{"id":9356,"date":"2017-03-06T11:29:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T11:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/?p=9356"},"modified":"2018-05-28T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T05:43:52","slug":"upsc-civil-services-prelims-exam-syllabus-resources-books-general-studies-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/upsc-civil-services-prelims-exam-syllabus-resources-books-general-studies-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC CSE Prelims Syllabus &#038; Resources: General Studies Paper I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Aspirants,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <em>Union Public Service Commission<\/em> (<strong>UPSC<\/strong>) recently released the notification for the <em>Civil Services Examination<\/em> (<strong>CSE<\/strong>) 2018. The <strong>UPSC CSE Prelims<\/strong> is going to be conducted on 03rd June 2018, the Main exam will commence on 01<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">st<\/span>\u00a0October 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Syllabus for the exam is vast. Therefore, we\u2019re going to break it down and provide the syllabus in separate articles in the order of the exams, for your 2018 Civil Services Exam Preparation. The following article contains the syllabus of the <strong>General Studies Paper I<\/strong> of the <strong>2018 UPSC CSE Prelims Exam\u00a0<\/strong>and resources for preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First, let\u2019s have a look at the <strong>UPSC CSE Prelims Exam Pattern<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Paper<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"172\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"148\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Question type<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Marks\/duration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">General Studies Paper I<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"172\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Selection based on cut offs<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"148\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">General Studies<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marks: 200<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Duration: 2 Hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">General Studies Paper II<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"172\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Qualifying paper (33% min)<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"148\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Aptitude Test (CSAT)<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marks: 200<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Duration: 2 Hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Question papers will be set both in Hindi &amp; English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Prelims Exam comprises of two compulsory Objective Type papers of 200 marks each. The General Studies Paper II is qualifying in nature with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>General Studies Paper I Detailed Syllabus<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Total Marks: 200<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Total Duration: 2 Hours<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><u>Syllabus:<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> Current Events of National and International Importance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Newspapers: The Hindu\/ The Indian Express<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Magazines: Yojana\/ Kurukshetra<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pib.nic.in (Press Information Bureau releases)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Websites of different Ministries of India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> History of India and Indian National Movement.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All new NCERT books- Class 6<sup>th<\/sup> to 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">History of Modern India: Bipin Chandra<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tamil Nadu NCERT- Class 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CCRT website for Art and Culture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An Introduction to Indian Art (Part-1)- Class 11<sup>th<\/sup> NCERT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Craft Tradition of India- Class 12<sup>th<\/sup> NCERT<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> Indian and World Geography \u2013 Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All new NCERT books- Class 6<sup>th<\/sup> to 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Certificate Physical and Human Geography- G.C. Leong<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any good school Atlas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Right Issues, etc.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Indian Polity: M. Laxmikanth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NCERT Books: Class 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup> for Political Science and Sociology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> Economic and Social Development \u2013 Sustainable development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc. <\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NCERT Books: Class 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Budget and Economic Survey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">India Year Book 2018 for Schemes launched by Government<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Economic Survey &#8211; 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>General Issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate change.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">India Year Book 2018 &#8211; Chapters on Environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Topics in news in last one year related to environment such as conventions, treaties, organizations, IUCN Red list species etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NCERT- Biology Class 12<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; Unit 9 and 10 (Biotechnology and Ecology Chapters)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> General Science.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NCERT books- Class 7<sup>th<\/sup> to 10<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Topics in news related to Science and Technology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We hope the above helps you with your <strong>UPSC CSE Prelims Exam Preparation<\/strong>. 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