About The Director

Shri. Ranjan Kolambe (M. Tech)

In the course of UPSC Coaching, he has mastered various subject like Economics, History, Science, Geography, Polity, Agriculture etc. and successfully taught these subjects to the students, earning name and fame for these subjects, not through any conscious blowing of ones own trumpet-type of advertising, but through slow, silent and more reliable mouth-to-mounth publicity. Teaching so many subject single handedly has earned him a sobrique “ One Man Army”. He has authored quite a few books for the civil services in Marathi as well as English, which are known by the testimony of the students, for their simplicity, reliability, cost-effectivity and relevance. The popularity of these books testify the author’s ability to discern what is important and what is not for the civil services exam.

Subject

Merit Papers

Paper Type Marks Duration

200 80 2.5 1:3* 2 Hrs.

200 100 2 1:3 2 Hrs.

* No negative marking for Decision-Making questions.

MAINS (Conventional/Written Papers)

1) 2 Qualifying papers of languages 300 marks each, of 3 hrs duration 2) 7 Merit papers of 250 marks each.

3) Interview of 275 Marks. 4) Total Marks 2025 marks.

Qualifying Papers : Paper A : Regional Language Paper B : English

Paper I Essay 250 3hrs. -

PaperII GSI 250 3hrs. Indian Heritage & Culture, History & Geography of the world & Society

Paper III GSII 250 3hrs. Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice & International Relations.

Paper IV GSIII 250 3hrs. Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity Managment

Paper V GSIV 250 3hrs. Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

Paper VI Optional I 250 3hrs. To be selected by the candidate

Paper VII Optional II 250 3hrs. To be selected by the candidate

PLAN OF THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMPRELIMINARY (Objective Papers)2 Papers, of 200 Marks each, of 2 Hours duration, Objective type with negative marking.

Interview : 275 MarksTotal : 2025 Marks

SYLLABUS FOR THE SYLLABUS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATIONCIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATIONSYLLABUS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

Ÿ Current events of national and international importance.

Ÿ History of India and Indian National Movement.

Ÿ Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

Ÿ Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

Ÿ Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

Ÿ General issues on Environment Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.

Ÿ General Science.

Paper II - (200 marks) Duration : Two hoursŸ Comprehension.

Ÿ Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

Ÿ Logical reasoning and analytical ability.

Ÿ Decision-making and problem-solving.

Ÿ Genera) mental ability.

Ÿ Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level, Data.

Ÿ interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level).

Ÿ English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Note 1: Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.

Note 2: The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type..Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidates to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim)

Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.

The Examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of200 marks each.

Paper 1 - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours

PART-APART-APRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONPRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONPART-APRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

PAPER I - Essay

PAPER II - General Studies-IIndian Heritage and Culture, History, and Geography of the World and Society.

PAPER III - General Studies-IIGovernance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations.

PAPER IV - General Studies - IIITechnology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.

PAPER V - General Studies - IVEthics, Integrity and Aptitude

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