Political theory, Indian govt/politics, international politics, India & the world.
Five deep-dives: syllabus, booklist, paper analysis, strategy, PYQ trends (2021–2025).
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The official Political Science & International Relations syllabus decoded topic by topic — what each line really means, how UPSC asks it, and where to draw the boundaries of your preparation.
The exact reading order topppers follow for Political Science & International Relations — NCERT base, core standard books, supplementary reference, notes strategy and what to skip.
A paper-pattern analysis of Political Science & International Relations — question structure, sectional weightage, marks distribution, difficulty trends and recurring themes over the last 5 years.
A realistic month-wise preparation strategy for Political Science & International Relations — reading, notes, answer writing, revision and mock tests, with time allocations by topic.
Year-by-year analysis of Political Science & International Relations Mains PYQs from 2021-2025 — topic distribution, repeated themes, difficulty shift and what it signals for the next cycle.
80 questions across 5 years, taken from the official papers. Every one has its own page with the directive word, marks, word limit and evaluation rubric.
Political theory approaches and concepts · 73rd Amendment, Speaker's role, and Finance Commission · 74th Amendment, NITI Aayog, Indian Constitution as cornerstone · Act East Policy, foreign policy philosophy, WTO, QUAD, Afghanistan · Approaches to political theory and feminist perspective · Aristotle, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and political ideology · Buddhist political thought, J.S. Mill on gender, Sri Aurobindo's Swaraj · Buddhist traditions, Marx's alienation and deliberative democracy
discuss (27) · explain (17) · comment (16) · critically examine (4) · analyse (3) — see the directive words guide for how each one changes the answer you should write.
80 questions at 50 marks
Browse all 80 Political Science & International Relations previous year questions →Write an answer, upload it, and our evaluator scores it on content, structure, examples and directive-word fidelity — trained on UPSC-style marking.