UPSC Prelims syllabus for 2025

 

Union Public Service Commission Syllabus  

The UPSC 2025 Prelims exam is scheduled for 25th May 2025.Thus, candidates can check the prelims syllabus UPSC and prepare for the exam accordingly. check the link

 

IAS Prelims Syllabus

 

The UPSC Prelims syllabus can be divided into two  parts:

 

1. General Studies Paper I
2. CSAT or General Studies Paper-II   

 

General Studies Paper – I

• 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, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialisation
• General Science

 

CSAT/ General Studies Paper-II

• 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)

UPSC CSAT Syllabus

 

The General Studies Paper-II in UPSC Prelims is often referred to as CSAT or Civil Services Aptitude Test. The CSAT exam has been part of controversy ever since its introduction. A section of candidates has alleged that CSAT is negatively biased towards them. In 2014-2015, CSAT was declared to be a ‘Qualifying Exam’ with a 33% pass criteria. The GS II or CSAT intends to check the analytical skills of the IAS aspirants.

 

Current Affairs Syllabus

 

In UPSC Prelims (and in Mains), the focus on dynamic questions has increased in recent years. Even from sections like Polity which were considered to be static, more and more questions seem to have their base in some recent issue/topic in the news. Moreover, Indian Economy and Environment portions in the UPSC Prelims Syllabus focus mostly on Current Affairs.

A few essential sources for current affairs preparation are:

1. Yojana Magazine and Kurukshetra Magazine
2. Economic and Political Weekly
3. Press Information Bureau Releases (PIB)
4. The Hindu and The Indian Express

 

In my personal opinion you should read newspaper daily and no need to make daily notes as it will take a lot of time. You can go through any coaching institute’s monthly magazine for free, It will help you to revise the topics that you read in the newspapers and some additional topics. IT IS GOING TO SAVE YOUR TIME.