UP PCS-J study plan
UP PCS-J · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Law (substantive and procedural law)
Map the UP PCS-J law syllabus into a one-page checklist covering substantive and procedural subjects, marking each as confident, shaky, or unknown
Revise the core doctrines of the Indian Penal Code (general exceptions, offences against the person, offences against property) by writing your own one-line definition for each major section
Build a table of the Code of Criminal Procedure stages from FIR to charge-sheet, noting the section number and time limit at each stage
Complete 40 mixed law MCQs and log every wrong answer with the reason it was wrong
Your checkpoint
A law syllabus checklist plus a 40-question error log with reasons for each mistake
Law (substantive and procedural law)
Summarise the Indian Evidence Act rules on relevancy, hearsay, and the burden of proof into a single annotated outline
Compare the Civil Procedure Code order on pleadings and the order on written statement, writing the key difference in your own words
Draft short answer notes on the Limitation Act, the Specific Relief Act, and the Indian Contract Act essentials
Solve 50 law questions under timed conditions and record your accuracy rate by subject
Your checkpoint
A subject-wise accuracy sheet from the 50-question timed set, showing which law subject needs the most revision
General Knowledge / General Studies
Compile a dated timeline of modern Indian history from 1857 to 1947 with the key acts, movements, and personalities attached to each entry
List the constitutional articles most often tested (fundamental rights, directive principles, emergency provisions) and write the gist of each in one sentence
Revise Indian polity institutions and their powers, then self-test with 30 questions
Note current affairs from the past three months that connect to polity, governance, or the judiciary
Your checkpoint
A one-page history timeline plus a 30-question polity self-test score sheet
General Knowledge / General Studies & Law (substantive and procedural law)
Revise Uttar Pradesh-specific general knowledge: geography, districts, culture, and state institutions, and write 50 short facts from memory
Revisit every law error logged in weeks 1 and 2 and rewrite the correct rule for each
Take a mixed 100-question mock covering general studies and law, then analyse time spent per section
Identify the three weakest law subtopics and schedule them for week 5
Your checkpoint
A full mixed mock score report with a section-wise time analysis and a named list of three weak law subtopics
Law (substantive and procedural law) & Hindi
Drill the three weakest law subtopics identified in week 4 until you can explain each rule aloud without notes
Revise Hindi grammar rules for sandhi, samas, and muhavare, and write 20 example sentences applying them
Practise Hindi comprehension by summarising two passages in your own words within a time limit
Write one Hindi precis and one short essay on a legal or social topic
Your checkpoint
One graded Hindi precis and one essay, plus a self-check sheet on the three drilled law subtopics
Hindi & English
Build a vocabulary list of 100 Hindi words commonly confused in the exam, with usage sentences
Revise English grammar: tenses, subject-verb agreement, prepositions, and articles, and complete 50 error-spotting questions
Practise English comprehension and cloze tests under timed conditions
Write one English precis and one short essay, then edit both for clarity and structure
Your checkpoint
A 100-word Hindi usage list plus one edited English essay and one English precis
Hindi & English
Translate 15 legal terms between Hindi and English to build bilingual command of terminology
Complete 40 Hindi grammar questions and 40 English grammar questions, then log recurring error patterns
Practise Hindi and English letter and essay formats used in descriptive papers
Revise translation passages from Hindi to English and English to Hindi under time pressure
Your checkpoint
A bilingual legal glossary of 15 terms plus a combined grammar error-pattern log from 80 questions
General Knowledge / General Studies & Law (substantive and procedural law) & Hindi & English
Take two full-length mocks under exam conditions and score each section separately
Revise only the highest-frequency errors from all prior logs, not new material
Rehearse a time-allocation strategy for each section and test it in the second mock
Assemble a one-page final revision sheet of facts, rules, and formulas you keep forgetting
Your checkpoint
Two full-length mock score reports with a one-page final revision sheet
Milestones
Week 2: You can state the correct rule for at least 80 percent of the law errors logged in weeks 1 and 2 without notes
Week 4: Mixed mock shows law accuracy at or above 60 percent and general studies at or above 55 percent, with no section left unattempted
Week 6: Hindi and English grammar practice each reach 70 percent accuracy, and one precis and one essay in each language are complete
Week 8: Both full-length mocks are completed within time, overall score rises from the week 4 mock, and the final revision sheet is finished