You will have to crack the Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC . It is conducted in 3 stages

1. Prelims
2. Mains
3. Interview

Syllabus:

IAS EXAMINATION

A. Preliminary Examination

The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Note :

(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).

(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%

(iii) Each paper will be of two hours duration.

Syllabi for the Examination

Part-A Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours

Ø Current events of national and international importance.

Ø History of India and Indian National Movement.

Ø Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

Ø Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

Ø Economic and Social Development - Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

Ø General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialisation

Ø General Science.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

Ø Comprehension

Ø Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

Ø Logical reasoning and analytical ability

Ø Decision-making and problem-solving

Ø General mental ability

Ø 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 1 : Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%

Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim) 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 (Prelim) Examination.

Main Examination

The Main Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory. The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers (Paper II to Paper V) will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate’s general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio- economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.

The scope of the syllabus for optional subject papers (Paper VI and Paper VII) for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than the bachelors’ degree and lower than the masters’ degree. In the case of Engineering, Medical Science and law, the level corresponds to the bachelors’ degree.

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 express his ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian Language concerned. The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows :

(i) Comprehension of given passages

(ii) Précis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary

(iv) Short Essays

Indian Languages :

(i) Comprehension of given passages

(ii) Precis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary

(iv) Short Essays

(v) Translation from English to the Indian language and vice-versa.

Note 1 : 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.

Note2 : The candidates will have to answer the English and Indian Languages papers in English and the respective Indian language (except where translation is involved).

Papers

Essay ,250 marks ,Two essays of 125 marks each

GS-1 250 marks- Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society

GS-2 250 marks -Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice andInternational relations

GS-3 250 marks- Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

GS-4 250 marks- Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

OPTIONAL SUBJECT

PAPER-1 250 marks

OPTIONAL SUBJECT PAPER-2 250 marks

Total 1750 marks

PERSONALITY TEST 275 Marks

GRAND TOTAL 2025 Marks

DETAILED SYLLABUS

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.