UPSC IAS Syllabus for Prelims of Paper I & II || UPSC Civil Services Syllabus

UPSC Civil services ias Syllabus for prelims Paper I

• Paper I of UPSC IAS Prelims includes different topics with a total weightage of 200 marks.
• All questions are multiple choice and objective in nature.
• Total time given to solve the paper is (120 minutes) 2 hours.
• Marks obtained in Paper 1 will be counted for qualifying the prelims.

UPSC-IAS SYLLABUS FOR PAPER-I (prelims)

• Current events of national and international importance
• History of India and Indian National Movement
• Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, and Rights Issues
• Economic and Social Development‐Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives and General issues on Environmental ecology.
• Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World
• General Science
• Biodiversity and Climate Change ‐ that do not require subject specialization and General Science

upsc IAS Syllabus for Paper-ii (prelims)

• The total weightage of questions in Paper II is 200 marks.
• All questions are multiple choice and objective in nature.
• The total duration of the Paper II is 2 hours.
• Paper II is a qualifying Paper
• Marks obtained in Paper 2 will not be counted for the merit rank in Prelims but will be considered as a qualifying Paper.
• Candidates need 33% marks in Paper II to clear UPSC IAS Mains.

UPSC IAS Syllabus for Paper 2 (prelims)

• Reading Comprehension
• Decision-making and problem-solving
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class IX & X level)
• Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)

Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam Pattern

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