Part A-Preliminary Examination: Upsc Syllabus
Part A-Preliminary Examination: Upsc Syllabus
Part A-Preliminary Examination: Upsc Syllabus
● 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);
Note 1 : Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with
minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.
Note 3 : It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim)
Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in
case he/she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.
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PAPER-II
General Studies-I : Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society.
Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and
Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century
until the present significant events, personalities, issues.
The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important
contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
History of the world will include events from 18th century such as
industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries,
colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism,
capitalism, socialism etc.— their forms and effect on the society.
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated
issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems
and their remedies.
Effects of globalization on Indian society.
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Salient features of world’s physical geography.
Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South
Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of
primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the
world (including India).
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami,
Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-
changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-
caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
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PAPER-III
General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations.
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PAPER-IV
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PAPER-V
This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to
integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by
him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects.
The following broad areas will be covered :