Guides
How to Start Preparing for UPSC Prelims
What the UPSC Civil Services Prelims actually tests, its exact pattern, and a simple first-month plan for a new aspirant.
How to Use UPSC Prelims Past-Year Questions Well
A method for using UPSC Prelims GS Paper I past-year questions to learn the syllabus, not just to self-test.
How to Practise CSAT (UPSC Prelims Paper II)
What "qualifying" means for CSAT, its exact syllabus, and how to practise comprehension, reasoning and numeracy for it.
How to Revise What You Get Wrong
A suggested, adjustable approach to mistake review, spaced revision and flashcards for UPSC Prelims preparation.
How to Raise a Question About a UPSC Prelims Answer Key
UPSC's official process for representing on a Prelims question or its provisional answer key — who may use it, how, and the exact five-day window.
Swachh Bharat and Plastic Waste: Five Local Stories
A 25 September 2026 government backgrounder on plastic waste in five places in India, through five stages: reduce, reuse, return, recover and recreate.