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UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three stages-

Preliminary
Mains
Interview

To give you a brief about the exam;

Preliminary has two papers, GS Paper I and CSAT, each paper consists of 200 Marks. In the first paper candidates just need to score the required cut offs against your category, while the second one is qualifying by nature where candidates just need to score 33% which means 66 marks only out of 200. It's MCQs based, but its numbers aren't added in the final list, still it requires knowledge coupled with speed in order to ace it.

GS Paper-I consists of topic such as History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change.

CSAT includes topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based. Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed in order to ace it, it's numbers are not added in the final list,


Coming to Mains it's more of a subjective type, candidates needs to write answer for Four General Studies Paper such as

GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society,
GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,
GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

Apart from four GS Papers, Two Optionals, One Essay, Two Language Paper are  there, this makes total nine papers with  250 marks for each paper, total is 1750 marks followed by Personality Test of 275 marks.


You can go through the following steps in order to start your preparation;


The first and most important step towards preparation is to be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus , learn it by heart, that's the most crucial step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip.

In addition to this, don't segregate your preparation between prelims and mains, because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus, So,

Make a timetable,set targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis,that's the only way to complete this extensive syllabus.

Newspaper reading is very vital, you can start with  The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part with a more emphasis on editorial part, it will not only broaden your perspective but help a lot in answer writing,and make sure whatever opinion you form it should be well balanced. You can also make notes of this, it'll be very useful in answer writing.

When it comes to reading books ,start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this. This will build your foundation strong,as you progress, move on to other relevant books as mentioned below;

For Prelims, refer the following books:

History ;

NCERT Class XI and XII
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography ;

NCERT Class VI to XII
GC Leong's Physical Geography
World Atlas

Economics ;

NCERT Class XI
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

International Relations & Polity ;

NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs
Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

CSAT ;

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
M Tyra's Quicker Maths

Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;

GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra

For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.

For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri

For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.

For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar, also you can go through study material of IGNOU.

Always keep resources minimal always, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time, revision is the key here.

Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. So, practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way helps a lot in the long run.There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political,economical and social aspect. You can also go through toppers answer sheet in order to understand how to present your answer and fetch more marks, there are sites which have uploaded these answer sheets and it'll prove to be very useful to you. And, it helps if you can connect answer answer with current scenarios if it has any prevalence, and to showcase its political, social, geographical way, especially to present it in broad perspective so to speak.

Going through previous year question paper is highly recommended which you can get from the site of UPSC,and in order to evaluate your performance, do go through mock papers and test series on a regular basis.

Hello.
Union public service commission conduct this civil service exam for the recruitment of of various government posts, this exam is conducted every year, the top post after passing this exam includes IAS, IPS, IFS etc.
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Best of luck.

hello aspirant,

Union Public Service Commission conducts Civil Services examination every year for the recruitment of candidates for various Government services like Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police Services (IPS) and Indian Forest Services (IFS).

you can apply for exams and qualify for this prestigious exams by putting you full efforts into it.

please check the following article for full info-

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all the best

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UPSC examination pattern

UPSC is conducted in 3 stages which are listed below :-


*The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )


*The second stage, Mains (written).


*If you manage to clear both prelims and mains then you are to go through third stage i.e interview/personality test .

SYLLABUS

Prelims syllabus

It has two papers - General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper-II.

Syllabus is :-

Indian Polity,
History,
Indian Economy,
Science and Technology,
Environment and Ecology,
International Relations and associated current affairs etc.

Similarly , you can get complete Syllabus of UPSC for both prelims and Mains examination by going to our page, the link is given below

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

PREPARATION AND BOOKS

UPSC is one of the most toughest Examination , you need to be really serious and focused towards your studies to crack it

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC CSE examination :-

* Go well through your SYLLABUS

Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum
*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII
*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)
*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong
World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI
*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma
*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)
*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

*Make a routine or a time table and try to give at least 8 hours to studies , keep short breaks of 20 to 25 minutes after every 2 hours

*Read newspaper daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs

*Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

*Make short notes after completing each chapter

*Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

*Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers ;- You should solve these , it will give you idea of types of questions asked and their difficulty level and will help you a lot.

*Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round

For more tips go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

Thankyou