Friends, getting appointed in the biggest official posts of the country like IAS and IPS is the dream of many students in today's time.

 

Every year a huge number of students prepare for UPSC exam with hard work for the job in IAS, IPS and some other posts.

 

Because job can be taken on such posts only after passing UPSC. UPSC is considered to be the toughest exam in the country, but then this appointment also makes it to the highest officer posts of the country.

 

It takes years of hard work to crack UPSC, so one has to start from the lower classes.

 

This is possible when there is complete information about it from the beginning, and the UPSC syllabus comes in this.

 

Many students often also search what is UPSC Syllabus.

 

Today in this article we will talk about UPSC Syllabus only.

 

Know what is the syllabus of UPSC, what is the pattern of UPSC exam, what are the subjects in it and what is to be studied in them?

 

What is the UPSC exam syllabus?

 

Before talking about the syllabus let's talk a little bit about the UPSC exam, as it is related to it.

 

UPSC exam is conducted in three phases, UPSC Prelims, UPSC Mains and then Interview.

 

The preparation of each stage has to be done very well, that's why it is important to have the correct knowledge of the syllabus and exam pattern of all.

 

Candidates are selected for these officer posts only after successfully passing the prelims then mains and then the interview.

 

That's why let's go through the syllabus and exam pattern one by one, first according to prelims and then mains.

 

UPSC prelims syllabus

Prelims is the first stage of UPSC exam, and prelims consists of 2 papers. In which the first paper is of general studies i.e. general studies and the second paper is of CSAT.

 

The syllabus of UPSC is vast, in which many things have to be studied under General Studies.

 

In General Studies, many questions are asked from Indian Polity, Geography, History, Indian Economy, Science and Technology, Environment and Ecology, International Relations etc as well as current affairs.

 

On the other hand, in the CSAT paper, questions are asked to assess the candidate's reading comprehension, decision-making comprehension and his reasoning and analytical ability.

 

Merit is the basis of passing the General Studies paper.

 

On the other hand, if we talk about CSAT, then it is necessary to get 33% marks in it.

 

Obviously there is negative marking in the exam, for every wrong answer marks of the candidate is deducted.

 

It is necessary to clear both the prelims papers to appear in the mains exam.

 

Talking about the exam pattern, the total number of questions in the General Studies paper is 100.

 

All the questions are objective type, carrying 2 marks for each question carrying a total of 200 marks and the time allotted for it is 2 hours.

 

The CSAT paper also consists of objective type questions only, the total number of questions in it is 80, full marks are the same 200, and the time is also of 2 hours.

 

UPSC mains syllabus

The candidates who successfully clear the prelims are allowed to appear in the mains.

 

Mains exam is more difficult than prelims. The reason for this is that Mains is a descriptive test.

 

In simple language, it means that in this you have to write subjective i.e. big answers.

 

Talking about the papers in Mains, mainly 9 papers have to be given in it.

 

Out of these 9 papers, 2 are language papers, there is a total exam of 300 marks in the language, and it is mandatory to score 25% marks to qualify.

 

Except these two, 7 papers are included while making the merit.

 

These 7 papers are of general studies and essay. So in total 9 papers, paper A is of any valid language of India, then paper B is of English.

 

Both the papers are of 300 marks and the time duration for them is 3 hours.

 

Paper A is not compulsory for candidates from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

 

Paper I is of Essay, then Paper II is of General Studies I in which questions are from Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World.

 

Paper III of General Studies II in which questions are from Governance, Constitution, Social Justice, Politics, International Relations.

 

Paper IV of General Studies III containing questions from Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.

 

Paper V of General Studies IV containing questions on Honesty, Ethics and Skills.

 

Paper VI is of Optional I and Paper VII of Optional II. The time for all these papers is 3 hours and all the papers are of two hundred and fifty (250) marks.

 

UPSC interview syllabus

Basically there is no syllabus for UPSC interview. Students who qualify Pre and then Mains are called for interview.

 

In the interview, questions are asked by the senior selectors of the UPSC board, these questions can be from any field because the syllabus of UPSC is very vast.

 

Interview is also of 275 marks. The final merit of the candidates and their rank is made by adding the marks in the mains and the marks in the interview.