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Year Wise Multiple Choice Questions

2018 – Multiple Choice Questions

2024: Free-Response Questions

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2023: Free-Response Questions

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2022: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response Questions – Set 1 Free-Response Questions – Set 2	Sample Responses Q1 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 – Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 – Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 – Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 – Set 2	Scoring Guidelines Set – 1 Scoring Guidelines Set – 2 Chief Reader Report – Set 1 Chief Reader Report – Set 2 Scoring Statistics – Set 1 Scoring Statistics – Set 2 Score Distributions

2021 Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response Questions – Set 1 Free-Response Questions – Set 2	Sample Responses Q1– Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 – Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 – Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 – Set 2 Sample Responses Q4 – Set 1 Sample Responses Q4 – Set 2	Scoring Guidelines – Set 1 Scoring Guidelines – Set 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics – Set 1 Scoring Statistics – Set 2 Scoring Distributions

2019: Free-Response Questions

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2018 Free-Response Questions

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2017 Free-Response Questions

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2016 Free-Response Questions

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2015 Free-Response Questions

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2014: Free-Response Questions

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2013: Free-Response Questions

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2012: Free-Response Questions

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2011 Free-Response Questions

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2010: Free-Response Questions

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2009: Free-Response Questions

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2008 Free-Response Questions

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2007: Free-Response Questions

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2006: Free-Response Questions

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2005: Free-Response Questions

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2004: Free-Response Questions

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2003: Free-Response Questions

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2002: Free-Response Questions

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2001: Free-Response Questions

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2000: Free-Response Questions

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1999: Free-Response Questions

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