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247 of the booklets in this archive carry the mains test series they were written on. Grouping them that way is useful for one specific reason: within a programme the question paper and the evaluator are held constant, so differences between two copies are differences in writing rather than in the test. Every copy below is a free PDF.
UnlockIAS is not affiliated with any of these institutes. The labels describe whose question paper each handwritten answer sheet was written on — nothing more.
The largest single block in the archive, and the most Ethics-heavy: 28 of these booklets are GS Paper 4. It includes Shakti Dubey’s eight “Sure Shot” mains booklets and Shruti Sharma’s evaluated copies, which carry the evaluator’s own marks and margin comments.
The widest paper spread of any source here — Essay, all four GS papers and full-length GS booklets — from twelve candidates including CSE 2025 rankers Akansh Dhull (Rank 3) and Animesh Jain (Rank 63).
Essay-led — 16 of its 37 booklets are Essay — and it holds four of the archive’s six Optional-paper copies, so it is the largest place to see how an optional answer is laid out rather than a GS one.
Mostly full-length GS mains booklets from the MGP programme — 22 of 32 — from fifteen candidates including Anudeep Durishetty (AIR 1, CSE 2017) and Garima Lohia.
Almost entirely full-length GS mains booklets, and the strongest rank list of any source: Aditya Srivastava (AIR 1, CSE 2023), Ishita Kishore (AIR 1, CSE 2022), Junaid Ahmad and Akshat Jain.
A tight, evenly balanced set — Essay plus all four GS papers from four candidates — useful when you want to follow one writer across every paper instead of comparing many.
Not for the answer itself — a good answer is good on any paper. It matters for what you can compare. Booklets from one programme share a question paper and an evaluator, so reading two candidates on the same test isolates the writing; reading the same candidate across programmes shows which habits they kept regardless of who was marking.
Vajiram & Ravi, with 67 booklets from 23 candidates. In total these six programmes account for 247 of the archive's booklets; the rest are filed without a programme label.
No. UnlockIAS is an online-only test-series platform and has no affiliation with Vajiram & Ravi, NextIAS, DrishtiIAS, ForumIAS, VisionIAS or InsightsIAS. These are candidates’ own handwritten answer sheets, grouped by the test paper they were written on so they are easier to find. Credit belongs to the candidate and to the programme that set and evaluated the paper.
Yes — every booklet is a free PDF you can read or download without signing up. Nothing in this archive sits behind a form.
The Sherlocking Mains programme turns what you notice in these booklets into your own habit — daily answer writing with AWE Bot evaluation and mentorship. Or get one Mains answer evaluated free.