UPSC Preparation For School Student

As school students, you must always begin by understanding the syllabus before you think of starting your UPSC preparation. You will be advised by many people on how to start with UPSC while you are still at school. But, the only and sure-shot way is to start with the syllabus. You will never go wrong! Let us look into what UPSC has in store for the students for the Prelims paper -

PRELIMS

General Studies Paper I

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.

General Studies Paper II

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);

It is mandatory for students 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 the Prelims exam.

MAINS

Indian Language Paper

Comprehension of given passages.

Précis Writing.

Usage and Vocabulary.

Short Essays.

Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa.

English

Comprehension of given passages.

Précis Writing.

Usage and Vocabulary.

Short Essays.

Essay

There is no specific syllabus for this paper. You will be asked to write about any trending/relevant topics of importance. You must keep in mind the demand of the question and stick to relevant details of the same. Try to write things in an orderly manner and do not write about facts/data that you are not sure of i.e. only include pointers that you are sure of.

General Studies-I

Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society

General Studies-II

Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations

General Studies-III

Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

General Studies-IV

Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

Optional Paper I and Paper II

Candidate may choose any optional subject from amongst the List of Optional Subjects:

Psychology

Public Administration

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

Management

Mathematics

Medical Science

Philosophy

Physics

Geology

History

Law

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science

Mechanical Engineering

Political Science and International relations

Anthropology

Civil Engineering

Chemistry

Botany

Commerce & Accountancy

Electrical Engineering

Geography

Agriculture

Economics

Literature of any one of the following:

Telugu, Urdu, English, Gujarati, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, and Konkani.