UPSC Exam Pattern: Prelims, Mains Exam & Interview

Overview of the UPSC Syllabus Without beating much around the bush let me get straight to the point. The UPSC exam is a 3-phase affair: Phase 1 is the UPSC Preliminary Examination, also called UPSC Prelims. This exam contains questions of the objective type. Phase 2 is the UPSC Mains Examination, also called UPSC Mains. This exam contains descriptive-type questions. Phase 3 is the Personal Interview round conducted to test the Personality of the Candidate. Having said that I will now start off with the first part of the article which is the UPSC prelims syllabus. Are you ready? Oh, and if by any chance you want to directly get to know the UPSC Syllabus without going through the article, I have prepared for you a UPSC syllabus PDF. In this PDF of the UPSC syllabus, I have mentioned the syllabus of both, Prelims and Mains in much detail.     Also, this UPSC Syllabus PDF is made as per the latest UPSC CSE 2021 official notification.   You can Download the UPSC Syllabus...

  UPSC Prelims Syllabus Starting off with the UPSC Prelims syllabus, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to you if I say that the syllabus is pretty vast in its own right. However, the  UPSC Prelims examination  is basically conducted for the purpose of  screening only.  Thus if you clear the Prelims exam, you will be eligible for the Mains exam. Also, your Prelims marks will not be considered in your final order of merit, provided you manage to make it through to the interview round. The UPSC prelims examination comprises  2 papers , namely the  General studies  paper and the  CSAT  paper or the Civil Services Aptitude Test. If you want to   know about the UPSC Prelims exam pattern in further detail , you can check out my article on the same.   We will start with the syllabus for Paper 1 i.e., General Studies (GS) paper. Prelims Syllabus Highlights UPSC Prelims Syllabus for Paper 1: General ...

  Basically, the UPSC exam is a 3-phase affair: Phase 1 is the UPSC Preliminary Examination, also called UPSC Prelims. This exam contains questions of the objective type. Phase 2 is the UPSC Mains Examination, also called UPSC Mains. This exam contains descriptive-type questions. Phase 3 is the Personal Interview round conducted to test the Personality of the Candidate. UPSC Prelims Syllabus Starting off with the UPSC Prelims syllabus, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to you if I say that the syllabus is pretty vast in its own right. However, the  UPSC Prelims examination  is basically conducted for the purpose of  screening only.  Thus if you clear the Prelims exam, you will be eligible for the Mains exam. Also, your Prelims marks will not be considered in your final order of merit, provided you manage to make it through to the interview round. The UPSC prelims examination comprises  2 papers , namely the  General stu...