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InstaClasses 2022 Timetable Batch 1
InstaClasses 2022 Timetable Batch 1
EQUIP Approach
E - Explain - Teacher will Explain Concepts and by linking Concepts to current affairs and Previous year trends, will also help you APPLY these concepts
Q - Quest - A small set of Questions - a mini test comprising of MCQs and Mains question- which we call as QUEST, will help you apply the concepts and internalise acquired knowledge
U - Understand - Not only Understand concepts through Teacher's explanation and Quest tests, but also internalise through Test discussions that take place after the class
I - Interact - Without Interaction, classes will be meaningless. Shoot your doubts, Interact with teacher and clear all your doubts
P - Perform - A Class Test every week and every fortnight is your routine stage where you will have to PERFORM. Every class prepares you for this Perfor mance
FUNDAMENTALS/PREPARATORY CLASSES
Date Day Topic Description
● You will get a great insight on the UPSC Exam and UPSC Journey
4/12/2021 Monday Orientation Session By Vinay Sir ● What should be the overall strategy?
● What would help in becoming toppers?
● How to make a customised plan and how to follow it?
● Know the intricacies of the Syllabus
● Understand the importance of every subject
4/13/2021 Tuesday Detailed Class on UPSC CSE Syllabus & Books ● Get a glimpse of overlapping of Topics across subjects
● Learn to Integrate your preparation across subjects
● Get detailed book list for every subject
Having understood the detailed Syllabus, you need to understand how to read
4/14/2021 Wednesday Newspaper Reading Class newspaper, what to read in newspapers , what to avoid and how to make notes.
( Practice Class 1)
Effective notes making strategy is utmost important. An aspirant should learn to make
4/16/2021 Friday How to make notes? customised notes for quick revision. One should not waste most of the time in making
notes, at the same time should not ignore making important notes for quick revision
● Factors to consider while choosing optional subject
4/17/2021 Saturday How to choose Optionals?
● How to manage GS & Optionals throughout the year?
Explanation of Concepts
Date Day Class Breakup (EQUIP Approach)
(Detailed Topics)
Subject : Polity
● Historical Underpinnings
4/19/2021 Monday Class on Concepts + Interaction ● Evolution & Making of the Constitution
● Historical Underpinnings
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) + Class on Concepts
4/20/2021 Tuesday ● Evolution & Making of the Constitution
+ Interaction
CSAT Class 1
CSAT Class 2
CSAT Class 3
5/2/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
● Vice president
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) ● Prime minister and chief minister
5/7/2021 Friday + Class on Concepts + ● Council of ministers
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test ● Cabinet committees
CSAT Class 4
● Vice president
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) ● Prime minister and chief minister
5/8/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts + ● Council of ministers
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test ● Cabinet committees
CSAT Class 5
● Vice president
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) ● Prime minister and chief minister
5/11/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + ● Council of ministers
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test ● Cabinet committees
● Parliament
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
● State legislature
5/12/2021 Wednesday + Class on Concepts +
● Anti-defection law
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
● Parliament
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
● State legislature
5/13/2021 Thursday + Class on Concepts +
● Anti-defection law
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
5/16/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
● Parliament
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
● State legislature
5/18/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts +
● Anti-defection law
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
● The Panchayaths
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
● The Municipalities
5/21/2021 Friday + Class on Concepts +
● The Cooperative Societies
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
CSAT Class 6
● Union territories
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
● Scheduled and tribal areas
5/22/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts +
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
CSAT Class 7
CSAT Class 8
5/30/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
CSAT Class 9
• Functions of Ecosystem
• Energy Flow
• Trophic level, Food chain, Food web
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) + Class on Concepts • Ecological pyramid- meaning, types
6/10/2021 Thursday
+ Interaction • Bioaccumulation & biomagnification
• Biotic interaction
• Nutrient Cycling- Gaseous and Sedimentary cycles
• Ecological Succession
CSAT Class 10
CSAT Class 11
Environmental pollution
• Pollutants
• Air pollution
• Water Pollution
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Soil Pollution
6/15/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + • Noise Pollution
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Radioactive pollution
• E-Waste
• Solid Waste
• Bioremediation
Biodiversity
• Meaning
• Levels, Measurement,
• Services, Causes of Depletion, Measures
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Conservation Methods
6/16/2021 Wednesday + Class on Concepts + • Indian Biodiversity( Flora, Fauna)
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Species Extinction
• Red Data Book – Iucn
• Wildlife Diseases
• Man Animal Conflict
• Plant diversity
• Insectivorous plants
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Invasive Alien Species
6/17/2021 Thursday + Class on Concepts + • Medicinal Plants
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Marine Organisms- (Phytoplankton,Zooplankton,
Sea grass, Sea weed)
Biodiversity Conservation
• Wildlife Sanctuary
• National Parks
• Community and Conservation Reserve
• Coastal Protected Areas
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Biosphere Reserve
6/18/2021 Friday + Class on Concepts + • Biodiversity Hotspot
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • World Heritage Sites
• Animal Conservation Projects- (Project Tiger, Elephant,
Hangul, Snow Leopard, Vulture, One Horn Rhino Etc).
• Important National Parks and Wild Life Sanctuaries in
News.
CSAT Class 12
6/20/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
Climate Change
• Meaning, Causes, GHG’s, Global Warming, GHG Effect,
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) GWP
6/22/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + • Impact of Climate Change
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Ocean Acidification
• Acid Rain
Carbon Sequestration
• Carbon Sink
• Clean Coal technology
• Carbon Capture and Storage
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
• Carbon Credit
6/23/2021 Wednesday + Class on Concepts +
• Carbon offsetting
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
• Geo engineering
CSAT Class 13
CSAT Class 14
Moderates
• Contribution of Moderates
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Important leaders
7/3/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts + • Overview of Moderate phase & their limitations
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Introduction to Extremist phase
• Philosophy & Reasons for Emergence
CSAT Class 15
Swadeshi Movement
• Reasons- Role of Curzon
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Partition of Bengal- Indian & British perspectives
7/6/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + • Features of Swadeshi movement
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Contribution of Extremists
• Surat Split
CSAT Class 16
7/11/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
Emergence of Swarajists
• Reasons for Emergence, Philosophy
• Differences with ‘Gandhites’
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
• Contribution of both Swarajists & Gandhites
7/13/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts +
• Belgaum & Kanpur sessions
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
• Simon commission & anti-Simon movement,
• It’s features & important outcomes
CSAT Class 17
Communal Award & Poona Pact
• Gandhi vs Ambedkar comparison
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Act of 1935
7/17/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts + • Rise of Socialism in congress & Indian polity
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • CSP- NPC etc
• Tripuri crisis
CSAT Class 18
Beginning of WW-2
• Indian participation in WW-2 (Opinions)
• August offer (1940)
i. Proposals
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) ii. Stance of INC, ML & others
7/20/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + iii.Reasons for failure
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Cripp’s mission
i. Proposals
ii. Stance of INC, ML & others
iii. Reasons for failure or non-acceptance
Towards independence
• INA agitations (Three upsurges of 1945-1946)
• Cabinet Mission
i. Proposals
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question )
ii.Stance of INC, ML & others
7/23/2021 Friday + Class on Concepts +
iii.Formation of interim Govt
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
• Direct Action of ML
• Mountbatten plan
• Indian Independence Act.
CSAT Class 19
7/25/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
Later Mughals
• Decline of Mughal authority
• Foreigners in India
i. Involvement in local politics
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question )
ii. Carnatic wars
7/29/2021 Thursday + Class on Concepts +
• Battle of Plassey, Buxar
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
• Battle of Wandiwash & Chinsura
• Anglo-Mysore wars
• Anglo-Sikh wars
CSAT Class 20
Post Independence
Consolidation & integration of the nation
• Effects of partition
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) • Issues: Kashmir, Integration of Princely States,
7/31/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts + Reorganisation of states, Tribals, Liberation of Hyderabad,
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test Pondicherry & Goa
• Solutions to all the above issues
• Democracy & 1st general Elections
CSAT Class 21
Phase of turbulence
• 1st & 2nd FYPs
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) • Panchsheel- Issue of Tibet
8/4/2021 Wednesday + Class on Concepts + • Indo-China war
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • India & NAM
• Language issue
Phase of turbulence- 2
• Food crisis
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) • Indo Pak war (1965)
8/5/2021 Thursday + Class on Concepts + • Tashkent Agreement
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Green revolution & its effects
• Era of Nationalisation
CSAT Class 22
• Insurgency in Northeast
• India as a nuclear power
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) • Operation Blue star & Black Thunder
8/10/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + • Anti-Sikh riots
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Bhopal gas tragedy
• Environmental movements
• Economic reforms of 1991
8/12/2021 Thursday Full Length Modern India Prelims Test ( 100 MCQs)
8/14/2021 Saturday Full Length Modern India Mains Test(20 Mains Questions)
CSAT Class 24
Subject : Economy
Introduction and GDP related concepts:
• GDP
• GNP
• Market Price and Factor Cost
• NNP
• NDP
• transfer payments
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) • National income at Factor Cost
8/17/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts + • Personal Income
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • disposable income
• factors affecting national income
• net foreign factor income
•Purchasing power parity
• Gross Value Added
• Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR)
• Harrod-Domar Model
CSAT Class 25
CSAT Class 26
Inflation :
• Definition
• Inflationary Gap and Inflationary process
• Inflation Cycles
• Demand Pull Inflation
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) • Cost Push Inflation
8/28/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts + • Causes of Inflation
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • Inflation Control measures
Unemployment:
• Types of Unemployment: Structural,
Seasonal, Frictional, Cyclical.
• Nature of Unemployment in India
CSAT Class 26
8/29/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
CSAT Class 28
CSAT Class 29
9/12/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
CSAT Class 30
CSAT Class 31
• Government policies
• Five-year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues related to planning,
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question ) Economic Policies till 1991
9/25/2021 Saturday + Class on Concepts + • Economic Reforms since 1991: End of
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test license Raj
• Liberalization, Privatization and
Globalization
CSAT Class 32
• IT
• Communication
• Urbanization
• Transport
QUEST - ( 1 Mains Question )
• Mining, Energy
9/28/2021 Tuesday + Class on Concepts +
• Ports
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
• Roads
• Airports
• Railways etc
CSAT Class 33
CSAT Class 34
CSAT Class 35
ETHICS Class 1
ETHICS Class 2
ETHICS Class 3
ETHICS Class 4
ETHICS Class 5
ETHICS Class 6
ETHICS Class 7
ETHICS Class 8
ETHICS Class 9
10/31/2021 Sunday Weekly Revision Test ( Prelims - 50Qs) + (10 Mains Questions)
ETHICS Class 10
ETHICS Class 11
ETHICS Class 12
ETHICS Class 13
ETHICS Class 14
ETHICS Class 15
ETHICS Class 16
ETHICS Class 17
ETHICS Class 18
ETHICS Class 19
ETHICS Class 20
ETHICS Class 22
ETHICS Class 24
ETHICS Class 25
ETHICS Class 26
Population growth and distribution
Urbanisation - Growth and distribution
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) Different types and patterns of settlements
11/25/2021 Thursday + Class on Concepts + Slums and Squatter settlements
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test Problems associated with Population and unplanned
urbanisation and its remedies
ETHICS Class 27
ETHICS Class 28
ETHICS Class 29
ETHICS Class 30
12/2/2021 Thursday Full Length Indian Geography Prelims Test ( 100 MCQs)
Regional Kingdoms
Delhi sultanate
• Slave dynasty
QUEST - (10 MCQs) • The Khaljis
12/16/2021 Thursday + Class on Concepts + • The Tughlaqs
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test • The Sayyids
• The Lodhis
Religious Movements
QUEST - (10 MCQs) • Bhakti Movement
12/21/2021 Tuesday
+ Class on Concepts + • Sufi Movement
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
12/22/2021 Wednesday
Full Length Ancient & Medieval India Prelims Test(100 MCQs)
Indian Paintings
• Pre historic painting & Cave paintings
• Mural Paintings
• Miniature Paintings - Pala School, Rajput Paintings, Mughal Paintings, Hill paintings
1/11/2022 Tuesday etc.
• Folk Paintings
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) • Modern Indian Paintings
+ Class on Concepts + • Personalities Associated
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test
Puppetry
• History
• Different forms of Puppetry
1/12/2022 Wednesday • People Associated with Theatres
QUEST - (10 MCQs + 1 Mains Question ) Pottery; Embroideries; Calendar; Philosophy;
+ Class on Concepts + Heritage – Tangible & Intangible; Government Schemes;
Interactive Discussion of Previous day's Class Test Current affairs till date"
1/16/2022 Sunday
Full Length Art & Culture Mains Test(20 Mains Questions)
2/4/2022 Friday
Full Length Internal Security Mains Test(20 Mains)
3/12/2022 Saturday
Full Length International Relations Prelims Test[ This test also includes institutions, NGOs, Reports, Indices etc] (100 MCQs)
3/13/2022 Sunday
Full Length International Relations Mains Test(20 Mains)
3/14/2022 Monday Current Affairs Class
4/5/2022 Tuesday
Full Length Science & Technology Prelims Test(100 MCQs)
4/6/2022 Wednesday
Full Length Science & Technology Mains Test(20 Mains Questions)
4/17/2022 Sunday
Full Length Society & Social Justice Mains Test(20 Mains Questions)
*Disclaimer : Management will have the rights to make changes to the timetable if needed.