UPSC PRELIMS Syllabus decoding by UPSC 2025

 The syllabus for UPSC prelims is:



Paper - I

Current events of national and international importance

  • Current affairs – sanssad tv, the Hindu, the Indian express. Your regional news channel and paper.

History of India and Indian National Movement

  • NCERT + Newspaper
  • Art and Culture Current Affairs

Indian and World Geography

Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World

https://www.incredibleindia.org/content/incredible-india-v2/en/experiences/heritage.html#

https://knowindia.india.gov.in/

Indian Polity and Governance

Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. 

https://sansad.in/rs

https://sansad.in/ls

Economic and Social Development

Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc. 

https://niti.gov.in/

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/

Science

General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.

General Science. 

https://agriwelfare.gov.in/en/Agricultural_Statistics_at_a_Glance

https://moef.gov.in/moef/index.html

Common Resources: 

  1. Previous Year Question Papers
  2. Overall basis – NCERTs
  3. PIB (Press Information Bureau) -https://pib.gov.in/indexd.aspx#
  4. News Channels - Sansad tv, Your regional news channel 
  5. Newspaper - The Hindu / The Indian express and your regional news channel and paper

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);

Sources:

Previous Year Question paper – The most important

For Basics : 
  • A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggrawal
  • Analytical Reasoning- M K Pandey

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times - Bruce Lee

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