UPSC Syllabus - IAS syllabus for Prelims & Mains 2019

UPSC Syllabus: - Are you looking for the complete UPSC syllabus for the civil service examination which is conducted by the Union public service commission (UPSC). So here is the Article which provides you the complete UPSC syllabus. It is one of the Examinations which are widely considered as one of the toughest exams which is conducted in India. If you are able to understand the UPSC Syllabus then it will help you to estimate the wasteful reading unnecessary topics which lead to loss of time and keeps a confidant of Expectation on UPSC from the starting of the day.

As we knew that the Different IAS exams have a different syllabus. But here it is a common UPSC syllabus for the services such as Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian police service and Indian Revenue Service.

This UPSC prelims Syllabus focuses on the General and Societal awareness which is tested by MCQ (Object type) questions. It is much more comprehensive stage which compromises Nine Theory papers.2

This CPSC exam is conducted in Three Phases:-

Phase 1:-Civil Service Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)

This exam is composed into two components they are

1. General Studies
2. CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test)

UPSC Prelims Syllabus:-

Syllabus for General Science(Prelims paper I):-

• Current events of national & international importance.
• History of India & Indian National Movement.
• Indian & World Geography.
• Indian Polity & Governance.
• Economic & Social Development.
• General Issue on the Environmental Ecology & Climate Change (Which don’t require subject knowledge on the General science).

Syllabus for CAST (Prelims Paper II):-

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Logical reasoning
• Analytical ability
• Decision-making
• Mental ability
• Basic numeracy 

Phase 2:-Civil Service Mains Examination (Descriptive Type)

Only after qualifying the UPSC prelims Examination the candidate is allowed for the Civil Service (IAS) Mains Examination. The main aim of this examination is to test the candidates Academic Talent and the ability of performance.

In the UPSC Mains exam there are two types of Qualifying papers they are:-

• Any Indian Language Papers
• English Language Papers

UPSC Mains Syllabus:-

There are 48 Optional Papers based on the Literature of Different languages. The List of the Subjects is given below:-

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Botany
5. Chemistry
6. Civil Engineering
7. Commerce & Accountancy
8. Economics
9. Electrical Engineering
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. History
13. Law
14. Management
15. Mathematics
16. Mechanical Engineering
17. Medical Science
18. Philosophy
19. Physics
20. Political Science & International Relations
21. Psychology
22. Public Administration
23. Sociology
24. Statistics
25. Zoology
26. Assamese (Literature)
27. Bengali (Literature)
28. Bodo (Literature)
29. Dogri (Literature)
30. Gujarati (Literature)
31. Hindi (Literature)
32. Kannada (Literature)
33. Kashmiri (Literature)
34. Konkani (Literature)
35. Maithili (Literature)
36. Malayalam (Literature)
37. Manipuri (Literature)
38. Marathi (Literature)
39. Nepali (Literature)
40. Odia (Literature)
41. Punjabi (Literature)
42. Sanskrit (Literature)
43. Santali (Literature)
44. Sindhi (Literature)
45. Tamil (Literature)
46. Telugu (Literature)
47. English (Literature)
48. Urdu (Literature)

Phase 3:- Personal Interview (Personality Test)

• If the candidate qualifies in the CSAT (IAS) Mains Exam then only the candidate is allowed to for the Personality Interview.
• The Main Theme of this Interview is to check the Personality suitability of the candidate in the Civil Services.
• This interview is mainly depending upon the Candidate mental qualities and the analytical ability.