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Below is the UPSC CSE Smart Learning Topics-

UPSC CSE General Studies and Current Affairs:

GENERAL TOPICS
GENERAL STUDIES
	GENERAL SCIENCE
		ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY
		MATTER NATURE AND BEHAVIOUR
		CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES NATURE AND BEHAVIOUR
		ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS
		METALS AND NON METALS
		CARBON COMPOUNDS
	ELEMENTARY PHYSICS
		WAVE MOTION AND SOUND
		SOUND
		EFFECTS OF CURRENT
		LIGHT
		SUN AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
		EXPLORING UNIVERSE
		HUMAN EYE AND COLOURFUL WORLD
		MAGNETIC EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
	ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY
		BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
		ORGANISATION IN LIVING WORLD
		TISSUES, ORGANS, ORGAN SYSTEMS, ORGANISM
		LIFE PROCESSES
		HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION
		FOOD
		ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
	SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE
	SPORTS AND RECREATION

UPSC CSE Reasoning:

GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY
	VERBAL TESTS
		REASONING TESTS
			DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TEST
			ANALOGY TEST
			CLASSIFICATION (ODD MAN OUT) TEST
			CODING DECODING TEST
			SERIES TEST
			RELATIONSHIPS TEST
			ALPHABET TEST
			TIME SEQUENCE TEST
			LOGICAL WORD SEQUENCE TEST
			INSERT MISSING CHARACTERS TEST
			CUBES AND CUBICAL DICE TESTS
			DATA ARRANGEMENT TEST
			NUMBER TEST
			RANKING TESTS
			MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS
			NUMBER ANALOGY TEST
		LOGIC TESTS

			SYLLOGISM
			STATEMENTS ASSUMPTIONS
			STATEMENTS ARGUMENTS
			STATEMENTS CONCLUSIONS


				CODED INEQUALITY (SC)

			STATEMENTS ACTION
			LOGICAL DIAGRAMS (VENN DIAGRAMS)

	NON VERBAL TESTS
			PROBLEMS BASED ON SYMMETRY
					PROBLEMS ON MIRROR IMAGES
					COMPLETION OF AN INCOMPLETE PATTERN
					PROBLEMS ON PAPER FOLDING
			PROBLEMS BASED ON VISUAL ABILITY
			CLASSIFICATION (NON VERBAL TESTS)
			SERIES (NON VERBAL TESTS)
			ANALOGY (NON VERBAL TESTS)
			GROUPING OF IDENTICAL FIGURES

UPSC CSE Quantitative Aptitude:

	QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
		Elementary Mathematics
				Arithmetic (Number Theory)
					Number Systems

					Square Roots
					Cube Roots
					Fractions and Decimals
					H.C.F. and L.C.M.
					Simplification
					Variation
					Chain Rule
					Ratio and Proportion
					Average
					Logarithms.
					Additional Topics In Arithmetic
							Ages
							Boats and Streams
							Clocks and CaleNCHM JEErs


							Mixture and Allegation
							Pipes and Cisterns
							Races and Games
							Problems on Trains
							Unitary Method



							APPROXIMATIONS
							SURDS AND INDICES
				Commercial Maths
					Interest
							Simple Interest
							Compound Interest
					Percentage
					Profit and Loss
					Partnership
					Discounts
				Geometry
				Mensuration- Areas and Volumes
					Area and Perimeter of Plane Figure
					Volume And Surface Area of Solid
		DATA SUFFICIENCY TEST
		DATA INTERPRETATION (DI)
				TABLES(DI)
				BAR CHARTS (DI)
				PIE CHARTS (DI)
CURRENT EVENTS
			CURRENT EVENT 2023
						CURRENT EVENTS JAN.MARCH 2023
						CURRENT EVENTS APRIL - JUNE 2023
						CURRENT EVENTS JULY-SEPT 2023
						CURRENT EVENTS OCT-DEC 2023
			CURRENT EVENT 2024
						CURRENT EVENTS JAN.MARCH 2024
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND COMMUNITION
DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

UPSC CSE English Language:

ENGLISH
	ENGLISH GRAMMAR
		PARTS OF SPEECH
			NOUNS
			ADJECTIVES
			PRONOUNS
			VERBS
			ADVERBS
			PERPOSITIONS
		ARTICLES
			INDEFINITE ARTICLES
			DEFINITE ARTICLES
	ENGLISH VOCABULARY
		SYNONYMS
		ANTONYMS
		ANALOGIES
			ANALOGY TEST
				COMPLETE ANALOGUS PAIR
				CHOOSE ANALOGOUS PAIR
				SIMPLE ANALOGY
	ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
		IDIOMS AND PHRASES
		ONE WORD SUBSITUTION
		SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT
		REARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN SENTENCE
		REARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCE IN PARAGRPH
			ORDERING OF SENTENCES
			PARAJUMBLES
			IRRELEVANT SENTENCES
		CLOZE TESTS
		FILL IN THE BLANKS
			FILL IN THE BLANKS(SINGLE WORD)
			FILL IN THE BLANKS(PAIR OF WORDS)
		SYNTHESIS OF SENTENCES
	ENGLISH USAGE ERRORS
		COMMON ERRORS
			COMMONLY CONFUSED PAIR OF WORDS
		SPOTTING ERRORS
		INAPPROPRIATE USAGE OF WORDS
		SPELLING MISTAKES (ENGLISH USAGE)
			WRONGLY SPELT WORDS
			CORRECTLY SPELT WORDS
	ENGLISH COMPREHENSION

UPSC CSE GEOGRAPHY

	PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
		GEOMORPHOLOGY
			LANDFORMS
		CLIMATOLOGY
			CYCLONES
			CLIMATIC TYPES
		OCEANOGRAPHY
			OCEAN RELIEF
			OCEAN DEPOSITS
			OCEAN CURRENTS
			WAVES AND TIDES
		BIOGEOGRAPHY
	HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
		GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD
		GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
			PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (INDIA)
			ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (INDIA)
			POPULATION (INDIA)
			POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (INDIA)

UPSC CSE HISTORY

	INDIAN HISTORY
		ANCIENT INDIA
			PREHISTORIC INDIA (UPTO 3300 BC)(INDIAN STONE AGE)
			INDUS CIVILISATION( 3300 BC-1500 BC)( BRONZE AGE)
			VEDIC SOCIETY(1500 BC-600 BC)(START OF IRON AGE)
			STATE FORMATION AND URBANISATION
			MAURYAN EMPIRE (AROUND 322 BC-185 BC)

		MEDIEVAL INDIA
		MODERN INDIA

			INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT (FREEDOM STRUGGLE)

UPSC CSE POLITICAL SCIENCE

	INDIAN POLITY
		INDIAN CONSTITUTION
		FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES
		THE UNION EXECUTIVE
		THE PARLIAMENT (INDIA)
		THE JUDICIARY (INDIA)
		THE STATE EXECUTIVE (INDIA)
		LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

UPSC CSE ECONOMICS

	INDIAN ECONOMICS

		ECONOMIC PLANNING (INDIA)
		ECONOMIC POLICIES(INDIA)

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