Wednesday, 30 April 2025

UPSC Civil services preliminary exam 2026 - 280 days study plan

 

Civil Services Preliminary exam 2026 - 280 days study plan 

 


1 1 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Regulating Act of 1773

Pitts India Act 1784

Charter Act 1833

Charter Act 1853

Government of India Act 1858

2 2 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Indian Council Act 1861

Indian Council Act 1892

Indian Council Act 1909

3 3 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Government of India Act 1919

Government of India Act 1935

India Independence Act 1947

4 4 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Making of the India constitution

Salient features of the constitution

Preamble

5 5 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Fundamental Rights

6 6 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Fundamental Duties

Directive Principles of state policy

7 7 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Basic Structure of the constitution

Unitary and Federal features

8 8 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Emergency provisions

Amendment process

9 9 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Indian Architecture

10 10 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Indian Sculpture

11 11 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Indian Painting

12 12 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Dances of India

13 13 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Music of India

14 14 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Theatre forms of India

15 15 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Puppet forms

16 16 May 2025 Indian Culture:

Indian Literature

17 17 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Centre – State Relations

18 18 May 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Inter state Relations

19 19 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Origin and Age of the Earth

20 20 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Structure of the Earth’s Interior

21 21 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Continents and ocean basins

22 22 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Earth’s movement

23 23 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Rocks

24 24 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

25 25 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Mountain building

Plateau

Plains

26 26 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Lakes

27 27 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Weathering

28 28 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Mass movements

29 29 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Cycle of Erosion

Drainage system and patterns

30 30 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Running water and fluvial landforms

31 31 May 2025 Physical Geography:

Ground water and Karst landforms

32 1 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Sea waves and coastal landforms

33 2 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Wind and Aeolian landforms

34 3 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Glaciers and glaciated landforms

Periglacial processes and landforms

35 4 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

President

Vicepresident

Prime Mininster

Central council of ministers

Cabinet committees

36 5 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Lok sabha

37 6 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Rajya Sabha

38 7 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Parliamentary committees

Parliamentay forums

Parliamentary groups

39 8 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Composition and structure of the atmosphere

40 9 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Insolation and Heat Budget

41 10 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Air pressure

Atmospheric circulation

Humidity

Precipitation

42 11 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Air masses

Frontogenesis

Cyclones and anticyclones

43 12 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Classification of climate and climatic types

44 13 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Reliefs of the ocean basin

45 14 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Temperature and density of ocean water

Salinity of oceans

46 15 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Ocean deposits

47 16 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Ocean tides

Currents

48 17 June 2025 Physical Geography:

Coral reefs and atoll

Marine resources

49 18 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Governor

Chief minister

State council of ministers

50 19 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

State Legislature

51 20 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Panchayati Raj system

52 21 June 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Municipalities

53 22 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Construction of Indian History

54 23 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Stone Age;

Stone – copper phase

55 24 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Harappan civilization

 

56 25 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Advent of the Aryans and the age of the rig veda

57 26 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Later vedic period

58 27 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Jainism

59 28 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Buddhism

60 29 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Mahajanapadas

Magadhan Empire

61 30 June 2025 History of Ancient India:

Iranian and Macedonian invasions

62 1 July 2025 History of Ancient India:

Mauryas

63 2 July 2025 History of Ancient India:

Sangam Age

64 3 July 2025 History of Ancient India:

Gupta Period

65 4 July 2025 History of Ancient India:

Harshavardhana

66 5 July 2025 History of Ancient India:

Pallavas

Chalukyas

67 6 July 2025 History of Ancient India:

Rashtrakutas

Cholas

68 7 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Supreme court

High court

69 8 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Judicial Review

Judicial Activism

Public Interest Litigation

70 9 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Agriculture

Green Revolution

Major Crops

71 10 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Water resources

Irrigation

Multi Purpose projects

72 11 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Mineral Resources

73 12 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Energy Resources

74 13 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Manufacturing

75 14 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Transport

76 15 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Foreign Trade

77 16 July 2025 Economic Geography:

Tourism

78 17 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Election Commission

Political parties

Elections

Election laws & Reforms

79 18 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Union Public Service commission

State Public Service Commission

80 19 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

National Human Rights commission

State Human Rights commission

81 20 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Central Information Commission

State Information Commission

82 21 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

CAG

83 22 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Attorney General

Advocate General

84 23 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Anti defection Law

85 24 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Central Vigilance Commission

Central Bureau of Investigation

86 25 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Lokpal

Lokayuktha

87 26 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

Scheduled and Tribal areas

88 27 July 2025 Indian Constitution & Polity:

National Commission of Scheduled Castes

National commission of Scheduled Tribes

Special Officer for linguistic Minorities

89 28 July 2025 History of Medieval India:

Rajput Kingdom

Arab Invasions

90 29 July 2025 History of Medieval India:

Delhi Sultanate

91 30 July 2025 History of Medieval India:

Bhakti and Sufi Movements

92 31 July 2025 History of Medieval India:

Vijayanagar Empire

93 1 August 2025 History of Medieval India:

Mughal Empire

94 2 August 2025 History of Medieval India:

Rise of Marathas

95 3 August 2025 History of Medieval India:

Advent of Europeans to India

96 4 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Food Chain

Food web

Ecological Pyramid

97 5 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Biogeochemical Cycles

98 6 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Ecological Succession

99 7 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Forest Ecosystem

100 8 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Grassland Ecosystem

101 9 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Desert Ecosystem

102 10 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Lake Ecosystem

Wetland Ecosystem

Estuary Ecosystem

103 11 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Mangrove Ecosystem

104 12 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Air Pollution

105 13 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Water Pollution

106 14 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Soil Pollution

107 15 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Noise Pollution

108 16 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Radioactive pollution

109 17 August 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

E waste and soil waste

110 18 August 2025 World Geography:

South East Asia

111 19 August 2025 World Geography:

East Asia

112 20 August 2025 World Geography:

Central Asia

113 21 August 2025 World Geography:

South Asia

114 22 August 2025 World Geography:

Middle East

115 23 August 2025 World Geography:

Sahara region

Sahel

Ethiopian highlands

Savanna

116 24 August 2025 World Geography:

Swahil coast

Rainforest

African great lakes

117 25 August 2025 World Geography:

Southern africa

118 26 August 2025 World Geography:

Europe (western uplands; North European plain)

119 27 August 2025 World Geography:

Europe (Central uplands; Alpine mountains)

120 28 August 2025 World Geography:

North America (Mountainous west; great plains)

121 29 August 2025 World Geography:

North America (Canadian shield; Varied eastern region)

122 30 August 2025 World Geography:

North America (Carribean)

123 31 August 2025 World Geography:

South America (Andes mountains, Central plains, eastern highlands)

124 1 September 2025 World Geography:

Oceania

125 2 September 2025 Economics:

Types of economies and Idea of national Income

126 3 September 2025 Economics:

Economic growth and development

127 4 September 2025 Economics:

Economic planning

128 5 September 2025 Economics:

Economic reforms

129 6 September 2025 Economics:

Inflation

130 7 September 2025 Economics:

Industrial policies

131 8 September 2025 Economics:

Services sector

132 9 September 2025 Economics:

Indian Financial Market

133 10 September 2025 Economics:

Banking

134 11 September 2025 Economics:

Insurance

135 12 September 2025 Economics:

Security Market

136 13 September 2025 Economics:

External sector

137 14 September 2025 Economics:

IMF

World Bank

WTO

138 15 September 2025 Economics:

Other important Economic organisations

139 16 September 2025 Economics:

GST

140 17 September 2025 Economics:

Public Finance

141 18 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

EIA

142 19 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Environmental Organisations

143 20 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

EPA 1986

144 21 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Environmental conventions

145 22 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Biodiversity – Definition and Types

146 23 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Wildlife protection act 1972

National Forest policy

Biological diversity Act 2002

147 24 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Indian Wildlife conservation

Wildlife sanctuaries

National parks

148 25 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Coastal Protected areas

Sacred Grooves of India

Biosphere Reserves

149 26 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Biodiversity hotpsots

Global warming

Green House Effect

150 27 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Climate change mitigation strategies

151 28 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Initiatives of climate change

152 29 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Climate Change organisations

153 30 September 2025 Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change:

Conventions and Organisations

154 1 October 2025 Indian Geography:

Geological structure

155 2 October 2025 Indian Geography:

Physiography

156 3 October 2025 Indian Geography:

Drainage

157 4 October 2025 Indian Geography:

Climate

158 5 October 2025 Indian Geography:

Natural Vegetation

159 6 October 2025 Indian Geography:

Soils

160 7 October 2025 History of Modern India:

British Expansion in India

161 8 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Economic impact of British Colonial rule

162 9 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Social and religious reform movements

163 10 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Peasant movements and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries

164 11 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Great Revolt of 1857

165 12 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Foundation of Indian National congress

Moderates and Extremists

166 13 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Partition of Bengal

Swadeshi movement

167 14 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Rise of Gandhi

168 15 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Khilafat Movement

Non Cooperation Movement

169 16 October 2025 History of Modern India:

End of the Non cooperation movement to the beginning of Civil Disobedience movement

170 17 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Civil Disobedience movement

171 18 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Simon commission

Nehru Report

Round table conferences

172 19 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Nationalism and peasant movements

173 20 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Nationalism and Working class movements

174 21 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Election of 1937 and formation of ministries

Cripps mission

175 22 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Quit India movement

176 23 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Wavell plans

177 24 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Cabinet mission

178 25 October 2025 History of Modern India:

INA trails

179 26 October 2025 History of Modern India:

Freedom

180 27 October 2025 Social Geography:

Population

181 28 October 2025 Social Geography:

Human Settlements

182 29 October 2025 Social Geography:

Migration

183 30 October 2025 Social Geography:

Tribal Groups

184 31 October 2025 General Science:

Biological classification

Plant kingdom

185 1 November 2025 General Science:

Animal kingdom

186 2 November 2025 General Science:

Cell and Organelles

187 3 November 2025 General Science:

Biomolecules

188 4 November 2025 General Science:

Digestion

189 5 November 2025 General Science:

Respiration

190 6 November 2025 General Science:

Excretion

191 7 November 2025 General Science:

Circulation

192 8 November 2025 General Science:

Locomotion

193 9 November 2025 General Science:

Reproduction

194 10 November 2025 General Science:

Neural control

195 11 November 2025 General Science:

Hormones

196 12 November 2025 General Science:

Evolution

197 13 November 2025 General Science:

Human Health and diseases

198 14 November 2025 General Science:

Microbes in Human welfare

199 15 November 2025 General Science:

Photosynthesis

200 16 November 2025 General Science:

Biotechnology and its applications

201 17 November 2025 General Science:

Nanotechnology

202 18 November 2025 General Science:

Genetics

203 19 November 2025 General Science:

Hydrocarbons

204 20 November 2025 General Science:

Environmental chemistry

205 21 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 1

206 22 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) – Booklet 2

207 23 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 3

208 24 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 4

209 25 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news)  Booklet 5

210 26 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) Booklet 6

211 27 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 7

212 28 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 8

213 29 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 9

214 30 November 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 10

215 1 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 11

216 2 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 12

217 3 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 13

218 4 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 14

219 5 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 15

220 6 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 16

221 7 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) Booklet 17

222 8 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 18

223 9 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 19

224 10 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 20

225 11 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 21

226 12 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 22

227 13 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 23

228 14 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 24

229 15 December 2025 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 25

230 16 December 2025 Previous question papers (2021 – 2025) analysis – Indian history and Culture

231 17 December 2025 Previous question papers (2021 – 2025) analysis – Geography

232 18 December 2025 Previous question papers (2021 – 2025) analysis – Polity & Constitution

233 19 December 2025 Previous question papers (2021 – 2025) analysis – Economy & Social Development

234 20 December 2025 Previous question papers (2021 – 2025) analysis – Environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change

235 21 December 2025 Previous question papers (2021 – 2025) analysis – General Science

236 22 December 2025

237 23 December 2025

238 24 December 2025 India Reference Annual – Land and People

239 25 December 2025 India Reference Annual – National symbols

240 26 December 2025 India Reference Annual - Polity

241 27 December 2025 India Reference Annual - Agriculture

242 28 December 2025 India Reference Annual – Culture and Tourism

243 29 December 2025 India Reference Annual – Basic Economic Data

244 30 December 2025 India Reference Annual - Commerce

245 31 December 2025 India Reference Annual – Communications and Information Technology

246 1 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Defence

247 2 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Education

248 3 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Energy

249 4 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Environment

250 5 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Finance

251 6 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Corporate Finance

252 7 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Food, Civil Supplies and consumer affairs

253 8 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Health and family welfare

254 9 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Housing and urban affairs

255 10 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Industry

256 11 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Law and Justice

257 12 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Labour and Skill Development and Employment

258 13 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Mass communication

259 14 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Rural Development

260 15 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Scientific and Technological ddevelopment

261 16 January 2026 India Reference Annual - Transport

262 17 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Water Resources

263 18 January 2026 India Reference Annual - Welfare

264 19 January 2026 India Reference Annual – Youth affairs and sports

265 20 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 1

266 21 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 2

267 22 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 3

268 23 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 4

269 24 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 5

270 25 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 6

271 26 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 7 

272 27 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 8

273 28 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 9

274 29 January 2026 Key points compiled from magazines (yojana, kurukshetra, frontline, economic and political weekly, outlook, down to earth, Science reporter etc) – booklet 10

275 30 January 2026

276 31 January 2026 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 26

277 1 February 2026 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 27

278 2 February 2026 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 28

279 3 February 2026 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 29

280 4 February 2026 Current Affairs (Analysis of important terms, events, organisations, places/ regions, schemes/ policies, Reports etc in the news) -  Booklet 30