UPSC syllabus 2021-23 pdf download

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welcome 'missionupsc96.com'! here, you find the complete upsc syllabus for civil service examination conducted by union public service commission. the civil service examination conducted as one of the most toughest and prestigious examination conducted in india.

There are common upsc syllabus for all civil services such as indian administrative service(IAS), indian foreign service(IFS), indian police service(IPS), indian revenue service(IRS) .

The civil service exam is conducted in three stages :-

stage 1 :- preliminary examination (objective)

stage 2 :- mains examination (descriptive)

stage 3 :- interview (personality test)

 Stage 1 :- Preliminary examination

Ø IAS prelims exam is a multiple-choice question-based exam where the candidates require marking the right answer of the option.

Ø Prelims exam has two papers and both are 200 marks of each and there marks are not included in the final list.

Ø These two papers are only for qualifying.

Ø The upsc GS paper consist of 100 questions and each question have 2 marks, while the CSAT paper consist of 80 questions and having 2.5 marks of each question and both paper have negative marks for wrong answer marked to the tune of 1/3^rd of the total marks assigned to that question.

Ø Questions that are not attempted will not attract any negative marks.

 

Paper	Questions & Time	Marks
General Studies Paper (GS paper)	100 Questions - 2 Hours	200(2 marks of each questions)
CSAT or Aptitude test (only 33% are required)	80 Questions - 2 Hours	200 (2.5 marks of each questions)
	Total	400

 

·       General studies paper(GS Paper) syllabus :-

 

Ø Current affairs - national and international

Ø History of india and national movements

Ø Indian and world geography

Ø Indian polity and governance

Ø Economic and social development

Ø Environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change

Ø General science

 

 

·      Csat or Aptitude test Syllabus :-

 

Ø Comprehension

Ø Interpersonal skills

Ø Logical reasoning and analytical ability

Ø Decision making and problem solving

Ø General mental ability

Ø Basic numeracy (number and their relation, order of magnitude, etc)

Ø Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc)

 

                        Stage 2 :- Mains examination

Ø Only such candidate who attend both prelims paper 1 and prelims paper 2 who attend the mains exam.

Ø The upsc mains exam consist of 9 paper out of which 2 are qualifying paper of 300 marks and 3 hours duration.

Ø And the rest seven paper can be written in any of the language that you chosen in your upsc exam.

Ø  Only such candidate who attend 30% in both the language paper who attend the essay, GS paper and optional paper.

Ø In case of candidate does not qualify in these language papers then the marks obtained in essay, GS paper and optional will not be counted.

 

Paper	Name of paper	Marks alloted
A	Any indian language paper selected by the candidate	300 (qualifying only)
B	English language paper	300 (qualifying only)

 

Paper	Name of paper	Marks alloted
1	essay	250
2	GS paper 1	250
3	GS paper 2	250
4	GS paper 3	250
5	GS paper 4	250
6	Optional paper1	250
7	Optional paper2	250
	Mains total	1750
Stage 3:-	Ias interviw	275
	Grand total	2025

 

Mains syllabus :-

Essay syllabus :-

 

Ø UPSC always gave topic from Philosophy, Public Administration and International scenario. The world view of the candidates is tested through these essays. How the candidate sees the engrossed problems and how they suggest the solution to the problems.

 GS paper 1 syllabus:-

Ø Indian heritage and culture

Ø Indian and world history

Ø Geography of world and society

 

GS paper 2 syllabus:-

Ø Governance

Ø Constitution

Ø Polity

Ø Social justice

Ø International relation

GS paper 3 syllabus:-

Ø Science and technology

Ø Economic development

Ø Environment

Ø Biodiversity

Ø Security

Ø Disaster management

 

 

 

GS paper 4 syllabus:-

Ø Ethics

Ø Integrity

Ø Aptitude

 

  Stage 3 :- interview

Ø Such candidates who qualify the UPSC mains exam will be called for interview

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