Upsc syllabus 2024 pdf drishti ias

General Studies-II • 23 Jul 2018 • 17 min read (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations) • Indian Constitution—Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure. • Functions and Responsibilities of the Union and the States, Issues and Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure, Devolution ofPowers and Finances up to Local Levels and Challenges Therein. • Separation of Powers between various organs Dispute Redressal Mechanisms and Institutions. • Comparison of the Indian Constitutional Scheme with that of Other Countries. • Parliament and State Legislatures—Structure, Functioning, Conduct of Business, Powers & Privileges and Issues Arising out of these. • Structure, Organization and Functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; Pressure Groups and Formal/Informal Associations and their Role in the Polity. • Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act. • Appointment to various Constitutional Posts, Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. • Statutory, Regulatory and various Quasi-judicial Bodies. • Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation. Development Processes and the Development Industry — the Role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders. • W...

Phase 1: UPSC Prelims Exam The Preliminary Examination is composed of two components: 1) General Studies Paper Subjects Total Marks Duration I General Studies(GS) 200 2 hours (9:30 AM to 11:30 AM) II CSAT 200 2 hours (2:30 PM to 4:30 PM) 2) Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) • • Broadly, the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination consists of two papers of objective type, each of 200 marks (hence totaling 400 marks) and of two hours duration. To qualify for the Civil Services Mains, a candidate must attempt both the papers. • Further, the UPSC General Studies (GS) paper consists of 100 questions, while the CSAT paper consists of 80 questions. Both papers have negative marks for wrong answers marked to the tune of 1/3rd of the total marks assigned to that question. • To further illustrate this, each correctly answered GS question will be awarded 2 marks. So, 0.66 marks would be deducted from the total for every question that is wrongly marked. • Similarly, in the CSAT paper, since we have 80 questions for 200 marks, correctly answered CSAT question would attract 2.5 marks each, while every wrongly marked question would attract a penalty of 0.833 for each such wrong answer, which will be deducted from the total. • Questions that are not attempted will not attract any negative marks. The two papers of the IAS prelims are discussed in detail below: • General Studies (Generally conducted between 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM) The General Studies test is the first paper of the prelimina...