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UPSC PRELIMS TEST SERIES - 2018

TIME TABLE, SYLLABUS & STUDY PLANNER

One Comprehensive FREE Demo Test is Available Date and QP

Code

POLITY

ECONOMY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 1

JAN- 8

Note- Subtopics are indicative

Indian Constitution at Work -11th

NCERT

Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth- 5th

Edition


Fundamental Duties

Indian Economic Development

Development post-independence

- Schemes and

measures

Indian Agriculture and Economy

ltural produce, Role of

cooperatives

Government and RBI

Indian Economic Development, 11th

NCERT

Macroeconomics- 12th

NCERT

Ramesh Singh- Indian Economy

Current Affairs June-2017

Yojana/Kurukshetra- January 2017

Current Affairs- The Hindu,

Indian Express, Business Standard,

Times of India and PIB


Date and QP

Code

GEOGRAPHY

ENVIRONMENT

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 2

Jan 14

-Settlement, Transport

& Communication

-Land, Soil, Water, Mineral &

Power

Economy

-Size and Location


NCERTs 6 to 10 of Geography

Refer only New NCERT’s- 6th

to 10th

And

Certificate of Physical Geography-G.C

Leong- Chapters 1 and 2


Environment and Ecology -Functions of an Ecosystem

Environmental Pollution

pollution

-Waste, Radioactive Waste

etc

-remediation techniques etc

Shankar IAS Environment Book

Current Affairs July-2017




Date and QP

Code

ECONOMY

HISTORY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES


IAS- 3

Jan- 20

Indian Economic Development

Development post-independence

- Schemes and

measures

Indian Agriculture and Economy

cooperatives

Government and RBI

National Income Accounting

Factor Cost, NNP, NDP, transfer payments,

National income at Factor Cost, Personal

Income, disposable income, factors affecting

national income etc

added method, income method, expenditure

method, Application of various methods, Base

year, GDP deflator


Indian Economic Development, 11th

NCERT


NCERT



Money

Income Determination, Government

Budget and Economy

Process, Components etc.

Deficits, Taxes, Debts etc.

Medieval India - Rulers, Social,

Administration , Economic and Cultural

Conditions

- Rulers, Social,

Administration, Economic and Cultural

Conditions

rt and Culture of above

topics

Old NCERT-Medieval India, Satish

Chandra

Tamil Nadu-11th

History


Current Affairs June and July-2017




Yojana/Kurukshetra- March 2017

Date and QP

Code

HISTORY

GEOGRAPHY

SOURCES

IAS- 4

Jan- 27

Ancient History

/Indus Valley Civilization

Jainism

-Mauryan Age

- Pallavas, Chalukyas,

Rashtrakutas and Cholas

s to Art and Culture of above

topics

Medieval History

- Social, Economic and


Ancient Old NCERT: Ancient India, R.S

Sharma

Class XI NCERT – Introduction to

Fine Art

Tamil Nadu-11th

History

Medieval Old NCERT-Medieval India, Satish

Chandra

Tamil Nadu-11th

History


Cultural Conditions

personalities

topics

Population Issues

o Demography

o Census Study

Migration and Human Settlements

o Rural-Urban Settlements

o Tribes of India

o Urbanization issues

o Policies of Government

Human Development

o Poverty related Issues

o Sustainable development

Quaternary Activities

New NCERT- 12th

Human Geography

and India,

NCERT - People and Economy

India Year Book


Current Affairs Aug-2017




Date and QP

Code

IAS- 5

Feb- 1

Comprehensive 1

Syllabus covered from Test 1st to 4

th

Date and QP

Code

ENVIRONMENT

SCIENCE & TECH

MAP BASED QUESTIONS ON NORTH

AMERICA ,LATIN AMERICA

GOVERNMENT SCHEMES RELATED

TO ENVIRONMENT

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES


IAS- 6

Feb -6

Environment and Ecology -Functions of an Ecosystem

Environmental Pollution

pollution

-Waste, Radioactive Waste

etc

-remediation techniques etc

Energy and Environmental Issues an

Thermal, Geothermal, Waste to Energy etc

Mining and ground water scarcity etc

Science and Technology


NCERT Biology 12th

- Unit 10

NCERT Chemistry 11th

Environmental Chemistry- Unit 14


Part 1

Science and Technology -6

th, 7

th and 8

th Class


Current Affairs Sep-2017 Current Affairs- The Hindu,

Indian Express, Business Standard and

PIB

Yojana/Kurukshetra- May 2017

Date and QP

Code

POLITY

ENVIRONMENT

MAP BASED QUESTIONS ON EUROPE

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 7

Feb- 12

Revise Bold Topics-

Fundamental Rights

Directive Principles of State Policy

Fundamental Duties

Amendment of the Constitution

Basic Structure

-State Relations/Inter-State Relations



Edition


nal Commission for SCs/STs

India

Biodiversity

Indian Biodiversity

-geographical classification

NCERT Biology 12th

- Unit 10


Part 2


Current Affairs

Sep-17

Current Affairs

- The Hindu, Indian Express, Business

Standard and PIB

Yojana/Kurukshetra- June 2017

Date and QP

Code

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 8

Feb -17

Human Development

o Poverty related Issues

o Sustainable development

Quaternary Activities

Government schemes related to Education,

health , labor and skill

Transport and Communication

o Railways

o Roads and Highways

o National Waterways

o Major and Minor Ports

o Inland Waterways


New NCERT- 12th

Human Geography

and India,

NCERT People and Economy/ India

Year Book


Government schemes related to Agriculture

Map based questions on Africa region

Land Resources and Agriculture

o Land utilization in India

o Types of farming

o Cropping and Irrigation

o Types of crops

o Policies

Art and Culture from Ancient to Modern

logy in Ancient India

- Islamic Culture


Fine Art

Tamil Nadu-11th

History and

12th CCRT website- India Performing

Arts, Indian Visual Arts, Indian

Literature through ages

Current Affairs Oct-2017 Current Affairs- The Hindu, Indian

Express, Business Standard and PIB

Yojana/Kurukshetra- July 2017


Date and QP

Code

ECONOMY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 9

Feb -24

Money, Inflation and Banking

Banks etc

-RBI

Indian Industries and Infrastructure

Indian Financial System and Capital

Market




Funds etc

Government schemes related to

Infrastructure, Manufacturing and EXIM,

Urbanization and Housing,

Tourism

Current Affairs Oct-2017 Current Affairs-

The Hindu, Indian Express,

Business Standard and PIB

Yojana/Kurukshetra- August 2017

Date and QP

Code

IAS- 10

Feb- 28

Comprehensive 2

Syllabus covered from Test 6th

to 9th

Date and QP

Code

HISTORY

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

SOURCES


IAS- 11

Mar- 6

Medieval India - Rulers, Social,

Administration , Economic and Cultural

Conditions

- Rulers, Social,

Administration, Economic and Cultural

Conditions

topics

Modern India

Conquest of India

Reform, Impact and Organization of

Government of India

– Religious Movements in 19th –

20th centuries

- The Revolt of 1857 &

change after 1857 - Moderate Phase (1885 –

1905)


Medieval Old NCERT-Medieval India, Satish

Chandra

Tamil Nadu-11th

History

Modern Modern India by

Bipan Chandra

or India’s struggle for Independence

–Bipan Chandra

or A Brief History of Modern India-

Spectrum

-11th History


INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

-Size and Location

NCERTs 6 to 10 of Geography

Current Affairs Nov-2017


Indian Express, Business Standard

and PIB

Date and QP

Code

ENVIRONMENT,

SCIENCE & TECH CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 12

Mar- 12

Biodiversity

Indian Biodiversity

-geographical classification

Protected Area Network


NCERT Biology 12th

- Unit 10


Part 2

• NCERTs-9th

and 10th


Reserves

Conservation Efforts

Vulture etc


Current Affairs Dec-2017 Current Affairs- The Hindu, Indian


Yojana/Kurukshetra- October 2017

Date and QP

Code

POLITY,

ECONOMY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES


IAS- 13

Mar- 18

-President

of Ministers, Cabinet Committees

Forums, Group, State Legislature

Subordinate Courts, Judicial Review, Judicial

Activism, Public Interest Litigation

Investigation



Edition

National : Constitutional

National : Non Constitutional

National : NGOs

National : PSUs and Companies

National : Security and Forces

Indian Economic Development -11th

NCERT


NCERT


National Income Accounting

Factor Cost, NNP, NDP, transfer payments,

National income at Factor Cost, Personal

Income, disposable income, factors affecting

national income etc

added method, income method, expenditure

method, Application of various methods, Base

year, GDP deflator

Money

Income Determination, Government

Budget and Economy iscal Policy

Process, Components etc.

Deficits, Taxes, Debts etc.


Current Affairs Jan-2017

Current Affairs- The Hindu, Indian


Date and QP

Code

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY WORLD

GEOGRAPHY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

MAP BASED QUESTIONS ON

ASIA,INDO PACIFIC REGION

SOURCES

IAS- 14

Mar- 24

Indian Physiography

o The Northern Mountains

o The Great Plains

o The Peninsular Uplands

o The Indian Coasts and Islands

Drainage

o Himalayan Rivers

o Indus River System

o Ganga River System

o Brahmaputra River System

o The Peninsular River System

o The East flowing Rivers/West Flowing

Rivers

o Mains Rivers and their tributaries


New NCERT-11th

Indian Physical

Environmental Geography and

Fundamentals of Physical Geography

Certificate of Physical Geography-

G.C. Leong- Chapters 3, 4, 5,

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Chandra

–

Bipin Chandra


Landforms and Soil

o Minerals and Rocks

o Geomorphic Processes, Volcanism,

Earthquakes

o Landforms-Desert, Limestone, Lakes,

Coastal, Islands/Coral Reefs

o Acidity of Soil, Types of Soil

o Major Soil groups in India

o Soil Texture and Erosion etc

World Geography

● Physical and Economic

● Human Geography

● World Population, Distribution & Density,

Races & Tribes, Settlement & Migration

Current Affairs Feb-2017



Date and QP

Code

IAS- 15

Mar- 26

Comprehensive 3


to 14th


Date and QP

Code

ECONOMY

MODERN INDIA

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 16

Apr- 3

Public Finance and Fiscal Policy

-Like GST

Deficit etc

etc

Government schemes related to Funds and

Cess, Financial Inclusion and Social

Security, e-Governance and IT

Human Capital Development




Government schemes related to Women,

Children and Girls, Tribals, Backwards

and Minorities, NE and JK Based

Social Security Social Sectors Initiatives

Waters / Sanitation

Modern India

♦ India in the late Eighteenth Century

♦ The Advent of the Europeans and British

Conquest of India

♦ The British Administrative Structure,

Reform, Impact and Organization of

Government of India

♦ Social – Religious Movements in 19th –

20th centuries

♦ Freedom Struggle

- The Revolt of 1857 & change after 1857


Fine Art

Tamil Nadu-11th

History

12th

CCRT website- India Performing




- Moderate Phase (1885 – 1905)

Art and Culture

Current

Affairs from March 1st – 15

th

Current Affairs-

The Hindu, Indian Express, Business

Standard and PIB

Date and QP

Code

HISTORY,

INDIAN ECONOMY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 17

Apr- 9

Modern India Freedom Struggle: Extremist

Phase (1905 – 17)

-Minto Reforms

Freedom Struggle: The Gandhian Era (1917–

47)

– Advent and Achievement


Old NCERT: Modern India by Bipan

Chandra

or

India’s struggle for Independence –

Bipan Chandra

or

A Brief History of Modern India-

Spectrum


and Khilafat Movement - Non- Cooperation,

Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movement



Fine Arts

Tamil Nadu-11th

History

12th




Indian Economy

▪ Agriculture

▪ Industry

▪ Services

▪ Infrastructure and Communication

▪ Five year Plans

▪ Economic Reforms since 1991

▪ Foreign Trade

▪ India and IMF, WTO , WIPO

▪ India and International Institutions

▪ IPRs

th NCERT: Economics: Indian

Economic Development

Indian Economy (Special Issue) –

Pratiyogita Darpan

Current Affairs from 15th

to 30th




Date and QP

Code

ENVIRONMENT,

SCIENCE & TECH

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 18

Apr- 15

Climate Change

Climate Forcing, Global Warming Potential

etc

Impact of Climate Change- India

Mitigation Strategies

Offsetting, Carbon Tax, Geo-engineering etc

India and Climate Change


NCERT BIO-12th

Class- Chapters

9,10,11 and 12

Shankar IAS Environment Book Part 3

Science

-9th

and 10th


Agriculture


Advancement in Science

Current Affairs

from April 1st – 15

th



Yojana/Kurukshetra-December 2017

Date and QP

Code

POLITY,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 19

Apr- 21

Revise bold topics again-

President and Vice-President

Governor, Prime Minister/Chief Minister

Central Council of Ministers/State

Council of Ministers, Cabinet Committees Parliament, Parliamentary Committees,

Forums, Group, State Legislature Supreme Court, High Court and

Subordinate Courts, Judicial Review,

Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation



Edition

11th

NCERT: Economics: Indian

Economic Development

Indian Economy (Special Issue) –

Pratiyogita Darpan


-operative Societies

Hindi Language

Classes

Electoral Reforms and Voting Behaviour

-Defection Law

Social Development

♦ Human Capital Development

♦ Poverty & Unemployment

♦ Inclusive Growth

♦ Rural Development

♦ Health, Literacy and Education

♦ Demographics

♦ Women & Child


♦ Social Security

Current Affairs from April 15th

- 20th


Express, Business Standard, Times of

India and PIB

Date and QP

Code

IAS- 20

Apr- 24

Comprehensive 4


to 19th

Date and QP

Code

GEOGRAPHY

ENVIRONMENT

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 21

Apr- 30

Climatology

o Composition and Structure of Atmosphere

o Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and

Temperature

o Atmospheric Circulation and Weather

Systems

o Water in the Atmosphere

o Western Disturbances, El Nino, La-Nina and

Southern Oscillations etc


New NCERT-11th

Indian Physical

Environmental Geography

and

NCERT 11th

- Fundamentals of

Physical Geography


o Monsoon and Seasons etc

World Climate and Climate Change

o The Hot, Wet Equatorial Climate

o The Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Marine

Climates

o The Savanna or Sudan Climate

o The Hot Desert and Mid-latitude Climate

o The Mediterranean Climate

o The Steppe Climate

o The China type Climate

o The Siberian type Climate

o The Arctic or Polar Climate etc

Hydrosphere

o Ocean, Seas and salinity

o Ocean currents

o Composition and temperature distribution

Environment

▪ Basic Concepts & Components of the

Ecology and ecosystem

▪ Global warming, Climate change and Ozone

depletion

▪ Environmental Issues and Pollution

Certificate of Physical Geography

-G.C. Leong- Chapters 12 to 25

Ecology and Environment – ICSE

books 9th

& 10th


Current

Affairs from April 20th

– 30th

Current Affairs


Standard, Times of India and PIB

Date and QP

Code

ECONOMY

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL

GEOGRAPHY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS- 22

May-5

External Sector

-FDI, FII

etc

International Economic Organizations and

India

-20 etc


Ramesh Singh-Indian Economy


Public Finance and Fiscal Policy- Revision

-Like GST

Deficit etc

Debt etc

etc

Fundamentals of Physical Geography

● Solar System & The Earth: Origin,

Geological History, Motions of Earth-

Rotation, Revolution

● Lithosphere, Latitude & Longitude,

● The Atmosphere: Structure, Weather &

Climate, Solar Radiation, Heat Balance &

Temperature, Pressure & Wind, Water in the

Atmosphere

● The Hydrosphere: Ocean water and their

circulation

11th

NCERT Books: Fundamental of

Physical Geography

Certificate Physical and Human

Geography –Goh, Cheng Leong

Old NCERT Books of Geography

(Class 6, 7, 8)


● Landforms across the world: Rivers and

lakes, Mountain and Peaks, Plateaus

● Geophysical Phenomena: Volcanoes,

Current Affairs from June 2017 –

December 2017



Yojana/Kurukshetra-

January 2018

Date and QP

Code

HISTORY

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SOURCES

IAS-23

May- 11


- Islamic Culture

Modern Indian History (II)

♦ National Movement: Moderate Phase (1885



Fine Art

Tamil Nadu-11th

History and

12th





– 1905)

♦ National Movement: Extremist Phase (1905

– 17)

♦ Emergence of Extremist & Leaders

♦ The Partition of Bengal

♦ Morley-Minto Reforms

Freedom Struggle: The Gandhian Era (1917–

47)

– Advent and Achievement

Act, JallianawalaBagh Massacre

and Khilafat Movement - Non- Cooperation,

Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movement

: Modern India by

Bipin Chandra

Current Affairs from January – April 2018

Current Affairs


Standard and PIB

Date and QP

Code

ENVIRONMENT


SOURCES


IAS- 24

May- 17

Acts and Policies

etc

Institution and Measures- India and World

Environmental Organizations and

Conventions



NCERT PHYSICS -11th

Class-

Chapters 1, 5 and 8

NCERT PHYSICS -12th

Class-

Chapter 15

NCERT CHEMISTRY -11th

Class-

Chapters 1 and 14


Class-

Chapters 14 and 16

NCERT BIO-11th

Class- Chapters 2 and

5

NCERT BIO-12th

Class- Chapters 4, 5

7, 8, 9 and 10


Part 5

Current Affairs from June 2017 –

December 2017



Date and QP

Code

ENVIRONMENT


SOURCES


IAS- 25

May- 22

Acts and Policies

Institution and Measures- India and World

Environmental Organizations and

Conventions

Science and Technology , Robotics, etc


NCERT PHYSICS -11th

Class

Chapters 1, 5 and 8

NCERT PHYSICS -12th

Class-

Chapter 15


Class-

Chapters 1 and 14


Class-

Chapters 14 and 16

NCERT BIO-11th

Class- Chapters 2

and 5

NCERT BIO-12th

Class- Chapters 4, 5

7, 8, 9 and 10

Shankar IAS Environment Book Part 5

Current Affairs from January – April 2018


Express,Business Standard and PIB

Date and QP

Code

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

IAS- 26

May- 23

International : Treaties and Agreements

International Governance

International Groups

International NGOs and Others

UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALISED





AGENCIES

CLIMATIC CHANGE-

Floods, Cyclone, Tsunami, Natural And

Manmade Disasters And Disaster

Management

Current Affairs from June 2017 – April

2018

Date and QP

Code

IAS- 27

May- 24

Comprehensive 5

Syllabus covered from Test 1st to 25th

Date and QP

Code

IAS- 28

May- 28

Comprehensive 6

Syllabus covered from Test 1st to 25th

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