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UPSC prep: interactive quizzes, previous-year questions, daily current affairs, cited study search

Interactive UPSC exam preparation with quizzes, past papers, current affairs, and study search.

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Captured live from the server via tools/list.

get_current_affairs

Daily UPSC-relevant news distilled into NewsPulse concept cards: what happened, why it matters for Prelims/Mains, and the syllabus concepts it illustrates. Use for any 'current affairs for UPSC' request.

Parameters (6)

daysinteger
Look-back window in days
gs_paperany
Filter by GS subject: Polity, Economy, International Relations, Environment, Science & Tech, Ethics
categoryany
news = factual coverage, editorial = analysis pieces
topicany
Free-text topic/syllabus filter
limitinteger
languagestring
ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn

get_news_card_detail

The full concept card behind a NewsPulse headline: bullets, Prelims & Mains relevance, concept explainers with static-syllabus links, and the source citation.

Parameters (2)

slugstringrequired
Card slug from get_current_affairs
languagestring
ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn

start_practice_quiz

Start an MCQ quiz from Sambodh's validated free question bank. IMPORTANT: never reveal or hint at correct answers before the user has attempted the questions; grade via submit_quiz_answers.

Parameters (6)

sourcestring
Question pool: current_affairs (recent news MCQs), pyq (real UPSC previous-year questions), or mixed
subjectany
Optional subject filter, e.g. polity, history, geography, economy, environment, science_tech
yearany
PYQ year (pyq/mixed sources)
monthany
Current-affairs month slug, e.g. may-2026
num_questionsinteger
languagestring
ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn

submit_quiz_answers

Grade a quiz attempt server-side. Returns per-question verdicts with explanations and the overall score. Call once the user has answered (fully or partially).

Parameters (2)

quiz_idstringrequired
quiz_id from start_practice_quiz
answersobjectrequired
Map of question id → chosen option letter, e.g. {"<qid>": "B"}

get_pyq_sample

Real UPSC Prelims previous-year questions with answers and explanations — the free 3-question sample per year (full year papers are on the platform). Includes the year's total validated PYQ count.

Parameters (2)

yearintegerrequired
UPSC Prelims year
languagestring
ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn

list_study_topics

The catalog behind the other tools: indexed subjects/topics (for search_sambodh_knowledge and quiz subject filters), available PYQ years, published current-affairs month slugs, and NewsPulse GS-paper values. Call this first when unsure which parameter values are valid.

No parameters.

search_sambodh_knowledge

Semantic search over Sambodh's indexed UPSC corpus (NCERTs + standard references). Returns source-attributed passages — synthesize your answer from them and cite the sources. Use for static-syllabus questions (history, polity, geography, economy...).

Parameters (3)

querystringrequired
What to look up, phrased as a topic or question
subjectany
Optional subject filter (see list_study_topics)
top_kinteger

Install

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "upsc-prep": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.