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First Principles IAS

Courses

Every course and test series on offer, with its price. Enrolment opens 1 November 2026; all prices are inclusive of all taxes.

Prelims from First Principles plans

6 plans

Each plan holds everything in the plan it builds on, and adds what is listed. Compare the plans on the programme page.

  1. Essentials

    ₹14,999inclusive of all taxes

    Includes

    • Polity & Governance
    • Indian Economy
    • Geography
    • Ancient, Medieval and Art & Culture
    • Modern Indian History
    • Science & Technology
    • Environment & Ecology

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  2. GS Complete

    General Studies

    ₹18,999inclusive of all taxes

    Everything in Essentials, plus

    • Current Affairs: 31 classes, to a week before the paper
    • Budget and Economic Survey
    • Recorded backlog capsule, June to December 2026
    • Mapping Intensive
    • PYQ Lab & Exam Technique

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  3. Prelims Foundation

    General Studies and CSAT

    ₹23,999inclusive of all taxes

    Everything in GS Complete, plus

    • CSAT Intensive teaching: 30 lectures

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  4. Our flagship

    PFP (GS only)

    Everything in PFP except CSAT

    ₹24,999inclusive of all taxes

    Everything in GS Complete, plus

    • Prelims Test Series: 25 GS tests
    • Six subject revision capsules
    • May rapid revision series

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  5. Our flagship

    Prelims from First Principles (PFP)

    Everything, with all 35 tests, General Studies and CSAT

    ₹29,999inclusive of all taxes

    Everything in Prelims Foundation, plus

    • Prelims Test Series: 25 GS tests
    • Prelims Test Series: 10 CSAT tests
    • Six subject revision capsules
    • May rapid revision series

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  6. PFP + Mentoring

    120 seats

    ₹41,999inclusive of all taxes

    Everything in Prelims from First Principles (PFP), plus

    • Diagnostic call, 60 minutes
    • One to one calls with a faculty member
    • Personal weekly study plan
    • Error pattern analysis
    • Priority doubt channel, 24 hour reply
    • Two strategy sessions in May

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Modules

12 modules

Any of the twelve modules can be bought on its own.

General Studies

Geography

₹3,499inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
22
Faculty
Announced shortly

Physical geography from the Earth's motions and interior through landforms, the atmosphere, climate and the oceans; India's physiography, rivers, monsoon, agriculture, resources and population; and the world's landforms, climatic regions, resources and choke points.

The last lecture works through how previous year questions are built.

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General Studies

Indian Economy

₹3,999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
24
Faculty
Announced shortly

The economy from first principles: national income, growth and poverty, unemployment, inflation, money, monetary policy, banking and capital markets.

Then public finance and taxation, the external sector and trade, agriculture, industry and infrastructure, closing with planning, schemes and the Budget.

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General Studies

Mapping Intensive

₹1,999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
8
Faculty
Announced shortly

India's physical features, rivers, protected areas and places in the news, then the world's physical and political map, its straits, canals and choke points, ending in a 100 location drill.

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General Studies

Science & Technology

₹3,499inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
20
Faculty
Abhishek

Space, nuclear and defence technology; biotechnology from the cell and DNA to gene editing and vaccines; health; computing, artificial intelligence, quantum and cybersecurity; materials, robotics and energy technology.

It opens with how UPSC asks the subject and closes with science policy, intellectual property and a twelve month current affairs capsule.

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General Studies

Environment & Ecology

₹3,999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
24
Faculty
Abhishek (1–6, 13–18) · Announced shortly (7–12, 19–24)

Ecology and biodiversity from first principles; India's forests, protected areas and species programmes, and the laws that govern them; pollution of air, water and soil.

Then climate science, climate negotiations and adaptation, the international conventions, and the organisations that run and fund them.

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General Studies

Polity & Governance

₹3,499inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
22
Faculty
Announced shortly

The Constitution from its evolution and Preamble through Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles, the Union executive, Parliament and the judiciary, federalism, the states and local government.

Then emergency provisions, the constitutional and statutory bodies, amendments and the basic structure doctrine, elections, and the judgments that matter for Prelims.

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General Studies

Ancient, Medieval and Art & Culture

₹2,499inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
16
Faculty
Announced shortly

Indian history from prehistory and the Indus Valley through the Vedic age, Buddhism and Jainism, the Mauryas, the Guptas and the kingdoms of the south, to the Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara, the Mughals and the Bhakti and Sufi movements.

Four lectures on art and culture cover architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, music, festivals, GI tags and UNESCO sites.

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General Studies

Modern Indian History

₹1,999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
12
Faculty
Announced shortly

From the arrival of the Europeans and the colonial economy through the revolts, the reform movements and the rise of nationalism, the Gandhian era and constitutional development to 1935, to Quit India, Partition and the consolidation after independence.

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General Studies

PYQ Lab & Exam Technique

₹999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
8
Faculty
Faculty panel

How UPSC builds a Prelims question and the distractor patterns it relies on; statement, assertion and reason, matching and sequencing formats; elimination, and when negative marking makes a guess worth taking; and an attempt strategy ending in a full simulated attempt.

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Module

CSAT Intensive (Paper II)

₹6,999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
30
Faculty
Announced shortly

Paper II from its architecture and a diagnostic test, through basic numeracy, data interpretation, reasoning and comprehension, to decision making and a full paper simulation.

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Module

Current Affairs from First Principles

₹6,999inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
31
Faculty
The full faculty panel

Five classes on the 2026 backlog; eighteen core classes, of which seven are the Budget and Economic Survey block taught in the fortnight they are presented, available separately for anyone who wants only that, and the rest monthly roundups and each subject in the news; and an eight class final sprint of probable questions and an exam week briefing.

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Module

Budget and Economic Survey

₹499inclusive of all taxes

Lectures
7
Faculty
Faculty panel

The Economic Survey and the Union Budget, taken apart in the fortnight they are presented. What the Survey argues and which of its numbers UPSC has historically asked about; the Budget’s structure, the major heads, the deficits, and how to read the receipts and expenditure statements; the year’s tax changes, the allocations to flagship schemes, and the announcements most likely to become questions.

We read the Economic Survey and the Union Budget as documents, not summaries, because economy questions draw on them every year.

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Test series

The Prelims Test Series: tests released from Tuesday 15 December 2026 to 30 April 2027, each open until 20 May 2027. Test series details.

  • GS only

    25 tests

    ₹4,999inclusive of all taxes

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  • CSAT only

    10 tests

    ₹2,999inclusive of all taxes

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  • Combined

    35 tests

    ₹6,999inclusive of all taxes

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Mains and Optional

Coming soon

Courses and test series for the Mains and the optional subjects are coming soon. Until then, read how we help you choose an optional subject and what the Mains Test Series will offer.