains the same as in previous years. GS Paper II or CSAT was a 200-mark paper, with a total of 80 questions, carrying 2.5 marks each. The following is the marking scheme for candidates’ knowledge. 

Candidates can utilize Career Launcher’s exclusive UPSC CSAT score calculator to calculate their CSAT score. 

For the complete UPSC CSAT 2025 Analysis, refer to the linked article. Check the CSAT video analysis below –