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CONTENTS
ForumIAS Test Calendar
Syllabus of Civil Services Prelims
Recommended BookList by ForumIAS
Instructions

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Test Plan for ForumIAS Prelims Simulator Test Series

Test
No

Start
Date

Test

Test Syllabus

Test 0

23
January

GS
Simulator
Test 0

Indian Polity
Geography
History
General Science
Art & Culture
Economy
Current Affairs

Mini
Test 0

7
February

GS
Mini
Test 0
50 Questions
1 Hour Duration

Indian Polity
Geography
History
General Science
Art & Culture
Economy
Current Affairs till 7 Feb

Test #1

14
February

GS
Sectional
Test 1

Indian Polity
Economy
Current Affairs till 14 Feb

Test #2

28
February

GS
Sectional
Test 2

Physical & World Geography

Modern History
Current Affairs till 28 Feb

Test #3

13 March

GS
Sectional
Test 3

Test #4

27 March

GS
Sectional
Test 4

Environment & Climate Change

General Science
Economic Survey

Ancient India & Medieval India

Art & Culture
Indian Geography
Current Affairs till 13 March

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Current Affairs till 27 March

Test #5

10 April

GS
Simulator
Test 5

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till April 10

Test #6

24 April

GS
Simulator
Test 6

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till April 24

Test #7

8 May

GS
Simulator
Test 7

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till May 8

Test #8

22 May

GS
Simulator
Test 8

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till May 22

Test #9
Test
#10

5 June

GS
Simulator
Test 9

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till June 5

CSAT
Simulator Test 1

Comprehensive

Test
#11
Test
#12

19 June

GS
Simulator
Test 10

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till June 19

CSAT Simulator
Test 2

Comprehensive

Test
#13
Test
#14

3 July

GS
Simulator
Test 11

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till July 3

CSAT Simulator
Test 3

Comprehensive

GS
Simulator
Test 12

Full Syllabus
Current Affairs till July 17

CSAT Simulator
Test 4

Comprehensive

General Studies & CSAT

To be conducted by the Union

Public Service Commission

Test
#15
Test
#16

17 July

7 August

Sectional Tests
focus only on topics listed, but may have questions outside the area.
Simulator Tests
cover the full syllabus and aim at replicating the UPSC Prelims Exam Pattern

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Syllabus of Civil Services Prelims

as per last notification by the Union Public Service Commission

General Studies ( Paper 1)

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 Governance Constitution, 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.

CSAT ( Paper 2)
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)

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RecommendedBookListbyForumIAS

SYLLABUS

TOPIC

Current events of national and international

importance.

REFERENCE

BOOKS

The Hindu Newspaper

Any ONE Current Affairs Magazine
Frontline

History of India and Indian National Movement.

Spectrum's Modern History

Bipan Chandra ( Old NCERT )
Ancient India ( Old NCERT )
Medieval India ( Old NCERT )
NCERT Fine Arts ( XIth )

Indian and World Geography Physical,

NCERT Geography (
XIth & XIIth
)
Certificate Physical & Human Geography by
Go Cheng Leong
Orient Blackswan Atlas for Map

Social, Economic Geography of India and the

World.

Indian Polity and Governance Constitution,

Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy,

Indian Polity by M Laxmikant

Indian Constitution at Work ( XIth NCERT )

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

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

Economic Survey
Sriram's Economy Notes
XIth and XIIth NCERT Economics
India Year Book
Shankar IAS Environment Book
Previous Years Questions
Down to Earth Magazine/Website

require subject specialization.

General Science.

NCERT Science Books

Manorama Year Book
OR
TMH GS Manual or any GS Manual
- To be read Selectively for residual topics
Previous Year Questions

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