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UPSC GS PRELIMINARY
TEST BATCH I
2018 SCHEDULE

TEST 1 TOPICS
INDIAN POLITY– TEST 1
Date
17.11.2017 1. Historical Background 5. Fundamental Rights
Current Affairs 2. Salient Features of Indian 6. Directive Principles of State
JANUARY 2017 Constitution Policy
3. Preamble 7. Fundamental Duties
India Year Book - 2017
INDIAN POLITY + ANDHRA 4. Citizenship
NCERT - VI to XII std.
PRADESH

TEST 2 TOPICS
INDIAN HISTORY - MODERN INDIA UP TO 1857 - TEST 1
Date
24.11.2017 1. Arrival of Europeans 7. Administration during
2. Early English wars–Carnatic Company period, Education
Current Affairs
Plassey, Buxar policy, Famine policy, Press
FEBRUARY 2017 regulation etc.
3. Early structure of British
India Year Book - 2017 8. Tribal and Peasant Uprisings
Empire
CULTURE AND TOURISM + till 1857
4. Constitutional Developments
CHATTISGARH 9. Revolt of 1857
(From 1773 to1858)
5. Maratha Wars and Mysore 10. Socio Religious Reform
wars Movements (Entirely)
6. Governor Generals (From
Robert Clive to Lord NCERT - VI to XII std.
Dalhousie their
Administration, Reforms etc.)

TEST 3 TOPICS
GEOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY – TEST 1
Date
01.12.2017 GEOMORPHOLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY AND CLIMATIC REGIONS AND
OCEANOGRAPHY
Current Affairs
MARCH 2017 1. Origin of universe
India Year Book - 2017 2. Evolution of Earth
ORISSA + PUNJAB + 3. Earth's structure
RAJASTHAN + SIKKIM 4. Volcanoes and Earthquakes
5. Continents and Ocean
Basins
6. Earth movements
7. Mountains, Plateaus, Plains
and Lakes
8. Rocks, Soils and Minerals
9. Drainage System and
Pattern
10. Various Landforms
11. Reliefs of Ocean Basin,
12. Temperature and Salinity of
Ocean
13. Ocean deposits
14. Ocean tides and currents
15. Coral reefs
16. Marine Resources
17. Structure and composition
of atmosphere
18. Insolation and Heat Budget
of atmoshphere
19. Temperature and its
distribution
20. Atmospheric pressure and its
circulation
21. Wind system
22. Humidity and precipitation
23. Frontogenesis and cyclones
24. World Climatic Regions
(Location, distribution,
climate, vegetation, wildlife,
people, economic activities)
NCERT VI to XII std.

TEST 4 TOPICS
ECONOMICS –TEST 1
Date
08.12.2017 1. National Income
Current Affairs 2. Growth and Development
APRIL 2017 3. Public Finance
India Year Book - 2017 4. Money and Inflation
FINANCE + BASIC ECONOMIC 5. Banking
DATA 6. Money Market
NCERT IX to XII std.
UPSC GS PRELIMINARY 2018 SCHEDULE

TEST BATCH I

TEST 5 TOPICS
SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION – TEST 1
Date
15.12.2017 1. International Organizations –
United Nations (Organs,
Current Affairs
Agencies, Programmes, and
MAY 2017 Funds), Regional
India Year Book - 2017 Organizations and Nuclear
SCIENTIFIC AND Organizations, Treaties and
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT conventions
+ DEFENCE 2. Science and Technology –
General Science and recent
developments, Space
Technology, Defence
Technology, Electrical and
Electronics Technology and
Green Technology
* For S&T NCERT, Chapter Name
indicates Entire Chapter or Sub-Topics.
NCERT SCIENCE VI TO X*
NCERT XI - Physics
Chapter 01 - Physics World
Chapter 06 - Work, Energy and
Power
Chapter 08 - Gravitation
Chapter 15 - Sounds and
Doppler effects
NCERT XI - Chemistry
Chapter 14 - Environmental
Chemistry
NCERT XII - Physics -
Chapter 09 - Ray optics and
Optical Instruments
Chapter 10 - Wave optics

TEST 6 TOPICS
INDIAN POLITY –TEST 2
Date
22.12.2017 1. The Union 4. Indian judiciary
Current Affairs 2. The States 5. Emergency Provisions
JUNE 2017 3. Relations between the Union NCERT VI to XII std.
and the States
India Year Book - 2017
LAW AND JUSTICE + CORPORATE
AFFAIRS + ARUNACHAL PRADESH

TEST 7 TOPICS
INDIAN HISTORY - MODERN INDIA UP TO 1947 –TEST 2
Date
29.12.2017 1. Pre Congress political
parties, Indian National
Current Affairs
Congress - Early Leaders and
JULY 2017 their Contributions
India Year Book - 2017 2. Phase of Moderates and
UTTARPRADESH + WEST BENGAL Extremists
+ UNION TERRITORIES 3. Swadeshi and National
Movement
4. Period of Revolutionary
Movements
5. Arrival of Gandhi, his early
successes in South Africa
and his Early experiments in
India
6. Non-Cooperation Movement
and Temple entry
movements
7. Civil Disobedience
Movement
8. Developments to
Government of India Act
1935 (Simon Commission,
Round Table Congress,
Poona pact)
9. 1937 Election and
Formation of Congress
Ministries in Provinces
10. Transfer of power issues
(From 1940 to 1947)
11. Rise of capitalism and Rise
of Trade Union Movements
12. Rise of Communalism
13. Other Political Parties
during National Movement
NCERT VI to XII std.

TEST 8 TOPICS
GEOGRAPHY - INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - I –TEST 2
Date
05.01.2018 1. Geological structure 5. Natural Vegetation and
2. Physiography Wildlife
Current Affairs
AUGUST 2017 3. Drainage 6. Soils
India Year Book - 2017 4. Climate NCERT VI to XII std.
LAND AND THE PEOPLE +
GUJARAT AND HARYANA

TEST 9 TOPICS
ECONOMICS – TEST 2
Date
19.01.2018 1. External sector 6. Service Sector
Current Affairs 2. Planning 7. Social Sector
SEPTEMBER 2017 3. Agriculture 8. Contemporary Economic
4. Industry Issues in India and the
India Year Book - 2017
World
PLANNING + AGRICULTURE + 5. Infrastructure
COMMERCE NCERT IX to XII std.
UPSC GS PRELIMINARY 2018 SCHEDULE

TEST BATCH I

TEST 10 TOPICS
ENVIRONMENT - TEST 1
Date
26.01.2018 1. Ecology 5. Indian Biodiversity – Flora
2. Ecosystem – Types and and Fauna (both terrestrial
Current Affairs
Functions and aquatic)
OCTOBER 2017
3. Environment Impact 6. Conservation and Initiatives
India Year Book - 2017
Assessment 7. Agriculture in Environmental
HIMACHAL PRADESH + JAMMU perspective
4. Biodiversity concepts
AND KASHMIR + JHARKHAND +
KARNATAKA NCERT VI to XII std.

TEST 11 TOPICS
INDIAN POLITY – TEST 3
Date
02.02.2018 1. The Union Territories 7. Elections
Current Affairs 2. The Panchayats 8. Languages
NOVEMBER 2017 3. The Municipalities 9. Constitutional and extra
4. Amendment of the Constitutional bodies
India Year Book - 2017
RURAL AND URBAN Constitution 10. Rights issues
DEVELOPMENT + ASSAM 5. The Scheduled and Tribal 11. Public policy
Areas 12. Governance
6. Tribunals

TEST 12 TOPICS
INDIAN HISTORY – ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY –TEST 3
Date
09.02.2018 1. Pre History 10. Early Medieval India
2. Indus Valley Civilization (including Cholas)
Current Affairs
DECEMBER 2017 3. Vedic Period (early and later 11. Delhi Sultanate
Vedic) 12. Bhakthi and Sufi
India Year Book - 2017
4. Mahajanapadas movements
NATIONAL SYMBOLS + GOA
5. Mauryan Period 13. Regional Kingdoms of 14th
and 15th Century (including
6. Dark age ( 300 BC to 300 AD)
Bahamani and Vijayanagar)
7. Gupta Period
14. Mughals
8. Post Gupta period till Harsha
15. Marathas
Vardhana
16. Later Mughals
9. Ancient Indian religion and
philosophy (Buddhism, 17. Art and Culture (From
Jainism and others), Six Ancient times to Modern
Philosophical schools history )
NCERT VI to XII std.

TEST 13 TOPICS
GEOGRAPHY–INDIAN GEOGRAPHY – II –TEST 3
Date
16.02.2018 1. Population
Current Affairs 2. Resources
JANUARY 2017 TO JUNE 2017 3. Irrigation and Agriculture
India Year Book - 2017 4. Industries
ENERGY + INDUSTRY + 5. Transport
TRANSPORT + WATER 6. Trade and other Economic
RESOURCES Activities

TEST 14
Date
23.02.2018
Current Affairs
JULY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2017
India Year Book - 2017
INDIA AND THE WORLD +
COMMUNICATION AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY +
KERALA + MADHYA PRADESH +
MAHARASHTRA
* For S&T NCERT, Chapter Name
indicates Entire Chapter or Sub-Topics.
TOPICS
SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION – TEST 2
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS-Ideological and Political
organizations, Financial and Trade organizations, Cultural and
Religious organizations
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY– Nuclear Technology, Nano Technology,
Biotechnology, Robotics, Health and Hygiene, Intellectual Property
Rights, Information Technology
NCERT SCIENCE XI and X*
NCERT XII - Chemistry -Chapter 14 - Bio-molecules, Chapter 15 -
Polymers, Chapter 16- Chemistry in Everyday life.
NCERT XI - Biology -Chapter 01- Classification of living organisms,
Chapter 03 - Cellular Biology, Chapter 04 - Plant Physiology, Chapter
05 - Inheritance and Variance
NCERT XI - Biology -Chapter 06 - Human Genome Project and DNA
finger prints (Molecular basis of Inheritance), Chapter 08- Human
Health, Chapter 09 - Food Production Enhancement, Chapter 10 -
Microbes in Human Welfare, Chapter 13- Organisms and Population,
Chapter 12 - Biotechnology and its applications
UPSC GS PRELIMINARY 2018 SCHEDULE

TEST BATCH I

TEST 15 TOPICS
ENVIRONMENT II – TEST 2
Date
02.03.2018 1. Climate Change – Concepts, 4. Environmental Governance
Causes, Effects, Mitigation (Institutions, Acts and
Current Affairs
strategies Policies)
JANUARY 2018
2. India and International 5. Impact of Environmental
India Year Book - 2017 Climate Change negotiations issues on Health of Organisms,
ENVIRONMENT + MANIPUR + and its initiatives 6. Pollution
MEGHALAYA + MIZORAM + 3. Environmental organizations,
NAGALAND Treaties, Conventions and
Summits

TEST 16 TOPICS
POLITY - Complete Syllabus
Date
16.03.2018
Current Affairs
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2018
India Year Book - 2017
LABOUR, SKILL DEVELOPMENT
AND EMPLOYMENT + BIHAR

TEST 17 TOPICS
HISTORY - Complete Syllabus
Date
23.03.2018
Current Affairs
CURRENT AFFAIRS COMPLETE
SYLLABUS
India Year Book - 2017
MASS COMMUNICATION+YOUTH
AFFAIRS

TEST 18 TOPICS
GEOGRAPHY - Complete Syllabus
Date
06.04.2018
Current Affairs
CURRENT AFFAIRS COMPLETE
SYLLABUS
India Year Book - 2017
TAMILNADU + TELANGANA +
TRIPURA + UTTARKHAND

TEST 19 TOPICS
ECONOMICS - Complete Syllabus
Date
20.04.2018
Current Affairs
CURRENT AFFAIRS COMPLETE
SYLLABUS
India Year Book - 2017
HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE +
HOUSING+ FOOD AND CIVIL
SUPPLIES+ EDUCATION +
WELFARE

TEST 20 TOPICS
CURRENT AFFAIRS – I – Online Test
Date
10.04.2018

TEST 21 TOPICS
ECONOMIC SURVEY AND BUDGET
Date
01.05.2018

TEST 22 TOPICS
CURRENT AFFAIRS – II – Online Test
Date
10.05.2018
UPSC GS PRELIMINARY 2018 SCHEDULE

TEST BATCH I

UPSC PRELIMINARY 2018 CSAT TEST BATCH SCHEDULE

S.NO. DATE DAY SUBJECT
1. 03.12.2017 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - I
2. 17.12.2017 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - II
3. 31.12.2017 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - III
4. 14.01.2018 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - IV
5. 28.01.2018 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - V
6. 18.02.2018 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - VI
7. 11.03.2018 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - VII
8. 25.03.2018 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST - VIII
9. 15.04.2018 SUNDAY COMPLETE SYLLABUS TEST – IX

UPSC – PRELIMINARY TEST BATCH – 2018 - MOCK TEST

TEST DATE SUBJECT TOPICS
1. 29.04.2018 MOCK TEST – I COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
2. 13.05.2018 MOCK TEST – II COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
3. 27.05.2018 MOCK TEST – III COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)

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