Education and Career Forum

Can I get the detailed syllabus for CSAT Prelims and Main exam along with the detailed books for the upcoming year 2017?

UPSC CSAT is a national level exam which is conducted every year. You are interested to appear this exam in next year. You are interested to know about the detailed syllabus and books for preparation.

UPSC Preliminary exam consists of two papers. Each paper is of two hours duration and the maximum mark of each paper is 200. Paper I consists of questions related to General studies while paper II consists of questions related to numerical ability, reasoning and English language. The detailed syllabus of Preliminary exam and Mains exam is mentioned in the attached document. You can go through the syllabus and prepare for this exam accordingly.

Following are the important books you can follow for the preparation of UPSC Civil Services Exam:

>> India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra

>> Indian and World Geography by Majid Hussian

>>Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations by Laxmikanth

>>Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination (English) 6th Edition by Ramesh Singh

**Besides these books you have to go through the NCERT books from standard 8th to 12th. You can also buy some practice books for preparation.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can I get the detailed syllabus for CSAT Prelims and Main exam along with the detailed books for the upcoming year 2017?

Books for CSAT 2017 exam:-

IAS PRE: Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
by Upscportal
Publisher: Upscportal.com
Price: Rs. 225

UPSC IAS PRE: English Grammar and Usage
by Upscportal
Publisher: UPSCPORTAL Publications
Price: Rs. 220

UPSC PORTAL: English Language Comprehension Skills
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: Upsc Portal
Price: Rs. 150

UPSC Portal General Knowledge Manual
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: Upscportal.com
Price: Rs. 150

Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations
by M. Laxmikanth
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 410

Modern Indian History
by Tarique Mohammad
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 250

Objective General Studies For UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination
by A. R. Khan
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 180

Basic Numeracy
by Upscportal
Publisher: UPSC Portal
Price: Rs. 240

UPSC Portal: General Mental Ability Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability
by Sachchida Nand Jha
Publisher: UPSC Portal Publications
Price: Rs. 230

I have attached the syllabus for CSAT exam 2017, So please check it out.

The syllabus for the CSAT Prelims and Mains have been uploaded with this answer as a pdf file. You can download it. It contains the descriptive syllabus of all the subjects and the topics which need to be completed within the subjects.