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UPSC Prelims 2018 strategy...!!! part 1

Dear friends UPSC civil services exam is one of the most prestigious and toughest exam in this country. It provides
opportunity to serve the country in best possible terms. Every year approximately 5 lacs candidates appear for
prelims and out of that only thousands or so candidates are finally selected.
The UPSC prelims exam for this year is on June 2017 and very few days are remaining for it. We at the Everest IAS
academy intend to help you in this adventurous process.
Cracking the prelims is the first important milestone in this journey. For this understanding the syllabus of prelims is
very important.

The syllabus of UPSC prelims is as given below:

UPSC Syllabus for Paper I – (200 marks)

• Current events of national and international importance.  
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• History of India and Indian National Movement.
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• Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
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• Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues,etc.
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• Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
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• General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization.
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• General Science.

If we look at the syllabus we infer that it is very vague. But actually the content is very vast and it has got depth too.

The best way to know the scope of syllabus is following the previous year questions asked by UPSC. Every year

UPSC throws some surprise and the weightage given to different part of syllabus varies. The general composition of

different questions asked in last year’s is given below for your understanding.

Topic Number of Questions –     2016          2017 Preliminary Examination

1. Modern History                  06              07
2. Medieval History               04               01
3. Ancient History                  03              01
4. Indian culture                     03              05
5. Science and Technology     07              07
6. Geography                           03              12
7. Economy & yearbook         15             14
8. Polity &Governance IR      06             23
9. Environment                       16             14
10. Current affairs                     37             16
11. Total                                   100            100

(2011 TO 2015 – Analysis)

Subject                            2011     2012   2013    2014     2015

History                              11        19       16        20         17

Geography                        11        17       18        14         16

Indian Polity                    12        20       16        14         13

Science                              19         9        14       16           8

Indian Economy              19        17       14       10          13

Environment                    15        17       15       18          11

Current Affairs                 13        1          07       8           22

Total                                 100      100      100     100       100

If we read this table carefully we come to know that UPSC gives more importance some portion of syllabus over

others. Hence mastering all parts and sub parts of syllabus becomes key to passing prelims exam.