Six-month Schedule for UPSC Prelims Preparation

The UPSC CSE Prelims is usually conducted towards the end of May, or at the beginning of
June. Hence, for a six-month schedule, you will need to kickstart your UPSC Prelims
preparation from December. Here is a month-wise preparation schedule (10 hours/day).
Apart from the 8-hour schedule mentioned below, spare 2 hours for revision, which is
extremely important in the last leg of your UPSC Prelims preparation.

Month Area of Focus (6 hours) Additional 2 Hours Each Day

Decembe NCERTs of History, Polity, Economy, Monthly Current Affairs (June-July) + Current
r Geography, and Art & Culture Affairs of December

January Basic reference books of History, Polity Monthly Current Affairs (August-September) +
Current Affairs of January

February Basic reference books of Economy + Budget Monthly Current Affairs (October-November) +
+ Economic Survey Current Affairs of February

March Basic reference books of Geography and Art CSAT Practice + Current Affairs of March
& Culture

April Previous Years’ Papers + Mock-test-based CSAT Practice + Current Affairs of April
learning approach

May Mock-test-based learning approach CSAT mock-test-based approach

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Subject-wise weightage of General Studies Paper

Subject Number of Questions

Indian History and Culture 12-15

Geography 12-14

Polity 12-14

Economics 12-15

Environment 18-20

General Science 10-12

Current Affairs 15-17