NAAN MUDHALVAN & AICSCC UPSC PRELIMS TEST SERIES SCHEDULE 2024-25

TEST NO. DATE & SUBJECT SYLLABUS

Universe & Earth:
• Origin and evolution of Universe, Solar system & Earth.
• Latitude and Longitude including important Parallels and
Meridians.
• Inclination of the Earth’s Axis, Motions of Earth and its effects.
• Solar & Lunar Eclipses.
Geomorphology:
25/10/2024 • Structure of Earth and its sources.
(Friday) • Geomorphic forces (Endogenic & Exogenic forces).
1. • Classification of rocks.
Geography – 1
• Landform Development (Continental drift theory, Sea floor
spreading, Paleomagnetism and Plate tectonics theory) and
Second order landform development (Mountains, Plateaus, Plains
& other landforms).
Indian Physiography:
• Physiographic divisions - Northern, North Eastern & Peninsular
Mountains, Great plains & Coastal plains, Peninsular Plateau and
Islands of India.
Current Affairs JANUARY - 2024
Evolution (Historical Underpinnings) & Making of the
Constitution:
• Company Rule (1773-1858)
• Crown Rule (1858-1947)
• Indian Independence Act - 1947
Making of Indian Constitution:
• Sources of the constitution
• Important Committees
Salient Features of Indian Constitution:
08/11/2024
• Function of the Constitution
2. (Friday)
• Basic definition about state, Government, Constitution,
Polity – 1
constitutionalism.
• Parts, Schedules
• Nature of Indian Constitution
• About Quasi federal Nature, its Rigidity, Presidential Vs
Parliamentary, Unitary and federal etc.
Philosophy/Preamble of the Indian constitution:
• About objective resolution
• Objectives as per the Preamble (Definition)
• Ideal of the Preamble (Definition)

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• Source of the Preamble
• Important Amendment
• Justiciable nature
• Observation from Various Judgements
• Importance of Preamble
Union and Territories:
• Basic constitutional Provisions.
• Evolution of the state and Union territories.
• Power of the Parliament with respect to alteration.
Citizenship:
• Basic constitutional Provision
• Significance
• How one can citizenship and get terminated
• Citizenship act 1955
• About NRC and NPR
Fundamental Rights:
• Definition of state/Rights
• Significance of Fundamental Rights
• Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights - Concept of Judicial
Review (Article 13).
• Basic Interpretations (Due process of Law/Procedure established
by law)
• Basic constitutional Provisions (Classification)
• Amendments in Fundamental Rights
• Constitutional Remedies
• Power of SC/HC with respect to FR
• Inferred rights from Important judgments
• Rights other than FR
• Relationship with DPSP
• Relationship with FD
Directive principles of state Policy:
• Basic objective of DPSP 1
• Important constitutional Provision 3
• Various Amendments 1
• Justiciable nature 1
• Classification of DPSP 1
• FR vs DPSP
Fundamental Duties:
• Basic constitutional Provision
• Enforcement
Union & State Executive:
• President
• Vice President
• Prime minister
• Central Council of Ministers
• Role of Cabinet and its committees

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 • Attorney General, Advocate general and solicitor general
• Posts like Cabinet Secretary, Chief Secretary, etc.
• Governor
• Chief Minister
• State Council of Ministers
• Appointment, Qualification
• Election mechanism and Electoral college
• Powers and functions
• Removal process
• Relationship with Legislature, Accountability mechanism.
• Various commission and recommendation with respect to
appointment of Governor.

Constitutional Bodies
• Appointment, Powers and functions, Removal procedures of
Election Commission.
• Union Public Service Commission
• State Public Service Commission
• Finance Commission
• National Commission for SC/ST/OBC etc.
• Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Non- Constitutional Bodies

• Appointment, Powers and functions, Removal procedures of NITI
Aayog.
• National/State Human Rights commission.
• National Commission for Women.

Governance
• Basic Provisions, Important amendments of RTI
• Central Information Commission
• Central Vigilance Commission
• Central Bureau of Investigation
• Enforcement department
• Lokpal and Lokayuktas
• Citizen charter

Current Affairs FEBRUARY - 2024

15/11/2024 Prime Numbers, Divisibility Test, Dice, Odd even concept, BODMAS,
3. (Friday) Unit Digit, Square root, Cube root, Rules for Square, Square the
CSAT-1 numbers, Number of Zeros, finding number of square/rectangle.

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 National Income & Economic Growth National Income:
Definition; GDP, GNP, Market Price and Factor Cost, NNP, NDP,
Transfer Payment, National Income at FC, Personal Income,
disposable Income, Factors affecting national income, Measurement
of national income, Base year, GDP deflator, Debates around GDP
and other indices.

Inflation:
Inflationary Definition, Inflationary Gap and Inflationary Process,
Inflation Cycles: Demand Pull Inflation, Cost Push Inflation, Causes
of Inflation, different indices of Inflation, Inflation Control measures.

Banking sector in India:

Function of Money
Money: Definition, Functions and significance, Evolution of Money,
Money supply in India and factors affecting it.

Role of Central Bank Central Bank:

Importance, functions, Structure, Policy tools, Bank Rate, CRR, SLR,
22/11/2024
OMO, Liquidity Adjustment Facility (Repo and Rev Repo), Marginal
(Friday)
4. Standing Facility, Market Stabilization Scheme, Monetary Policy
Economy – 1
Committee.

Banking Sector and Financial Institutions:

Need of banks, Types of Banks in India, Function of Commercial
Banks, Non-Banking Institutions, Specialized Banks, Banking
reforms, NPAs, NBFCs, Basel Norms, Regulatory bodies, Digital
Financial System.
Human Development & Sustainable development
Difference between growth and Development. Different indices of
the development.
Poverty & Unemployment Poverty, Estimation of Poverty in India,
Unemployment, Types of Unemployment.
Planning in India
Five-years Plan, LPG reforms 1991, NITI Aayog.

Industry
Industrial Policy, MSME, SEZs, Investment & disinvestment,
Industrial Finance in India.

Current Affairs MARCH - 2024

29/11/2024
Number System - (Divisibility, Factors, Rule of Counting Principles
5. (Friday)
HCF and LCM), Percentage, Cube and Dice.
CSAT-2

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 MODERN HISTORY:
Pre Congress Political Parties - Indian National Congress - Early
Leaders and their Contributions - Phase of Moderates and Extremists
- Swadeshi Movement - Period of Revolutionary Movements -
Arrival of Gandhi, his Early Successes in South Africa and his Early
Experiments in India - Non-Cooperation Movement and Temple
06/12/2024
(Friday) Entry Movements - Civil Disobedience Movements - Developments
6. History-1 to Government of India Act 1935 (Simon Commission, Round Table
Congress, Poona pact) - 1937 Election and Formation of Congress
Ministries in Provinces - Transfer of Power issues (From 1940 to
1947) - Rise of Capitalism and Rise of trade Union Movements. Rise
of Communalism - Other Political Parties during National Movement
- Famous Personalities and their Contributions.

Current Affairs APRIL - 2024

13/12/2024
7. (Friday) Calendar, Clock, Blood Relations Number Ranking
CSAT-3
• Ecology
• Ecosystem and its dynamics
• Biogeochemical Cycles
• Biomes: Forest, Grassland, Mountain, and Desert Ecosystems.
• Aquatic Life Zones
21/12/2024
• Biodiversity Basics
(Saturday)
8. Environment-1 • Indian Biodiversity - Major Flora & Fauna
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Indian Biodiversity conservation: In-situ & Ex-situ methods
• Indian Biodiversity - Institutions, Acts & Policies.
• Flagship and threatened species.

Current Affairs MAY - 2024

28/12/2024
Time and Work, Pipe and Cistern, Direction Sense, Seating
9. (Saturday)
Arrangement, Non Verbal Reasoning.
CSAT-4

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 Parliament, State Legislature and Union and territories:
• Sovereignty of the parliament
• Composition, Electoral college, Powers and function
• Legislative procedure
• Role of Proceeding officers – Speaker/ Deputy Speaker, Chairman
and Vice Chairman.
• Secretariat of parliament
• Special Power of Lok Sabha
• Position of Rajya Sabha with respect to Lok Sabha.
• Types of Bills- Bill passing mechanism, Majority Required, power
of the houses with respect to various Bills.
• Constitutional Amemdement bill and Basic structure of the
constitution.
• Parliamentary Privileges
• Parliamentary committees - Composition and functions.
• Powers and functions of State legislature and legislative council.
• Special Power of State Legislature.
• Position of state legislature with respect Legislative council.
03/01/2025
(Friday) • Parliament controls over state legislature and Union territories.
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Polity-2 • Creation of Union territories and its Administration.
• Special powers with respect to Delhi and Puducherry.
Local self-Government, Panchayat Raj and Urban Local
Bodies:
• Evolution of PRI and ULB
• Various committees with respect to PRI and ULB
• Composition of LSG and ULB
• Important constitutional Provisions
• Provision and Function of Grama Sabha
• Types of Urban Governments In India
• Panchayat Raj Extension Act (PESA) 1992.
Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Court, Quasi-Judicial Bodies,
Tribunals, NLSA, Gram Nyayalayas:
• Appointment of Judges and its mechanism (collegium system)
including Ad-hoc, retires judges.
• Qualifications for Supreme Court and High court Judges
• Jurisdiction, Powers and functions of Supreme court and Hight
court.
• public interest litigation
• Judicial Review and Judicial Activism
• Important Judgments

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 Federalism, Centre state Relation
• Executive Relation
• Territorial Relation
• Legislative Relation – Legislative powers of Union and State.
• Financial Relation
• Inter State Relation and Related Issues
• Interstate water dispute
• Interstate councils
• Interstate trade and commerce
• Zonal Councils
• Special Provisions for some States
Emergency Provisions
• Various types of Emergencies
• Grounds for its declaration
• Effects of Proclamation of emergency
• Effects on Fundamental Rights
Current Affairs JUNE - 2024
Climatology:
• Structure and Composition of atmosphere.
• Weather & Climate
• Insolation, Heat Budget, Distribution of temperature &
Temperature Inversion.
• Pressure belts and Planetary wind system (Tricellular Atmospheric
model), Seasonal and local winds. Jet Streams, Air Masses,
Fronts, Cyclones and Anti - cyclones.
10/01/2025 • Forms of Condensation and Types of Rainfall.
11. (Friday) • World Climatic regions.
Geography-2
Indian Climate:
• Indian Monsoon - mechanism, onset, spatial and temporal
variations.
• Factors affecting Indian monsoon - El-Nino, La-Nina and Indian
Ocean Dipole (IOD).
Oceanography:
• Temperature & Salinity distribution.
• Movement of ocean water (Tides, Waves & Ocean currents).

Current Affairs JULY - 2024

ANCIENT HISTORY:
Pre-Historic period - Indus Valley Civilization - Vedic Period (early
24/01/2025
and later Vedic) – Mahajanapadas - Mauryan Period - Dark Age (300
(Friday)
BC to 300 AD) - Gupta Period - Post Gupta period till Harsha - Ancient
12. History-2
Indian religious and philosophies including Buddhism & Jainism - Six
philosophical schools.

Current Affairs AUGUST - 2024

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 25/01/2025 Profit and Loss, Partnership, Problem on Ages, Arithmetic Progression
13. (Saturday) and Geometric Progression.
CSAT-5
Public Finance & Taxation Evolution of Budgeting, Types of
Budgets, The Union Budget: Components – Revenue Account,
Capital Account, Measures of Government Deficit etc., Weaknesses
in the Budgetary Process, FRBM Act, Deficits and its financing. Types
of Taxes, Current Taxation Policy of India, GST and its progress.
Financial Market.
Money Market Call Money Market, Commercial Bills, Treasury Bill
Market, Certificate of Deposits and Commercial papers.
Capital Market Basic Terms and Concepts- Capital Market, Financial
instruments.
External sector of India
31/01/2025 External Sector
(Friday) International Trade, Trade Policy, India’s Balance of Payments:
14.
Economy-2 Current Account, Capital Account, India’s BOP Performance, Foreign
Capital, Impact of Globalization on Indian, FDI and FPI in India,
External Commercial Borrowings.
International Financial Institutions
IMF, World Bank, Bilateral and Regional Cooperation Currency
Exchange Rate, Foreign Exchange Rate Determination, Types of
Exchange Rate, Capital and Current Account Convertibility in India.
Agriculture
Cropping Patterns, farm subsidies- MSP, FRP, etc, Agriculture
Marketing – APMC, NAM, Agriculture Finance, Agriculture related
Schemes, Rural Development.
Government schemes and policy for inclusive growth.
Current Affairs SEPTEMBER - 2024
• Effect of Human Activities on Environment
• Deforestation
• Pollution - Air, Water, Solid waste, Hazardous chemical & Heavy
metals.
• Pollution - India control measures & International conventions.
• Water Resource degradation
• Minerals & Environmental Degradation
07/02/2025
• Urbanization and climate
(Friday)
15. • Agriculture and its impact on environment
Environment-2
• Wetlands & its conservation
• Climate change, Global Warming & Health
• Sustainable Development
• Waste Management
• Coastal Ecosystem Management
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• International Environmental Governance
Current Affairs OCTOBER - 2024

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 08/02/2025 Train, Time, Speed, Distance, Boat, Race, Geometry & Menstruation,
16. (Saturday) Venn Diagram.
CSAT-6
Oceanography
• Distribution of water on earth
• Relief of Ocean floor
• Marine resources
Physical Geography of India
• Himalayan and Peninsular Drainage (river) System and other
water resources- Lakes, dams, irrigation projects, wetlands etc.
• Natural vegetation distribution and conservation.
14/02/2025
• Classification of Soils, erosion and conservation measures.
(Friday)
17. Economic and Human Geography of India
Geography-3
• Agriculture – Classification of major crops, irrigation and other
agricultural practices, Agroclimatic regions.
• Distribution of key natural resources (Energy & mineral
resources).
• Industries and its locational factors.
• Transport and Communication - railways, highways, inland water
transport, shipping and sea-ports, air transport.
• Population- Distribution, migration and settlements.
Current Affairs NOVEMBER - 2024

• Classification of Living Organisms, Study of Cell-Cytology,

Photosynthesis, Plant Biology Life processes, Origin and Evolution
of life, Organisms and Population.
• Bio-communication, Systems of Human Body, Nutrition.
• Genetics, Diseases and Defense Mechanism Technology, Genetic
Engineering Applied Science and latest Technology with current
21/02/2025 developments.
(Friday) • Human Genome Project and DNA finger prints (Molecular Basis
18. Science & of Inheritance), Human Health, Food Production Enhancement,
Technology - 1 Microbes in Human Welfare, Biotechnology and its applications.
• Science & Technology development in India, Defence Technology,
Space Science & Technology, Communications, Computers &
Information Technology, Cosmic Physics.
• Energy, Nuclear Technology, Nano Science and Nano Technology,
Robotics, Laser Technology, Superconductivity, Artificial
Intelligence.

Current Affairs DECEMBER - 2024

22/02/2025 Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Average, Ratio, Mixture, Data

19. (Saturday) Interpretation, Puzzle.
CSAT-7

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 MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Early Medieval India (Including Cholas) - Delhi Sultanate - Bhakthi
and Sufi Movements - Regional Kingdoms of 14th and 15th Century
(Including Bahmani and Vijayanagar) – Mughals – Marathas - Later
Mughals.
MODERN HISTORY
Arrival of Europeans - Early English Wars: Carnatic Wars, Plassey,
28/02/2025 Buxar, Maratha and Mysore Wars - Early Structure of British Empire
20. (Friday) - Constitutional Developments (From 1772 to 1858) - Governor
History-3 Generals (From Robert Clive to Lord Dalhousie & their Administration,
reforms, Etc.,) - Administration during company Period (Civil
Services, Judiciary, police, Education policy, Famine Policy, Press
Regulation, etc.,)
- Tribal and Peasant Uprisings till 1857 - Revolt of 1857 - Constitutional
Developments and British Administration after 1857 - Tribal and
Peasant Uprisings after 1857 - Socio - Religious Reform Movements
(Entirely).
Current Affairs JANUARY - 2025

07/03/2025
POLITY (FULL SYLLABUS) + SCHEMES
21. (Friday)

Current Affairs FEBRUARY - 2025

08/03/2025 Number System (Full), Permutation & Combination and Probability.
22. (Saturday)
CSAT-8
14/03/2025
23. GEOGRAPHY (FULL SYLLABUS) + IR/IO
(Friday)
21/03/2025
HISTORY (FULL SYLLABUS)
24. (Friday)
Current Affairs INDIA YEAR BOOK (SELECTED TOPICS)
22/03/2025
25. (Saturday) CSAT FULL LENGTH - 1
CSAT-9
28/03/2025
ECONOMY (FULL SYLLABUS)
26. (Friday)
Current Affairs Eco Survey/Budget CA
04/04/2025 ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
27. (Friday) (FULL SYLLABUS)
Current Affairs MARCH - 2025
05/04/2025
28. (Saturday) CSAT FULL LENGTH - 2
CSAT-10

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29. GS FULL LENGTH - 1
(Friday)

12/04/2025
30. CSAT FULL LENGTH - 3
(Saturday)

18/04/2025
31. GS FULL LENGTH - 2
(Friday)

19/04/2025
32. CSAT FULL LENGTH - 4
(Saturday)

25/04/2025
33. GS FULL LENGTH - 3
(Friday)

26/04/2025
34. CSAT FULL LENGTH - 5
(Saturday)

35. GS MOCK - 1
02/05/2025
36. (Friday) CSAT MOCK - 1

37. GS MOCK - 2
09/05/2025
38. (Friday) CSAT MOCK - 2

39. GS MOCK - 3
16/05/2025
40. (Friday) CSAT MOCK - 3

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