Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams

Paper-I

Section-A

• Nature of the Indian Constitution: the distinctive features of its federal character.
• Fundamental Rights.
• Relationship between Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties.
• Constitutional Position of the President and relation with the Council of Ministers.
• Governors and his Powers.
• Appointments and Transfer of Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
• Supreme Court and High Courts: Powers and Jurisdiction.
• Union Public Service Commission and State Public Service Commissions: Powers and Functions.
• Distribution of Legislative Powers between the Union and the States.
• Administrative Relationship between Union and the States.
• Emergency Provisions
• Civil Servants: Constitutional safeguards.
• Parliamentary Privileges
• Amendment of the Constitution.
• Princople of Natural Justice
• Delegated Legislation: Its constitutionality and judicial and legislative controls.
• Judicial Review of Administrative Action.

Section-B

• Nature and Definition of International Law.
• Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law
• State Recognition and State Succession.
• Sea: Inland Waters, Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and High Seas.
• Individuals , nationality, statelessness; Human Rights and procedures available for their enforcement.
• Territorial jurisdiction of States, Extradition and Asylum.
• Treaties: Formation application, termination and reservation.
• United Nations: Its principal organs, powers, and functions.
• Settlement of Distputes.
• Lawful recourse to force: aggressions, self-defence, intervention.
• Legality of the use of nuclear weapons; ban on testing of nuclear weapons; Nuclear non proliferation treaty, CTBT.
• International Terriorism State sponsored terrorism, Hijacking, International Criminal Court.
• New International Economic order and Monetary law: WTO, TRIPS, GATT, IMF, World Bank.
• Protection and Improvement of the Human Environment: International Efforts.

Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams