The UPSC board describes the standard IAS Exam Syllabus. At Elite IAS, we have presented the UPSC Syllabus for Prelims and Mains Exam. The IAS aspirants should go through the syllabus in detail before starting with preparation. Moreover, the UPSC revises the syllabus on a yearly basis. The civil services exam has three consecutive stages.
What is UPSC Syllabus for Civil Services Exam? UPSC Syllabus is broadly explained in the Civil Services exam notification every year. IAS syllabus is just like a tip of the iceberg afloat in the ocean of knowledge & information. Students should interpret and understand that the UPSC syllabus is much more elaborate than the defined topics in the IAS syllabus. It is the interchange of the subject-matter which makes the UPSC syllabus much rational as well as subjective and objective. Students should develop an understanding for the dynamic part of the different topics and hence focus to understand the theme. It will be helpful to go through previous year IAS questions papers and analyse them.
Note: UPSC revised date for IAS Prelims-2020 is 4 October, 2020 and IAS mains exam commences from 8 January, 2021 (It will be for 5 days)
UPSC Civil Services Syllabus The complete syllabus prescribed by UPSC for the Civil Services Exam has been given here for the sake of the students and the IAS aspirants. The CSE is widely recognized as the toughest of all the competitive Exams across India.
Why Study the Syllabus thoroughly? An IAS aspirant may very well reason that it is reading the books and the newspapers etc. that should be paid more of the attention to. So, why study the syllabus? UPSC notification refers the IAS Prelims syllabus & IAS mains syllabus at separate places, but in reality, it should be studied together. This helps is comprehending the topics in much more detail. Completing the UPSC syllabus is just the first or initial step of the IAS exam preparation. Civil Services exam questions for IAS prelims are framed in such a way that it needs in-depth knowledge about the topic, so requires wholistic information. The best method of IAS preparation for candidates is to study both IAS prelims syllabus and IAS mains syllabus together. Benefit of this plan is that you develop wider knowledge about all topics. The objective questions framed in IAS prelims are of somewhat confusing nature i.e. answer options given are very close and even a slight confusion may land to wrong answer. Thus, elaborate studies of IAS mains syllabus broaden your knowledge and helps to choose the exact correct answer. Well, time is a resource that always gets depleted continuously. And if you read, nay study the syllabus scrupulously, you would know better what to read and what not to.