Integrated Prelims Cum Mains Test Series (IPM) 2022: 1. Previous Years' UPSC Papers + Discussion & Strategy Videos

INTEGRATED PRELIMS CUM MAINS TEST SERIES
(IPM) 2022
Index:
1. Tests on Previous Years’ UPSC Question Papers + Discussion Videos + Strategy Videos
2. IPM 1.0 2022 Schedule (Prelims + Mains)
3. INSTA Preparatory Classes Strategy (recorded)
4. Notes & Sources
5. Subscription details
1. Previous Years’ UPSC Papers + Discussion & Strategy Videos
Date Subject
6th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper – 2015 Discussion Video
Sunday

Sunday

Sunday
27th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper - 2018 Discussion Video

Sunday
4th July 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper - 2019 Discussion Video

Sunday
11th July 2021 Strategy & Tips to Solve MCQs & To follow the Prelims Test
Sunday Series
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2. IPM 1.0 2022 Timetable
INTEGRATED PRELIMS AND MAINS TEST SERIES 2022
Date Subject Syllabus Sources
Essential Tests
General Studies: Prelims Test 1
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period
▪ Paleolithic
▪ Mesolithic Old NCERT
▪ Neolithic
• Ancient India
▪ Chalcolithic
–RS
• Harappan / Indus Valley Sharma
Civilization
• Medieval
• Vedic Age India –
▪ Early Vedic period
Satish
▪ Later Vedic period
Chandra
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of
Magadh
• Religious Reforms New NCERT
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion
• Mauryan Age • Our pasts – I
• Post Mauryan Age • Our pasts – II
▪ Indo Greek Invasion • Themes – I
o Indo-Greeks • Themes – II
General o Parthians
20th July 2021 Studies: o Shaka
TamilNadu
Tuesday o Kushanas
Ancient History
o Indo-Sassanian
& ▪ Sungas Textbook -
Medieval India ▪ Kanvas Class XI
▪ Satavahanas
• Guptas Age
• Sangam Age Current Affairs:
• Regional Kingdoms
• Post Guptas Age (1/6/2021-
➢ Harshavardhana 19/7/2021)
➢ Pallava from the below
➢ Chalukya sources.
Sources:
Medieval History
• Triparty Struggle • INSIGHTSIAS

Prathiharas Current
Palas Affairs Quiz.
• Chola Empire • INSIGHTSIAS
• Turkish conquest of India Current
Ghaznavid Affairs.
Muhammad Ghuri • INSIGHTS
• Rajput states REVISION
WWW.INSIGHTSONINDIA.COM INSTACOURSES.INSIGHTSONINDIA.COM
• Delhi sultanate THROUGH
➢ Slave dynasty MCQs
➢ The Khaljis
➢ The Tughlaqs
➢ The Sayyids
➢ The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later
Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
➢ Hoysalas
➢ Yadavas
➢ Kakatiyas
• 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)
• Current Affairs
General Studies: Mains Test 1 (Essential Test)
Art & Culture

Indian culture:
• An
will cover the salient aspects of Art
Introduction
Forms, Literature and Architecture
to Indian Art -
from ancient to modern times.
Class XI
Indian Society
NCERT
• Salient features of Indian
• Living Craft
Society, Diversity of India.
Traditions of
GS-1: • Role of women and women's
30th July 2021 India -
organization, population and
Chapters 9 and
Art & Culture associated issues, poverty and
Friday 10 -- Class XI
+ developmental issues,
NCERT
Indian Society urbanization, their problems and
• Indian Culture
their remedies.
-- Nitin
• Effects of globalization on Indian
Singhania
society
• CCRT website
• Social empowerment,
Indian Society
communalism, regionalism &
• NCERT
secularism.
• IGNOU
• Current Affairs
Material –
Development
• IGNOU
Material –
Sociology
• Social
Problems in
India – Ram
Ahuja.
• Indian Social
System – Ram
Ahuja
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
29/7/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs

• Architecture
➢ Cave Architecture
➢ Temple Architecture • Introduction
➢ Indo-Islamic to Indian art
Architecture (NCERT class
➢ Modern Architecture 11th)
• Living Craft
Traditions of
(Under Indus Valley Civilization, India (NCERT
The Mauryan Architecture, The class 12th)
General Sungas, Kushanas, Satavahanas & • Indian
st
31 July 2021 Studies:
Guptas, Post Guptas, Delhi- Culture by
Saturday Art Sultanate, Mughals etc) Nitin
& Singhania
• Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture • CCRT - Art
Culture
and Different schools of Art and Culture
• Indian Paintings
➢ Pre historic painting &
Cave paintings
➢ Mural Paintings
➢ Miniature Paintings - Pala Current
School, Rajput Paintings, Affairs:
Mughal Paintings, Hill (1/6/2021-
paintings etc. 30/7/2020)
➢ Folk Paintings
➢ Modern Indian Paintings from the below
➢ Personalities Associated sources.
• Religion
• INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Hinduism
Current
➢ Jainism
Affairs Quiz.
➢ Buddhism
• INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Islam
Current
➢ Christianity
Affairs.
➢ Zoroastrianism
• INSIGHTS
➢ Judaism
REVISION
THROUGH
• Philosophy
MCQs
➢ 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
• 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
Modern Indian
History
• NCERTs
• India’s
struggle for
• Modern Indian history from independenc
about the middle of the e – Bipin
eighteenth century until the Chandra
present- significant events,
Current Affairs:
9th August 2021 personalities, issues
GS-1:
(1/6/2021-
Monday The Freedom Struggle - its 8/8/2021)
Modern India
various stages and important from the below
contributors /contributions from sources.
different parts of the country.
• Current Affairs • INSIGHTSIA
S Current
Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIA
S Current
Affairs.
10th Aug 2021 • Fall of Mughals • Our past III

Modern India • Advent of Europeans (Both part 1 &
Tuesday ➢ Coming of Europeans
(Pre-Congress part 2 --NCERT
phase) ➢ Struggle among Europeans class VIII)
➢ Rise of East India Company
• India under East India • Themes in
Company’s Rule Indian History
➢ Administration – III (NCERT
➢ Political policies Class XII)
o Regulating Act of 1773 • A brief History
o Pitt’s India Act 1784 of Modern
o Charter acts of 1784, India –
1793, 1813,1833, 1853 Spectrum
➢ British Expansion policy: Publication
Doctrine of lapse, • Struggle for
Subordinate alliance etc. India’s
➢ Economic policies and their Independence
impact – Bipin
o Agricultural policies Chandra
o Famine policy
➢ Foreign Policies
➢ Social Policies
o Education Policies
o Religious policies
Current Affairs:
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th
century: Marathas, Punjab, (1/6/2021-
Mysore, Hyderabad etc. 9/8/2021)
• Socio - Religious Reform from the below
Movements in the 19th and 20th sources.
CE India – Arya Samaj, Brahmo
Samaj , etc. • INSIGHTSIAS
• The Great Revolt of 1857 Current
• Changes in Indian Affairs Quiz.
Administration after 1858 - GOI • INSIGHTSIAS
ACT 1858, Councils Act, 1861, Current
1892. Affairs.
• Growth of Political Ideas and • INSIGHTS
Political Organisations (up to REVISION
1885) THROUGH
MCQs

Post Independent India
Post-independence consolidation Post
and reorganization within the Independent
country. India
World History • NCERT

GS-1:
• India since
History of the world will include independence
19th August 2021 Post- events from 18th century such as – Bipin
Independence industrial revolution, world wars, Chandra
Tuesday
+ redrawing of national boundaries, • (or India after
World History colonization, decolonization, Gandhi –
political philosophies like Ramachandra
communism, capitalism, socialism Guha)
etc.- their forms and effect on the
society. World History
Current Affairs • NCERTs
• Mastering
Modern World
History –
Norman Lowe.
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
18/8/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.

• Foundation of the Indian
National Congress
• Our past III
(Both part 1 &
• National movement (1885 - part 2 --NCERT
1919) class VIII)
➢ Moderate Phase (1885 – • Themes in
1905) Indian History
➢ Partition of Bengal and the – III (NCERT
Swadeshi Movement Class XII)
➢ The first phase of • A brief History
Revolutionary and Terrorist Of Modern
Movement India –
➢ The Morley-Minto Reforms Spectrum
or the Indian Councils Act, Publication
1909 • Struggle for
General ➢ The Lucknow Pact (1916) India’s
➢ The Home Rule Movement Independence
Studies:
20th August 2021 – Bipin
Modern India Chandra
Friday • National movement (1919 -
(National 1939)
Movement) ➢ Montague-Chelmsford
Reforms or the Government
of India act, 1919 Current Affairs:
➢ The Khilafat Movement
(1/6/2021-
(1920-22) and Non-
Cooperation Movement 19/8/2021)
➢ The Left Movement from the below
➢ The second phase of sources.
Revolutionary and Terrorist
• INSIGHTSIAS
Movement
➢ Anti-Simon Commission Current
Agitation (1928-29) Affairs Quiz.
➢ Nehru Report, 1928 • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ The Lahore Session, 1929 Current
➢ The Civil Disobedience Affairs.
Movement • INSIGHTS
REVISION
➢ The Government of India THROUGH
Act, 1935 MCQs
➢ 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.
• Salient features of world's

• NCERTs
physical geography.
• Certificate
• Distribution of key natural Physical and
GS-1:
28th August 2021 resources across the world Human
(including South Asia and the Geography --
World
Saturday Indian sub-continent); factors Goh Cheng
Geography
responsible for the location of Leong
primary, secondary, and tertiary
sector industries in various parts Current Affairs:
of the world (including India)
• Important Geophysical (1/6/2021-
phenomena such as earthquakes, 27/8/2021)
Tsunami, Volcanic activity, from the below
cyclone etc., geographical sources.
features and their location-
• INSIGHTSIA
changes in critical geographical
S Current
features (including water-bodies
Affairs
and ice-caps) and in flora and
Quiz.
fauna and the effects of such
changes. • INSIGHTSIA
S Current
• Current Affairs
Affairs.
Physical Geography of the world

• Origin and evolution of
• Fundamental
Universe Solar system
s of
➢ Geological History of the
Physical
Earth
Geography
➢ Geological Time scale
(NCERT
Latitude and Longitude
Class XI)
including important
• Fundamental
Parallels and Meridians
s of Human
➢ Motions of the Earth and
Geography
their effects Inclination of
(NCERT
the Earth’s Axis and its
Class XII)
effects
➢ Local and Standard Time • Goh Cheng
and the International Date Leong -
Line, Calendar Certificate
➢ Eclipses - Solar, Lunar Physical
General and Human
Studies: Geography
29th August 2021 • Geomorphology • Mapping -
Geography ➢ Interior structure of the World
Sunday
earth
(World ➢ Rock
Geography) ➢ Landform Development Current Affairs:
➢ First order (continental drift (1/6/2021-
theory, sea floor spreading, 28/8/2021)
plate tectonics theory)
from the below
➢ Second order (Mountains,
Plateaus, Plains & other sources.
landforms) • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Internal forces & their Current
impact - Volcanoes,
Affairs Quiz.
Earthquakes,
➢ Folding, Faulting, Isostasy • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ External forces & their Current
impact - Weathering, Affairs.
Erosion & landforms thus • INSIGHTS
developed REVISION
• Climatology THROUGH
➢ Structure, Composition of MCQs
atmosphere
➢ 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
• 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
• Salient features of India’s

physical geography. • NCERTs
• Distribution of key natural • Geography
resources across the world of India-
(including South Asia and the Majid
Hussain
Indian sub-continent); factors
responsible for the location of
Current Affairs:
primary, secondary, and tertiary
GS-1: sector industries in various parts (1/6/2021-
7th September 2021 of India. 6/9/2021)
Indian • Important Geophysical from the below
Tuesday
Geography phenomena such as earthquakes, sources.
Tsunami, Volcanic activity,
cyclone etc., geographical • INSIGHTSIA
features and their location- S Current
changes in critical geographical Affairs
features (including water-bodies Quiz.
and ice-caps) and in flora and • INSIGHTSIA
fauna and the effects of such S Current
changes Affairs.
• Current Affairs
Physical Geography of India

• Location
➢ Latitude • India
➢ Longitude Physical
➢ Physiographic division of Environment
India (NCERT
o Northern Mountains Class XI)
o Plains of India • India -
o Peninsular Plateau People and
General o Islands of India Economy
Studies: ➢ Drainage System (NCERT
8th September 2021 o Himalayan Drainage Class XII)
Geography System • Mapping –
Wednesday o Peninsular Drainage India
(Indian
Geography) System
o Other small river system
• Indian Climate
➢ Spatial and temporal Current Affairs:
distribution of
temperature & pressure (1/6/2021-
➢ Winds 7/9/2021)
➢ Rainfall from the below
o Indian Monsoon sources.
▪ Mechanism
▪ Onset
▪ Variability • INSIGHTSIAS
o Rainfall distribution Current
➢ Climatic Regions of India Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
• Soils Current
➢ Classification of Soils Affairs.
➢ Problems of Soil and • INSIGHTS
Conservation REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
• 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)
GS-1: FULL SYLLABUS & Current Affairs
Current Affairs:
15th September 2021 GS-1 (1/6/2021-14/9/2021) from the below sources.
Wednesday
Full Syllabus • INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs.
Sources
Mentioned for
GS Tests 1 – 6
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
15/9/2021)
from the below
16th September 2021
General Full GS 1 Prelims sources.
Thursday Studies (Revision of GS Test 1 to 6)
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
CSAT: Test 1
1. Comprehension
2. Basic numeracy & General mental ability
(a) Numbers
(b) HCF & LCM
(c) Averages
16th September 2021 (d) Ratio & Proportion
CSAT (e) Percentage
Thursday
(f) Profit & Loss
(g) Simple interest & Compound interest
(h) Problems on ages
(i) Problems on clock
(j) Partnership
(k) Pipes & cistern
Essay Test 1: Mains Test 7 (Essential Test)
Section-A
• Ethics and Philosophy
Section-B
17th September2021
• Indian Art & Culture
Friday Essay-1 • Indian History
• Topics from World History
• Social Issues
o Indian Society
o Feminism
o Gender Justice
o Unity & Diversity
• NCERT
• Indian Constitution- historical • Indian Polity
underpinnings, evolution, features, by Laxmikant
amendments, significant – 5th edition
• Public
provisions and basic structure.
Institutions in
• Comparison of the Indian
India-
constitutional scheme with that of Performance
other countries and Design –
• Functions and responsibilities of Pratapa B
the Union and the States, issues hanu Mehta
and challenges pertaining to the • Subhash
federal structure, devolution of Kashyap - Our
GS-2: powers and finances up to local Constitution,
25th September2021 levels and challenges therein. Our
Polity • Separation of powers between Parliament
Saturday & various organs dispute redressal • Introduction to
Constitution the
mechanisms and institutions.
Constitution of
• Parliament and State Legislatures -
India - D D
structure, functioning, conduct of Basu
business, powers & privileges and • 2nd ARC
issues arising out of these. o 6th
• Structure, organization and Report –
functioning of the Executive and Local
the Judiciary Ministries and Governan
Departments of the Government; ce
pressure groups and o 13th
formal/informal associations and Report -
their role in the Polity. Organisati
• Current Affairs on
Structure
of
Governme
nt of India
• PRS
• PIB
• Three Year
Action
Agenda,
2017-18 to
2019-20 –
NITI Aayog
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
24/9/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• Constitutionalism • Indian
Constitution
• Historical Underpinnings
at Work
• Evolution & Making of the
(NCERT
Constitution
Class XI)
• Features and Significant
• LAXMIKANT
Provisions
H – Indian
• Political systems
Polity
• Democratic & Non-Democratic
• Parliamentary & Presidential
• Unitary & Federal
• Direct and Representative
• Republic and Monarchy etc. Current Affairs:
26th September 2021 General
Studies: • The Preamble (1/6/2021-
Sunday • The Union and its Territory 25/9/2021)
Polity • Citizenship from the below
• Fundamental Rights sources.
• Directive Principles
• Fundamental Duties • INSIGHTSIAS
• Amendment of Constitution Current
• Basic Structure of the Affairs Quiz.
Constitution • INSIGHTSIAS
• Emergency Provisions Current
• Central Government Affairs.
➢ President of India
• INSIGHTS
➢ Vice President of India
REVISION
➢ Prime minister
➢ Central Council of Ministers, THROUGH
Parliament MCQs
• 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
• NCERT
Governance
• Indian Polity
• Salient features of the by Laxmikant
Representation of People's Act. – 5th edition
• Appointment to various • Governance in
Constitutional posts, powers, India –
functions and responsibilities of Laxmikant
various Constitutional Bodies. • Institutions in
• Statutory, regulatory and various India Public
quasi-judicial bodies Institutions in
• Important aspects of India:
governance, transparency and Performance
accountability, e-governance- and Design –
applications, models, successes, Pratapa Bhanu
limitations, and potential; Mehta
citizens charters, transparency & • Subhash
accountability and institutional Kashyap - Our
and other measures. Constitution,
5th October 2021 GS-2: • Role of civil services in a Our
Governance & democracy. • Parliament
Tuesday Social Justice • Introduction
to the
Constitution of
India - D D
Social Justice Basu
• Government policies and • 2nd ARC (6th
interventions for development in Report – Local
various sectors and issues Governance
arising out of their design and 13th Report -
implementation Organisation
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable Structure of
sections of the population by the Government of
Centre and States and the India)
performance of these schemes; • Yojana
mechanisms, laws, institutions • Kurukshetra
and bodies constituted for the • PRS
protection and betterment of • PIB
these vulnerable sections • Three Year
• Issues relating to development Action Agenda,
and management of Social 2017-18 to
Sector/Services relating to 2019-20 – NITI
Health, Education, Human Aayog
Resources.
• Issues relating to development
and management of Social Current Affairs:
Sector/Services relating to (1/6/2021-
Health, Education, Human
4/10/2021)
Resources, issues relating to
from the below
poverty and hunger.
sources.
• Current Affairs
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
➢ Official Language
➢ Public Services
➢ Tribunals
➢ Special provisions for SCs,
STs, BCs, Minorities &
Anglo-Indians • Indian
➢ Rights and liabilities of the Constitutio
Government n at Work
➢ Authoritative text in Hindi (NCERT
Language Class XI)
➢ Anti-defection law • LAXMIKANT
• Political dimensions H – Indian
➢ Ministries and Departments Polity
of the Government
➢ Pressure groups
➢ Elections & political parties Current Affairs:
➢ Representation of People's (1/6/2021-
6th October 2021 Act 5/10/2021)
Polity ➢ Election Process
from the below
Wednesday ➢ Governance
sources.
➢ Transparency &
Accountability • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ RTI Current
➢ Citizen’s Charter Affairs Quiz.
➢ e-Governance
• INSIGHTSIAS
• Constitutional Bodies
➢ Election Commission Current
➢ Union Public Service Affairs.
Commission (UPSC) • INSIGHTS
➢ State Public Service REVISION
Commission (SPSC) THROUGH
➢ Finance Commission MCQs
➢ CAG
➢ Attorney general of India
➢ Advocate general of India
➢ Special officer for Linguistic
Minorities
➢ National Commission for
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
Backward Castes (NCBC)
etc.
• Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC,
CVC, CBI, Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR
etc.
• Class 12
Political
India and its neighbourhood- Science-
relations. Contemporary
Bilateral, regional and global World Politics
• India’s Foreign
groupings and agreements involving
Policy –
India and/or affecting India's
Muchkund
interests Dubey
Effect of policies and politics of • Challenge And
developed and developing countries Strategy :
Rethinking
on India's interests, Indian diaspora.
India’s Foreign
GS-2: Important International institutions, Policy – Rajiv
agencies and fora, their structure, Sikri
16th October 2021 International mandate. • Ministry of
Relations External
Saturday + Current Affairs Affairs website
Government
Schemes Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
15/10/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• Indian
Constitutio
• International Institutions n at Work
17th October 2020 UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, (NCERT
Polity ADB, BRICS etc. Class XI)
Sunday
• LAXMIKANT
• Government Schemes H – Indian
Polity
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
16/10/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
GS-2: FULL SYLLABUS & Current Affairs
25th October 2021 GS-2 Current Affairs:

Monday Full Syllabus (1/6/2021-24/10/2021) from the below sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs Quiz.


Sources
Mentioned for
GS Test 9 – 11
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
25/10/2021)
from the below
sources.
26th October 2021 Full GS 2 Prelims
General
(Revision of GS Test 9-11) • INSIGHTSIAS
Studies
Tuesday Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
CSAT : Test - 2
26th October 2021
1. Comprehension
CSAT
2. Basic numeracy & General mental ability
Tuesday
(a) Time & work
(b) Time & Distance
(c) Boats & streams
(d) Problems on trains
(e) Permutation & combination
(f) Probability
(g) charts, graphs, tables etc.
Essay Test 2: Mains Test 12 (Essential Test)
Section-A:
• Ethics & Philosophy
Section-B
• Polity & Governance
o Federalism
o Institutions of India
o Local self- government
o Criminal Justice System
o Judiciary
o Democracy
27th October o Rights
2021 o Freedom of Speech
ESSAY-2
o Administrative Reforms
Wednesday
• Social Justice
o Social Justice – Economic -justice –
political Justice
o Health
o Education
o Poverty & Hunger
o Vulnerable Sections like women, old
person and children.
• IR
o Foreign policy of India
o South –South Cooperation
o Regional Groupings
• Indian Economy and issues • NCERTs

relating to planning, mobilization • Indian
of resources, growth, development Economy by
and employment. Ramesh
Sing/Sanjiv
• Inclusive growth and issues arising
verma/
from it.
2nd November 2021 GS-3: Kapila/ Dutt &
• Government Budgeting. Sundaram
Tuesday Economics • Effects of liberalization on the • Economic
economy, changes in industrial Survey
policy and their effects on • 2nd ARC (14th
industrial growth. Report-
Strengthening
• Current Affairs Financial
Management
Systems)
• Yojana &
Kurukshetra
• Three Year
Action Agenda,
2017-18 to
2019-20 – NITI
Aayog
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
1/11/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.

• National Income Accounting:
➢ Definition
➢ Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market
Price and Factor Cost, NNP, • Indian
NDP, transfer payments, Economic
National income at FC, Developmen
Personal Income, disposable t (NCERT
income, factors affecting Class XI)
national income, net foreign • RAMESH
facto income SINGH –
➢ Measurement of national Indian
income: value added Economy
method, income method,
expenditure method,
Application of various Current Affairs:
3rd November 2021 methods, Base year, GDP
deflator (1/6/2021-
Economics
Wednesday ➢ Debates around GDP and 2/11/2021)
other indices from the below
sources.
• Money and Banking • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Money Current
o Definition Affairs Quiz.
o Functions and • INSIGHTSIAS
significance
Current
o Evolution of Money
o Money supply in India Affairs.
and factors affecting it • INSIGHTS
➢ Banking REVISION
o Need of banks THROUGH
o Function MCQs
o Commercial Banks
➢ Central Bank:
o Importance
oFunctions
oStructure
oMonetary Policy
oPolicy 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
• 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
• NCERTs
• Indian
Economy by
Ramesh
Sing/Sanjiv
verma/
Kapila/ Dutt &
Sundaram
• Economic
Economy: Survey
• 2nd ARC
• Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, o 14th Report
Roads, Airports, Railways etc -
• Investment models Strengthen
ing
Agriculture
Financial
• Major crops cropping patterns in Manageme
various parts of the country, nt Systems
different types of irrigation and • Yojana &
irrigation systems storage, Kurukshetra
transport and marketing of • Three Year
GS-3: agricultural produce and issues Action Agenda,
13th November 2021 and related constraints; e- 2017-18 to
Economy technology in the aid of farmers 2019-20 – NITI
Saturday Aayog
+ • Issues related to direct and
Agriculture indirect farm subsidies and
minimum support prices; Public
Distribution System objectives,
Current Affairs:
functioning, limitations,
revamping; issues of buffer stocks (1/6/2021-
and food security; Technology 12/11/2021)
missions; economics of animal- from the below
rearing.
sources.
• Food processing and related
industries in India- scope and • INSIGHTSIAS
significance, location, upstream Current
and downstream requirements, Affairs Quiz.
supply chain management.
• INSIGHTSIAS
• Land reforms in India. Current
• Current Affairs Affairs.
• 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 • Indian
➢ Intellectual Property Rights Economic
Developme
nt (NCERT
• International Trade and Class XI)
Bodies: • RAMESH
➢ IMF: Purpose and SINGH –
➢ Objectives, Organization and Indian
Functions, Working and Economy
➢ Evaluation, IMF and
Underdeveloped Countries,
SDR's,
➢ Reforms etc.,
➢ World Bank
➢ Bilateral and Regional
14th November 2021 Cooperation
Economics
Sunday • Agriculture:
Current Affairs:
➢ Recent trends in Agriculture
Sector (1/6/2021-
➢ Cropping System and Pattern; 13/11/2021)
➢ Agricultural Marketing and from the below
Reforms
sources.
➢ Agricultural Research;
➢ Sustainable Agriculture; • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Animal Husbandry Current
➢ PDS Affairs Quiz.
➢ Farm distress and government
• INSIGHTSIAS
initiatives
Current
• Industrial Sector: Affairs.
➢ Industrial Policies • INSIGHTS
➢ Licensing REVISION
➢ MSME THROUGH
➢ Labour Reforms MCQs
➢ 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.
Environment &
ecology
• Our
Environment -
Class VII
• Biology - Class
XII - Chapters
14-16 (Under
Units 10)
• ICSE
Environmental
Environment & ecology Studies - Class
IX – S. Chand
Conservation, environmental Publication –
pollution and degradation, 2018 Edition
23rd November 2021 GS-3: environmental impact assessment. • ICSE
Environmental
Tuesday Environment & (Detailed Micro Syllabus of this test
Studies - Class
Ecology is given under Prelims Test-16)
X -- S. Chand
Publication –
2008 Edition
Current Affairs
• Environment –
Shankar IAS
• Down to Earth
Magazine
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
22/11/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.

• Ecology and Functions of an
ecosystem
➢ Terrestrial ecosystems
➢ Aquatic ecosystems
• Environmental pollution
➢ Pollutants
➢ Air pollution
➢ Water Pollution
➢ Soil Pollution
➢ Noise Pollution • ICSE
➢ Radioactive pollution Environmental
➢ E-Waste Studies - Class
➢ Solid Waste X (2018
➢ Bioremediation edition –
S.Chand
Publications)
• Biodiversity • Biology –
➢ Basic Concepts NCERT 12th –
➢ Plant and Animal Diversity Unit 4
➢ Marine Organisms • Shankar IAS –
➢ Threat to Biodiversity Environment
➢ Protected Area Network:
24th November 2021 National parks, Wildlife
Ecology & Current Affairs:
sanctuaries, Biosphere
Wednesday Environment reserves, Reserved and (1/6/2021-
protected forests, 23/11/2021)
Conservation and from the below
community reserves, Village sources.
and panchayat Forests,
Private protected areas, • INSIGHTSIAS
Conservation areas Current
➢ Biodiversity Conservation Affairs Quiz.
efforts • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Indian Biodiversity ad Current
conservation efforts Affairs.
➢ Bioprospecting • INSIGHTS
➢ Biosafety REVISION
➢ Biopiracy THROUGH
MCQs
Environment &
ecology
• Our
Environment -
Class VII
• Biology - Class
XII - Chapters
14-16 (Under
Units 10)
• ICSE
Environmental
Studies - Class
IX – S. Chand
Publication –
Environment & ecology 2018 Edition
• ICSE
Conservation, environmental Environmental
pollution and degradation, Studies - Class
GS-3:
3rd December 2021 environmental impact assessment X -- S. Chand
Environment & (Detailed Micro Syllabus of this test Publication –
Friday
Ecology is given under Prelims Test-17) 2008 Edition
• Environment –
Shankar IAS
Current Affairs • Down to Earth
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
2/12/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• Environmental problems:
➢ Climate Change • ICSE
Environmental
➢ Acidification
Studies - Class
➢ Eutrophication
4th December 2021 X (2018
Ecology ➢ Ozone Depletion
edition –
Saturday & Environment ➢ Mitigation Strategies
S.Chand
➢ India and Climate Change
Publications)
• Conservation efforts: India and • Biology –
World NCERT 12th –
➢ Institutional and Unit 4
Organizational mechanisms • Shankar IAS –
➢ Environmental Acts and Environment
Policies
➢ Environmental conventions
➢ Sustainable development Current Affairs:
Environmental Monitoring
(1/6/2021-
and Impact Assessment
3/12/2021)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
Science and Technology

• NCERT Class
• Developments and their
VI to Class X
applications and effects in
everyday life Achievements of • Class XI –
Indians in science & technology; Chemistry:
indigenization of technology and Unit 14
developing new technology. • Class XI –
GS – 3: • Indigenization of technology and Biology:
developing new technology. Units 4 & 5
Science & • Awareness in the fields of IT, • Class XII –
Technology Space, Computers, robotics, Chemistry:
nano-technology, bio-technology Unit 16
13th December 2021 + and issues relating to intellectual • Class XII –
Disaster property rights.
Monday Biology:
management Units 8, 9 &
Disaster and disaster
10
+ management.
• Current
Internal Internal security Affairs
security ➢ Science
• Linkages between development
reporter
and spread of extremism.
➢ News
• Role of external state and non-
state actors in creating paper
challenges to internal security.
• Challenges to internal security Current Affairs:
through communication
networks, role of media and (1/6/2021-
social networking sites in 12/12/2021)
internal security challenges,
basics of cyber security; money- from the below
laundering and its prevention sources.
• Security challenges and their
management in border areas; • INSIGHTSIAS
linkages of organized crime with Current
terrorism Affairs Quiz.
• Various Security forces and • INSIGHTSIAS
agencies and their mandate Current
• Current Affairs Affairs.
• S&T in India
➢ Historical Perspective NCERT:
➢ Science and Planning • Class VI to
➢ S&T Policies in Independent Class X
India • Class XI –
➢ S&T Infrastructure in India Chemistry:
➢ Department of Science and Unit 14
Technology • Class XI –
• Earth Sciences Biology:
➢ Weather Forecasting and Units 4 & 5
Climate Research in India
• Class XII –
➢ Seismology Research
Chemistry:
➢ Ocean Development
Unit 16
➢ Natural Disasters
• Class XII –
• Energy
Biology:
➢ Types of Energy Resources
Units 8, 9 &
➢ Fossil Fuels
10
➢ Renewable Sources and their
Development in India
• Nuclear Science Current Affairs:
14th December 2021 ➢ Radioactivity
Science ➢ Radioisotopes • Science
Tuesday & Technology ➢ Nuclear Power reporter
➢ Applications of Nuclear S&T • News papers
➢ Safety Issues
➢ Nuclear Weapons
➢ India’s Nuclear Science Current Affairs:
Programme (1/6/2021-
➢ Particle Physics
13/12/2021)
• Information Technology
from the below
➢ Electronics
➢ Computers sources.
➢ The Internet • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Computer Security
Current
➢ Telecommunication
Affairs Quiz.
➢ India and Info-Tech
➢ Artificial Intelligence • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Robots and Robotics Current
➢ Fibre Optics Affairs.
➢ Computer- and IT-Related • INSIGHTS
Terms and Products REVISION
• Lasers THROUGH
➢ Principles and Types MCQs
➢ 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
• 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
➢ Industry
 Major R&D
Infrastructure in India
 Contribution of CSIR
 Intellectual Property
Rights Comments on the
National IPR Policy
GS-3: Full Syllabus & Current Affairs
21st December 2021 GS-3:

Current Affairs:
Tuesday
Full Syllabus
(1/6/2021-20/12/2021) from the below sources.


Sources
mentioned for
GS Test 12-16
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
21/12/2021)
from the below
22nd December 2021 sources.
General Full GS 3 Syllabus (Revision of GS
Studies 12-16) • INSIGHTSIAS
Wednesday Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
ESSAY Test 3: Mains Test 19 (Essential Test)
Section-A:
Section-B:
• Economy
➢ Indian Economy
➢ Industrial Policy
23rd December 2021 ➢ Human Resource and Employment
Essay-3 ➢ Liberalization
Thursday
➢ Economic Planning
➢ Fiscal Policy
➢ External Sector
➢ Sectors of Economy
➢ Infrastructure
➢ Tourism
➢ MSME
➢ Economic Justice
• Agriculture
➢ Food Processing
➢ Agriculture
➢ Subsidies
➢ PDS
• Alternative future
➢ Climate change & global warming
➢ Renewable energy technologies
➢ Sustainable habitats
➢ Conservation & development
• Disaster Management
• Internal security Issues
➢ Internal Security
➢ Cyber security
➢ Maritime SecurityIdeologies (Terrorism,
Naxalism, Extremism)
• Lexicon for
Ethics and Human Interface: Ethics,
Essence, determinants and Integrity &
consequences of Ethics in human Aptitude
actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics book.
in private and public relationships.
• 2nd ARC
Human Values - lessons from the o 4th
lives and teachings of great leaders, Report-
reformers and administrators; role ethics in
GS – 4 of family, society and educational Governan
30th December 2021
Ethics, institutions in inculcating values. ce
Integrity, and o 10th
Thursday
Aptitude Report-
Refurbish
ing of
Personnel
Administr
ation.
• Political
Theory –
Class 11
NCERT
CSAT: Test -3
1st January 2022

CSAT Revision test of CSAT Test 1 & Test 2 Syllabus
Saturday
• Lexicon for
Attitude: content, structure, Ethics,
function; its influence and relation Integrity &
with thought and behaviour; moral Aptitude
and political attitudes; social book.
influence and persuasion.
• 2nd ARC
Aptitude and foundational values o 4th
for Civil Service: integrity, Report-
impartiality and non-partisanship, ethics in
objectivity, dedication to public Governan
GS – 4: service, empathy, tolerance and ce
compassion towards the weaker- o 10th
6th January 2022 Ethics,
sections. Report-
Integrity, and Refurbish
Thursday
Aptitude Contributions of moral thinkers and ing of
philosophers from India and world. Personnel
Administr
Emotional intelligence-concepts, ation.
and their utilities and application in
administration and governance • Political
Theory –
Class 11
NCERT
CSAT: Test -4
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
10th January 2022 (j) Logical Sequence of Words
CSAT (k) Arithmetical Reasoning
Monday (l) Inserting the Missing Character
(m) Data Sufficiency
(n) Decision Making
(o) Assertion and Reason
(p) Situation Reaction Test
(q) Verification of Truth of the Statement
• Lexicon for
Public/Civil service values and Ethics,
Ethics in Public administration: Integrity &
Status and problems; ethical Aptitude
concerns and dilemmas in book.
government and private institutions;
laws, rules, regulations and • 2nd ARC
conscience as sources of ethical o 4th
guidance; accountability and ethical Report-
governance; strengthening of ethical ethics in
GS – 4: Governan
and moral values in governance;
ce
12th January 2022 Ethics, ethical issues in international o 10th
Integrity, and relations and funding; corporate Report-
Wednesday governance.
Aptitude Refurbish
ing of
Probity in Governance: Concept of
Personnel
public service; Philosophical basis of
Administr
governance and probity; ation.
Information sharing and
transparency in government, Right • Political
to Information, Codes of Ethics, Theory –
Codes of Conduct, Citizen's Charters, Class 11
Work culture, Quality of service NCERT
delivery, Utilization of public funds,
challenges of corruption.
19th January 2022 GS-4:

Full Syllabus Full Syllabus
Wednesday
CSAT: Test 5
1. Comprehension
2. Logical reasoning & Analytical ability
(a) Logic
20th January 2022
CSAT (b) Statement - Arguments
(c) Statement - Assumptions
Thursday
(d) Statement - Courses of Action
(e) Statement – Conclusions
(f) Syllogism
ESSAY Test 4: Mains Test 24 (Essential Test)
21st January 2022

Essay-4 Ethics & Philosophy
Friday
Breakthrough Tests
General Studies: Mains Test 25 (Breakthrough Test)
Indian culture will cover the salient Art & Culture

aspects of Art Forms, Literature and
Architecture from ancient to modern • An
Introduction to
times
Indian Art -
Indian Society Class XI NCERT
• Living Craft
• Salient features of Indian Traditions of
Society, Diversity of India. India -
• Role of women and women's Chapters 9 and
organization, population and 10 -- Class XI
associated issues, poverty and NCERT
developmental issues, • Indian Culture
urbanization, their problems -- Nitin
and their remedies. Singhania
• Effects of globalization on • CCRT website
Indian society
GS – 1: • Social empowerment,
communalism, regionalism & Indian Society
28th January 2022 Art & Culture
secularism.
• NCERT
Friday + • Current Affairs
• IGNOU
Indian Society Material –
Development
• IGNOU
Material –
Sociology
• Social
Problems in
India – Ram
Ahuja.
• Indian Social
System – Ram
Ahuja
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
27/1/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.

Ancient History
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period Old NCERT

▪ Paleolithic
▪ Mesolithic • Ancient India –
▪ Neolithic R S Sharma
▪ Chalcolithic • Medieval India
• Harappan / Indus Valley – Satish
Civilization Chandra
• Vedic Age New NCERT
▪ Early Vedic period
▪ Later Vedic period • Our pasts – I
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of • Our pasts – II
Magadh • Themes – I
• Religious Reforms • Themes – II
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion
• Mauryan Age TamilNadu
• Post Mauryan Age History
▪ Indo Greek Invasion
Textbook -
o Indo-Greeks
Ancient History Class XI
29th January 2022 o Parthians
and o Shaka
Saturday o Kushanas
Art & Culture o Indo-Sassanian Art & Culture
▪ Sungas
▪ Kanvas • Introduction
▪ Satavahanas to Indian art
• Guptas Age (NCERT class
• Sangam Age 11th)
• Regional Kingdoms • Living Craft
Traditions of
• Post Guptas Age
India (NCERT
➢ Harshavardhana
class 12th)
➢ Pallava
➢ Chalukya • Indian Culture
by Nitin
Medieval History Singhania
• CCRT - Art and
• Triparty Struggle Culture
Prathiharas
Palas
• Chola Empire
• Turkish conquest of India Current Affairs:
Ghaznavid
Muhammad Ghuri (1/6/2021-
• Rajput states 28/1/2022)
• Delhi sultanate from the below
➢ Slave dynasty sources.
➢ The Khaljis
➢ The Tughlaqs • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ The Sayyids Current
➢ The Lodhis Affairs Quiz.
• Mughal empire (Including later • INSIGHTSIAS
Mughals) Current
• Maratha Confederacy Affairs.
• Southern Dynasties • INSIGHTS
➢ Hoysalas REVISION
➢ Yadavas THROUGH
➢ Kakatiyas
MCQs
• 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)
Art & Culture
• 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
• 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
Modern Indian history from about Modern Indian

the middle of the eighteenth century History
until the present- significant events,
personalities, issues • NCERTs
• India’s
The Freedom Struggle - its various struggle for
stages and important contributors independenc
/contributions from different parts e – Bipin
of the country. Chandra
Post Independent India

Post
Post-independence consolidation Independent
GS – 1: and reorganization within the India
country.
Modern Indian • NCERT
History World History • India since
independenc
+ History of the world will include e – Bipin
events from 18th century such as Chandra
4th February 2022
Post industrial revolution, world wars, • (or India
Independent redrawing of national boundaries, after Gandhi
Friday
India colonization, decolonization, –
political philosophies like Ramachandr
+
communism, capitalism, socialism a Guha)
World History etc.- their forms and effect on the
society.
World History
Current Affairs
• NCERTs
• Mastering
Modern
World
History –
Norman
Lowe.
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
3/2/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.

• Fall of Mughals
• Advent of Europeans
➢ Coming of Europeans
➢ Struggle among Europeans • Our past III
➢ Rise of East India Company (Both part 1
& part 2 --
• India under East India NCERT class
Company’s Rule VIII)
➢ Administration • Themes in
➢ Political policies Indian
o Regulating Act of 1773 History – III
o Pitt’s India Act 1784 (NCERT
o Charter acts of 1784, Class XII)
1793, 1813,1833, 1853 • A brief History
➢ British Expansion policy: Of Modern
Doctrine of lapse, India –
Subordinate alliance etc. Spectrum
➢ Economic policies and their Publication
impact • Struggle for
o Agricultural policies India’s
o Famine policy Independenc
General ➢ Foreign Policies e – Bipin
5th February 2022 ➢ Social Policies
Studies: Chandra
o Education Policies
Saturday o Religious policies
Modern India
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th

Current Affairs:
century: Marathas, Punjab,
Mysore, Hyderabad etc. (1/6/2021-
• Socio - Religious Reform 4/2/2022)
Movements in the 19th and 20th from the below
CE India – Arya Samaj, Brahmo sources.
Samaj, etc.
• The Great Revolt of 1857 • INSIGHTSIAS
• Changes in Indian Current
Administration after 1858 - GOI Affairs Quiz.
ACT 1858, Councils Act, 1861, • INSIGHTSIAS
1892. Current
• Growth of Political Ideas and Affairs.
Political Organisations (up to
• INSIGHTS
1885)
REVISION
• Foundation of the Indian
National Congress THROUGH
• National movement (1885 - MCQs
1919)
➢ Moderate Phase (1885-1905)
➢ Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
➢ The first phase of
Movement
➢ The Morley-Minto Reforms or
the Indian Councils Act, 1909
➢ The Lucknow Pact (1916)
➢ The Home Rule Movement
• 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
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
➢ 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.
• NCERTs
• Salient features of world's physical • Certificate
geography. Physical and
• Distribution of key natural Human
Geography -
resources across the world
- Goh Cheng
(including South Asia and the
Leong
Indian sub-continent); factors • Geography
responsible for the location of of India-
primary, secondary, and tertiary Majid
sector industries in various parts Hussain
11th February 2022 GS – 1 of the world (including India)
• Important Geophysical phenomena Current Affairs:
Friday Geography such as earthquakes, Tsunami,
(1/6/2021-
Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,
10/2/2022)
geographical features and their
from the below
location- changes in critical
sources.
geographical features (including
water-bodies and ice-caps) and in • INSIGHTSIAS
flora and fauna and the effects of Current
such changes. Affairs Quiz.
• Current Affairs • INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• Fundamentals
Physical Geography of the world
of Physical
• Origin and evolution of Geography
Universe Solar system (NCERT
➢ Geological History of the Class XI)
Earth • Fundamentals
➢ Geological Time scale of Human
Latitude and Longitude Geography
including important (NCERT
General Class XII)
12th February 2022 Parallels and Meridians
Studies: ➢ Motions of the Earth and • Goh Cheng
Saturday their effects Inclination of Leong -
Geography
the Earth’s Axis and its Certificate
effects Physical and
➢ Local and Standard Time Human
and the International Date Geography
Line, Calendar • India Physical
➢ Eclipses - Solar, Lunar Environmen
• Geomorphology t (NCERT
➢ Interior structure of the Class XI)
earth • India - People
➢ Rock and
➢ Landform Development Economy
➢ First order (continental drift (NCERT
theory, sea floor spreading, Class XII)
plate tectonics theory) • Mapping –
➢ Second order (Mountains, India &
Plateaus, Plains & other World
landforms)
➢ Internal forces & their
impact - Volcanoes,
Earthquakes,
Current Affairs:
➢ Folding, Faulting, Isostasy
➢ External forces & their (1/6/2021-
impact - Weathering, 11/2/2022)
Erosion & landforms thus from the below
developed sources.
• Climatology
➢ Structure, Composition of • INSIGHTSIAS
atmosphere Current
➢ Weather & Climate Affairs Quiz.
➢ Heat & temperature • INSIGHTSIAS
o Insolation
Current
o Heat Budget
o Distribution of Affairs.
temperature • INSIGHTS
o Temperature REVISION
Inversion THROUGH
➢ Pressure and Pressure belts MCQs
➢ 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
• 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
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)
16th February 2022 GS-1: Current Affairs:

Wednesday (1/6/2021-15/2/2022) from the below sources.
Full Syllabus

Sources
Mentioned for
GS Tests 18-20
Current Affairs:
17th February 2022 (1/6/2021-
General Full GS 1 Syllabus
Thursday Studies (Revision of GS Tests 18- 20) 16/2/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
CSAT: Test 6
17th February 2022
CSAT Revision test of CSAT Test 4 & Test 5 Syllabus
Thursday
Essay Test 5: Mains Test 29 (Breakthrough Test)
Section-A
• Ethics and Philosophy
Section-B
18th February 2022
• Indian Art & Culture
Essay-5
Friday • Indian History
• Topics from World History
• Social Issues
o Indian Society
o Feminism
o Gender Justice
o Unity & Diversity
•
Indian Constitution- historical • NCERT
• Indian Polity
underpinnings, evolution, features,
by Laxmikant
amendments, significant provisions
– 5th edition
and basic structure. • Public
Comparison of the Indian Institutions in
25th February 2022 GS – 2: India-
constitutional scheme with that of
Performance
Friday Polity other countries
and Design –
Functions and responsibilities of the Pratapa B
Union and the States, issues and hanu Mehta
challenges pertaining to the federal • Subhash
structure, devolution of powers and Kashyap - Our
finances up to local levels and Constitution,
Our
challenges therein.
Parliament
Separation of powers between • Introduction to
various organs dispute redressal the
mechanisms and institutions. Constitution of
India - D D
Parliament and State Legislatures - Basu
structure, functioning, conduct of • 2nd ARC (6th
business, powers & privileges and Report – Local
issues arising out of these. Governance,
13th Report -
Structure, organization and Organisation
functioning of the Executive and the Structure of
Judiciary Ministries and Government of
Departments of the Government; India)
pressure groups and • PRS
formal/informal associations and • PIB
their role in the Polity. • Three Year
Action Agenda,
Current Affairs 2017-18 to
2019-20 – NITI
Aayog
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
24/2/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• Constitutionalism
• Indian
• Historical Underpinnings
Constitution
• Evolution & Making of the at Work
Constitution
(NCERT
• Features and Significant Class XI)
Provisions
• LAXMIKANTH
• Political systems – Indian
26th February 2022 General • Democratic & Non-Democratic
Studies: Polity
• Parliamentary & Presidential
Saturday • Unitary & Federal
Polity • Direct and Representative
• Republic and Monarchy etc.
Current Affairs:
• The Preamble
• The Union and its Territory (1/6/2021-
• Citizenship 25/2/2022)
• Fundamental Rights from the below
• Directive Principles sources.
• Fundamental Duties
• Amendment of Constitution
• Basic Structure of the • INSIGHTSIAS
Constitution Current
• Emergency Provisions Affairs Quiz.
• Central Government • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ President of India Current
➢ Vice President of India Affairs.
➢ Prime minister
• INSIGHTS
➢ Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament REVISION
• State Government THROUGH
➢ Governor MCQs
➢ Chief Minister
• Judiciary
➢ Supreme Court
➢ High Courts
➢ Subordinate Courts
• NCERT
Governance • Indian Polity
• Salient features of the by Laxmikant
Representation of People's Act. – 5th edition
• Appointment to various • Governance in
Constitutional posts, powers, India –
functions and responsibilities of Laxmikant
various Constitutional Bodies. • Institutions in
• Statutory, regulatory and various India Public
quasi-judicial bodies Institutions in
• Important aspects of India:
governance, transparency and Performance
accountability, e-governance- and Design –
GS – 2: Pratapa Bhanu
applications, models, successes,
Governance limitations, and potential; Mehta
citizens charters, transparency & • Subhash
+ accountability and institutional Kashyap - Our
4th March 2022 Constitution,
Social justice and other measures.
• Role of civil services in a Our
Friday • Parliament
+ democracy.
Social Justice • Introduction
International to the
relations • Government policies and Constitution of
interventions for development in India - D D
various sectors and issues Basu
arising out of their design and • 2nd ARC (6th
implementation Report -
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable Local
sections of the population by the Governance
Centre and States and the 13th Report
performance of these schemes; -
mechanisms, laws, institutions Organisation
and bodies constituted for the Structure of
protection and betterment of Government
these vulnerable sections of India)
• Yojana
• Kurukshetra
• Issues relating to development • PRS
and management of Social • PIB
Sector/Services relating to • Three Year
Health, Education, Human Action Agenda,
Resources. 2017-18 to
• Issues relating to development 2019-20 – NITI
and management of Social Aayog
Sector/Services relating to • Class 12
Health, Education, Human Political
Resources, issues relating to Science-
poverty and hunger. Contemporary
• India and its neighbourhood- World Politics
relations. • India’s Foreign
• Bilateral, regional and global Policy –
groupings and agreements Muchkund
involving India and/or affecting Dubey
India's interests • Challenge And
• Effect of policies and politics of Strategy :
developed and developing Rethinking
countries on India's interests, India’s Foreign
Indian diaspora. Policy – Rajiv
• Important International Sikri
institutions, agencies and fora, • Ministry of
their structure, mandate. External
• Current Affairs Affairs website
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
3/3/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• Central Government
➢ President of India
➢ Vice President of India
➢ Prime minister
➢ Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament
• State Government
➢ Governor
➢ Chief Minister
• Judiciary
➢ Supreme Court • Indian
➢ High Courts Constitution
➢ Subordinate Courts at Work
(NCERT Class
• Indian Federalism XI)
➢ Centre-State Relations • LAXMIKANTH
➢ Inter-state Relations – Indian
Polity
• Local Government
➢ Panchayati Raj
➢ Local Urban Government Current Affairs:
General (1/6/2021-
5th March 2022 • Other Dimensions 4/3/2022)
Studies:
➢ Official Language
from the below
Saturday ➢ Public Services
Polity sources.
➢ Tribunals
➢ Special provisions for SCs, • INSIGHTSIAS
STs, BCs, Minorities & Current
Anglo-Indians
Affairs Quiz.
➢ Rights and liabilities of the
Government • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Authoritative text in Hindi Current
Language Affairs.
➢ Anti-defection law • INSIGHTS
REVISION
• Political dimensions THROUGH
➢ Ministries and Departments MCQs
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
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
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.
9th March 2022 GS-2:

Current Affairs:
Wednesday Full (1/6/2021-8/3/2022) from the below sources.
Syllabus
Sources
Mentioned for
GS Tests 22 & 23
10th March 2022
General Full GS 2 Syllabus
Current Affairs:
Studies (Revision of GS Tests 22 & 23)
Thursday
(1/6/2021-
9/3/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
CSAT : Test 7
10th March 2022
CSAT
Full Syllabus
Thursday
ESSAY Test 6: Mains Test 33 (Breakthrough Test)
Section-A
Section-B
• Polity & Governance
o Federalism
o Institutions of India
o Local self- government
o Criminal Justice System
o Judiciary
o Democracy
o Rights
o Freedom of Speech
o Administrative Reforms
• Social Justice
11th March 2022 o Social Justice – Economic -justice –
ESSAY-6 political Justice
Friday
o Health
o Education
o Poverty & Hunger
o Vulnerable Sections like women, old
person and children.
• IR
o Foreign policy of India
o South –South Cooperation
o Regional Groupings
Indian Economy and issues relating
to planning, mobilization of
resources, growth, development and
employment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising
from it.
Government Budgeting.
• NCERTs
Effects of liberalization on the
• Indian
economy, changes in industrial Economy by
policy and their effects on industrial Ramesh
growth. Sing/Sanjiv
verma/
Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads,
Kapila/ Dutt &
Airports, Railways etc.
Sundaram
Investment models • Economic
Survey
Agriculture • 2nd ARC (14th
Report-
Major crops cropping patterns in
Strengthening
various parts of the country,
Financial
different types of irrigation and
Management
irrigation systems storage,
Systems)
transport and marketing of
• Yojana &
agricultural produce and issues and
GS – 3: Kurukshetra
17th Mar 2022 related constraints; e-technology in
• Three Year
Economy + the aid of farmers
Action Agenda,
Thursday Agriculture 2017-18 to
Issues related to direct and indirect 2019-20 – NITI
farm subsidies and minimum Aayog
support prices; Public Distribution
System objectives, functioning,
limitations, revamping; issues of Current Affairs:
buffer stocks and food security; (1/6/2021-
Technology missions; economics of 16/3/2022)
animal-rearing. from the below
sources.
Food processing and related
industries in India- scope and • INSIGHTSIAS
significance, location, upstream and Current
downstream requirements, supply Affairs Quiz.
chain management.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Land reforms in India. Current
Affairs.
Current Affairs
• National Income Accounting:

➢ Definition
➢ Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market
Price and Factor Cost, NNP,
NDP, transfer payments,
National income at FC,
Personal Income, disposable
income, factors affecting
national income, net foreign
facto income
➢ Measurement of national
income: value added method, • Indian
income method, expenditure Economic
method, Application of Development
various methods, Base year, (NCERT
GDP deflator Class XI)
➢ Debates around GDP and • RAMESH
other indices SINGH –
Indian
Economy
• Money and Banking
➢ Money
o Definition Current Affairs:
o Functions and significance
General o Evolution of Money (1/6/2021-
18th March 2022
Studies: o Money supply in India and 17/3/2022)
Friday factors affecting it from the below
Economy ➢ Banking sources.
o Need of banks
o Function • INSIGHTSIAS
o Commercial Banks Current
➢ Central Bank: Affairs Quiz.
o Importance • INSIGHTSIAS
o Functions Current
o Structure Affairs.
o Monetary Policy
• INSIGHTS
o Policy tools, (CRR, SLR,
REVISION
OMO, Repo and Rev Repo,
MSF etc.) THROUGH
➢ Banking Reforms MCQs
• 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
• 6. 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
• 7. 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,
Urbanization, Transport, Mining,
etc.
Environment &
ecology
• Our
Environment -
Class VII
• Biology - Class
XII - Chapters
14-16 (Under
Units 10)
• ICSE
Environmental
Studies - Class
IX – S. Chand
Environment & ecology
Publication –
Conservation, environmental 2018 Edition
pollution and degradation, • ICSE
25th March 2022 GS-3: environmental impact assessment Environmental
Studies - Class
Friday Environment & (Detailed Micro Syllabus of this test
X -- S. Chand
Ecology is given under Prelims Test-33)
Publication –
2008 Edition
• Environment –
Current Affairs Shankar IAS
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
24/3/2022)
from the below
sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• ICSE
1. Ecology and Functions of an Environmental
ecosystem Studies - Class
➢ Terrestrial ecosystems X (2018
➢ Aquatic ecosystems edition –
26th March 2022 S.Chand
General 2. Environmental problems: Publications)
Saturday Studies: ➢ Climate Change • Biology –
➢ Acidification NCERT 12th –
Ecology ➢ Eutrophication
& Environment Unit 4
➢ Ozone Depletion • Shankar IAS -
➢ Mitigation Strategies Environment
➢ India and Climate Change
3. Environmental pollution
➢ Pollutants Current Affairs:
➢ Air pollution (1/6/2021-
➢ Water Pollution
25/3/2022)
➢ Soil Pollution
from the below
➢ Noise Pollution
➢ Radioactive pollution sources.
➢ E-Waste • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Solid Waste
Current
➢ Bioremediation
Affairs Quiz.
4. Biodiversity
➢ Basic Concepts • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Plant and Animal Diversity Current
➢ Marine Organisms Affairs.
➢ Threat to Biodiversity • INSIGHTS
➢ Protected Area Network: REVISION
National parks, Wildlife THROUGH
sanctuaries, Biosphere MCQs
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
5. Conservation efforts: India and
World
➢ Institutional and
Organizational mechanisms
➢ Environmental Acts and
Policies
➢ Environmental conventions
➢ Sustainable development
Environmental Monitoring
and Impact Assessment
Science and Technology
• Developments and their

applications and effects in
everyday life Achievements of
Indians in science & technology; • NCERT Class
indigenization of technology and
VI to Class X
developing new technology.
• Class XI –
• Indigenization of technology and
developing new technology. Chemistry:
• Awareness in the fields of IT, Unit 14
Space, Computers, robotics, nano- • Class XI –
technology, bio-technology and Biology:
issues relating to intellectual Units 4 & 5
property rights. • Class XII –
Chemistry:
Unit 16
Disaster and disaster
GS – 3 • Class XII –
management
Biology:
Science &
Internal security Units 8, 9 &
Technology
10
• Linkages between development
+ • Current
1st April 2022 and spread of extremism.
Affairs
Disaster • Role of external state and non-
Friday state actors in creating challenges ➢ Science
management
to internal security. reporter
+ • Challenges to internal security ➢ News
through communication networks, paper
Internal role of media and social
security Current Affairs:
networking sites in internal
security challenges, basics of cyber (1/6/2021-
security; money-laundering and its 31/3/2022)
prevention from the below
• Security challenges and their sources.
management in border areas;
linkages of organized crime with • INSIGHTSIAS
terrorism Current
• Various Security forces and Affairs Quiz.
agencies and their mandate • INSIGHTSIAS
• Current Affairs Current
Affairs.
• S&T in India
➢ Historical Perspective
➢ Science and Planning
➢ S&T Policies in Independent
India
➢ S&T Infrastructure in India
➢ Department of Science and NCERT:
Technology
• Class VI to
• Earth Sciences
Class X
➢ Weather Forecasting and
Climate Research in India • Class XI –
➢ Seismology Research Chemistry:
➢ Ocean Development Unit 14
➢ Natural Disasters • Class XI –
• Energy Biology: Units
➢ Types of Energy Resources 4&5
➢ Fossil Fuels • Class XII –
➢ Renewable Sources and their Chemistry:
Development in India Unit 16
• Nuclear Science • Class XII –
➢ Radioactivity Biology: Units
➢ Radioisotopes 8, 9 & 10
➢ Nuclear Power
➢ Applications of Nuclear S&T
General Current Affairs
➢ Safety Issues
2nd April 2022 Studies: ➢ Nuclear Weapons • Science
➢ India’s Nuclear Science reporter
Saturday Science Programme • News papers
& Technology ➢ Particle Physics
• Information Technology
➢ Electronics Current Affairs:
➢ Computers
➢ The Internet (1/6/2021-
➢ Computer Security 1/4/2022)
➢ Telecommunication from the below
➢ India and Info-Tech sources.
➢ Artificial Intelligence
➢ Robots and Robotics • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Fibre Optics Current
➢ Computer- and IT-Related Affairs Quiz.
Terms and Products • INSIGHTSIAS
• Lasers Current
➢ Principles and Types Affairs.
➢ Applications • INSIGHTS
➢ Basic Science REVISION
➢ Industry THROUGH
➢ Defence MCQs
➢ 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
• 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 is 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
o Basic Resources of
Agriculture
o Environment-Friendly
Agriculture
o Sustainable Agriculture
o S&T Advancements in
Agricultural Produce in
India
o Genetically Modified
Crops:Biosafety and
Regulation
o Animal Husbandry
o Agriculture in Special
Areas
o Climate-Smart Agriculture
o Research, Education,
Transfer of Technology in
India
o S&T and Rural
➢ Industry
o Major R&D Infrastructure
in India
o Contribution of CSIR
o Intellectual Property
Rights Comments on the
National IPR Policy
6th April 2022 GS-3:

Current Affairs:
Wednesday
Full Syllabus
(1/6/2021-5/4/2022) from the below sources.
Sources
mentioned for
GS Tests 32 -34
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
6/4/2022)
from the below
7th April 2022
General GS 3 Full Syllabus sources.
Thursday Studies (Revision of GS Tests 32 – 34)
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current
Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH
MCQs
Essay 7: Mains Test 38 (Breakthrough Test)
Section-A
Section-B
• Economy
➢ Indian Economy
➢ Industrial Policy
➢ Human Resource and Employment
➢ Liberalization
➢ Economic Planning
➢ Fiscal Policy
➢ External Sector
➢ Sectors of Economy
➢ Infrastructure
8th April 2022
➢ Tourism
Essay-7
➢ MSME
Friday
➢ Economic Justice
• Agriculture
➢ Food Processing
➢ Agriculture
➢ Subsidies
➢ PDS
• Alternative future
➢ Climate change & global warming
➢ Renewable energy technologies
➢ Sustainable habitats
➢ Conservation & development
• Disaster Management
• Internal security Issues
➢ Internal Security
➢ Cyber security
Maritime SecurityIdeologies (Terrorism, Naxalism,
Extremism)
CSAT: Test - 8
11th April 2022
Monday CSAT Full Syllabus
Ethics and Human Interface:

Essence, determinants and
consequences of Ethics in human
actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics
in private and public relationships.
Human Values - lessons from the • Lexicon for
lives and teachings of great leaders, Ethics,
reformers and administrators; role Integrity &
of family, society and educational Aptitude
book.
institutions in inculcating values.
Attitude: content, structure, • 2nd ARC
function; its influence and relation o 4th
with thought and behaviour; moral Report-
GS – 4 and political attitudes; social ethics in
15th April 2022 Governan
influence and persuasion.
Ethics, ce
Friday Integrity, and Aptitude and foundational values o 10th
Aptitude for Civil Service: integrity, Report-
impartiality and non-partisanship, Refurbish
objectivity, dedication to public ing of
Personnel
service, empathy, tolerance and
Administr
compassion towards the weaker-
ation.
sections.
Contributions of moral thinkers and • Political
philosophers from India and world. Theory –
Class 11
NCERT
• India year book 2022
• Current Affairs
17th April 2022 Current Affairs:

General (1/6/2021-16/4/2022) from the below sources.
Sunday
Studies
• INSIGHTS REVISION THROUGH MCQs
Emotional intelligence-concepts,
and their utilities and application in
administration and governance • Lexicon for
Ethics,
Public/Civil service values and Integrity &
Ethics in Public administration: Aptitude
Status and problems; ethical book.
concerns and dilemmas in
government and private institutions; • 2nd ARC
laws, rules, regulations and o 4th
conscience as sources of ethical Report-
GS – 4 guidance; accountability and ethical ethics in
22nd April 2022 governance; strengthening of ethical Governan
Ethics, ce
and moral values in governance;
Friday Integrity, and o 10th
ethical issues in international
Aptitude Report-
relations and funding; corporate Refurbish
governance. ing of
Probity in Governance: Concept of Personnel
Administr
public service; Philosophical basis of
ation.
governance and probity;
Information sharing and
• Political
transparency in government, Right Theory –
to Information, Codes of Ethics, Class 11
Codes of Conduct, Citizen's Charters, NCERT
Work culture, Quality of service
delivery, Utilization of public funds,
challenges of corruption.
• Economic Survey 2021-22, Budget 2022-23

24th April 2022
• Current Affairs (1/6/2021-23/4/2022) from the
Economic
Sunday below sources.
Survey
• INSIGHTS REVISION THROUGH MCQs

27th April 2022 GS-4:
Full Syllabus
Wednesday Full Syllabus
Essay Test 8: Mains Test 42 (Breakthrough Test)

29th April 2022
Essay-8 Ethics & Philosophy
Friday
FULL WEEKLY SYLLABUS TESTS (Mimics UPSC Prelims Exam)

1st May 2022,
Sunday Full Syllabus

8th May 2022,
CSAT : Test 9
8th May 2022,

15th May 2022,
22nd May 2022,
CSAT : Test 10
22nd May 2022,
Full Syllabus
Sunday
29th May 2022, Full Syllabus
Sunday

5th June 2022,
CSAT : Test 11
5th June 2022, Full Syllabus
Sunday
12th June 2022,
19th June 2022,
CSAT : Test 12
19th June 2022,
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MAINS After
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After Essay All Topics
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2022
MAINS
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on Test) Prelims
2022
MAINS
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INTEGRATED PRELIMS CUM MAINS TEST SERIES

1. Previous Years’ UPSC Papers + Discussion & Strategy Videos

13th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper – 2016 Discussion Video

20th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper – 2017 Discussion Video

27th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper - 2018 Discussion Video

4th July 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper - 2019 Discussion Video

INTEGRATED PRELIMS AND MAINS TEST SERIES 2022

Date Subject Syllabus Sources

• Triparty Struggle • INSIGHTSIAS

General Studies: Mains Test 1 (Essential Test)

Art & Culture

General Studies: Prelims Test 2

General Studies: Prelims Test 3

10th Aug 2021 • Fall of Mughals • Our past III

General Studies: Mains Test 3 (Essential Test)

World History • NCERT

General Studies: Prelims Test 4

• Freedom to Partition (1939 -

• Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

General Studies: Mains Test 4 (Essential Test)

• Salient features of world's

Physical Geography of the world

World Economic and Human

Continents - Major physical

• Salient features of India’s

General Studies: Prelims Test 6

Physical Geography of India

Indian Economic and Human

Map Based Questions from India

GS-1: FULL SYLLABUS & Current Affairs

General Studies: Prelims Test 7

• Ethics and Philosophy

General Studies: Mains Test 8 (Essential Test)

General Studies: Prelims Test 10

GS-2: FULL SYLLABUS & Current Affairs

25th October 2021 GS-2 Current Affairs:

• INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs Quiz.

General Studies: Prelims Test 11

Essay Test 2: Mains Test 12 (Essential Test)

General Studies: Mains Test 13 (Essential Test)

• Indian Economy and issues • NCERTs

General Studies: Prelims Test 12

• Capital Markets & Money

• Inflation and Employment

• Government budgeting and

• Initiatives by the govt.

General Studies: Prelims Test 14

General Studies: Prelims Test 15

Science and Technology

General Studies: Prelims Test 16

GS-3: Full Syllabus & Current Affairs

21st December 2021 GS-3:

• INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs Quiz.

General Studies: Prelims Test 17

ESSAY Test 3: Mains Test 19 (Essential Test)

General Studies: Mains Test 20 (Essential Test)

1st January 2022

General Studies: Mains Test 23 (Essential Test)

19th January 2022 GS-4:

21st January 2022

Indian culture will cover the salient Art & Culture

General Studies: Prelims Test 18

• Prehistoric period Old NCERT