UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary Examination) Syllabus

 General Studies Paper 1

• 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 2

• 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).
• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).