Best GS Coaching For UPSC - Learn UPSC General Studies With India's Super Teachers

UPSC is one of the most sought exams in India, due to its security benefits and the authority it provides with a passing percentage of hardly 0.2% to 0.3%. This exam is divided into three categories: Preliminary Exam (UPSC GS paper and CSAT), Mains Exam (Essay paper, Language paper, UPSC GS paper 1, GS paper 2, GS paper 3, GS paper 4, Optional paper 1 and 2).

UPSC GS subject refers to General Studies in the UPSC exam, The UPSC GS Mains syllabus is divided into 4 papers: 

  • GS paper 1: The UPSC GS paper 1 consists of Indian Art and Culture, History (Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History -India's struggle for Independence and Post Independence Era), World History, Indian Society, Indian Geography, World Geography, 
  • GS paper 2: UPSC GS paper 2consists of Indian Polity and Administration, Indian Governance, Role of Civil services in Democracy, Social Justice, International Relations, Indian Diaspora, International Institutes. 
  • GS paper 3: UPSC GS paper 3 consists of Science and Technology, Biodiversity and Environment, Internal security and disaster management, Indian Economy, Budgeting, and Economic Survey.
  • GS paper 4: UPSC GS paper 4 consists of Ethics and Human Interface, Attitude, Emotional Intelligence and its role in the administration, Aptitude, Foundational Values of Civil Services, Probity in Governance, and Case Studies.

Here we will be discussing the General studies UPSC course provided by Testbook Supercoaching and an overview of the same.

UPSC General Studies - Explore GS Course For UPSC

No matter how we prepare for the UPSC exam, coaching is equally important to provide the right direction into preparation and a little guidance goes a long way in such exhaustive exams. 

With the increasing popularity of students opting for the UPSC exam. We at Supercoahcing have collaborated with various institutes to provide UPSC GS coaching, bringing in the best teachers and giving cost-effective courses, guiding candidates with the Prelims and UPSC GS Mains syllabus, easy-to-understand UPSC GS notes, practice tests and in-depth analysis of every subject, making the content available for all students coming from different parts of the society.

Super coaching provides students with a platform that does save time and energy, taking UPSC GS coaching at home or from anywhere and preparing for the exam, which is also cost-effective. Here we will target the subjects for UPSC GS.

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UPSC GS Coaching - Syllabus Covered

Our GS Coaching & Courses for UPSC covers the below-mentioned sections for complete general studies preparation.

  • NCERT 
  • Polity 
  • Indian Administration and Governance 
  • International Relations
  • Current Affairs 
  • Ancient History 
  • Medieval History 
  • Modern History 
  • World History 
  • Environment 
  • Geography 
  • Science and Technology
  • Ethics 

UPSC General Studies - Preparation Strategy

Multiple revisions and practice is required for a strong preparation of UPSC GS Paper, not just from prelims but also from the perspective of the Mains examinations which contains 4 GS Papers, ie, UPSC GS Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 and Paper 4. 

Understand the UPSC GS syllabus: 

Make sure you know the UPSC syllabus inside out, do analysis of the same and know your strong and weak GS subjects in UPSC

Refer Previous Years Papers:

Do a detailed analysis of all the Previous Years Exam Papers and understand the exam pattern. 

Start with Ncerts: 

Before starting with advanced reference books make sure you clear your base with NCERTs, this will help you to start building your UPSC GS notes when you refer to advanced books for the exam preparation. 

Multiple Revisions:

Make sure you do multiple revisions and take exhaustive Mock tests which will not just improve your accuracy in the same but will also help you clear the exam with a good rank. 

Practice Mains Answer Writing:

Practice Answer Writing for UPSC GS mains paper to improve your speed and quality of answers for the actual exam. 

GS Coaching - Preparation Notes For General Studies

Our UPSC CSE Super Coaching provides one of the best materials for UPSC GS paper, refer to the followingUPSC GS notes for different subjects for Prelims and Mains perspective: 

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Books for UPSC GS Paper

We will list a few books to refer to study for the UPSC GS paper 1, 2, 3 and 4 along with our UPSC GS coaching

Name of the book 

Author / Publishing company 

Ncert Std 11 (Ancient India)

R . S Sharma 

Indian Art and Culture 

Nitin Singhania 

Ncert Std 12 (Medieval India) 

Satish Chandra 

History of Modern India

Bipan Chandra 

A Brief History of Modern India 

Spectrum Publications

India’s Struggle for Independence 

Bipan Chandra 

India Since Independence 

Bipan Chandra 

Certificate Physical and Human geography 

G C Leong 

Indian Economy

Ramesh Singh 

Indian Polity

M Laxmikant 

Introduction to the Constitution of India 

D D Basu 

Environment 

Shankar IAS 

Lexicon: For Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude 

Niraj Kumar

Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude 

G Subba Rao

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GS Courses for UPSC - FAQs

To start preparing for UPSC GS paper, one needs to be thorough with NCERT books and Current Affairs and then start preparing with the provided reference books according to the UPSC GS mains syllabus.

GS refers to General Studies in UPSC which covers all the subjects like polity, history, current affairs, geography, environment, science, and technology, etc which has the maximum weightage in the exam and is a rank deciding factor too.

As previously mentioned GS refers to the General Studies paper in UPSC whereas CSAT is known as the Civil Services Aptitude Test, consisting of Qualitative and Quantitative Aptitude for the examination.

One can prepare for UPSC GS paper 1 from the courses provided by “Testbook Super coaching” and get an in-depth analysis of every subject provided by the “Supercoaching” courses.

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