UPSC Main Exam

SOURCES & APPROACH

Syllabus
MUG IT UP!

PYQs
FOR LAST 5 YEARS
Needed for
ALL GS Fact Sheets
You won’t magically recall facts to be quoted in the

Subjects exam. Ex: SDG based fact sheet.

Committees & SC Judgement

Biggest 2-3 points from each should be noted separately
and organised as per topic.

Micro Notes
ORganised as per the syllabus.

Answer Writing Practice

Forms the base of GS preparation.
GS1
Sources
HISTORY, SOCIETY, GEOGRAPHY
GS1 Marks Distribution

75 History

75 Indian Society

100 Geography
 GS 2 Sources

WORLD PHYSICAL GEOPHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION OF

INDUSTRIES DIAGRAMS
GEOGRAPHY PHENOMENON RESOURCES

11/12 NCERTs Same as world List major mineral Major industries Practice making
geography. and then top from 12th NCERT + diagrams for
GC Leong reserves + list of priority geography
producers. sectors of GoI questions.
ATLAS
ATLAS Past, present
locations, Reasons
News items related for movement of
to shortages / these industries.
issues.
 Indian Society

WOMEN AND EMPOWERMENT,

INDIAN SOCIETY URBANISATION,
WOMEN’S POVERTY COMMUNALISM,
BASICS GLOBALISATION
ORGANISATIONS ETC

Sociology SDG5 SDG11 + sub goals SDG1 + sub goals Empowerment,

NCERTs 11 and 12 List sub goals (fact compilation) (fact compilation) communalism,
regionalism,
(fact compilation) Niti Aayong Committee report secularism terms
(Urbanisation doc) recommendations stated in syllabus.
(Rangarajan /
Tendulkar) Define in own terms
+ fact sheet.
Latest data on
poverty.
 History

POST
MODERN HISTORY INDEPENDENCE ART & CULTURE WORLD HISTROY TIMELINES
HISTORY

Plassey to Partition Covered in previous Nitin Singhania Shreyans Kumat If you can make
section books. notes maps or diagrams
Spectrum Chapters – 1-4, 6, 7, of timelines in
12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 24 history questions
(any one) Available on that can
Appendices –2,3
upscprep.com/
resources
GS2
Sources
POLITY, GOVERNANCE, IR
GS2 Marks Distribution

125 Polity

75 Governance

50 IR
 GS 2 Sources

IMPORTANT
ARTICLES AND
POLITY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES & CURRENT AFFAIRS
LAWS
LAWS

Laxmikanth 2nd ARC Punchhi commission Schemes - current Quoting articles of

summaries: & Sarkaria affairs the constitution,
DD Basu(Choose commission particular laws, and
either) RTI - 1st report summaries IR - Current affairs SC judgements can
get you those extra
Bare Acts of the NGOs - 9th report RPA bare act (skim NITI Aayog short marks in GS2.
Constitution through) reports
(MUST) CS Reforms - 10th
report Other 2nd ARC Bonus reading:
Live Law & PRS summaries as The India Way by S
legislative research e-Gov - 11th report needed. Jaishankar
GS3
Sources
ECONOMY, SCI-TECH, DM, IS
GS3 Marks Distribution

110 Indian Economy

50 Internal Security

30 Environment

30 Sci-Tech

30 Disaster Mgmt
 GS 3 Sources

INTERNAL DISASTER
INDIAN ECONOMY SCIENCE & TECH ENVIRONMENT
SECURITY MANAGEMENT

Indian Economy Challenges to IS of Basics of Sci-Tech NDMA guidelines Current affairs

Handbook by Ketan India by Ashok from Prelims + for major disasters based preparation.
sir for basics. Kumar current affairs.
NDMA guidelines NITI Aayog reports:
The Indian Economy ATLAS - always for current relevant Carbon Capture,
- A Review ( GoI keep looking at issues (ex: heat Low carbon tech,
report ) maps and areas in waves) Lifestyle for
this section. environment
New Economic
Survey when it
comes out in July.
GS3
Sources
ECONOMY, SCI-TECH, DM, IS
What is politics?

01 Intern

02 What?

03 Internal Security

04 Sci-Tech

05 Disaster Mgmt
GS4
Sources
ETHICS, INTEGRITY & APTITUDE
JUSTICE COURSE DK BALAJI
ETHICAL TERMS
Ethics book,
By Michael Sandel selective reading Explain terms in your
on youtube. based on what you own words and build
need. examples.

Ex: Justice, integrity,

honesty, etc.

GS4
SOURCES
DIAGRAMS 2ND ARC

Make diagrams and

CASE STUDIES 4th Report
keep a separate
compilation of Frameworks for Ethics in
diagrams that can case studies. Governance.
be used.
Practicing case
studies.