Mission 2025:

Foundation Batch of GS
for UPSC CSE
Start Date: 15 July 2023
End Date: 27 February 2025

In this Batch, the top educators on the Unacademy Platform will be teaching the
entire syllabus of UPSC CSE Examination holistically. The batch aims to target the
candidates who want to attempt the UPSC Exam in 2025. The course will start
from the foundation building through NCERTs and will cover the complete
syllabus of UPSC CSE Prelims and Mains Examination. The class content in this
batch will be provided in English and the discussion will be in Hinglish

Class Discussion Class Content

Hinglish English
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination:
Objective Type
Preliminary Examination

General Studies CSAT

Paper - 1 Paper - 2
Max. Marks: 200 Max. Marks: 200

Duration: 2 Hours Qualifying (33% marks required)

Negative Marking: 1/3 of marks
assigned to a question will be
deducted as penalty for each
wrong answer.
Duration : 2 Hours
Negative Marking : 1/3 of marks
assigned to a question will be
deducted as penalty for each
wrong answer.

Prelims Examination - May 2026

UPSC Prelims 2015 - 2022 Cutoff Trend

Prelims General EWS OBC SC ST PH Total

Marks
2022 88.22
82.83
87.54
74.08
69.35
40.40-58.59
87.54

2021 87.54
80.14
84.85
75.41
70.71
43.09-68.02
200

2020 92.51
77.55
89.12
74.84
68.71
40.82-70.06
200

2019 98
90
95.34
82
77.34
40.66-53.34
200

2018 98
N/A
96.66
84
83.34
40 to 73.34
200

2017 105.34
N/A
102.66
88.66
88.66
40 to 85.34
200

2016 116
N/A
110.66
99.34
96
40 to 75.34
200

2015 107.34 N/A 106 94 91.34

40 to 90.66 200

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 Course Flow
Subjects Educators Start Date End Date No. of session

(2.5 Hours)

Orientation Session Madhukar Kotawe Jul 15, 2023 Jul 15, 2023 1

NCERT Geography Sumit Konde Jul 17, 2023 Aug 15, 2023 20

NCERT Polity Divya Jha Jul 29, 2023 Aug 17, 2023 15

NCERT Economics Rahul Bhardwaj Aug 14, 2023 Aug 29, 2023 15
Arvindsingh Sep 1, 2023 Sep 11, 2023 10
NCERT SNT Rajpurohit
NCERT History Sumit Kumar Sep 14, 2023 Oct 11, 2023 20

Indian Polity Sidharth Arora Oct 5, 2023 Dec 6, 2023 54

Modern India Jan 25, 2024 Jan 27, 2024 45
History Pratik Nayak
World Physical Feb 1, 2024 Mar 5, 2024 29
Geography Sudarshan Gurjar
Ancient India Mar 7, 2024 Apr 1, 2024 22
History Arti Chhawari
Medieval India Apr 3, 2024 Apr 25, 2024 20
History Arti Chhawari

Indian Geography Anirudh Malik Apr 29, 2024 May 28, 2024 26

Art and Culture Arti Chhawari May 29, 2024 Jun 26, 2024 25

Indian Economy Mrunal Patel Jun 29, 2024 Sep 18, 2024 70

World History Arti Chhawari Aug 1, 2024 Aug 24, 2024 21

Post Independance Arti Chhawari Aug 28, 2024 Sep 9, 2024 11

World Geography Sudarshan Gurjar Sep 11, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 17
Science and Rahul Bhardwaj Oct 1, 2024 Nov 4, 2024 30
Technology
Environment and Sumit Konde Nov 5, 2024 Dec 14, 2024 35
Ecology
Disaster Sumit Konde Dec 16, 2024 Dec 28, 2024 12
Management
Ethics, Integrity and G Rajput Dec 30, 2024 Feb 7, 2025 35
Aptitude
Governance and Arvindsingh Sep 26, 2024 Oct 23, 2024 24
Social Issues Rajpurohit
International Pavneet Singh Oct 28, 2024 Nov 25, 2025 25
Relations
Human and Anirudh Malik Jan 1, 2025 Jan 17, 2025 15
Economic Geography
Internal Security Pavneet Singh Jan 22, 2025 Feb 7, 2025 15
Essay Writing Krishnamohan Feb 10, 2025 Feb 26, 2025 15
Strategy
Indian Society and Aman Sharma Feb 10, 2025 Feb 27, 2025 16
Social Justice
CSAT Mudit Gupta Dec 2, 2024 Jan 21, 2025 47

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Disclaimer: The course plan and educators are subject to change.

 Meet Your Educators

Mission 2025: Foundation Batch of GS for UPSC CSE

Mrunal Patel Sudarshan Gurjar Pratik Nayak Dr. Sidharth Arora

Economy Geography History Polity

Arti Chhawari G Rajput Pavneet Singh Krishna Mohan

History Ethics, Integrity & IR & IS Essay
Aptitude

Rahul Bhardwaj Aman Sharma Sumit Konde Arvindsingh Rajpurohit

Science and Technology Current Affairs &
Environment and
Governance
Indian Society Disaster M anagement

Mudit Gupta Anirudh Malik

CSAT Geography

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 Mains Examination Pattern and Syllabus
If a candidate successfully completes the Preliminary Examination stage, the next
step is to appear for the Mains Examination. There are a total of nine papers at the
Mains stage, seven of which are merit-based and two of which are qualifying.

Mains Paper VI

examination Optional Subject – Paper 1

Duration: 3 hour
Paper i
Maximum marks: 250
Essay
Duration: 3 hour Paper VII

Maximum marks: 250 Optional Subject – Paper II

Duration: 3 hour
Paper iI
Maximum marks: 250
General Studies – I
Duration: 3 hour
Maximum marks: 25
Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Qualifying

Geography of the World and Society papers

Paper iII
Paper A

General Studies – Ii Indian Language*

Duration: 3 hour Minimum qualifying requirement: 25
Maximum marks: 25 Duration: 3 hour
Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Maximum marks: 300
Justice and International Relations

Paper iV
Paper B

General Studies – Iii English

Minimum qualifying requirement: 25
Duration: 3 hour
Duration: 3 hour
Maximum marks: 25
Maximum marks: 300
Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity,
Environment, Security and Disaster Management

Paper V

General Studies – IV
Duration: 3 hour
Maximum marks: 25
Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
September 2025

*The Indian Language Paper will not be compulsory for candidates hailing from the states of Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. 2
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