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UPSC Prelims cum Mains Foundation Course (English Medium)
Duration : 9 - 10 Months
Comprehensive Course covering UPSC CSE Prelims cum Mains Syllabus in a Holistic Manner.
- Renowned Faculty from Hyderabad & South India
- All India Test Series for Prelims & Mains
- Comprehensive Study Material
- Classes on NCERTS & Standard Text Books
- Initiation Course to Cover Basic concepts
- Mind Maps & Infographics
- Current Affairs Material & Weekly Classes
- Revision Classes
- Updated Material
- Mentorship
- Classroom Notes
UPSC Prelims cum Mains Foundation Course (Telugu Medium)
Duration : 9 - 10 Months
Comprehensive Course covering UPSC CSE Prelims cum Mains Syllabus in a Holistic Manner.
- Renowned Faculty from Hyderabad & South India
- All India Test Series for Prelims & Mains
- Comprehensive Study Material
- Classes on NCERTS & Standard Text Books
- Initiation Course to Cover Basic concepts
- Mind Maps & Infographics
- Current Affairs Material & Weekly Classes
- Revision Classes
- Updated Material
- Mentorship
- Classroom Notes
Best IAS coaching center in Hyderabad - For civil service aspirants
It is the dream of most students to join the civil services. Secure job, decent pay scale, Government facilities and enhanced quality of life, are some of the reasons why students and parents alike prefer UPSC civil services. But cracking the different levels of UPSC CSE exam and interview is a tough nut to crack. We will explain in detail about IAS examinations, the process behind it and why AKS IAS is the best choice for you.
IAS coaching - A lowdown on all that you need to know
It is an unpopular fact that most students do not have a clear understanding of the UPSC civil services and the tiers available. Let’s briefly outline about IAS examinations and the various career options it offers.
All India Civil Services:
Group A Services or Central Services
Group B Services or State Services
All India Civil Services Jobs List:
Indian Administrative Service or IAS
Indian Foreign Service or IFS
Indian Police Service or IPS
To know about Eligibility Criteria please visit.
Here’s why AKS is the best IAS coaching institute in Hyderabad
State-of-the-art teaching methods
Our renowned faculty from Delhi and South India conduct on-demand Offline and Live video classes for students. Initiation courses enable students to develop a first-level understanding of the subjects. Mind maps and infographics provide students with an engaging learning experience. One-to-one Mentorship sessions are conducted for students who require additional support.
The key differentiator between AKS and the other institutions is the extra effort we put towards making learning an engaging experience. Our subject experts teach students the strategies required to ace some of the world’s toughest examinations.
Handpicked study material
Most IAS coaching centers have a low success rate as they rely heavily on dailies and question banks to prepare students. Preparing for the civil service examinations this way is like trying to boil the ocean. Fruitless and time-consuming. We handpick study material that is highly relevant and closely connected to the examinations at hand.
Our study materials are routinely updated and we make sure our current affairs material is selected from leading publications.We also provide monthly current affairs magazines in English and Telugu Medium seperately. Classes based on NCERT and standard text books are provided to students to make sure they’re confidently prepared.
English and Telugu medium exclusive separate classes for IAS aspirants in Hyderabad
Don’t let English break your big dream of becoming a IAS officer. We offer expert counseling, coaching and guidance in the language you are comfortable in. Our IAS coaching center in Hyderabad is distinct because we offer IAS coaching services in Telugu also apart from English. This provides the students the option to prepare and appear for exams conducted in Telugu.
Why our IAS coaching services will give you an edge
- We offer interpersonal communication skills development and personality development workshops to help students breeze through interview rounds.
- Our classes are affordable and flexible payment options are available.
- Our daily news analysis workshops help students stay abreast with current affairs.
- Our Live and Recorded videos are of best quality and enriched content.
- We conduct weekly events and activities to hone the skills of students.
- Our faculty are highly experienced and approachable. Students can get their most challenging roadblocks resolved in quick time.
- Our All India Test Series and Mentorship program for IAS Prelims and Mains Examination provides hand holding support to the students enabling them to crack UPSC Civil Services Examination with ease.
Let’s rocket-propel your IAS dreams. Enroll today.
There are three types or categories of jobs offered through the civil service exam (CSE). Under these 3 broad categories are a gamut of services that are prestigious and sought after.
All India Civil Services:
Group A Services or Central Services
Group B Services or State Services
All India Civil Services Jobs List:
Indian Administrative Service or IAS
Indian Foreign Service or IFS
Indian Police Service or IPS
List of Group – A Services by UPSC:
- Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service
- Indian Audit and Accounts Service
- Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise)
- Indian Defence Accounts Service
- Indian Revenue Service (I.T.) or IRS
- Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
- Indian Postal Service
- Indian Civil Accounts Service
- Indian Railway Traffic Service
- Indian Railway Accounts Service
- Indian Railway Personnel Service
- Indian Railway Protection Force (Assistant Security Commissioner)
- Indian Defence Estates Service
- Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)
- Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Gr. III)
- Indian Corporate Law Service
List of Group – B Services:
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer’s Grade)
Hyderabad, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service
Pondicherry Civil Service
UPSC Civil Services Eligibility – Minimum Education Qualification:
To appear for civil services exam, UPSC has set some minimum eligibility criteria to apply for IAS exam. Candidates who wish to become IAS officers must hold an undergraduate degree from a recognised university that are incorporated by an Act of Parliament or which is to be declared as a Deemed University by the University Grants Commission (UGC) or he/she must possess an equivalent qualification for IAS Exam.
But there are few circumstances and exemptions under which candidates will be eligible to apply for IAS exam:
If you are a candidate waiting for the final year result or studying final year of college, you are still eligible to apply for IAS exam but you need to submit the degree at the time of appearing IAS mains exam.
Candidates those who have professional and technical degrees as recognised by the Indian Government are also eligible for IAS exam.
UPSC will provisionally allow candidates with MBBS degree or candidates who have qualified other medical courses but not completed their internship. Candidates need to submit a certificate from the respective university or college at the time of Online submission of IAS application.
Upper Age Limit:
Upper age limit for General category: 32 years.
Upper age limit for OBC: 35 years.
Upper age limit for SC/ST: 37 Years.
Upper age limit for Defense Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof: 35 years.
Upper age limit for Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service: 37 years.
Upper age limit for blind, deaf-mute and Orthopedically handicapped persons (general category): 42 years.
Number of Attempts:
General Category: 6 attempts till 32 years of age.
OBC: 9 attempts till 35 years of age.
SC/ST -unlimited attempts till 37 years of age.
Physically Handicapped/disabled candidates belonging to General category will get the benefit of 9 attempts till the age prescribed by UPSC – 42 years.
Union Public Service Commission conducts the Civil Services Exam in 3 phases –
Preliminary Examination (Objective)
Main Examination (Subjective)
Interview or personality test (Vocal section with Panel of UPSC members)
Preliminary Examination consists Of 2 Papers, Both are of Objective Type –
Paper I – GS (General Studies) of 200 Marks
Paper II – CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) of 200 Marks
Paper 1 – General Studies:
This includes areas like; Indian National Movement, Indian Polity, Basic Economic Understanding, Geography. While these are static part of the syllabus, the dynamic part includes current affairs, General Knowledge.
- Current events of national and international importance.
- History of India and Indian National Movement.
- Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
- Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
- Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
- General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change.
- General Science.
Paper II – Aptitude Test:
Paper II is dynamic in nature and includes mathematics, reasoning, analytical ability, and interpersonal skills. All these areas require spot mental ability.
The Paper II is now of only qualifying nature and concerned marks are not counted while making the merit list. However, it is mandatory for the candidate to score minimum 33 per cent in this paper to qualify the Prelims exam.
- Comprehension.
- Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
- Decision making and problem solving.
- General Mental Ability.
- Basic Numeracy (Numbers and their Relations, Orders of Magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data Sufficiency etc. – Class X level)
The question papers are set both in Hindi and English. Blind candidates will be given an extra time of twenty minutes for each paper.
Note 1:
The questions in both Paper-I (current affairs) and Paper-II (aptitude test) will be of multiple choice, objective type for 200 marks each and the time allotted for each paper is two hours.
Note 2:
The CSAT aptitude test or Paper-II will be a qualifying paper only with a minimum of 33% to be secured to qualify for the Mains exam.
Note 3:
It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelims) examination. The candidate will be disqualified in case he or she appears in only one paper of the (Prelims) exam. So appearing in both the papers is mandatory for the evaluation of the (Prelims) exam.
The Civil Services Mains examination aims to test the academic talent and the ability of the candidate to present the answers in a clear and coherent manner. The Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and understanding of the concepts rather than merely to check their information and memory. Aspirants become eligible for Mains only after qualifying Prelims Exam held by UPSC.
It consists of total nine papers, two of them are qualifying papers, the marks of which are not counted in merit, but UPSC board checks the further papers only if the candidate qualifies these two papers –
Paper A – Modern Indian Language 300 Marks
Paper B – English Language 300 Marks
Papers to be counted in the merit list:
1. PAPER ‐ 1: (ESSAY) 250 MARKS
2. PAPER ‐ 2: (GENERAL STUDIES 1) 250 MARKS (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
- Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
- Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present significant events, personalities, issues.
- The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors or contributions from different parts of the country.
- Post – independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
- History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc. – their forms and effect on the society.
- Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
- Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
- Effects of globalization on Indian society.
- Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
- Salient features of world’s physical geography.
- Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).
- Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location – changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
3. PAPER ‐ 3: (GENERAL STUDIES 2) 250 MARKS (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
- Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
- Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
- Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.
- Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries.
- Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
- Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
- Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
- Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
- Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.
- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
- Development processes and the development industry- the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.
- Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector or Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
- Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
- Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance – applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
- Role of civil services in a democracy.
- India and its neighborhood- relations.
- Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
- Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian Diaspora.
- Important International institutions, agencies and fora – their structure, mandate.
4. PAPER ‐ 4: (GENERAL STUDIES 3) 250 MARKS (Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
- Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
- Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
- Government Budgeting.
- Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.
- Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
- Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
- Land reforms in India.
- Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
- Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc.
- Investment models.
- Science and Technology – developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
- Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
- Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
- Disaster and disaster management.
- Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
- Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
- Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention.
- Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
- Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.
5. PAPER ‐ 5: (GENERAL STUDIES 4) 250 MARKS (Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude)
This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered.
- Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
- Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
- Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker sections.
- Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
- Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
- Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
- Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
- Case Studies on above issues.
6. PAPER ‐ 6: (OPTIONAL SUBJECT PAPER 1) 250 MARKS
7. PAPER ‐ 7: (OPTIONAL SUBJECT PAPER 2) 250 MARKS
List of Optional Subjects:
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
- Anthropology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Commerce & Accountancy
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Law
- Management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science & International Relations
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
List of Literature Optional Subjects:
- Bengali
- Bodo
- Dogri
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Maithili
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Oriya
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit
- Santhali
- Sindhi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
- English
All the 7 papers consists of 250 marks each and makes the total 1750 marks.
Unlike Prelims examination, IAS Mains is more focused on writing, thinking, and analytical skills.
In the last stage of Civil Services Examination, the candidates are interviewed by the board of competent and unbiased observers, who tests the overall personality of the candidates based on the Detailed Application form (DAF), which every candidate has to fill before the Mains Examination.
The objective of this Personality test is to judge the candidates personal suitability for the various positions allotted. This is not an assessment of intellectual abilities, but the overall personality of the candidate, viz, his social traits, confidence, empathy, personal interest, critical power of assimilation, logical reasoning, balance of judgment, leadership traits, general intellect and moral integrity.
The test consists of total 275 marks
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Mentorship is included in the foundation course and the students need not pay an individual fee for it. Mentors can be approached anytime during the regular working hours.
The classes are recorded and students can learn what they have missed from the recorded videos. Students can also use the recorded videos for future references.
The course basics are based on NCERT books. The students will be given key notes, and important questions along with the classes.
The courses are not only available in English, but also in Hindi and Telugu medium. You can choose the language that is most comfortable and familiar for you.
Personality Development classes focus on self-confidence, stress-management, emotional intelligence, social-interactions and interpersonal-relationships.
