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ClearIAS » UPSC Civil Services Exam Syllabus (subject-wise) » General Studies 1 Paper Syllabus – Civil Services Mains Exam UPSC

General Studies 1 Paper Syllabus – Civil Services Mains Exam UPSC

Last updated on October 26, 2016 by Alex Andrews George

General Studies 1 Paper Syllabus for UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam consists of the below major areas: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society. Detailed syllabus is given below:

General Studies 1 Paper Syllabus for UPSC Civil Services Mains

  • Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
  • Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.
  • The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country.
  • Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
  • History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars,
  • redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism,
  • capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
  • Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
  •  Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and
  • developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
  • Effects of globalization on Indian society
  • Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
  • Salient features of world’s physical geography.
  • Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent);
  • factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in
  • various parts of the world (including India)
  • Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,
  • geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

Reference Books for General Studies Paper 1 [Suggestions by ClearIAS.com]

IAS Mains General Studies Paper 1 The basic book-list recommended by many toppers is provided in the link IAS Books for UPSC Mains. If you need additional books/weblinks for reference, the below mentioned links might turn useful. Tip : You can search/buy online these books using the Flipkart/Amazon Search Box provided in this website. (Right Side Bar)

  1. The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Bhasham. (Culture)
  2. India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma. (Culture)
  3. Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania. (Culture)
  4. History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)
  5. India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
  6. India After Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha (History – GS1)
  7. Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur (World History – GS1)
  8. Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)
  9. Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Geography)
  10. Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
  11. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)

Additional Links:

  1. Useful Civil Services Books.
  2. Civil Services Study Materials for Online Preparation.
  3. IAS Question Papers.
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  1. kumar says

    October 15, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    what a wounder full site

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  2. kumar says

    October 15, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    sir my request is topic wise mains book list,websites and magzines etc……………….

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  3. Anoop Ahuje says

    October 22, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    great guidence here

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  4. suraj says

    July 12, 2016 at 8:45 am

    Sir please provide us with topic wise question analysis of previous10 years . I also want it fragment by fragment study chart and planning, how to make notes from NCERTS and basic books,How to arrange them,should I study higher topics simultaneously with the basic book (here I find it very hard to manage my schedule as I m a starter). I find mutation in strategy every time when I come up with a subject..its very stressful.how to cope it..pliz reply..my email id is –[email protected]

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  5. Nandana says

    July 18, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    Sir,is this general studies Paper-1 syllabus is for preliminary exam or mains.

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    • Arjun says

      September 17, 2017 at 8:18 pm

      Very good question

  6. Urmila says

    June 27, 2018 at 3:39 pm

    Maximum how much time it takes to complete GS 1

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  7. Lalit says

    May 2, 2019 at 4:41 pm

    Sir is wizard of geography is help full for GS 1 syllabus…?

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  8. Sigirala Murali says

    June 18, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    Sir please provide us with topic wise question analysis of previous10 years . I also want it fragment by fragment study chart and planning, how to make notes from NCERTS and basic books,How to arrange them,should I study higher topics simultaneously with the basic book (here I find it very hard to manage my schedule as I m a starter). I find mutation in strategy every time when I come up with a subject..its very stressful.how to cope it..pliz reply..my email id is “[email protected] “. Tq sir

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  9. Kailas singade says

    March 23, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    A very helpful website for me that covered all the all UPSC Topics..
    And given the all explanation with the proper explanation..
    Thanking you All clearias team

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