Preparation

Every step from eligibility to training at LBSNAA, as UPSC's notice and the Government's rules describe it, with a link to the guide for each stage.

• For beginners
• After 12th
• With a job
• Doctors and engineers

The syllabus is the real booklist. Here are the official resources that cover it, from current NCERT textbooks to the Economic Survey, Budget documents, PIB and UPSC's own papers.

• NCERT books
• Reading the newspaper
• Previous year papers

The rules of the prelims from UPSC's notice and the CSE 2026 papers, and a strategy for both papers built on them: what to read, how to practise, how to guess and what to do on the day.

• Answer writing
• Interview
• Study timetable