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The UPSC CSE exam
syllabus is vast and it’s a challenge to complete the entire syllabus. Therefore,
we’re going to break it down and provide the syllabus in separate articles. The
following article contains the syllabus of the General Studies Paper
I of the UPSC CSE Prelims Exam and resources
for preparation. This article is brought
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First,
let’s have a look at the UPSC CSE Prelims Exam Pattern:
|
Paper
|
Evaluation
|
Question type
|
Marks/duration
|
|
General
Studies Paper I
|
Selection
based on cut offs
|
General
Studies
|
Marks:
200
Duration: 2 Hours |
|
General
Studies Paper II
|
Qualifying
paper (33% min)
|
Aptitude
Test (CSAT)
|
Marks:
200
Duration: 2 Hours |
The
Question papers will be set both in Hindi & English.The Prelims Exam
comprises of two compulsory Objective Type papers of 200 marks each. The General
Studies Paper II is qualifying in nature with minimum qualifying marks fixed at
33%. The above pattern is based on the 2017 exam.
Syllabus:
1. Current Events of National and
International Importance
Resources:
·
Newspapers: The Hindu/ The Indian Express
·
Magazines: Yojana/ Kurukshetra
·
pib.nic.in (Press Information Bureau releases)
·
Websites of different Ministries of India
2. History of India and Indian
National Movement
Resources:
·
All new NCERT books- Class 6th to 12th
·
History of Modern India: Bipin Chandra
·
Tamil Nadu NCERT- Class 11th and 12th
·
CCRT website for Art and Culture
·
An Introduction to Indian Art (Part-1)- Class 11th NCERT
·
Craft Tradition of India- Class 12th NCERT
3. Indian and World Geography –
Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World
Resources:
·
All new NCERT books- Class 6th to 12th
·
Certificate Physical and Human Geography- G.C. Leong
4. Indian Polity and Governance
Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Right Issues,
etc.
Resources:
·
Indian Polity: M. Laxmikanth
·
NCERT Books: Class 11th and 12th for
Political Science and Sociology
5. Economic and Social Development
– Sustainable development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector
Initiatives, etc.
Resources:
·
NCERT Books: Class 11th and 12th
·
Budget and Economic Survey
·
India Year Book 2017 for Schemes launched by Government
6.
General Issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate
change
Resources:
·
India Year Book 2017- Chapters on Environment
·
Topics in news in last one year related to environment such as
conventions, treaties, organizations, IUCN Red list species etc.
·
NCERT- Biology Class 12th– Unit 9 and 10 (Biotechnology
and Ecology Chapters)
7. General Science
Resources:
·
NCERT books- Class 7th to 10th
·
Topics in news related to Science and Technology
We
hope the above helps you with your UPSC CSE Exam Preparation. Stay tuned for
more articles on this space.
