INTENSIVE

PRELIMS BOOSTER
TEST SERIES
TIMETABLE
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRE-RECORDED CLASSES ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF UPSC PREPARATION & PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (PYQs)

Recorded UPSC CSE UPSC CSE Prelims Paper

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InstaCourses Prelims Papers-
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Portal CSE effectively. In this class, you’ll learn how
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from various available sources.
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Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

Syllabus+ Familiarize yourself with the nuances of

Booklists the syllabus to ensure that you cover all
the necessary topics.
• Recognize the significance of each
subject within the context of your
overall preparation strategy.
• Learn about shared themes or
concepts that appear across different
subjects to better understand how
they fit together.
• How to study in an Inter-disciplinary
manner and not in silos for UPSC CSE
• Obtain comprehensive booklists for
each subject

UPSC has consistently demonstrated its

ability to delve deeply into current affairs.
As the significance of current affairs
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InstaCourses
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General Studies answers, and even
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 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

ROUND 1: ESSENTIAL TESTS

Total No. Of Tests: 9 GS Prelims tests & 4 CSAT Tests

GENERAL STUDIES 1: PRELIMS TEST-1

17/1/2025 -Ancient & Ancient History 1. Old NCERT Duration: 2

Friday Medieval India • Prehistoric period • Ancient India – R S hours No. of
» Palaeolithic Sharma Questions: 100
» Mesolithic • Medieval India –
-Current Affairs » Neolithic Satish Chandra
» Chalcolithic
• Harappan / Indus Valley Civilization 2. New NCERT
• Vedic Age • Our pasts – I
» Early Vedic period • Our pasts – II
» Later Vedic period • Themes – I
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of Magadh • Themes – II
• Religious Reforms
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion 3. Tamil Nadu History
• Mauryan Age Textbook - Class XI
• Post Mauryan Age
» Indo Greek Invasion Current Affairs:
o Indo-Greeks June 2024 - present
o Parthians date
o Shaka
o Kushanas Sources:
o Indo-Sassanian
» Sungas InsightsIAS Current
» Kanvas Affairs
» Satavahanas Current affairs quiz
• Guptas Age QUED
• Sangam Age Static quiz
• Regional Kingdoms
• Post Guptas Age
» Harshavardhana
» Pallava
» Chalukya

Medieval History
• Triparty Struggle
Prathiharas Palas
• Chola Empire
• Turkish conquest of India Ghaznavid
Muhammad Ghuri
• Rajput states
• Delhi sultanate
» Slave dynasty
» The Khaljis
» The Tughlaqs
» The Sayyids
» The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
» Hoysalas
» Yadavas
» Kakatiyas
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

Vijaynagara
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Regional kingdoms
• Religious Movements
» Bhakti Movement
» Sufi Movement
(Brief History, Salient Features, Social,
Economics, Religious and Cultural
conditions of all the above)
PRELIMS TEST-2 (GS1) & CSAT TEST-1

20/1/2025 - Art & Culture • Architecture 1. Introduction General Studies-

Monday » Cave Architecture to Indian art Prelims:
-CSAT » Temple Architecture (NCERT class
» Indo-Islamic Architecture 11th) Duration: 2
-Current Affairs » Modern Architecture 2. Living Craft hours
(Under Indus Valley Civilization, The Traditions of
Mauryan Architecture, The Sungas, India (NCERT 100 Questions
Kushanas, Satavahanas & Guptas, Post
class 12th)
Guptas, Delhi- Sultanate, Mughals etc)
• Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture and 3. Indian Culture by CSAT Prelims
Different schools of Art Nitin Singhania
• Indian Paintings 4. CCRT - Art and Duration: 2
» Pre historic painting & Cave Culture hours
paintings
» Mural Paintings Current Affairs: 80 Questions
» Miniature Paintings - Pala June 2024 - present
School, Rajput Paintings, Mughal date
Paintings, Hill paintings etc.
» Folk Paintings
» Modern Indian Paintings Sources:
» Personalities Associated InsightsIAS Current
• Religion
Affairs
» Hinduism
Current affairs quiz
» Jainism
» Buddhism QUED
» Islam Static quiz
» Christianity
» Zoroastrianism
» Judaism
• Philosophy
» Six Schools of Philosophy
» Ajivika
» Lokayata etc.
• Indian Music
» Classical Music
o Hindustani Music
o Carnatic Music
» Folk Music Tradition
» Modern Music
» Personalities
• Indian Dance
» Classical Dance forms in India
– Odissi, Kathak, Kathakali,
Mohiniattay, Sattriya, Manipuri,
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi
» Folk Dances
» Modern Dance in India
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Theatre
» Sanskrit Theatre
» Folk Theatre
» Modern Theatre
» Personalities
• Puppetry
» History
» Different forms of Puppetry in
» People Associated with Theatres
• Indian Cinema and Circus
• Bhakti & Sufi Movement
• Language & Literature
» Indian Language
o Classical Languages
o Scheduled Languages
» Indian Literature
o Religious Literature
o Secular Literature
• Fairs, Festivals and Craft
» Religious Festivals,
» Secular
» Festivals (States & UT’s)
» Art & Crafts
• Science & Technology
» Ancient, Science & Technology
» Medieval Science & Technology
» Famous Personalities in
» Ancient and Medieval India
• Promotion and Preservation of Indian
Heritage
» Indian Word Heritage Sites –
Tangible & non-tangible heritage,
Tentative list
» Cultural Heritage Sites
» Natural Heritage Sites
» Important Institutions

CSAT
1. Comprehension
2. Basic numeracy & General mental
ability
(a) Numbers
(b) HCF & LCM
(c) Averages
(d) Ratio & Proportion
(e) Percentage
(f) Profit & Loss
(g) Simple interest and compound
interest
(h) Problems on ages
(i) Problems on clock
(j) Partnership
(k) Pipes & cistern
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-3 (GS1)

24/1/2025 - Modern Modern India: Pre-Congress Phase • Our past III (Both
Friday Indian History • Fall of Mughals part 1 & part 2 --
• Advent of Europeans NCERT class VIII)
--Current » Coming of Europeans • Themes in Indian
Affairs » Struggle among Europeans History – III (NCERT
» Rise of East India Company Class XII)
• India under East India Company’s Rule • A brief History
» Administration of Modern India
» Political policies – Spectrum
o Regulating Act of 1773 Publication
o Pitt’s India Act 1784 • Struggle for India’s
o Charter acts of 1784, 1793, Independence –
1813,1833, 1853 Bipin Chandra
» British Expansion policy: Doctrine
of lapse, Subordinate alliance, etc.
» Economic policies and their Current Affairs:
impact Month to be
o Agricultural policies covered:
o Famine policy June 2024 - present
» Foreign Policies date
» Social Policies
o Education Policies Sources:
o Religious policies InsightsIAS Current
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th century: Affairs
Marathas, Punjab, Mysore, Hyderabad Current affairs quiz
etc. QUED
• Socio - Religious Reform Movements Static quiz
in the 19th and 20th CE India – Arya
Samaj, Brahmo Samaj , etc.
• The Great Revolt of 1857
• Changes in Indian Administration after
1858 - GOI ACT 1858, Councils Act, 1861,
1892.
• Growth of Political Ideas and Political
Organisations (up to 1885)

Modern India: National Movement

• Foundation of the Indian National Con-

gress

• National movement (1885 - 1919)

» Moderate Phase (1885 – 1905)
» Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
» The first phase of Revolutionary
and Terrorist Movement
» The Morley-Minto Reforms or the
Indian Councils Act, 1909
» The Lucknow Pact (1916)
» The Home Rule Movement
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• National movement (1919 - 1939)

» Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
or the Government of India act,
1919
» The Khilafat Movement (1920-22)
and Non-Cooperation Movement
» The Left Movement
» The second phase of
Revolutionary and Terrorist
Movement
» Anti-Simon Commission Agitation
(1928-29)
» Nehru Report, 1928
» The Lahore Session, 1929
» The Civil Disobedience Movement
» The Government of India Act,
1935
» Provincial Elections and
Formation of popular Ministries
in Provinces, 1937

• Freedom to Partition (1939 - 1947)

» The Second World War and the
National Movement
» The August Offer 1940
» The Individual Satyagraha 1940-41
» The Cripps Proposal, 1942
» The Quit India Movement, I942
» Subhash Bose and Indian National
Army
» Rajagopalachari Formula & Desai
Liaqat Plan
» Wavell Plan and Simla Conference
1945
» General Elections in India, 1945
» Naval Mutiny: 1946
» The Indian Independence Act,
1947

• Other Dimensions
» Tribal Movements
» Peasants Movement
» Dalit Movements
» Women movement
» Role of Press and Publications
» Role of Business groups

• Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Committee, Congress Sessions, Governor
–General Viceroys etc.
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST - 4 (GS -1)

CSAT TEST - 2

28/1/2025 - World Physical Geography of the world • Fundamentals of

Tuesday Geography,
Indian • Origin and evolution of Universe Solar Physical Geography
Geography system

-CSAT » Geological History of the Earth (NCERT Class XI)

-Current » Geological Time scale Latitude • Fundamentals

Affairs: and Longitude including of Human

important Parallels and Meridians Geography

» Motions of the Earth and their (NCERT Class XII)

effects Inclination of the Earth’s • Goh Cheng

Axis and its effects Leong -

» Local and Standard Time and the Certificate

International Date Line, Calendar Physical

» Eclipses - Solar, Lunar and Human

Geography

• Geomorphology • Mapping - World

» Interior structure of the earth • India Physical

» Roc Environment

» Landform Development (NCERT Class XI)

» First order (continental drift • India - People

theory, sea floor spreading, plate and Economy

tectonics theory) Second order (NCERT Class XII)

(Mountains, Plateaus, Plains & • Mapping – India

other landforms)

» Internal forces & their impact - Current Affairs:

June 2024 - present
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, date
» Folding, Faulting, Isostasy

» External forces & their impact -

Weathering, Erosion & landforms

thus developed
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Climatology Sources: GS Prelims:

» Structure, Composition of InsightsIAS Current Duration: 2
atmosphere Affairs hours
» Weather & Climate Current affairs quiz
» Heat & temperature QUED 100 Questions
o Insolation Static quiz
o Heat Budget CSAT:
o Distribution of temperature
o Temperature Inversion Duration: 2
» Pressure and Pressure belts hours
» Winds
o Planetary winds 80 Questions
o Seasonal winds
o Local winds
• Precipitation-Forms & Types,
Distribution of rainfall
• Air Masses
Cyclones and anti-cyclones
• World Climatic regions
• Oceanography
• Bottom relief Features
• Ocean waves, currents, tides & Tsunamis
Temperature distribution
• Salinity distribution
• Marine resources
• Biogeography
» Soils
o Classification
o Distribution
o Erosion & Conservation
» Biomes
World Economic and Human Geography:
• Natural resources and mineral
resources and distribution of key
natural resources across the world
• Agriculture and agro-climatic
regions
• Industry and location factors
• Infrastructure
• World Population, density &
distribution, races & tribes,
• settlements & migration
Continents - Major physical features,
natural resources
• Physical Geography of India
• Location
» Latitude
» Longitude
» Physiographic division of India
o Northern Mountains
o Plains of India
o Peninsular Plateau
o Islands of India
» Drainage System
o Himalayan Drainage System
o Peninsular Drainage System
o Other small river system
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Indian Climate
» Spatial and temporal distribution
of temperature & pressure
» Winds
» Rainfall
o Indian Monsoon
• Mechanism
• Onset
• Variability
o Rainfall distribution
» Climatic Regions of India
• Soils
» Classification of Soils
» Problems of Soil and
Conservation
• Indian Flora & Faun
» Forests and their distribution
» Forest Conservation
» Fauna
Indian Economic and Human Geography
• Agriculture typology and major Crops
grown in India
• Agro-Climatic Regions
• Land Reforms and Land use pattern
• Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and
Aquaculture
• Water Resources- Availability and
potential: Lakes, rivers, dams, power
and irrigation projects, wetlands and
interlinking of rivers
• Mineral Resources- classification and
distribution
• Energy Resources- conventional and
non-conventional resources
• Population and Growth trends -
density, sex ratio, literacy, tribes and
racial groups in India
• Rural and Urban Settlements- types
and patterns
• Industries- types and their locational
factors
• Transport and Communication
-railways, highways, inland
• water transport, shipping and sea-
ports, air transport
• Map Based Questions from India
(Location of state, city, river, lakes,
important places including Ramsar sites,
Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries
and National Parks)

CSAT
1. Comprehension
2. Basic numeracy & General mental
ability
(a) Time & work
(b) Time & Distance
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

(c) Boats & streams

(d) Problems on trains
(e) Permutation & combination
(f) Probability
(g) charts, graphs, tables etc.

PRELIMS TEST-5 (GS-2)

2/2/2025 -Polity • Constitutionalism • Indian Duration: 2

Sunday -Current Affairs • Historical Underpinnings Constitution at hours
• Evolution & Making of the Work (NCERT
Constitution Class XI) 100 Questions
• Features and Significant Provisions • LAXMIKANTH –
• Political systems Indian Polity
• Democratic & Non-Democratic
• Parliamentary & Presidential Current Affairs:
• Unitary & Federal June 2024 - present
• Direct and Representative date
• Republic and Monarchy etc.
• The Preamble Sources:
• The Union and its Territory InsightsIAS Current
Affairs
• Citizenship
Current affairs quiz
• Fundamental Rights QUED
• Directive Principles Static quiz
• Fundamental Duties
• Amendment of Constitution
• Basic Structure of the Constitution
• Emergency Provisions
• Central Government
» President of India
» Vice President of India
» Prime minister
» Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament
• State Government
» Governor
» Chief Minister
» State Council of Ministers
» State Legislature
• Judiciary
» Supreme Court
» High Courts
» Subordinate Courts
• Indian Federalism
» Centre-State Relations
» Inter-state Relations
• Local Government
» Panchayati Raj
» Local Urban Government
• Government Schemes
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST - 6 | CSAT TEST - 3

6/2/2025 -Polity, • Other Dimensions • Indian GS Prelims:

Thursday Schemes, » Official Language Constitution at Work Duration: 2
International » Public Services (NCERT Class XI) hours
Bodies » Tribunals • LAXMIKANTH –
» Special provisions for SCs, STs, Indian Polity 100 Questions
-CSAT BCs, Minorities & Anglo- Indians
» Rights and liabilities of the Current Affairs:
- Current Government June 2024 - present CSAT:
Affairs » Authoritative text in Hindi date Duration: 2
Language hours
» Anti-defection law Sources:
• Political dimensions InsightsIAS Current 80 Questions
» Ministries and Departments of Affairs
the Government Current affairs quiz
» Pressure groups QUED
» Elections & political parties Static quiz
» Representation of People’s Act
» Election Process
» Governance
» Transparency & Accountability
» RTI
» Citizen’s Charter
» e-Governance
• Constitutional Bodies
» Election Commission
» Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)
» State Public Service Commission
(SPSC)
» Finance Commission
» CAG
» Attorney general of India
» Advocate general of India
» Special officer for Linguistic
Minorities
» National Commission for
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
» National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
» National Commission for
Backward Castes (NCBC) etc.
• Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC, CVC, CBI,
Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR etc.

• Government Schemes

• International Institutions
UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, ADB, BRICS
etc.

CSAT:
Revision test of CSAT Test 1 & Test 2 Syl-
labus
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-7
10/2/2025 -Economy • National Income Accounting: • Indian Economic Duration: 2
Monday -Current Affairs » Definition Development hours
» Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market (NCERT Class XI)
Price and Factor Cost, NNP, NDP, • RAMESH SINGH 100 Questions
transfer payments, National – Indian Economy
income at FC, Personal Income,
disposable income, factors
affecting national income, net Current Affairs:
foreign factor income June 2024 - present
» Measurement of national income: date
value added method, income
method, expenditure method, Sources:
Application of various methods, InsightsIAS Current
Base year, GDP deflator Affairs
» Debates around GDP and other Current affairs quiz
indices QUED
• Money and Banking Static quiz
» Money
o Definition
o Functions and significance
o Evolution of Money
o Money supply in India and
factors affecting it
» Banking
o Need of banks
o Function
o Commercial Banks
» Central Bank:
o Importance
o Functions
o Structure
o Monetary Policy
o Policy tools, (CRR, SLR, OMO,
Repo and Rev Repo, MSF etc.)
» Banking Reforms
• Capital Markets & Money Markets
» Basic Terms and Concepts, Equity
and debt Instruments
» Primary market and Secondary
markets etc.
• Inflation and Employment
» Inflation
o Definition
o Inflationary Gap and
Inflationary process
o Inflation Cycles: Demand Pull
Inflation, Cost Push Inflation,
o Causes of Inflation
o Inflation Control measures
• Unemployment
o Types of Unemployment:
Structural, Seasonal, Frictional,
Cyclical
o Nature of Unemployment in India
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Government budgeting and Fiscal Policy

» Budgeting
o Evolution of Budgeting
o Institutions and Laws
o The Union Budget: Components
- Revenue Account,
o Capital Account, Measures of
Government Deficit etc.,
o Weaknesses in the Budgetary
Process
» Fiscal Policy
o Public Finance - Role and
Importance,
o Public Expenditure - Revenue
and Capital, Development and
Non-Development
o Public Revenue
» Sources of Revenue
» Taxes
° Classification - Direct and
Indirect, Specific and Ad
Valorem
° Social and Economic
Objectives of Taxes
» Public Debt
» Deficit Financing

• External Sector and Currency Exchange

rate
» Balance of Payments: Definition,
Current and Capital Accounts,
Convertibility
» FDI, FII -- issues, challenges etc.
» Foreign Trade of India
» Trade Policy
» Product wise trade
» Region wise trade
» Subsidy boxes
» WTO related issues
» and India
» Intellectual Property Rights
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• International Trade and Bodies:

» IMF: Purpose and
» Objectives, Organization and
Functions, Working and
» Evaluation, IMF and
Underdeveloped Countries, SDR’s,
» Reforms etc.,
» World Bank
» Bilateral and Regional
Cooperation

• Agriculture:
» Recent trends in Agriculture
Sector
» Cropping System and Pattern;
» Agricultural Marketing and
Reforms
» Agricultural Research;
» Sustainable Agriculture;
» Animal Husbandry
» PDS
» Farm distress and government
initiatives

• Industrial Sector:
» Industrial Policies
» Licensing
» MSME
» Labour Reforms
» Companies Act
» Make in India, Skill India
» Challenges in Industrial
development
» Organised and unorganised
sector
» PPP
» Investment models

• Initiatives by the govt.

» Government policies
» Five-year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues
» related to planning
» Economic Policies till 1991
» Economic Reforms since 1991:
End of license Raj, Liberalization,
Privatisation and Globalisation
• Infrastructure:
» IT, Communication, Urbanisation,
Transport, Mining, etc.
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-8 (GS3)

CSAT TEST-4

14/02/2025 -Environment • Ecology and Functions of an ecosystem • ICSE Environmental GS Prelims:

Friday & Ecology » Terrestrial ecosystems Studies - Class X Duration: 2
» Aquatic ecosystems (2018 edition – hours
-CSAT • Environmental pollution S.Chand Publications)
» Pollutants • Biology – NCERT 100 Questions
-Current Affairs 12th – Unit 4
» Air pollution
• Shankar IAS –
» Water Pollution
Environment CSAT Prelims:
» Soil Pollution Duration: 2
» Noise Pollution hours
» Radioactive pollution Current Affairs:
» E-Waste June 2024 - present 80 Questions
» Solid Waste date
» Bioremediation
• Biodiversity Sources:
» Basic Concepts
» Plant and Animal Diversity InsightsIAS Current
Affairs
» Marine Organisms
Current affairs quiz
» Threat to Biodiversity
QUED
» Protected Area Network: National Static quiz
parks, Wildlife sanctuaries,
Biosphere reserves, Reserved and
protected forests, Conservation
and community reserves, Village
and panchayat Forests, Private
protected areas, Conservation
areas
» Biodiversity Conservation efforts
» Indian Biodiversity ad
conservation efforts
» Bioprospecting
» Biosafety
» Biopiracy
• Environmental problems:
» Climate Change
» Acidification
» Eutrophication
» Ozone Depletion
» Mitigation Strategies
» India and Climate Change

• Conservation efforts: India and World

» Institutional and Organizational
mechanisms
» Environmental Acts and Policies
» Environmental conventions
» Sustainable development
Environmental Monitoring and
Impact Assessment
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

CSAT
1. Comprehension
2. General mental ability
(a) Series completion
(b) Coding — Decoding
(c) Blood Relations
(d) Puzzle Test
(e) Sequential Output Tracing
(f) Direction Sense Test
(g) Logical Venn diagrams
(h) Alphabet Test
(i) Number, Ranking & Time
Sequence Test
(j) Logical Sequence of Words
(k) Arithmetical Reasoning
(l) Inserting the Missing Character
(m)Data Sufficiency
(n) Decision Making
(o) Assertion and Reason
(p) Situation Reaction Test
Verification of Truth of the Statement

PRELIMS TEST-9 (GS3)

18/02/2025 -Science & • S&T in India

Tuesday Technology » Historical Perspective
» Science and Planning
-Current Affairs » S&T Policies in Independent India
» S&T Infrastructure in India
» Department of Science and
Technology
• Earth Sciences
» Weather Forecasting and Climate
Research in India
» Seismology Research
» Ocean Development
» Natural Disasters
• Energy
» Types of Energy Resources
» Fossil Fuels
» Renewable Sources and their
Development in India
• Nuclear Science
» Radioactivity
» Radioisotopes
» Nuclear Power
» Applications of Nuclear S&T
» Safety Issues
» Nuclear Weapons
» India’s Nuclear Science
Programme
» Particle Physics
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Information Technology
» Electronics
» Computers
» The Internet
» Computer Security
» Telecommunication
» India and Info-Tech
» Artificial Intelligence
» Robots and Robotics
» Fibre Optics
» Computer- and IT-Related Terms
and Products
• Lasers
» Principles and Types
» Applications
» Basic Science
» Industry
» Defence
» Nuclear Energy
» Health and Medical Care
» Laser Technology in India
• Superconductivity
» What is Superconductivity
» Uses and Applications
» Research in India
• Nanotechnology
» Understanding Nanotechnology
» Approaches in Nanotechnology
» Applications
» Implications and Various
Concerns
» Nanotechnology in India
» Nano Mission
• Astronomy and Space Research
» Astronomy and its Importance
» The Origin and Development of
the Universe
» Accelerating Expansion of the
Universe
» The Objects in the Universe
» Observing the Universe
» Space Exploration
» Elements of Space Research and
Technology
» Major Space Probes
» India’s Space Programme
» India’s Space Ventures
» Space Applications
» Milestones in India’s Space
Ventures
» Space-Industry Partnership in
India
» Export Promotion
» International Cooperation in
Space
» Space Garbage and Dealing with
it
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Defence Research and Technology

» Weapon Innovations of Note
» Defence R&D in India
• Health and Medicine
» Disease-Causing Agents
» Infectious Diseases
» Non-Infectious or Degenerative
Diseases
» Deficiency Diseases
» Allergies
» Cancer
» Recent Life Style Concerns
» Health Policies and Programmes
in India
» Indian Systems of Medicine and
Homoeopathy
• Genetics
» What are Genetics?
» Physical Basis of Heredity
» Chemical Basis of Heredity
» Gene Mapping
» Genome Analysis and Human
Genetics
• Biotechnology
» What is Biotechnology
» Biotechnology Techniques
» Genetic Engineering
» DNA Fingerprinting
» Cloning
» Artificial Insemination and
Embryo
» Stem Cell Technology
» Applications of Biotechnology
» Biotech Research in India
» Patents and Biotechnology
• Applications of S&T
» Agriculture and Rural
Development
» Basic Resources of Agriculture
» Environment-Friendly Agriculture
> Sustainable Agriculture
> S&T Advancements in
Agricultural Produce in India
> Genetically Modified
Crops:Biosafety and
Regulation
> Animal Husbandry
> Agriculture in Special Areas
> Climate-Smart Agriculture
> Research, Education, Transfer
of Technology in India
> S&T and Rural Development
in India
» Industry
> Major R&D Infrastructure in
India
> Contribution of CSIR
> Intellectual Property Rights
Comments on the National
IPR Policy
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

19/02/2025-
21/02/2025
STUDY BREAK: 3 Days
Wednesday-
Friday
ROUND 2: BREAKTHROUGH TESTS FOR PRELIMS
Total No. Of Tests:13 GS tests & 6 CSAT tests
PRELIMS TEST-10 (GS1)
CSAT TEST-5
22/02/2025 -GS – 1: Art Ancient History 1. Old NCERT GS Prelims
Saturday & Culture • Prehistoric period • Ancient India – R S Duration: 2
+Ancient and » Palaeolithic Sharma hours No. of
Medieval India » Mesolithic • Medieval India – Questions: 100
» Neolithic Satish Chandra
-CSAT » Chalcolithic
• Harappan / Indus Valley Civilization
2. New NCERT CSAT Prelims
• Vedic Age
-Current Affairs » Early Vedic period • Our pasts – I Duration: 2
» Later Vedic period • Our pasts – II hours
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of Magadh • Themes – I 80 Questions
• Religious Reforms • Themes – II
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion
• Mauryan Age 3. Tamil Nadu History
• Post Mauryan Age Textbook - Class XI
» Indo Greek Invasion
o Indo-Greeks Current Affairs:
o Parthians June 2024 - present
o Shaka date
o Kushanas
o Indo-Sassanian
» Sungas Sources:
» Kanvas
» Satavahanas InsightsIAS Current
• Guptas Age Affairs
• Sangam Age Current affairs quiz
• Regional Kingdoms QUED
• Post Guptas Age Static quiz
» Harshavardhana
» Pallava
» Chalukya
Medieval History
• Triparty Struggle
Prathiharas Palas
• Chola Empire
• Turkish conquest of India Ghaznavid
Muhammad Ghuri
• Rajput states
• Delhi sultanate
» Slave dynasty
» The Khaljis
» The Tughlaqs
» The Sayyids
» The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
» Hoysalas
» Yadavas
» Kakatiyas
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

Vijaynagara
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Regional kingdoms
• Religious Movements
» Bhakti Movement
» Sufi Movement
(Brief History, Salient Features, Social,
Economics, Religious and Cultural
conditions of all the above)

• Architecture
» Cave Architecture
» Temple Architecture
» Indo-Islamic Architecture
» Modern Architecture
(Under Indus Valley Civilization, The
Mauryan Architecture, The Sungas,
Kushanas, Satavahanas & Guptas, Post
Guptas, Delhi- Sultanate, Mughals etc)
• Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture and
Different schools of Art
• Indian Paintings
» Pre historic painting & Cave
paintings
» Mural Paintings
» Miniature Paintings - Pala
School, Rajput Paintings, Mughal
Paintings, Hill paintings etc.
» Folk Paintings
» Modern Indian Paintings
» Personalities Associated
• Religion
» Hinduism
» Jainism
» Buddhism
» Islam
» Christianity
» Zoroastrianism
» Judaism

• Philosophy
» Six Schools of Philosophy
» Ajivika
» Lokayata etc.
• Indian Music
» Classical Music
o Hindustani Music
o Carnatic Music
» Folk Music Tradition
» Modern Music
» Personalities
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Indian Dance
» Classical Dance forms in India
– Odissi, Kathak, Kathakali,
Mohiniattay, Sattriya, Manipuri,
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi
» Folk Dances
» Modern Dance in India
• Theatre
» Sanskrit Theatre
» Folk Theatre
» Modern Theatre
» Personalities
• Puppetry
» History
» Different forms of Puppetry in
» People Associated with Theatres
• Indian Cinema and Circus
• Bhakti & Sufi Movement
• Language & Literature
» Indian Language
o Classical Languages
o Scheduled Languages
» Indian Literature
o Religious Literature
o Secular Literature
• Fairs, Festivals and Craft
» Religious Festivals,
» Secular
» Festivals (States & UT’s)
» Art & Crafts
• Science & Technology
» Ancient, Science & Technology
» Medieval Science & Technology
» Famous Personalities in
» Ancient and Medieval India
• Promotion and Preservation of Indian
Heritage
» Indian Word Heritage Sites –
Tangible & non-tangible heritage,
Tentative list
» Cultural Heritage Sites
» Natural Heritage Sites
» Important Institutions

CSAT
1. Comprehension
2. Logical reasoning & Analytical ability
(a) Logic
(b) Statement - Arguments
(c) Statement - Assumptions
(d) Statement - Courses of Action
(e) Statement – Conclusions
(f) Syllogism
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-11 (GS1)

25/02/2025 -Modern India • Fall of Mughals

Tuesday • Advent of Europeans
-Current Affairs » Coming of Europeans
» Struggle among Europeans
» Rise of East India Company
Modern India: Pre-Congress Phase
• Fall of Mughals
• Advent of Europeans
» Coming of Europeans
» Struggle among Europeans
» Rise of East India Company
• India under East India Company’s Rule
» Administration
» Political policies
o Regulating Act of 1773
o Pitt’s India Act 1784
o Charter acts of 1784, 1793,
1813,1833, 1853
» British Expansion policy: Doctrine
of lapse, Subordinate alliance, etc.
» Economic policies and their
impact
o Agricultural policies
o Famine policy
» Foreign Policies
» Social Policies
o Education Policies
o Religious policies
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th century:
Marathas, Punjab, Mysore, Hyderabad
etc.
• Socio - Religious Reform Movements
in the 19th and 20th CE India – Arya
Samaj, Brahmo Samaj , etc.
• The Great Revolt of 1857
• Changes in Indian Administration after
1858 - GOI ACT 1858, Councils Act, 1861,
1892.
• Growth of Political Ideas and Political
Organisations (up to 1885)

Modern India: National Movement

• Foundation of the Indian National Con-
gress
• National movement (1885 - 1919)
» Moderate Phase (1885 – 1905)
» Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
» The first phase of Revolutionary
and Terrorist Movement
» The Morley-Minto Reforms or the
Indian Councils Act, 1909
» The Lucknow Pact (1916)
» The Home Rule Movement
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

National movement (1919 - 1939)

» Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
or the Government of India act,
1919
» The Khilafat Movement (1920-22)
and Non-Cooperation Movement
» The Left Movement
» The second phase of
Revolutionary and Terrorist
Movement
» Anti-Simon Commission Agitation
(1928-29)
» Nehru Report, 1928
» The Lahore Session, 1929
» The Civil Disobedience Movement
» The Government of India Act,
1935
» Provincial Elections and
Formation of popular Ministries
in Provinces, 1937

• Freedom to Partition (1939 - 1947)

» The Second World War and the
National Movement
» The August Offer 1940
» The Individual Satyagraha 1940-41
» The Cripps Proposal, 1942
» The Quit India Movement, I942
» Subhash Bose and Indian National
Army
» Rajagopalachari Formula & Desai
Liaqat Plan
» Wavell Plan and Simla Conference
1945
» General Elections in India, 1945
» Naval Mutiny: 1946
» The Indian Independence Act,
1947

• Other Dimensions
» Tribal Movements
» Peasants Movement
» Dalit Movements
» Women movement
» Role of Press and Publications
» Role of Business groups

• Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Committee, Congress Sessions, Governor
–General Viceroys etc.
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-12 (GS1)

&
CSAT TEST-6

28/02/2025 -Geography Physical Geography of the world • Fundamentals of GS Prelims:

• Origin and evolution of Universe Solar Physical Geography Duration: 2
Friday -CSAT system (NCERT Class XI) hours
» Geological History of the Earth • Fundamentals
-Current Affairs » Geological Time scale Latitude of Human 100 Questions
and Longitude including Geography
important Parallels and Meridians (NCERT Class XII) CSAT:
» Motions of the Earth and their • Goh Cheng Duration: 2
effects Inclination of the Earth’s Leong - hours
Axis and its effects Certificate
» Local and Standard Time and the Physical 80 Questions
International Date Line, Calendar and Human
» Eclipses - Solar, Lunar Geography
• Mapping - World
• Geomorphology • India Physical
» Interior structure of the earth Environment
» Roc (NCERT Class XI)
» Landform Development • India - People
» First order (continental drift and Economy
theory, sea floor spreading, plate (NCERT Class XII)
tectonics theory) Second order • Mapping – India
(Mountains, Plateaus, Plains &
other landforms) Current Affairs:
» Internal forces & their impact - June 2024 - present
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, date
» Folding, Faulting, Isostasy
» External forces & their impact - Sources:
Weathering, Erosion & landforms InsightsIAS Current
thus developed Affairs
• Climatology Current affairs quiz
» Structure, Composition of QUED
atmosphere Static quiz
» Weather & Climate
» Heat & temperature
o Insolation
o Heat Budget
o Distribution of temperature
o Temperature Inversion
» Pressure and Pressure belts
» Winds
o Planetary winds
o Seasonal winds
o Local winds
• Precipitation-Forms & Types,
Distribution of rainfall
• Air Masses
Cyclones and anti-cyclones
• World Climatic regions
• Oceanography
• Bottom relief Features
• Ocean waves, currents, tides & Tsunamis
Temperature distribution
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Salinity distribution
• Marine resources
• Biogeography
» Soils
o Classification
o Distribution
o Erosion & Conservation
» Biomes
World Economic and Human Geography:
• Natural resources and mineral
resources and distribution of key
natural resources across the world
• Agriculture and agro-climatic
regions
• Industry and location factors
• Infrastructure
• World Population, density &
distribution, races & tribes,
• settlements & migration
Continents - Major physical features,
natural resources
• Physical Geography of India
• Location
» Latitude
» Longitude
» Physiographic division of India
o Northern Mountains
o Plains of India
o Peninsular Plateau
o Islands of India
» Drainage System
o Himalayan Drainage System
o Peninsular Drainage System
o Other small river system

• Indian Climate
» Spatial and temporal distribution
of temperature & pressure
» Winds
» Rainfall
o Indian Monsoon
• Mechanism
• Onset
• Variability
o Rainfall distribution
» Climatic Regions of India
• Soils
» Classification of Soils
» Problems of Soil and
Conservation
• Indian Flora & Faun
» Forests and their distribution
» Forest Conservation
» Fauna
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

Indian Economic and Human Geography

• Agriculture typology and major Crops
grown in India
• Agro-Climatic Regions
• Land Reforms and Land use pattern
• Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and
Aquaculture
• Water Resources- Availability and
potential: Lakes, rivers, dams, power
and irrigation projects, wetlands and
interlinking of rivers
• Mineral Resources- classification and
distribution
• Energy Resources- conventional and
non-conventional resources
• Population and Growth trends -
density, sex ratio, literacy, tribes and
racial groups in India
• Rural and Urban Settlements- types
and patterns
• Industries- types and their locational
factors
• Transport and Communication
-railways, highways, inland
• water transport, shipping and sea-
ports, air transport
• Map Based Questions from India
(Location of state, city, river, lakes,
important places including Ramsar sites,
Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries
and National Parks)

CSAT
-Revision test of CSAT Test 4 & Test 5
Syllabus

PRELIMS TEST-13 (GS1)

2/03/2025 -General The complete GS- Paper 1 Syllabus Sources as GS Prelims:

Sunday Studies Paper 1 mentioned above in
the Prelims Tests for Duration: 2
-Current Affairs GS-1 hours

Current Affairs: June 100 Questions

2024 - present date

Sources:
InsightsIAS Current
Affairs
Current affairs quiz
QUED
Static quiz
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-14 (GS2)

&
CSAT TEST-7

5/03/2025 -Polity • Constitutionalism • Indian GS Prelims:

Wednesday • Historical Underpinnings Constitution at Duration: 2
-CSAT • Evolution & Making of the hours
Constitution Work (NCERT
-Current Affairs • Features and Significant Provisions Class XI) 100 Questions
• Political systems
• LAXMIKANTH –
• Democratic & Non-Democratic
• Parliamentary & Presidential Indian Polity CSAT Prelims:
• Unitary & Federal Duration: 2
• Direct and Representative hours
Current Affairs:
• Republic and Monarchy etc.
June 2024 - present
• The Preamble 80 Questions
date
• The Union and its Territory
• Citizenship
• Fundamental Rights Sources:
• Directive Principles InsightsIAS Current
• Fundamental Duties Affairs
• Amendment of Constitution Current affairs quiz
• Basic Structure of the Constitution QUED
• Emergency Provisions
• Central Government Static quiz
» President of India
» Vice President of India
» Prime minister
» Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament
• State Government
» Governor
» Chief Minister
» State Council of Ministers
» State Legislature
• Judiciary
» Supreme Court
» High Courts
» Subordinate Courts

CSAT: Full Syllabus

PRELIMS TEST-15 (GS2)

7/03/2025 -Polity • Central Government • Indian GS Prelims:

Friday » President of India Constitution at Duration: 2
-Current Affairs » Vice President of India Work (NCERT hours
» Prime minister Class XI)
» Central Council of Ministers, • LAXMIKANTH – 100 Questions
Parliament Indian Polity
• State Government
» Governor Current Affairs:
» Chief Minister June 2024 - present
» State Council of Ministers date
» State Legislature
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Judiciary Sources:
» Supreme Court InsightsIAS Current
» High Courts Affairs
» Subordinate Courts Current affairs quiz
• Indian Federalism QUED
» Centre-State Relations Static quiz
» Inter-state Relations
• Local Government
» Panchayati Raj
» Local Urban Government
• Other Dimensions
» Official Language
» Public Services
» Tribunals
» Special provisions for SCs, STs,
BCs, Minorities & Anglo- Indians
» Rights and liabilities of the
Government
» Authoritative text in Hindi
Language
» Anti-defection law
• Political dimensions
» Ministries and Departments of
the Government
» Pressure groups
» Elections & political parties
» Representation of People’s Act
» Election Process
» Governance
» Transparency & Accountability
» RTI
» Citizen’s Charter
» e-Governance
• Constitutional Bodies
» Election Commission
» Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)
» State Public Service Commission
(SPSC)
» Finance Commission
» CAG
» Attorney general of India
» Advocate general of India
» Special officer for Linguistic
Minorities
» National Commission for
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
» National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
» National Commission for
Backward Castes (NCBC) etc.
• Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC, CVC, CBI,
Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR etc.
International Institutions
UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, ADB, BRICS
etc.
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-16 (GS2)

& CSAT TEST 8
10/03/2024 - Full Syllabus GS-2: Full Syllabus & Current Affairs Sources as GS Prelims:
Monday - General CSAT: Full Syllabus mentioned above in Duration: 2
Studies- II: the Prelims Tests for hours
Governance, GS-2
Constitution, 100 Questions
Polity, Social Current Affairs:
Justice and June 2024 - present
International date CSAT Prelims:
relations. Duration: 2
Sources: hours
-CSAT InsightsIAS Current
Affairs 80 Questions
-Current Affairs Current affairs quiz
QUED
Static quiz

PRELIMS TEST-17 (GS3)

13/03/2025 -Economy • National Income Accounting: • Indian Economic Duration: 2

Thursday -Current Affairs » Definition Development hours
» Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market (NCERT Class XI)
Price and Factor Cost, NNP, NDP, • RAMESH SINGH 100 Questions
transfer payments, National – Indian Economy
income at FC, Personal Income,
disposable income, factors
affecting national income, net Current Affairs:
foreign factor income June 2024 - present
» Measurement of national income: date
value added method, income
method, expenditure method, Sources:
Application of various methods,
Base year, GDP deflator -Insights IAS Current
» Debates around GDP and other Affairs
indices
• Money and Banking -Insights IAS PRIME
» Money Magazine
o Definition
o Functions and significance -The Insights IAS
o Evolution of Money Current Affairs (CA)
o Money supply in India and Quiz
factors affecting it
» Banking -Insights IAS RTM
o Need of banks Quiz (Revision
o Function Through MCQs)
o Commercial Banks
» Central Bank:
o Importance
o Functions
o Structure
o Monetary Policy
o Policy tools, (CRR, SLR, OMO,
Repo and Rev Repo, MSF etc.)
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

» Banking Reforms
• Capital Markets & Money Markets
» Basic Terms and Concepts, Equity
and debt Instruments
» Primary market and Secondary
markets etc.
• Inflation and Employment
» Inflation
o Definition
o Inflationary Gap and
Inflationary process
o Inflation Cycles: Demand Pull
Inflation, Cost Push Inflation,
o Causes of Inflation
o Inflation Control measures
• Unemployment
o Types of Unemployment:
Structural, Seasonal, Frictional,
Cyclical
o Nature of Unemployment in India
• Government budgeting and Fiscal Policy
» Budgeting
o Evolution of Budgeting
o Institutions and Laws
o The Union Budget: Components
- Revenue Account,
o Capital Account, Measures of
Government Deficit etc.,
o Weaknesses in the Budgetary
Process
» Fiscal Policy
o Public Finance - Role and
Importance,
o Public Expenditure - Revenue
and Capital, Development and
Non-Development
o Public Revenue
» Sources of Revenue
» Taxes
° Classification - Direct and
Indirect, Specific and Ad
Valorem
° Social and Economic
Objectives of Taxes
» Public Debt
» Deficit Financing
»

• External Sector and Currency Exchange

rate
» Balance of Payments: Definition,
Current and Capital Accounts,
Convertibility
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

» FDI, FII -- issues, challenges etc.

» Foreign Trade of India
» Trade Policy
» Product wise trade
» Region wise trade
» Subsidy boxes
» WTO related issues
» and India
» Intellectual Property Rights
• International Trade and Bodies:
» IMF: Purpose and
» Objectives, Organization and
Functions, Working and
» Evaluation, IMF and
Underdeveloped Countries, SDR’s,
» Reforms etc.,
» World Bank
» Bilateral and Regional
Cooperation
Agriculture:
» Recent trends in Agriculture
Sector
» Cropping System and Pattern;
» Agricultural Marketing and
Reforms
» Agricultural Research;
» Sustainable Agriculture;
» Animal Husbandry
» PDS
» Farm distress and government
initiatives
• Industrial Sector:
» Industrial Policies
» Licensing
» MSME
» Labour Reforms
» Companies Act
» Make in India, Skill India
» Challenges in Industrial
development
» Organised and unorganised
sector
» PPP
» Investment models
• Initiatives by the govt.
» Government policies
» Five-year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues
» related to planning
» Economic Policies till 1991
» Economic Reforms since 1991:
End of license Raj, Liberalization,
Privatisation and Globalisation
• Infrastructure:
» IT, Communication, Urbanisation,
Transport, Mining, etc.
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-18 (GS3)

& CSAT TEST 9

16/03/2025 -Environment • Ecology and Functions of an ecosystem • ICSE Environmental GS Prelims:

Sunday & Ecology » Terrestrial ecosystems Studies - Class X Duration: 2
» Aquatic ecosystems (2018 edition – hours
-CSAT • Environmental pollution S.Chand Publications)
» Pollutants • Biology – NCERT 100 Questions
-Current Affairs » Air pollution 12th – Unit 4
» Water Pollution • Shankar IAS –
Environment CSAT Prelims:
» Soil Pollution
Duration: 2
» Noise Pollution
hours
» Radioactive pollution
Current Affairs:
» E-Waste June 2024 - present 80 Questions
» Solid Waste date
» Bioremediation
• Biodiversity Sources:
» Basic Concepts
» Plant and Animal Diversity InsightsIAS Current
» Marine Organisms Affairs
» Threat to Biodiversity Current affairs quiz
» Protected Area Network: National QUED
parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, Static quiz
Biosphere reserves, Reserved and
protected forests, Conservation
and community reserves, Village
and panchayat Forests, Private
protected areas, Conservation
areas
» Biodiversity Conservation efforts
» Indian Biodiversity ad
conservation efforts
» Bioprospecting
» Biosafety
» Biopiracy
• Environmental problems:
» Climate Change
» Acidification
» Eutrophication
» Ozone Depletion
» Mitigation Strategies
» India and Climate Change
• Conservation efforts: India and World
» Institutional and Organizational
mechanisms
» Environmental Acts and Policies
» Environmental conventions
» Sustainable development
Environmental Monitoring and
Impact Assessment

CSAT:
Full Syllabus
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-19 (GS3)

20/03/2025 -Science & • S&T in India NCERT: GS Prelims:

Thursday Technology » Historical Perspective • Class VI to Class Duration: 2
» Science and Planning X hours
-Current Affairs » S&T Policies in Independent India • Class XI –
» S&T Infrastructure in India Chemistry: Unit 14 100 Questions
» Department of Science and • Class XI –
Technology Biology: Units 4
• Earth Sciences &5
» Weather Forecasting and Climate • Class XII –
Research in India Chemistry: Unit 16
» Seismology Research • Class XII –
» Ocean Development Biology: Units 8,
» Natural Disasters 9 & 10
• Energy
» Types of Energy Resources Current Affairs:
» Fossil Fuels • Science reporter
» Renewable Sources and their • News papers
Development in India
• Nuclear Science Newspapers: The
» Radioactivity Hindu & The IE
» Radioisotopes
» Nuclear Power Current Affairs:
» Applications of Nuclear S&T June 2024 - present
» Safety Issues date
» Nuclear Weapons
» India’s Nuclear Science Sources:
Programme InsightsIAS Current
» Particle Physics Affairs
• Information Technology Current affairs quiz
» Electronics QUED
» Computers Static quiz
» The Internet
» Computer Security
» Telecommunication
» India and Info-Tech
» Artificial Intelligence
» Robots and Robotics
» Fibre Optics
» Computer- and IT-Related Terms
and Products
• Lasers
» Principles and Types
» Applications
» Basic Science
» Industry
» Defence
» Nuclear Energy
» Health and Medical Care
» Laser Technology in India
• Superconductivity
» What is Superconductivity
» Uses and Applications
» Research in India
Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Nanotechnology
» Understanding Nanotechnology
» Approaches in Nanotechnology
» Applications
» Implications and Various
Concerns
» Nanotechnology in India
» Nano Mission
• Astronomy and Space Research
» Astronomy and its Importance
» The Origin and Development of
the Universe
» Accelerating Expansion of the
Universe
» The Objects in the Universe
» Observing the Universe
» Space Exploration
» Elements of Space Research and
Technology
» Major Space Probes
» India’s Space Programme
» India’s Space Ventures
» Space Applications
» Milestones in India’s Space
Ventures
» Space-Industry Partnership in
India
» Export Promotion
» International Cooperation in
Space
» Space Garbage and Dealing with
it
Defence Research and Technology
» Weapon Innovations of Note
» Defence R&D in India
• Health and Medicine
» Disease-Causing Agents
» Infectious Diseases
» Non-Infectious or Degenerative
Diseases
» Deficiency Diseases
» Allergies
» Cancer
» Recent Life Style Concerns
» Health Policies and Programmes
in India
» Indian Systems of Medicine and
Homoeopathy
• Genetics
» What are Genetics?
» Physical Basis of Heredity
» Chemical Basis of Heredity
» Gene Mapping
» Genome Analysis and Human
Genetics
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

• Biotechnology
» What is Biotechnology
» Biotechnology Techniques
» Genetic Engineering
» DNA Fingerprinting
» Cloning
» Artificial Insemination and
Embryo
» Stem Cell Technology
» Applications of Biotechnology
» Biotech Research in India
» Patents and Biotechnology
• Applications of S&T
» Agriculture and Rural
Development
» Basic Resources of Agriculture
» Environment-Friendly Agriculture
> Sustainable Agriculture
> S&T Advancements in
Agricultural Produce in India
> Genetically Modified
Crops:Biosafety and
Regulation
> Animal Husbandry
> Agriculture in Special Areas
> Climate-Smart Agriculture
> Research, Education, Transfer
of Technology in India
> S&T and Rural Development
in India
» Industry
> Major R&D Infrastructure in
India
> Contribution of CSIR
> Intellectual Property Rights
Comments on the National
IPR Policy
PRELIMS TEST-20 (GS3) & CSAT TEST 10

24/03/2025 -General -General Studies Paper 3: Full Syllabus Sources as GS Prelims:

Monday Studies Paper mentioned above in Duration: 2
3: Full Syllabus -CSAT: Full Syllabus the Prelims Tests for hours
GS-3 100 Questions
-CSAT Newspapers: The
Hindu & The IE CSAT Prelims:
-Current Affairs Current Affairs: Duration: 2
June 2024 - present hours
date 80 Questions
Sources:
InsightsIAS Current
Affairs
Current affairs quiz
QUED
Static quiz
 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

PRELIMS TEST-21

31/03/2025 -General India Year Book 2024 India Year Book GS Prelims:
Monday Studies 2024 Duration: 2
hours
-Current Affairs Newspapers: The 100 Questions
Hindu & The IE

Current Affairs:
June 2024 - present
date

Sources:
InsightsIAS Current
Affairs
Current affairs quiz
QUED
Static quiz
PRELIMS TEST-22

07/04/2025 - Economic • Economic Survey 2024-2025, Budget - Economic Survey GS Prelims:

Monday Survey 2023- 2025-26 2024-2025, Duration: 2
2024, -Budget 2025-26 hours
-Budget 2024- 100 Questions
25 Newspapers: The
Hindu & The IE

-Current Affairs Current Affairs:

June 2024 - present
date

Sources:
InsightsIAS Current
Affairs
Current affairs quiz
QUED
Static quiz

Breakthrough tests conquered; now the final stretch with Simulations!

ROUND 3: SIMULATION TESTS FOR PRELIMS

Total No. Of Tests: 8 GS tests & 6 CSAT tests

PRELIMS TEST-23 & CSAT TEST 11

 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

14/04/2025 -General Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:

Monday Studies sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-CSAT 100 Questions
Newspapers: The
-Current Affairs Hindu & The IE CSAT Prelims:
Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions
PRELIMS TEST-24 & CSAT TEST 12

21/04/2025 -Full GS Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:

Monday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-CSAT 100 Questions
Newspapers: The
-Current Affairs Hindu & The IE CSAT Prelims:
Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions
PRELIMS TEST-25

25/04/2025 -GS: Full Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:

Friday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-Current Affairs Newspapers: The 100 Questions
Hindu & The IE CSAT Prelims:
Current Affairs: Duration: 2
June 2024 - present hours
date 80 Questions
PRELIMS TEST-26 & CSAT TEST 13

28/04/2025 -Full GS Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:

Monday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-CSAT Current Affairs: 100 Questions
June 2024 - present
-Current Affairs date CSAT Prelims:
Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions
PRELIMS TEST-27

02/05/2025 -GS: Full Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:

Friday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-Current Affairs 100 Questions
Newspapers: The
Hindu & The IE CSAT Prelims:
Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions

PRELIMS TEST-28 & CSAT TEST 14

 Date, Day Subject/Broad Topics to be covered Sources (Books, Test Details and
Topic Websites, etc.) Duration

05/04/2025 -Full GS Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:

Monday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-CSAT 100 Questions
Current Affairs:
-Current Affairs June 2024 - present CSAT Prelims:
date Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions
PRELIMS TEST-29 & CSAT TEST 15
12/05/2025 -Full GS Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:
Monday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-CSAT Current Affairs: 100 Questions
June 2024 - present
-Current Affairs date CSAT Prelims:
Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions
PRELIMS TEST-30 & CSAT TEST 16
19/05/2025 -Full GS Full Syllabus Refer to all the GS Prelims:
Monday Syllabus sources listed in the Duration: 2
sectional tests above hours
-CSAT Current Affairs: 100 Questions
June 2024 - present
-Current Affairs date CSAT Prelims:
Duration: 2
hours
80 Questions
25/05/2025 Time to Ace
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Regarding the sources mentioned:
a. Unless otherwise specified, we will primarily follow the latest New NCERTs.
b. For the Economy section, we’ll be referring to the 10th Edition of Ramesh Singh.
c. Modern India can be studied using either the latest edition of Spectrum Publication or “Struggle for
India’s Independence” by Bipin Chandra.
d. Current Affairs will include the coverage of the month(s) mentioned. We may also delve into past
months’ current affairs if deemed essential.
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ography, focusing on locations currently in the news.
f. We will eventually compile a list of significant places in the news and provide guidance on practicing
map-based questions related to them.
g. For other parts of the syllabus, such as National Parks, Biosphere Reserves, Regional and International
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• YouTube: Discussion of the UPSC CSE 2022 Essay Paper by Vinay Sir
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Recommended: Solve the Quizzes on the Insights IAS Website on a daily basis
• Current Affairs (CA) Quiz: 5 MCQs per day based on CA
• Revision through MCQs (RTM) Quiz: 10 MCQs per day based on the CA of the previous day
• Questions on Editorials (QUED): 5 MCQs per day based on the Editorials
• Static Quiz: 5 MCQs per day based on static syllabi
• Insta DART: 5 MCQs per day on CSAT

Recommended: Read the following Current Affairs Magazines of Insights IAS

• Weekly Current Affairs Magazine
• Monthly Current Affairs Magazine: CURRENT AFFAIRS 30
• Content for Mains Enrichment (CME): Useful for Essay and Ethics. Provides a plethora of examples and case
studies that can be used in the GS Papers too!
• InstaMaps: Important Places in News in India & the World
• The PRIME Magazine: Prelims-cum-Mains Enrichment Notes (The soft copy is available at just Rs. 40!)

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