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UPSC CSAT Prelims Syllabus
Paper 1 Current affairs include events of global importance.
Indian History and INM.
Global Geography, Social, Economic Geography of India.
Indian politics and governance is a highly comprehensive field, covering several important topics
The Indian constitution, political system, public policy, rights issues, etc.
There is also a lot of importance on the economic and social development.
Environmental ecology.
Paper 2 To solve a comprehension passage;
Interpersonal skillset analysis
Communication skill analysis;
Logical reasoning
Analytical ability;
Decision-making and problem-solving;
General mental ability;
Basic numerical problems (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.)
The interpretation of given data (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc.
UPSC CSAT Syllabus for Mains Examination
Paper 1 Essay
Candidates are expected to write essays on various topics. They will need to keep close to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in an orderly fashion and to express them concisely. Credit points will be awarded for an effective and exact expression.
Paper 2 General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, World History and Geography and Society.
India as a cultural estate.
Indian history until the present.
The Freedom movements.
Post-independence reformation of the Indian subcontinent.
Indian Society includes many salient features; its diversity, the role of women’s organizations, population, and associated issues, etc.
Effects of globalization on Indian society.
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism. Key features of global geography.
Importance of Geophysical phenomena.
PAPER-III General Studies- II: Indian Governance, Indian Constitution, Indian Polity, India’s Social Justice and Her International Relations.
This paper is to test a candidate’s attitude and approach to integrity, integrity in public life, and their life’s problem-solving approach. The topics would roughly include Social and Political Ethics Human Interface and Attitude: content, structure, function. Moral values for Public Services, behavioral integrity, consistent impartiality. Emotional intelligence concepts. Social inputs of philosophers from across India and the world. Specialized Case Studies.
PAPER-IV General Studies- IV: general ethics, and Aptitude
This paper is to test a candidate’s attitude and approach to integrity, integrity in public life, and their life’s problem-solving approach. The topics would roughly include Social and Political Ethics Human Interface and Attitude: content, structure, and function. Moral values for Public Services, behavioural integrity, consistent impartiality. Emotional intelligence concepts. Social inputs of philosophers from across India and the world. Specialized Case Studies.
PAPER-VI & PAPER VII Optional Subject Papers I & II
Applicants may choose any subject as their optional paper from the government subject list.