Civil Services Exam Course

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Ok, here I am providing you the syllabus of Union Public Service Commission UPSC Civil Services Exam.

UPSC Civil Services Exam syllabus

UPSC Civil Services Exam is conducted in three phases:

Phase 1: Preliminary Examination or CSAT (Objective Section)

Phase 2: Main Examination (Subjective Section)

Phase 3: Interview (Vocal Section)

Phase 1: Preliminary Examination – CSAT Syllabus:

CSAT or Civil Services Aptitude Test is the first phase of preliminary examination of UPSC.

This test is intended to assess the aptitude of examinees in solving the ‘Reasoning and Analytical’ questions.

The preliminary examination is meant for screening the candidate and the marks obtained by a candidate in the prelims who qualifies to the mains exam will not be be taken in account to determine their final merit.

Syllabus of paper I-

● Current events of national and international importance.

● History of India and Indian National Movement.

● Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

● Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
●Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

● General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialisation General Science

a) IAS Preliminary Exam:

Paper Subjects Total Marks Duration
I General Studies 200 marks 2 hours
II Aptitude Skills 200 marks 2 hours

Syllabus of paper II-

Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision-making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)
Phase 2: Main Examination (Subjective Section)

The UPSC mains exam consists of 9 papers, in which two are qualifying papers of 300 marks each:

I. Any Indian Language
II. English
These two papers just need to qualify which is compulsory and marks obtained will not be considered or counted.
And the rest of seven papers can be written in any of the languages mentioned as in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution or in English. Below given the remaining seven papers:

Paper Subject Marks
Paper – I Essay 250
Can be written in the medium or language of the candidate’s choice

Paper-II General Studies- I 250
(Indian Heritage and Culture,
History and Geography of the World and Society)

Paper-III General Studies- II 250
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)

Paper-IV General Studies- III 250
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

Paper-V General Studies- IV 250
(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
(Marks carried by General Studies was 4X250=1000)

Paper-VI Optional Subject – Paper 1 250

Paper-VII Optional Subject – Paper II 250
(Candidate is allowed to take up literature as an optional subject ” and candidate need not to be a graduate in that language’s literature.)

Candidates may choose any one of the ‘Optional Subjects’ from the list of subjects given below:

Optional Subjects Literature Language
Agriculture Assamese
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Arabic
Anthropology Bengali
Botany Bodo
Chemistry Dogri
Civil Engineering French
Commerce and Accountancy German
Economics Gujarati
Electrical Engineering Hindi
Geography Kannada
Geology Kashmiri
History Konkani
Law Maithili
Management Malayalam
Mathematics Manipuri
Mechanical Engineering Marathi
Medical Science Nepali
Philosophy Oriya
Physics Persian
Political Science and International Relations Punjabi
Psychology Russian
Public Administration Sanskrit
Sociology Santhali
Statistics Sindhi
Zoology Tamil
– Telugu
– Urdu
– English

b) Main Exam:

Papers Topics Total Marks
I One Of The Indian Languages Chosen From The Prescribed List 300
II English 300
III Essay 250
IV/V/VI/VII General Studies (250 Marks For Each Paper) 1000
VIII & IX Optional Subject 1 500
Total Marks For Written Examination 1750

Candidates who obtain minimum qualifying marks in the written part enters the next and final phase that is the ‘personality test’ or ‘Interview’ round.

c) Interview Test:

The Interview test will be of 275 marks.

The total mark of the written examination is 1750 Marks.
The Interview/Personality Test will be of 275 marks.

The Grand Total 2025 Marks