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2026 January PAE 2026- Paper-I_SET-C PDF (316 KB) | PAE 2026- Paper-I_SET DPDF(317 KB) | Hindi PAE 2026- Paper-I_SET-C PDF(1018 KB) | PAE 2026- Paper-I_Set APDF(318 KB) | PAE 2026- Paper-I_SET BPDF(314 KB) | PAE 2026 - Paper - II PDF(164 KB) | Hindi_PAE 2026 - Paper - IIPDF(331 KB) | Answer KeysPDF(75 KB)
2025 January Hindi PAE 2025 Paper I SET C PDF(961 KB) | PAE 2025 Paper I SET APDF(246 KB) | PAE 2025 Paper I SET BPDF(248 KB) | PAE 2025 Paper I SET CPDF(248 KB) | PAE 2025 Paper I SET DPDF(248 KB) | Hindi PAE 2025 Paper IIPDF(449 KB) | PAE 2025 Paper IIPDF(313 KB) | Answer KeysPDF(81 KB)
2024 January PAE 2024 - Paper - I - Hindi - SET CPDF(1016 KB) | PAE 2024 - Paper - I - SET CPDF(113 KB) | PAE 2024 - Paper - IIPDF(124 KB) | PAE 2024 - Paper - II_HindiPDF(1384 KB) | Paper - I - Answer Keys for different SetsPDF(80 KB)
2023 June PAE Paper I final Answer keyPDF(331 KB)
2023 May Paper-1 HindiPDF(466 KB) | Paper-2 HindiPDF(609 KB) | Paper-1 EnglishPDF(556 KB) | Paper-2 EnglishPDF(707 KB) | Answer Key PAE Paper combinedPDF(42 KB)
2022 May Paper-1PDF(2750 KB) | Paper-1 Answer KeyPDF(56 KB) | Paper-2PDF(3642 KB)
2018 October Paper-1PDF(3633 KB) | Paper-1 Answer KeyPDF(1011 KB) | Paper-2PDF(3994 KB)
2016 November Paper-1PDF(1683 KB) | Paper-1 Answer KeyPDF(74 KB) | Paper-2PDF(3084 KB)
2013 May Paper-1 and Paper-2PDF(7.15 MB)
2011 January Paper-1PDF(219 KB) | Paper-2PDF(184 KB)
2010 January Paper-1PDF(1.29 MB) | Paper-2PDF(1.33 MB)
2008 April Paper-1PDF(66.7 KB) | Paper-2PDF(292 KB)
2008 December Paper-1PDF(97.6 KB) | Paper-2PDF(400 KB)
2007 April Paper-1PDF(1.80 MB) | Paper-2PDF(176 KB)
2007 November Paper-1PDF(28.3 KB) | Paper-2PDF(70.5 KB)
2005 September Paper-1PDF(691 KB)
2004 November Paper-1PDF(824 KB)
2003 November Paper-1PDF(578 KB)
2002 November Paper-1PDF(77.1 KB) | Paper-2PDF(23 KB)
2001 November Paper-1PDF(81.0 KB) | Paper-2PDF(132 KB)
2000 September Paper-1PDF(96.5 KB) | Paper-2PDF(198 KB)