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How many subjects are available in UPSC examination please explain me


Shubhalaxmi Dixit 18th Sep, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 18th Sep, 2021

Hi

In UPSC there are :-

  • 2 papers in prelims
  • 9 papers in mains

Here's the detail:-

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages:-

1. Prelims

2. Mains

3.Interview

>>>>>>>>  UPSC PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers : -

-----------)   general studies  1 :   -  You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

-----------)   general studies II ( csat ) :-    You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

For reference,

Here's detailed prelims syllabus

UPSC papers( Prelims)

Subjects

Topics

GS Paper I

History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.


-)General issues on Biodiversity and Climate Change

-)Current events of national and international importance.

-)Environmental ecology

-)Economic and Social Development

-)General Science

-)Indian Polity and Governance

-)Indian and World Geography

-)Art and culture

-)Indian history

-)Ancient history, etc.

GS Paper II(csat)

Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.


-)Comprehension (english and hindi)

-)Interpersonal skills including communication skills

-)Fill in the blanks (english and hindi)

-)Logical reasoning

-)Analytical ability

-)Decision making and problem-solving

-)Questions on General mental ability

-)numbers and their relations, basic numeracy - orders of magnitude,  (10th level)

-)Data interpretation - graphs, charts, data sufficiency, tables etc.( 10th level)


>>>>>>>>    MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers which are listed below:-

-------)  Paper 1 :- Essay

-------)   Paper 2 :- GS-I   :- You have

  • *indian heritage and culture

  • *History and geography of the world and society

-------)   Paper 3 :- GS-II   :- it includes

  • * Governance,

  • *Polity

  • *Constitution,

  • *Social Justice and International Relations.

-------)   Paper 4 :- GS-III   :- it includes

  • *Technology,

  • *Economic Development,

  • *Security and Disaster Management

  • *Bio-Diversity,

  • *Environment,


-------)   Paper 5   :-  GS-IV :- it has

  • * Ethics

  • *Integrity

  • *Aptitude

-------)   Paper 6 :   - optional I paper

-------)   Paper 7   :- optional II paper

Out of the 9 papers, the remaining two papers are:-

-------)   Language paper A    :-  compulsory indian language

-------)   Language paper B :-   English


You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Thank you




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