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UPPSC APS study plan

UPPSC APS · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 8 hours per week

Week 1

Law (Substantive and Procedural)

  • Map the UPPSC APS law syllabus into a one-page checklist covering substantive and procedural topics, marking each as strong, weak, or unknown

  • Read and outline the core provisions of the Indian Penal Code general exceptions and offences against the person

  • Build a 30-term legal glossary with one-line definitions for recurring procedural words (complaint, charge, summon, warrant, bail)

  • Solve 20 mixed law MCQs untimed and log every wrong answer with the exact rule missed

Your checkpoint

A one-page law syllabus checklist plus a 20-question error log with rule citations

Week 2

Law (Substantive and Procedural)

  • Outline the Code of Criminal Procedure flow from FIR to charge framing, writing each stage in one sentence

  • Compare the Evidence Act rules on burden of proof, admission, and confession in a two-column table

  • Draft 10 short answer notes on procedural timelines (investigation, remand, cognizance) from your own reading

  • Attempt 25 law MCQs under a 25-minute timer and redo the missed ones a day later

Your checkpoint

A stage-by-stage CrPC flow sheet and a two-column evidence comparison table

Week 3

Law (Substantive and Procedural) & General Studies

  • Summarise the constitutional articles most tested in APS law sections (fundamental rights, writs, emergency provisions) into 15 bullet notes

  • Revise the week 1 error log and confirm each rule is now recalled without prompting

  • Start a current affairs log with 15 national and state items relevant to law and administration

  • Solve 30 law MCQs and one 10-question general studies set, tracking accuracy per topic

Your checkpoint

15 constitutional bullet notes and a dated current affairs log with 15 entries

Week 4

General Studies

  • Compile a one-page timeline of modern Indian history events from 1857 to 1947 with dates only

  • List 20 Indian polity concepts (panchayati raj, finance commission, ordinance) with a one-line explanation each

  • Memorise 25 static geography facts about Uttar Pradesh (divisions, rivers, crops) using self-made flashcards

  • Answer 40 general studies MCQs and classify every error as fact gap, misread, or guess

Your checkpoint

A 40-question general studies error classification sheet with a revised fact list

Week 5

General Studies & English Language

  • Write 5 short English precis passages of 100 words each and reduce each to 30 words

  • Complete 3 reading comprehension sets and mark the exact sentence that supports each answer

  • Drill 40 English grammar items on tense, articles, and prepositions, noting the rule behind each answer

  • Revise the week 4 fact list and re-test 20 of the previously missed general studies questions

Your checkpoint

Five 30-word precis summaries and a grammar rule sheet built from 40 drilled items

Week 6

English Language & Hindi Language

  • Write 4 formal English letters (official, complaint, enquiry) in exam format within 15 minutes each

  • Build a list of 50 English vocabulary words with usage sentences drawn from editorial reading

  • Complete 3 Hindi passages covering गद्यांश comprehension and answer all questions in Hindi

  • Practise 20 Hindi grammar items on संधि, समास, and उपसर्ग with written derivations

Your checkpoint

Four timed English letters and a 50-word vocabulary log with original sentences

Week 7

Hindi Language

  • Write 2 Hindi essays of 250 words each on administrative and social topics within 30 minutes

  • Draft 10 Hindi official letters and notices using standard प्रशासनिक शब्दावली

  • Drill 40 Hindi questions on मुहावरे, लोकोक्तियाँ, and वाक्य शुद्धि and record the correct forms

  • Translate 20 English administrative terms into their standard Hindi equivalents

Your checkpoint

Two timed Hindi essays and a 20-term English-to-Hindi administrative glossary

Week 8

General Studies & Law (Substantive and Procedural) & Hindi Language & English Language

  • Take 3 full-length mixed mock tests under exam timing and score each domain separately

  • Re-answer every question missed across weeks 1 to 7 and confirm at least 80 percent are now correct

  • Rewrite condensed one-page revision sheets for each of the four domains

  • Rehearse exam-day logistics: document checklist, section order, and time allocation per domain

Your checkpoint

Three scored mock tests with a domain-wise accuracy table and four one-page revision sheets

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the law syllabus checklist with no topic left marked unknown, and score at least 60 percent on a 25-question law set

Week 4: Score at least 60 percent on a 40-question general studies set and show a current affairs log with 30 or more dated entries

Week 6: Produce four English letters within time and score at least 65 percent on a combined English and Hindi practice set

Week 8: Average at least 65 percent across three full mocks with no single domain below 55 percent, and clear 80 percent of all previously missed questions