Professional Documents
Culture Documents
UPSC Syllabus for Paper I (200 marks) Duration: Two hours (Counted for the
merit rank in the Prelims)
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.
UPSC Syllabus for Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours (Not counted for the
merit rank in Prelims but a qualifying Paper; just needs 33% marks)
Comprehension.
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).
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17. Contemporay Essays by Ramesh Singh OR 151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains(Essay
Paper)
18. India After Gandhi Ramchandra Guha (History GS1)
19. Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World Jain and Mathur (World History
GS1)
20. Social Problems In India Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society GS1)
21. IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual GS2)
22. Governance in India for CSE. (Governance GS2)
23. Pax Indica Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy GS2)
24. India and the World by Surendra Kumar. (Foreign Policy GS2)
25. IAS Mains General Studies GS3. (Arihant Manual GS3)
26. Indias National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security GS3)
27. Challenges to Internal Security of India. (Internal Security GS3)
28. Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude. ( Ethics GS4)
29. IAS Mains General Studies Ethics. ( Arihant Manual GS4)