UPSC prelims exam syllabus

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UPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus 2012

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

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 GovernanceConstitution, 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 do not

require subject specialization

General Science.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

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).


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City: Pune

State: Maharashtra

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Philosophy booklist:

A critical Survey of Indian Philosophy by C.D.Sharma

Introduction to Indian Philosophy Datta and Chatterjee

Western Philosphy by Frank Thilly

Socio political Philosophy by O.P.Gauba

any other book recommended for political science as an optional (preferably Eddy Asirwatham)

Philosohpy of Religion by Y.Masiha

Philosophy of religion by John Hick

Booklist for Sociology:

Paper 1:

Haralambos

Abraham Morgan (thinkers)
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Ritzer (thinkers)

Cozer (thinkers)

IGNOU BA material

IGNOU MA material

Eddy Asirwatham

Niel SmelserTom Bottomore

Anthony Giddens

Paper 2:

Ram Ahuja

Yogendra Singh

M.N.Srinivas

Veena Das

Ghanshyam Shah

Andre Beteille

IGNOU BAIGNOU MA

P.S. these are names of the authors. Books in Sociology are known generally by their authors.Hence the

practice....for names of the books, you can go to any bookshop and ask for the book by mentioning the

author..it may happen that one author has authored more than one book...in that case, you refer to the

syllabus and choose the most relevant book/s.

For General Studies, here find mentioned the books that I referred

History: NCERT(old syllabus books for XI and XII)

Indias Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra

Geography: NCERT (XI and XII books, new syllabus books are also good).

I also referred Wizards Geography for GS

Polity: Indian Constitution by Laxmikanth,

Introduction to the Constitution of India by DD Basu (only if you want to)

Economy: Read NCERT books specially India Economic Development

Science and Technology: Read NCERT books (I did this)

Or You can rely on TMH Guide or Spectrum Guide.


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