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UPSC CSE Main Exam Pattern: Descriptive Type

UPSC CSE Exam Syllabus:

1. UPSC CSE Preliminary Exam Syllabus

General Studies - Paper I - (200 marks)

• 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 - (200 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)

Note:

• Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
• The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.
• It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.

2. UPSC CSE Main Exam Syllabus

The primary purpose of the examination is to evaluate the candidates' overall intellectual abilities and depth of understanding, rather than simply testing the extent of their knowledge and memory.

QUALIFYING PAPERS ON INDIAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH

• The aim of the paper is to test the candidates' ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian language concerned.
• The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows :
1. (i) Comprehension of given passages
2. (ii) Precis Writing.
3. (iii) Usage and Vocabulary
4. (iv) Short Essays

Indian Languages:

1. (i) comprehension of given passages.
2. (ii) Precis Writing
3. (iii) Usage and Vocabulary
4. (iv) Short Essays
5. (v) Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa

Note:

• The papers on Indian Languages and English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature only. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
• The candidates will have to answer the English and Indian Languages papers in English and the respective Indian language (except where translation is involved).

PAPER-I

• Essay: Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

PAPER-II

• General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society.

PAPER-III

• General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations.

PAPER-IV

• General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

PAPER-V

• General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

PAPER-VI & PAPER VII

Optional Subject Papers I & II

Candidate may choose any optional subject from amongst the List of optional subjects given below:

(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) Statistics

(xxv) Zoology

(xxvi) Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam,Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.