Note: Please Read Important Instructions Given at the End of this Document DATE DAY TEST NUMBER AND SYLLABUS 2/14/2015 Saturday TEST - 14 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 1 to 4 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity- Chapters 1 to 7 3. RAMESH SINGH Indian Economy - Chapters 1 to 3 4. CURRENT EVENTS ( Test - 12 to the Present Test) PIB, The Hindu, Yojana 2/23/2015 Monday TEST - 15 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence Chapters 6 to 11 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 8 to 16 3. RAMESH SINGH Indian Economy - Chapters 4 to 8 3/4/2015 Wednesday TEST - 16 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 12 to 17 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 17 to 26 3. RAMESH SINGH Indian Economy - Chapters 9 to 14 3/13/2015 Friday TEST - 17 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 18 to 22 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 27 to 35 3. RAMESH SINGH Indian Economy - Chapters 15 to 20 1
3/22/2015 Sunday TEST - 18 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 23 to 27 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 35 to 42 3. RAMESH SINGH Indian Economy - Chapters 21 to 25 6. ECONOMIC SURVEY - 2015 (Chapters will be specified later) 3/31/2015 Tuesday TEST - 19 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 24 to 29 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 43 to 51 3. Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Chapters 1 to 4 5. ECONOMIC SURVEY - 2015 (Chapters will be specified later) 4/9/2015 Thursday TEST - 20 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 30 to 34 2. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 52 to 61 3. Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Chapters 5 to 10 5. D D Basu - Indian Polity (Chapters will be specified later) 7. ECONOMIC SURVEY - 2015 (Chapters will be specified later) 4/18/2015 Saturday TEST - 21 1. BIPAN CHANDRA Struggle for India's Independence - Chapters 35 to 39 2. ECONOMIC SURVEY - 2015 (Chapters will be specified later) 3. LAXIKANTH Indian Polity - Chapters 62 to 71 4. ICSE Environmental Studies 5. Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Chapters 11 to 15 2
6. CCRT - Art and Culture (Literary Arts - http://www.ccrtindia.gov.in/literaryarts.php) 7. CURRENT EVENTS (Last Test to the Present Test) PIB, The Hindu, Yojana 4/27/2015 Monday TEST - 22 1. India - 2015 (Publication Division) Chapters will be specified later 2. CCRT - Art and Culture ( Visual Arts - http://www.ccrtindia.gov.in/visualarts.php) 3. ECONOMIC SURVEY - 2015 (Chapters will be specified later) 4. ICSE Environmental Studies 5. Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Chapters 16 to 20 5/6/2015 Wednesday TEST - 23 1. India - 2015 (Publication Division) Chapters will be specified later 2. CCRT - Art and Culture (Performing Arts - http://www.ccrtindia.gov.in/performingart.php) 3. ECONOMIC SURVEY - 2015 (Chapters will be specified later) 4. ICSE Environmental Studies 5. Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Chapters 21 to 25 5/14/2015 Thursday TEST - 24 5/16/2015 Saturday CSP-2015 Notification Day 5/24/2015 Sunday TEST - 25 3
6/3/2015 Wednesday TEST - 26 6/12/2015 Friday CSP-2015 Last Day for Applying 6/13/2015 Saturday TEST - 27 6/23/2015 Tuesday TEST - 28 7/3/2015 Friday TEST - 29 4
7/13/2015 Monday TEST - 30 7/23/2015 Thursday TEST - 31 8/2/2015 Sunday TEST - 32 5
8/12/2015 Wednesday TEST - 33 8/23/2015 Sunday CSP-2015 Examination Day! IMPORTANT: 1. For Indian Economy, the 6th Edition will be followed (http://www.flipkart.com/indian-economy-civil-services-examination-english-6th/p/itmdxdefgspa3v3f?pid=9789339205119) 2. For Indian Polity, the 4th Edition will be followed (http://www.flipkart.com/indian-polity-english-4th/p/itmey7dgbaff5war?pid=9781259064128) 3. Bipan Chandra's India's Struggle for Independence though biased towards leftist ideaology, it's important for UPSC prelims and Mains, hence we are covering this book 4. Goh Cheng Leong's Certificate Physical and Human Geography which will be followed is this: http://www.flipkart.com/certificate-physical-human-geography-english-1st/p/itmczyt7kuqrvjyg?pid=9780195628166 5. As and when the India - 2015 is published by the government of India, we will specify chapters to be read from this book. In case you already have India-2014, you may not need to buy India - 2015. 6. As and when Economic Survey - 2015 is published, we will specify chapters from it. 7. Geography of India is intentionally not mentioned as we believe NCERT textbooks are sufficient for the purpose. 8. Sometimes due to unforeseen reasons, a test may be postponed for a day or two. 9. The Full Length tests will cover every aspect of the Preliminary exam syllabus and will be framed in such a manner to give you a taste of real UPSC exam (Though it's very tough to match UPSC, we will still try our best) 10. We will try our best to stick to the above schedule till the last test. If at all any changes are made, it will be notified via email. 6