This page links the assessment layer of the CAPF (Assistant Commandants) wiki: the durable previous-year-question (PYQ) framework, the authored practice sets in _pyq/, and the full test series in test-series/. It is navigation only; the build discipline is in PIPELINE pyq bank and how mock tests are built, and the governing module pipeline is 00 pipeline.
One rule governs everything linked here, per sources and honesty policy: a reader must always be able to tell a real previous-year question from an authored drill, and a current fact from a to-be-verified one. The vault never invents a question and presents it as a real CAPF PYQ. Every set below carries the caution: "Authored practice, not a verbatim PYQ. Re-verify any year-sensitive fact against the live source." The verbatim PYQ corpus is intentionally empty until faithful, dated UPSC papers are sourced; the page-per-question convention in PIPELINE pyq bank exists so ingestion is straightforward when they are.
How the real papers ask, without reproducing them. The honest, durable description of format, subject split and difficulty band.
- 00 pipeline, the governing PYQ module pipeline and verification steps.
- 01 paper 1 pattern and analysis, the Paper I pattern: the six sub-areas, the formats (single-correct, multi-statement, matching, assertion-reason), the difficulty band, and the working weights.
- 02 paper 2 pattern and analysis, the Paper II pattern: the essay (Part A) and comprehension, precis and communication skills (Part B).
Each set drills one subject against note-owned facts, with a consolidated answer key and an explanation edge to the owner. Listed by subject.
- Polity: set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05, set 06.
- History: set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05, set 06.
- Geography: set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05, set 06.
- Economy: set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05, set 06.
- General Science: set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05.
- Current Events (durable): set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05.
- General Mental Ability: set 01, set 02, set 03, set 04, set 05.
Mixed-subject practice sets (one page per subject):
The descriptive drills: essays, comprehension, precis and counter-arguments, each with a model answer or rubric.
- Essays: essay 01 gandhian methods relevance, essay 02 revolutionaries and mass movements, essay 03 climate change national security, essay 04 disaster management state capacity, essay 05 federalism strength of unity, essay 06 rule of law and dignity, essay 07 growth versus equity, essay 08 inclusive growth internal security, essay 09 internal security not by force alone, essay 10 duty and dignity human rights, essay 11 discipline soul of a force, essay 12 technology double edged sword.
- Comprehension: comprehension 01 borders and the nation, comprehension 02 the monsoon and the farmer, comprehension 03 leadership and the led, comprehension 04 the rule of law, comprehension 05 the cost of misinformation, comprehension 06 water and the future.
- Precis: precis 01 discipline and freedom, precis 02 federalism and diversity, precis 03 technology and employment, precis 04 environment and development, precis 05 the volunteer and the state, precis 06 courage and fear.
- Counter-arguments: counter argument 01 capital punishment deters, counter argument 02 development justifies displacement, counter argument 03 surveillance versus privacy, counter argument 04 protest harms the nation.
- Prompt banks: practice essay prompts, practice comprehension and precis.
Practice under exam conditions, with scoring and triage. Plan: Index; method: strategy and negative marking.
- Full Paper I mocks: full mock 01, full mock 02, full mock 03, full mock 04.
- Paper II practice papers and evaluation: practice paper 01, practice paper 02, evaluation rubric, answer writing improvement.
- Subject-wise mini-tests: Index, mini test polity, mini test history, mini test geography, mini test economy, mini test general science, mini test general mental ability, mini test current affairs.
The intended path: learn from the owner notes and deep notes, drill with these sets and the mocks, then route every miss back to the owner note via the explanation edge, and sweep the revision sheets in the final week (see PIPELINE revision modules). A missed question is a coverage signal as much as a knowledge gap; if the underlying fact is not owned, the note is written first (see how notes are built).
- PIPELINE pyq bank (how the bank is built and kept honest)
- how mock tests are built (the mock blueprint)
- 05 question bank schema (the machine-readable shape of a question record)
- sources and honesty policy (the honesty firewall)
- master index (the catalogue of the whole vault)