UPSC CIVIL SERVICE EXAM 2020 SYLLABUS FOR DOWNLOAD

 In this content we have provided the syllabus of UPSC Civil Service Exam's Prelims and main syllabus for the aspirants who are preparing for your competitive examinations.

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#TIPS TO PREPARE UPSC:

• Download the syllabus and read through it atleast twice a day and thorough it.
• Read NCERT books line by line and topic wise not in standard wise.
• Other than NCERT Books prefer some special author's book which suits you to read easily, which you can understand easily and stick to it (do NOT prefer more than one book to read in each subject) .
• Read the CURRENT AFFAIRS in the topic which you are interested and read the topics which are necessary for the examination point.(Don't waste time time in reading unnecessary topics).
• ALL THE VERY BEST.

 PATTERN OF EXAMINATION:

• Preliminary exam:

The preliminary examination of the UPSC contains 2 papers General studies 1 and General studies 2(Qualifying paper).

There is a negative mark for each of the wrong answers.

                       

Details	GS 1	GS 2
Duration of exam	2 hrs	2 hrs
Mark	200	200
No.Of.Questions	100	80
Negative marks	yes	yes

SYLLABUS:

GS PAPER 1:

1. HISTORY: History of India and Indian Freedom Struggle.

• Ancient History of India

• Indian National Movement

• Modern History 1857 to 1947

• Medieval History of India

2. GEOGRAPHY: Geography of India and Concept of Physical Geography.

• Physical Geography

• World Geography 

• Economic Geography

• Human Geography

3. POLITY: Indian Polity and Governance issues.

• Union Executives

• Panchayati Raj

• Judicial System

• Federalism in India

• State Executives

4. ECONOMY: Indian Economy and Social Development.

• Basic Principles of Indian Economy

• Demographics

• Sustainable Development

• Social Development through Economic Empowerment

• Social Schemes of Government

5. ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY: Principles of Environment and Ecology.

• General Principles

• Climate Summits and Conferences

• Climate Change 

6. GENERAL SCIENCE: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Technology.

• General Principles

• Latest Science and Technological Development

7. CURRENT EVENTS: Events of national and international importance.

• Current events related to the topics.

GS PAPER 2:

 

1. Reading Comprehension.

2. Interpersonal skills including communication skills.

3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability.

4. Decision making and problem-solving ability.

5. General mental ability.

6. Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level).

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

8. Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

SYLLABUS DOWNLOAD

MAINS EXAM:

 

No.	Name of Paper	Syllabus	Marks
1	Essay Paper	Any Topic/Topics (Current issues)	250
2	GS Paper I	Indian Heritage and Culture, Indian History, World History, World Geography, Indian Society, Important Geo-physical phenomena	250
3	GS Paper II	Governance, Indian Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations, Welfare Schemes, Statutory, regulatory and quasi-judicial bodies, Role of civil services in a democracy, India’s relation with neighbor countries, International institutions,	250
4	GS Paper III	Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Indian Economy and its various sectors Government Budgeting Land Reforms Inclusive Growth Security and Disaster Management	250
5	GS Paper IV	Ethics and Human Interface Attitude Aptitude Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence Public/Civil service value Probity in Governance Case study on above topics	250
6	Indian Language Paper	(i) Comprehension of given passages (ii) Précis Writing (iii) Usage and Vocabulary (iv) Short Essays (v) Translation from English to the Indian language and vice-versa	300
7	English	Comprehension of given passages Precis Writing Usage and Vocabulary Short Essays	300
8	Optional Paper I	As opted by Candidate	250
9	Optional Paper II	As opted by Candidate	250

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS FOR UPSC:

 

(i) Agriculture

(ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science

(iii) Anthropology

(iv) Botany

(v) Chemistry

(vi) Civil Engineering

(vii) Commerce and Accountancy

(viii) Economics

(ix) Electrical Engineering

(x) Geography

(xi) Geology

(xii) History

(xiii) Law

(xiv) Management 

(xv) Mathematics

(xvi) Mechanical Engineering

(xvii) Medical Science

(xviii) Philosophy

(xix) Physics

(xx) Political Science and International Relations

(xxi) Psychology

(xxii) Public Administration

(xxiii) Sociology

(xxiv) Statistic

(xxv) Zoology

After the complete thorough of syllabus make sure that you choose and refer one book for each subject.

!!ALL THE BEST!!