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what are the syllabus for ias prelims and mains .and what should i follow books for preliminary and mains exam

Dev Sohan Paul 7th Mar, 2020

Hi Rakesh,

The syllabus for IAS prelims and mains can be found at the UPSC official website.

The Books for preliminary and mains exam:-

1. Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations by M. Laxmikanth (Polity)

2. Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania. (Culture)

3. Oxford School Atlas by Oxford Publishers. (Geography)

4. Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)

5. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh. (Economy)

6. Economic Survey by the Ministry of Finance. (Economy)

7. India Year Book (Current Affairs)

8. A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir (Modern India)

9. General Studies Paper 2 Manual by MHE (CSAT)

10. NCERT Books

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I want to be an IAS officer . I want proper guide.

pdwords Student Expert 7th Mar, 2020

Hello,

UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three level-

Preliminary
Mains
Interview

Preliminary numbers are not added in the final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.It mainly consists of GS Paper-I and CSAT. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based.

Mains is more of a subjective type, one needs to write answer for Four General Studies Paper,Two Optionals, One Essay, two language paper, there are total nine papers here. 250 marks for each paper, total is 1750.

You can go through the gradual steps as mentioned below in order to start your preparation for UPSC:

Be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus, learn it by heart, that's the most crucial step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip. In addition to this, never ever make a differentiation between prelims and mains, what I mean is do not prepare separately for each, because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus, So, the first towards preparation shall be a combined preparation for both.

Read any newspaper like The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part.

Start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this.

As you progress, move on to other relevant books, keep your resources minimum like Polity by Laxmikanth, History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra etc.

Start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, writing mains is a huge task for nine paper, it requires immense practice along with knowledge.

Practice previous year question paper which you can get from the site of UPSC,in addition mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites extensively dedicated to UPSC, , it's highly important to evaluate your performance while doing so.

Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed, and for mains, as I already mentioned the importance of answer writing.

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I want to do a government job but there is change in my mothers name in cbse 10 and 12 marksheet. In 10 certificate mother name is X Y but in 12 certificate is X rani Y. Can this create a problem for selection for government job like IAS or PCS?

priyaankasarkar Student Expert 2nd Mar, 2020

In such situations, your mother needs to get an affidavit done stating that both the names belong to her. Once she gets an affidavit done, it has to be advertised in a local newspaper and a National newspaper. And from there on, there will be no issues. This certainly wont stop you from applying for Government jobs provided you meet the other eligibility criteria and the affidavit is in place.

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When should we start taking coaching for upsc

hrithik jain 29th Feb, 2020

Hello,

UPSC is considered to be one of the toughest exams in India. It requires an extensively high dedication and hard work to crack it. I would suggest you to start your coaching as soon as you complete your graduation as most of the students take 3-4 attempts to clear it. The early you start the Better benefits you will get as you will be able to complete till the age of 26-27 (if we calculate 3 attempt or something for safety). Also, find out a good coaching centres who provides quality education rather than just going behind the popular ones.

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What are the government job opportunities available by doing Bsc data science and its Msc? Is there any chance to get into RBI grade B DSIM/DEPR, NABARD, IES, ISS, SBI, Rail, SSC CGL, SSC JSO, ISRO, DRDO and top graded jobs other than IAS, IPS?

Manidipa Kundu Student Expert 9th Apr, 2020

hi,

see once you complete your graduation course in any discipline you are eligible to give ssc cgl, rbi assistant, sbi po, sbi clerk etc exams. however data science deals with statistics and it has good career scope in mncs companies,. but for government sector , there is less recruitment now for data science specialist. however data science includes topics like statistics, probability, set theory and discreet mathematics. so you should take bsc in data science if you have eagerness to learnt these courses.

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how to become a IAS OFFICER after a class 12th please tell me

pdwords Student Expert 29th Feb, 2020

Hello,

UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three level-

Preliminary
Mains
Interview

Preliminary numbers are not added in the final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.It mainly consists of GS Paper-I and CSAT. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based.

Mains is more of a subjective type, one needs to write answer for Four General Studies Paper,Two Optionals, One Essay, two language paper, there are total nine papers here. 250 marks for each paper, total is 1750.

Your biggest advantage is you've got ample amount of time and if you use it wisely,you'll succeed in your very first attempt.You can go through the gradual steps as mentioned below in order to start your preparation for UPSC:

Be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus, learn it by heart, that's the most crucial step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip. In addition to this, never ever make a differentiation between prelims and mains, what I mean is do not prepare separately for each, because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus, So, the first towards preparation shall be a combined preparation for both.

Read any newspaper like The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part.

Start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this.

As you progress, move on to other relevant books, keep your resources minimum like Polity by Laxmikanth, History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra etc.

Start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, writing mains is a huge task for nine paper, it requires immense practice along with knowledge.

Practice previous year question paper which you can get from the site of UPSC,in addition mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites extensively dedicated to UPSC, , it's highly important to evaluate your performance while doing so.

Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed, and for mains, as I already mentioned the importance of answer writing.

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is there any exams to be writen for ias after 12th standard

pdwords Student Expert 27th Feb, 2020

Hello,

You can give UPSC civil service exam only after completing your graduation, it cannot be given after 12th standard. So, you need to attain 21 years and be a graduate from a recognized university, you can also give it in your final years.

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My friend is having a doubt.His aim is to become an IAS. But,his parents are forcing him to do engineer.So, he also agreed.And he told me that he wish to learn for IAS exam also doing BE CSE.He is confused that whether he could learn for both BE and IAS exam.What he will do now?Any tips to learn?...

pdwords Student Expert 6th Apr, 2020

Hello,

In order to appear for UPSC, you just need to be 21 years old and passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university,you can apply even in your final year. UPSC doesn't discriminate among aspirants and hence allow people from all background to appear for this exam. If you see previous year trends people from different backgrounds have succeeded such as arts,engineering, medical etc and continue to do so, even if you pursue graduation in computer science engineering, that in no way will hamper your prospect for UPSC because eventually it's the preparation and planning that matters and make an aspirant successful.

UPSC takes two years,one year for preparation and another one for appearing in the three stages of exams namely prelims, mains and Interview, so PERSEVERANCE is the key to success in this exam,you've to make targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis.In this case, the sooner you start,the better it's. You can start your preparation in gradual manner by being acquainted with UPSC syllabus and having integrated approach for prelims as well as mains, and newspaper reading on a daily basis. Both of above mentioned steps will make your foundation strong for UPSC preparation. Later on,start with NCERT books and move to other standard books, keep the resources minimum always, start practicing answer writing in advance as writing for mains will be a humongous task, solve previous year papers and do mock tests and test series to evaluate your performance.

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what are the cut off required to pass in upsc

Salil Jha 25th Feb, 2020

Dear aspirant

The UPSC exam does not have any e specific cutoff for passing the examination this examination is like a total War because it is an examination of an year. The whole UPSC exam can be defined in three main steps:-

Prelims

Mains

Interview

If you want to pass the exam you have to suffer all these three steps in by succeeding on all this thing will make you pass in the examination. If you want to become an IAS then you have to score your rank under all India rank hundred. Cutoff for all these three step are decided after the examination conducted it is based on number of candidates appeared and number of candidates selected in the exam number of candidates selected in the interview exam in other.

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i want to know the syllabus of upsc for ias

manoj kashyap 23rd Feb, 2020

Hello,

I am happy to share you upsc syallubus for Ias .

AS Exam is conducted in 3 successive stages- Prelims, Main and Interview test. The prelims stage is an objective test of 400 marks whereas Main is subjective paper of 1750 marks followed by personality test of 275 marks.

Just click the link below and follow the instruction given in Upsc official page

https://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/revised-syllabus-scheme

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