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UP PCS-J study plan

UP PCS-J · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 8 hours per week

Week 1

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

Week 2

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

Week 3

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

Week 4

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

Week 5

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

Week 6

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

Week 7

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

Week 8

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