UPSC Prelims Syllabus:-
General Studies Paper -I
➢ Current Events of national and International Importance
➢ History of India and Indian National movements.
➢ 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, Biodiversity and Climate Change.
➢ General Science.
General Studies Paper -II
➢ Comprehension
➢ Interpersonal skills including communication skills
➢ Logical reasoning and analytical solving
➢ General Mental ability
➢ Basic numeracy (Numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.)
➢ Data interpretation (Charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc.)
UPSC Mains Syllabus:-
Language Papers (Indian language and English)
Although both these papers are only qualifying in nature, candidates should not be
complacent as if they fail to score below 25% in either of them, their remaining answer
sheets won’t even be evaluated. Both the papers follow a similar pattern of questions
as given below.
➢ One essay question for 100 marks – candidates have to select one out of a few
given topics
➢ Reading comprehension and related five-six questions for a total of 60 marks
➢ Precis writing for 60 marks – the answer sheet will have a separate grid
structure where this has to be written
➢ Translation from English to chosen language for 20 marks
➢ Translation from chosen language to English for 20 marks
➢ Grammar and basic language usage such as synonyms, sentence correction etc. for a total of 40 marks
Essay
Candidates are required to write two essays from a list of given topics for a combined total of 250 marks.