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UPSC PRELIMS EXAM PATTERN & SYLLABUS

The Following table is about UPSC Prelims Exam Pattern & What are the UPSC Prelims Exam papers and subjects for 2017:

UPSC Prelims Exam Papers  
        
Paper                                          Duration                Questions              Marks
Paper-I:General Studies: (It is qualifying
paper to write the mains exam)                 2 Hours                    100                  200

Paper-II:Aptitude: (This paper is of 
qualifying nature, but candidate must
score at least 33% marks in this paper 
and marks of this paper are not counted 
for writing the Mains examination.             2 Hours                    80                   200
             
             TOTAL                                                                             400

UPSC PRELIMS SYLLABUS

There are 2 papers in Prelims exam – General Studies and Aptitude or CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test)

General Studies Paper I Syllabus

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, Bio-diversity and Climate change-that donot require subject specialization

General science

Aptitude Syllabus 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)

English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level)

Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level.(will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation)

Points to be remember before appearing UPSC Prelims exam:

1. The questions in the UPSC Prelims exams are objective type also called as multiple choice questions.
2. There is “Negative Marking” in the Prelims exam. There is a penalty of 33% marks or 0.83 marks for every wrong answer. Though decision making and problem solving section doesn’t have negative marking.
4. Since 2013, it’s for the first time the Indian Forest Service (IFS) aspirants are combined with the Civil Services candidates to take the Preliminary examination. The aspirants who may clear the Preliminary exam have to separately write the Mains exams for Indian Forest Service.
5. Blind candidates are allowed extra time of 20 mins for each paper.
6. It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) examination for the purpose of evaluation.
The marks scored in the Prelims exam is not counted in the final tally of the Mains exam or the Interview. Many students appear multiple times to clear UPSC Prelims because limited numbers of candidates are chosen to write the mains exam. For its preparation qualities like a sharp memory and basic retention power and proper strategy is needed. Conceptual clarity on every topic of the syllabus is required so I hope this UPSC Prelims Syllabus & Structure 2017 article may helpful to you to know about the pattern and detailed syllabus of prelims.