Syllabus of Civil Services Preliminary Exam

Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours

1.Current events of national and international importance

2.History of India and Indian National Movement

3.Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic

   Geography of India and the World.

4.Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political

   System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues,

   etc.

5.Economic and Social Development-Sustainable

   Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social

   Sector Initiatives, etc.

6.General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity

   and Climate Change - that do not require subject

   specialization

7.General Science.

Paper II-(200 marks) Duration : Two hours

1.Comprehension

2.Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

3.Logical reasoning and analytical ability

4.Decision making and problem solving

5.General mental ability

6.Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of

   magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation

   (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X

   level)

7.English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Note 1 :

Questions relating to English Language Comprehension

               skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus

               of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from

               English language only without providing Hindi

               translation thereof in the question paper.

Note 2 :

The questions will be of multiple choice, objective

               type.

Note 3 :

It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both

               the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for

               the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will

               be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in

               both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.