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can anyone tell me that from what subject questions are asked in prelims and mains like in GS 4 ethics comes so what comes in prelims both the paper and mains all the papers


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Amit. 24th Apr, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 3rd Jun, 2021

Hi

PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-) general studies  1 :- You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

-) general studies II ( csat ) :- You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

Here's are the details  :-

UPSC papers( Prelims)

Subjects

Topics

GS Paper I

History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.


-)General issues on Biodiversity and Climate Change

-)Current events of national and international importance.

-)Environmental ecology

-)Economic and Social Development

-)General Science

-)Indian Polity and Governance

-)Indian and World Geography

-)Art and culture

-)Indian history

-)Ancient history, etc.

GS Paper II

Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.


-)Comprehension (english and hindi)

-)Interpersonal skills including communication skills

-)Fill in the blanks (english and hindi)

-)Logical reasoning

-)Analytical ability

-)Decision making and problem-solving

-)Questions on General mental ability

-)numbers and their relations, basic numeracy - orders of magnitude,  (10th level)

-)Data interpretation - graphs, charts, data sufficiency, tables etc.( 10th level)


MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-


-) GS-I :- You have

*indian heritage and culture

*History and geography of the world and society


-) GS-II :- it includes

* Governance,

*Polity

*Constitution,

*Social Justice and International Relations .


-) GS-III :- it includes

*Technology,

*Economic Development,

*Security and Disaster Management

*Bio-Diversity,

*Environment,


-) GS-IV :- it has

* Ethics

*Integrity

*Aptitude


-) compulsory indian language paper

-) english paper

-) essay paper

-) optional I paper

-) optional II paper


The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

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

Thank you



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