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DAILY TEST SERIES FOR UPSC CSE PRELIMS’20 ONLINE

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PrepON DAILY TEST SERIES: CHARACTERISTICS:

• FREE OF COST TO SUBSCRIBERS, PROVIDING AN OUTCOME BASED LEARNING

• SIXTEEN WEEK PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF SYLLABUS FOR THE

PRELIMS 2020

• CONCEPT ORIENTED QUESTIONS ORGANISED AS PER REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXAM

• COVERS THE ENTIRE SYLLABUS, DELINEATED INTO SEGMENTS FOR THOROUGH

UNDERSTANDING

• PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE AND CALIBERATED FORMAT TO UPKEEP MOTIVATION

• DOUBT SOLVING BY DISCUSSION WITH PEER APPROACH THROUGH OUR FORUM

• SEVEN WEEKS DAILY TEST UPTO FEBRUARY, WHICH WILL HELP YOU HANDLE PRESSURE AT THE

TIME OF EXAM

• FULL SYLLABUS TOPIC WISE PAPERS TO PROVIDE YOU A SECOND REVISION AFTERWARDS

• COVERAGE OF THE CURRENT AFFAIRS FROM JANUARY 2019 TO APRIL 2020, MEETING THE

TREND OF THE EXAM

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

• WHY DAILY TEST SERIES? TO PROVIDE YOU A SYSTEMATIC PLAN/ROUTINE WHICH WILL HELP YOU COVER THE WHOLE SYLLABUS WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME.

• HOW IT BENEFITS? IT PREPARES YOU FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE IN EXAM BY KEEPING YOU ENGAGED IN A MODE BEST SUITED TO HANDLE THE PRESSURE.

• WHY IS IT NECESSARY? CHANGING ORIENTATION OF THE EXAM DEMANDS CRITICAL AND RAPID THINKING AND NOT JUST MUGGING UP THE SYLLABUS. TO ENSURE SUCH THINKING A LOT OF WORK CAN ONLY BE DONE BY SYSTEMATICALLY APPLYING THE FACTS AND FIGURES ASSOCIATED.

• WHAT ARE THE CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF THE EXAM? IT STARTED TO LOOK BEYOND THE STATIC COVERAGE OF SYLLABUS. NOW ITS PRACTICAL DIMENSION IS FOCUSSED.

• WHAT ONE SHOULD DO IN SUCH A SCENARIO? TAKE UP THE SYLLABUS AND TRY TO COMPLETE THE STATIC PORTION. FOR THE DYNAMIC SEGMENT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT ALL. BUT ONE SHOULD FOLLOW AN APPLICATION BASED LEARNING THAT INCLUDES SOLVING PAPERS HAVING GOOD QUESTIONS.

• HOW THE DAILY TEST SERIES HELPS IN SUCH A SCENARIO? IT HELPS YOU TO BUILD A STRUCTURE BY INCHING UP AND APPLYNG BRICK BY BRICK APPROACH, WHICH IS THE BASIS OF DAILY TEST SERIES.

• IN WHICH MODE THIS TEST SERIES WILL BE CONDUCTED?

IT WIIL BE CONDUCTED ONLY IN ONLINE MODE.

• HOW TO APPEAR FOR THE TESTS? BY SUBSCRIBING INTO THE PrepON WEBSITE.

• SYLLABUS? ATTACHED WITH THE FILE

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TEST SCHEDULE

PrepON DAILY TEST SERIES (ONLINE) 3 ROUND APPROACH

(35 SUB-SECTIONAL TESTS + 6 SECTIONAL TESTS + 8 CURRENT AFFAIRS TESTS + 2 MOCK TESTS)

ROUND 01 SUB-SECTIONAL TEST (STARTS 13TH JANUARY)

WEEK TOPIC DATE TEST NO. SUBTOPICS/SYLLABUS SOURCES*

FIRST POLITY (TEST- 01 TO 05)

13/01/2020 TEST- 01 Historical Background; Preamble; Salient Features; Making of the Constitution; Parliamentary system; Federal System; Citizenship; Union & its Territory.

Standard source

14/01/2020 TEST- 02 Fundamental Rights; Directive Principles; Fundamental Duties; Emergency Provisions; Amendability & Basic Structure.

Standard source

15/01/2020 TEST- 03 Indian Parliament & state Legislature; Center-State and Inter-State relations; Committee’s & Forums.

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16/01/2020 TEST- 04 Supreme Court; High Court; Subordinate Court; Tribunals; Local Self Government; Special Provision for some states; Language Provisions.

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17/01/2020 TEST- 05 Constitutional; Non- constitutional & Other constitutional Bodies; Anti Defection Law; Electoral Reforms; Schedules; Constitutional Amendments.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS (TEST- 06)

18/01/2020 TEST- 06 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY Standard source

SECOND MODERN HISTORY (TEST- 07 TO 11)

20/01/2020 TEST- 07 Advents of Europeans; Foundations, Expansion &consolidation of British; India on the Eve of British Conquest; Governors-General and Viceroys.

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21/01/2020 TEST- 08 Resentment against company rule and policies; Civil and Tribal Uprisings; Revolt of 1857; Economic policies of British and its impact; Land Revenue System; Trade; Drain of wealth; Books.

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22/01/2020 TEST- 09 Reform Movements: Socio-Religious and Socio-Cultural; Development of Indian Press and Education; Development of constitutional, administrative and judicial aspects.

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23/01/2020 TEST- 10 Rise and growth of Indian nationalism: Formation of INC; Phase of Moderates and Extremists and Revolutionary Trends in India and Outside India; Outsider influence and involvement.

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24/01/2020 TEST- 11 Gandhian Phase: Peasants and Caste Movements; Era of mass nationalism; NCM; CDM; RTC; Quit India Movement; Cabinet Mission; Partition and Independence.

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25/01/2020 TEST- 12 MARCH AND APRIL Standard source

THIRD GEOGRAPHY (TEST- 13 TO 17)

27/01/2020 TEST- 13 Physical Geography: Evolution of Earth and Universe; Interiors of Earth; Vulcanism; Tsunami; Earthquakes; Continental and Oceanic Plates (Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift Theory); Weathering and Landforms.

Standard source

28/01/2020 TEST- 14 Climate and Oceans: Composition & Structure of Atmosphere; Solar Radiation; Heat Balance and Temperature; Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems; Water in the Atmosphere; Climate and Climate Change;Water (Oceans); Movements of Ocean Water (waves, tides and currents); Islands and Coral Reefs; Ocean Bottoms, Reliefs and Deposit’s.

Standard source

29/01/2020 TEST- 15 World Regional Geography: Australia, Antarctica, Africa, South America & North America, Europe, Asia, Miscellaneous. Life on Earth; Biodiversity and Conservation; Hotspots and Biomes.

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30/01/2020 TEST- 16 Indian Geography: Structure and Physiography; Drainage system; Climate; Natural Vegetation; Soils;

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Natural Hazards and Disasters.

31/01/2020 TEST- 17 Indian Geography: Population (Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition); Migration (Types, Causes and Consequences); Human Development and Settlements; Resources (Land; Water; Mineral and Energy); Agriculture and Crops; Manufacturing Industries; Planning and Sustainable Development; Trade; Transport and Communication.

Standard source


01/02/2020 TEST- 18 MAY & JUNE Standard source

FOURTH ECONOMY (TEST- 19 TO 23)

03/02/2020 TEST- 19 National Income, Inflation, CPI, WPI, IIP, FRBM, Microeconomics, Liberalisation & its impact on India Economy, Food Processing Industry, Investment models, Government schemes.

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04/02/2020 TEST- 20 Money, Banking, Finance and Insurance (Monetary Policy, BASEL Norms, NPA, SARFAESI, Insolvency Evolution & Classification of Banks & NBFCs, Financial Market, SENSEX, SEBI, Insurance & Financial Inclusion)

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05/02/2020 TEST- 21 Taxation, GST, DTC, Land Reforms, Agricultural Subsidies, APMC, PDS, Infrastructure, Inclusive Growth, Animal Rearing, Agriculture and food management, Land reforms, Government budgeting and

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Fiscal policy; Planning and its changing dynamics.

06/02/2020 TEST- 22 Balance of Payment and International trade, Poverty, Inequality & Unemployment, Industry, Economic Planning & NITI Aayog, Institutions and Indexes.

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07/02/2020 TEST- 23 Industry, Infrastructure and Human Resource Development, International economic organizations, Terminologies and associated concepts; Current Affairs.

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08/02/2020 TEST- 24 JULY AND AUGUST Standard source

FIFTH ART & CULTURE/ ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY (TEST- 25 TO 29)

10/02/2020 TEST- 25 Ancient-1 (Pre-historic art to Religious sects of 6th century B.C. with emphasis on Cultural aspects, Literature, Historical underpinnings, Art, Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, Music and other Relevant aspects)

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11/02/2020 TEST- 26 Ancient-2 (Mauryan age to Post Gupta including the South India with emphasis on Cultural aspects, Literature, Historical underpinnings, Art, Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, Music and other Relevant aspects)

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12/02/2020 TEST- 27 Medieval-1 (Early Medieval age to Delhi sultanate including regional kingdoms with emphasis on Cultural aspects, Literature, Historical underpinnings, Art, Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, Music and other Relevant aspects)

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13/02/2020 TEST- 28 Medieval-2 (Mughal age to Marathas including South India + Religious Movements

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with emphasis on Cultural aspects, Literature, Historical underpinnings, Art, Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, Music and other Relevant aspects)

14/02/2020 TEST- 29 Contemporary culture (Classical dances + Music + Paintings + Folk arts + Regional dresses + Regional crafts + Puppetries + Monasteries + Festivals + Cultural organisations + Tourism + Current Issues)

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15/02/2020 TEST- 30 SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Standard source

SIXTH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (TEST- 31 TO 32)

17/02/2020 TEST- 31 Space S&T- concepts & Applications, Current Topics, ISRO Initiatives, Defence S&T, Nuclear S&T- Concepts & Applications, Indian Nuclear Programme, Current Aspects, Energy Related Technologies- Renewable Energy, Concepts & Applications, MNRE Initiatives, New Initiatives & Developments, Current Aspects

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18/02/2020 TEST- 32 Biotechnology- Concepts & Applications, New Developments, Initiatives of DBT, Prevalence of Diseases, MoHFW Initiatives & New Programmes, Alternative Medicine Systems, Nano S&T - Concepts & Applications, DST Initiatives, ICT- Concepts & Applications, New Developments, IPR Government Programmes, New & Emerging Tech.

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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY (TEST- 33 TO 35)

19/02/2020 TEST- 33 Concepts & Basics of Ecology & Environment, Major Biomes, Biodiversity & its Conservation, Climate Change, Climate Change

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Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion & Acid Rain.

20/02/2020 TEST- 34 Environment Pollution & Degradation, Environment Conventions, Summits, Protocols & Organisations, Environmental Laws, Major Environmental Organisations. Current Environmental Issues & Schemes.

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21/02/2020 TEST- 35 Corals, Mangroves, IUCN- Red list categories, Newly Discovered Species in News, Current Environmental Issues & Schemes, new and related technologies, initiatives in the field of agriculture etc.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS (TEST-36)

22/02/2020 TEST- 36 NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER Standard source

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS & GOVERNANCE (TEST- 37 TO 38)

24/02/2020 TEST- 37 Recently in News Standard source

25/02/2020 TEST- 38 Recently in News Standard source

BUDGET & ECONOMIC SURVEY (TEST- 30 TO 41)

26/02/2020 TEST- 39 Budget – 2020* Standard source

27/02/2020 TEST- 40 Economic Survey – I* Standard source

28/02/2020 TEST- 41 Economic Survey – II* Standard source


29/02/2020 TEST- 42 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY Standard source

ROUND 02 FULL LENGTH REVISION TEST (STARTS 8TH MARCH)

EIGHTH POLITY (TEST- 43)

08/03/2020 TEST- 43 POLITY FULL SYLLABUS Standard source

NINTH MODERN HISTORY (TEST- 44)

15/03/2020 TEST- 44 MODERN HISTORY FULL SYLLABUS

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TENTH GEOGRAPHY (TEST- 45)

22/03/2020 TEST- 45 GEOGRAPHY FULL SYLLABUS Standard source

ELEVEN ECONOMY (TEST- 46)

29/03/2020 TEST- 46 ECONOMY FULL SYLLABUS Standard source

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TWELVE ART & CULTURE + ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY (TEST- 47)

05/04/2020 TEST- 47 ART & CULTURE + ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY FULL SYLLABUS

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THIRTEEN SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY + ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY (TEST- 48)

12/04/2020 TEST- 48 SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY + ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY FULL SYLLABUS

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FOURTEEN CURRENT AFFAIRS (TEST- 49)

19/04/2020 TEST-49 MARCH AND APRIL Standard source

ROUND 03 MOCK TEST COVERING FULL SYLLABUS (STARTS 26TH APRIL)

FIFTEEN OPEN MOCK (TEST- 50)

26/04/2020 TEST-50 OPEN MOCK Standard source

SIXTEEN OPEN MOCK (TEST- 51)

03/05/2020 TEST-51 OPEN MOCK Standard source

* There will be 3 round approach to cover your entire syllabus thrice

• Sub-sectional Test: In the first round (test 1 to 42) there will be 50 questions each

• Sectional Test: In the second round (test 43 to 48) there will be 100 questions each

• Mock Test: Open to all covering full syllabus (test 50 to 51) there will be 100 questions each * Sources for the test will be a standard guide covering the syllabus including the NCERTs, Reference Books, Reports, Magazines, Newspapers and other popular sources including websites. * Current Affairs Test: will be of 50 questions each *Budget & Economic Survey will include 2020 and 2019 (July). Written explanations of each test will be provided. ALL TEST SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ONLINE MODE ONLY

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A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GUIDE AND STUDENT FOR THE

DAILY TEST SERIES

STUDENT: WHAT’S SO NEW IN THE DAILY TEST SERIES

GUIDE: IT WILL PROVIDE YOU DAILY PLAN TO PREPARE AND TEST YOURSELF

STUDENT: IT IS DIFFICULT TO STICK TO THE SYLLABUS IN THE GIVEN TIME

GUIDE: LESS TIME TO PREPARE THE SYLLABUS WILL HELP IN COVERING UP THE WHOLE

SYLLABUS MULTIPLE TIMES

STUDENT: IT WILL LEFT OVER SOME PARTS OF THE SYLLABUS ON DAILY BASIS

GUIDE: OVER A TWO MONTHE SPAN OF TIMES IT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT WILL

HELP YOU TO PREPARE SYNOPSIS AND REVISE TO ASSURE YOU DON’T FORGET THINGS AT THE

EXAM TIME

STUDENT: WHAT TO DO FOR LEFT OVER SYLLABUS

GUIDE: TRY TO STICK TO THE PLAN AND COVER UP THE SYLLABUS IN THE GAP PROVIDED TO

YOU IN EACH WEEK

STUDENT: IT IS BECOMING A VERY HETIC TASK TO SUSTAIN OVER A LONG TIME

GUIDE: TRY TO MINIMISE YOUR LEFT-OVER TOPICS AND BY PREPARING SYNOPSIS THIS WILL

PROVIDE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR EXAM

STUDENT: AFTER DAILY TEST REVISION WILL BE CHALLLENGE BECAUSE OF LESSER TIME TO

REVISE

GUIDE: THE SCHEME PROVIDED TO YOU ITSELF BRINGFORTH THE CONCEPT OF THREE ROUND

REVISION APPROACH

STUDENT: THREE REVISION IS A TOUGH TASK NOW CONSIDERING THE LEFTOVER TIME

GUIDE: TO CRACK PRELIMS IS BECOMING A TOUGH TASK SO, YOU HAVE TO PREPARE YOURSELF

TO BRAVE THE TOUGHEST

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