We are very happy to announce that we have entered into the third year of this initiative and are launching the best Prelims Test Series for UPSC Prelims Exam 2022. It will not only give you confidence but will also take your preparation to another level and help you to clear this examination.

Before proceeding, we will see our exam date:

You have enough time,

You have good material,

You are working hard,

All you need now is a final push. And that final push becomes very crucial. It is important you choose correct Test Series. We don’t want you to go wrong at this stage of your preparation, that’s why we have brought GOALTIDE PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2022.

A message from Abhishek Sir...

Exam clear hoga. Ye koi bhut mushkil exam ni h. Just follow a basic schedule/approach and right Test Series. Only Ten Percent competition is there. Bus aap himaat kro and khud pe bharosa rakho. Ab darne ki jrurat nhi hai. Aap sahi jagah pe ho aur right path pe ho. Isse achi Test series aapko khi bhi ni milegi in entire India. This I am saying with full responsibility and experience. (Just in one line for English students: Believe in yourself and us and work hard. This is going to be best preparation for your UPSC Prelims Exam).

You don’t have anything to lose now. Fight as much as you can.

Thoda maturity develop karo. We won’t cry for low score, failure. We will fight. We are 100 percent sure, agar aapne sahi tarike se Goaltide ko follow kiya, you are writing Mains 2022. Waiting to guide you all!!! All the Best.

Now, back to Test Series details.

Few questions will definitely arise before you join our Test Series. We have tried to answer all possible doubts. If after reading still you need to consult, feel free to consult us at info@goaltideias.com, 8512889220 (Call/WhatsApp).

Details of Test Series.

What all things you need to practice for UPSC Prelims Test series 2022?

The first and most important thing is to complete your syllabus. Understand each and every topic with clarity. Once you are done with the syllabus, you have to evaluate yourself.
Now, you have to see where you stand, this is most important thing.Bus aappadhejaarhe ho, par when you are trying to solve questions, you are not able to solve any. Aapkopta hi ni ki aap jo padhrhe ho, wo approach sahi h ya ni. (You are just reading books, but you are not able to solve questions).
Any person who starts UPSC preparation should first have command on basic questions and then gradually you will learn how to solve an advanced level, not actually advance, it's UPSC level standard questions.

Now the most important question comes from where you will practice?

Lots of Test Series are available in the market, so which one we should practice? How many Test Series we should practice? How we should select Tet Series?  Sit relaxed. We are going to answer every such question.
There are many categories of students who are giving exam, but we will majorlycategorize students into two:

1. Students with weak grasping power, moving every small step takes time (takes more time as usual)
2. Those who are smart, intelligent, who grasp things easily.

But it is important to note here, the procedure of preparation is the same for both categories of students. For example, every student has to read basics, then standard books, prepare for the optional subjects, prepare ethics, practice answer writing, etc.

But then, when it comes to PRACTICE QUESTIONS, things change. Students start finding it difficult to solve questions. Some students are not even able to solve basic questions while others get stuck with other standard questions.

It is important to understand that just reading books without practice will take you nowhere. You won’t get any experience, confidence, and courage to face UPSC questions. You will always try to skip questions. And the result is, you FAIL IN PRELIMS ITSELF.

Now why students should join Goaltide Prelims Test Series, not others?

We find two major problems with Test Series available in markets:

1. Most of the questions are outdated. No relevancein today’s scenario.
2. There is huge gap between available Test Series and UPSC asked questions. You will never be able to prepare yourself with the help of such questions.

But why most of the students practice them?

1. It’s a brand now. Students are bound to choose them.
2. Huge advertisements. They influence students.
3. Large number of Tests. It attracts students.
4. Last, but not the least, they have not heard of any good ones, For example, Goaltide Prelims Test Series.

So, where these Test Papers lack? What are the consequences? Read carefully.

• It will never ever prepare you for the test, you are going to take in examination hall.
• You can never gauge your performance based on the scores of these Tests (solving irrelevant questions makes no sense)
• Before examination, you have to deal with all irrelevant topics in these papers while revising.

So, now tell us what makes Goaltide different form other Test Series?

A basic principle we follow, we don’t go for any speculation of any pattern for upcoming exam. For us, every subject, every topic is important.
We are not conducting these test series to make you “feel good”. We want to demotivate you, trouble you, grill you in every question you solve. Believe us, if we don’t do this, you are not going to improve or learn the required thing. Aapwahi basic questions, easy questions main atkerahoge aur khushiyanmanaterhoge(You will continue enjoying solving easy and basic simple questions).
Six important things which we will provide you:

• Our questions will not only try to fail you at every step but also give you the best learning from it. We believeyou must fail many times before the exam, that’s the best learning from any Test Series.
• A simple principle you have to follow: Practice less but quality questions. Asking a large number of tests will definitely contain outdated and irrelevant questions. What we will provide you in 43 Tests (50 questions), you will never learn such concepts from anywhere. Concepts and clarity are very important to understand this exam.
• People say 24*7, but we actually provide doubt service for around 20 hours. We respond to every query. If it is simple, we reply through message or else we call to explain big doubts. The test series which don’t provide quality explanations and carry your doubts, just discard them. They are of no use.
• Those students who find it difficult to solve directly UPSC based paper, we have kept 20 Tests of 50 questions each of NCERTS to generate a grip. It will give you the confidence to solve advanced questions.
• A sense of CONFIDENCE. The best review we get from our students are: Sir,the paper was tough but our confidence was well enough to handle such questions. And they all cleared Prelims.

Confidence is the key to clearing the Prelims exam.If you gain confidence before exam, you will never be defeated. And you will get enough confidence once you solve all our Papers.

• Complete coverage of all important current affairs from June 2021 to May 2022. Nothing important will be left.Apart from all basic questions (which you can easily solve), we will train you with all difficult questions, all small concepts, and approaches.

What is the structure of our Test Series?

This year we have three sections: NCERTS, GS Papers and CSAT papers (NCERT IS THE NEW ADDITION)
For NCERTS, we have 20 papers of 50 questions each.

Subject (NCERT Based)	No. of Tests
Polity	4
History	7
Economics	2
Geography/Environment and Ecology	4
Science and Tech	3
Total	20

For General Studies, we have 43 Test Papers. 35 Papers have 50 questions each and 8 Papers are Full length Tests of 100 questions each.

Subject (General Studies, UPSC Based)	No of Tests
Polity	5
History	6
Economics	3
Environment and Ecology	3
Geography	2
Science and Technology	2
Map Based Tests	2
Current Affairs Based Tests	12
Full Length Tests	8
Total	43

For CSAT based Tests, we have total 5 Tests. Practice before going for exam.

Subject	No of Tests
CSAT	5
Total	5

So, total you will be having = 2000 (Daily Quiz) + 2550 (GS TEST SERIES) = 4550 UPSC GS PRELIMS 2021 QUESTIONS. Believe me, this is more than enough for you to qualify UPSC Prelims Exam 2022…….

Once you enroll for Test Series, what all things will be provided?

1. You will be able to give online tests.
2. You will be provided with two PDFs. One of question paperand the other with Questions and Solutions both.
3. A veryfriendly interface platform for Test Series. You will get all the details (correct, incorrect, accuracy, score, rank) after each test.
4. Daily Quiz and Current Affairs compilations
5. We can assure you no one will give you such an effective Test Series at this price which is so affordable.
6. A Doubts section- Mail, WhatsApp, Telegram, Call.

Why this Pattern?

If you carefully observe the structure, you will find 35 Test Papers of 50 Marks + 8 Papers of 100 Marks.
When we are taking tests based on specific subjects, our aim is that for every question, you use your skills, knowledge, connectivity. Your concept for that particular topic is clear. If you can solve this paper and score more than average marks, you are on the right path. Believe us. We formulate each paper in such a way.
Putting 100 such questions on a single day, you won’t be able to put the same energy continuously for 100 questions (if it is full length paper, it can be possible). And believe me, what you see in markets, every Test Paper of 100 marks, you will hardly find 25-30 good questions, because their aim is QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY. We will ask you 50, but its impact on your performance will be much greater than Paper consisting of 100 Questions.
Secondly, when your exam is near, it is good to revise good, important and tricky questions rather than going through simple and irrelevant questions. 50 Questions based Test Paper will be easy to revise, will give you confidence. 100 Questions Paper, neither you revise, nor you get time in the end to see again.
Thirdly, if students are relatively new in the preparation, it is very difficult for them to practice 100 questions in one go. It takes time for them to settleand that’s why here, they will get the best option to survive here and win the battle.

So, why we are taking Full Length Test Papers?

After Practicing 35 Test Papers, you will gain momentum, confidence and it’s time to move one step ahead. Now we will have 8 Test Papers.
It will be Full length Comprehensive Test Series. This will be your Real test. After solving 35 Papers (50 marks) and 600 Current Affairs Questions, you are in the position to attain a UPSC Standard Paper.
What is the best way to cover problem in UPSC Prelims? LEARN TO FACE UNCERTAINITY. How to face uncertainty? Appear for the test with whatever preparation you have. Don’t bother to complete syllabus and take the Test. This is not your school exam. You need syllabus before each paper.But still keeping in mind all categories of students, we are defining syllabus for few important subjects.

Test Schedule and Syllabus….

All NCERTs test are marked in yellow and GS Tests in Grey.

SL NO.	Date	Subject
1	2 October	NCERT Test (Polity)
2	4 October	Polity (GS)
3	8 October	NCERT Test (Polity)
4	11 October	Polity (GS)
5	14 October	NCERT Test (Polity)
6	18 October	Polity (GS))
7	20 October	NCERT Test (Polity)
8	25 October	Polity (GS)
9	27 October	NCERT Test (Polity)
10	1 November	Polity (GS)
11	2 November	NCERT Test (History)
12	7 November	NCERT Test (History)
13	8 November	History (GS)
14	13 November	NCERT Test (History)
15	15 November	History (GS)
16	19 November	NCERT Test (History)
17	22 November	History (GS)
18	25 November	NCERT Test (History)
19	29 November	History (GS)
20	2 December	NCERT Test (History)
21	6 December	History (GS)
22	8 December	NCERT Test (History)
23	13 December	History (GS)
24	15 December	NCERT Test (Geography)
25	20 December	Geography (GS)
26	22December	NCERT Test (Geography)
27	27 December	Geography (GS)
28	28 December	NCERT Test (Geography)
29	2 January	NCERT Test (Economics)
30	3 January	Economics (GS)
31	8 January	NCERT Test (Economics)
32	10 January	Economics (GS)
33	15 January	NCERT Test (Science and Tech)
34	17 January	Economics (GS)
35	21 January	NCERT Test (Science and Tech)
36	24 January	Environment (GS)
37	27 January	NCERT Test (Environment)
38	31 January	Environment (GS)
39	7 February	Environment (GS)
40	14 February	Science and Tech (GS)
41	21 February	Science and Tech (GS)
42	28 February	CA Part 1 + 2 (June & July)
43	7 March	CA Part 1 + 2 (August & September) (50+50)
44	14 March	CA Part 1 + 2 (October & November) (50+50)
45	21 March	CA Part 1 + 2 (December and January) (50+50)
46	28 March	CA Part 1 + 2 (February and March) (50+50)
47	4 April	CA Part 1 + 2 (April and May) (50+50)
48	6 April	Map Based Test (50)
49	8 April	Map based Test (50)
50	11 April	Full Length Test (100)
51	18 April	Full Length Test (100)
52	25 April	Full Length Test (100)
53	2 May	Full Length Test (100)
54	9 May	Economic Survey, Budget, Indian Year Book (100)
55	16 May	Full Length Test (100)
56	23 May	Full Length Test (100)
57	30 May	Full Length Test (100)
58	CSAT Tests	It will start in April and ends by May 15.

Test Syllabus

There is no syllabus for NCERTS.
For General Studies, you need syllabus for just two subjects: Polity and History.

Test Number	Syllabus
Polity Test 1	Historical Background Making of the Constitution and its philosophies, Salient Features of the Constitution, Preamble, Territory of the Union Citizenship, Fundamental Rights
Polity Test 2	Directive Principles of State Policy &Fundamental Duties, Procedure for Amendment, Basic Structure of the Constitution, Parliamentary System, Nature of Federal System Centre-State Relations and Inter-State Relations, Emergency Provisions
Polity Test 3	Central Government: President, Vice-President,Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Cabinet Committees, Parliament (working, powers and functions, budget, role of parliament) Parliamentary Committees, Groups and Forums State Government: Governor, Chief Minister, State Council of Ministers, State Legislature
Polity Test 4	Local Government: Panchayati Raj, PESA, Local Urban Government Others: Special Provisions for Some States, Special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Territories and Scheduled and Tribal Areas, Co-operative Societies Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Court, Subordinate Courts, Lok Adalats, NALSA, Gram Nyayalaya, ADR etc., Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation Other: Ministries and Departments of the Government, Pressure groups, Elections & political parties, Representation of People’s Act, Election ProcessGovernance, Transparency & Accountability, RTI, Citizen’s Charter, e-Governance
Polity Test 5	Constitutional and Non-Constitutional bodies (Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies). Constitutional Bodies: Election Commission, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), State Public Service Commission (SPSC), Finance Commission, CAG, Attorney general of India, Advocate general of India, Special officer for Linguistic Minorities, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Non-Constitutional Bodies NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC, CVC, CBI, Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR Other: Official Language, Public Services, Tribunals, Special provisions for SCs, STs, BCs, Minorities & Anglo-Indians, Rights and liabilities of the Government, Authoritative text in Hindi Language, Anti-defection law

 

Test number	Syllabus
History Test 1	History of India (Ancient) Prehistoric period (Stone Age, Chalcolithic Age, Iron Age) Ancient Indian History (Importance, Background, Geographical Distribution and Characteristics) Harappan/Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic Age Religious Reforms (Rise of Jainism, Buddhism etc.) Pre-Mauryan Age. Art & culture: Architecture:  Indus Valley Civilization, Mauryan Architecture, Architecture during Sungas, Kushanas, Satavahanas &Guptas, TempleArchitecture, Forts and Tombs, Indo-Islamic Architecture, Modern Architecture Sculpture:  Indian Sculpture and Different schools of Art
History Test 2	History of India (Ancient) Invasions, InfluenceonArt and culture Mauryan Age & Post MauryanAge, Sangam Age Central Asian Invasions (Indo Greek, Indo-Scythian, Parthians, Kushanas) Guptas Age & Post Guptas Age (Harshavardhana etc.) States of Southern andWestern India (Satavahanas, Pallavas, Chalukyas, Pandyas etc.) Art &culture:Religion and Philosophy:  Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Judaism Science & Technology, Famous Personalities and their contributions
History Test 3	History of India (Medieval) Early Medieval Period:  North Indian Empires (Pala, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas etc.)  and SouthIndian Empires (Pallavas, Chalukyas, Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas) Invasions in medieval period (Ghazani, Ghori etc.) The Delhi Sultanate: (Mameluk, Khilji, Tughlaqs, Sayyid and Lodi) Vijayanagar Kingdom & Bahmani Sultanate Art & Culture: Indian Paintings, Medieval and Modern Languages & Literature, Puppetry, Theatres in India, Medieval and Modern Languages & Literature, Fairs and Festivals, Martial arts
History Test 4	History of India (Medieval) Cultural and Religious Movements:  Bhakti Movement, Sufi Movement Afghans, Rajput’s, Surs, Mughal Dynasty and the struggles for supremacy, Battles of Panipat The Rise and Fall of Deccan States (Ahmadnagar, Bijapur, Golconda etc.) Fall of Mughal Empire and Rise of Sikhs, Jats, Afghans, Marathas etc. Art & culture Philosophy:  Six Schools of Philosophy, Ajivika, Lokayukta etc.; Bhakti & Sufi period; Religiousreform Movementsin Medieval and Modern India. Indian Music:  Classical Music (Hindustani Music, Carnatic Music), Folk Music Tradition Indian Music:  Classical Music (Hindustani Music, Carnatic Music), Folk Music Tradition
History Test 5	History of India (Modern) British advent in India:  Administration    and Economic Policies (1757-1857), Rising Resentment & the Revolt of 1857; Administrative changes after 1857. Social & Cultural Awakening in the first half of 19th Century Early Nationalism (1857 to 1906); Formation of Congress & Moderate Phase Extremist Phase (1905 to 1919), Partition of Bengal, Surat Split (1906), Revolutionary Nationalism Phase & Movements from outside India, Swadeshi Movement, Home Rule Movements, Phase of Mass Struggle (1919-1942):  Gandhian Age in National Movements, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and Khilafat Movement, Socialistic Trends in Indian National Movement, Kisan Sabha
History Test 6	History of India (Modern) Reforms, Acts & Committees, Congress Sessions, Governor Generals & Viceroys, Tribal & Peasant Uprisings, Development ofModern Education & Press, Eminent Personalitiesof Indian National Movement, Role of women, Communalism and Regionalism Post- Independence India:  Consolidation of States, Linguistic States, Elections Major Political, Social and Economic Events, Reforms and Policies after Independence

Economics, Geography, Science and Technology and Environment will have entire syllabus. It’s almost impossible to define syllabus for these subjects as all topics are inter connected. So, stay calm and practice hard.
All Full-Length Tests doesn’t need syllabus. All topics and subjects are part of it.

Payment Structure

Course	Amount
GS Tests (43 Tests)	4500 Rs.
GS Tests (43 Tests) + CSAT (5 Tests)	5000 Rs.
GS Tests (43 Tests) + NCERTS (20 Tests)	6000 Rs.
GS Tests (43 Tests) + NCERTS (20 Tests) + CSAT (5 TESTS)	6400 Rs.

Don’t worry about the amount, what you will get in return is much more than this.
Sometimes, you have to simply believe and that TIME IS NOW!!!
All the Best!! Waiting to guide you people.