Paper I - (200 marks) GS;

Duration: Two hours 

  • Current events of national and international importance. 
  • History of India and Indian National Movement. 
  • 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, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization. 
  • General Science.  
        



Paper II-(200 marks) CSAT;

Duration : Two hours

  • 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.



Candidates can download the syllabus from UPSC official site: UPSC Syllabus , reading it thoroughly is highly recommended.