Prelims from First Principles (PFP)

General Studies

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.

Sessions

22

General Studies

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.

Sessions

24

General Studies

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.

Taught in the fortnight straight after Geography, while the physical map is still fresh. Mapping is where most aspirants feel weakest, so it gets a module of its own, every session spent on the map itself.

Sessions

8

General Studies

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.

Sessions

20

General Studies

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.

Sessions

24

General Studies

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.

Sessions

22

General Studies

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.

Sessions

16

General Studies

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.

Sessions

12

General Studies

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.

The closing week of the course is about the examination itself rather than its syllabus. Eight lectures on how the paper is built and how it should be attempted, taught as a module of its own because it is the part of preparation that moves scores most.

Sessions

8

Module

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.

The CSAT test series is not part of this module. It can be added at ₹2,999, inclusive of all taxes.

Sessions

30

Module

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.

Thirty one classes, plus a recorded backlog capsule on June–December 2026 released in November. Current affairs is taught inside each subject.

This module is the last one still teaching. Every other module has finished by 14 February; current affairs runs on for another three months and closes one week before you sit the paper.

Sessions

31

Module

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.

These seven classes are part of the Current Affairs module, and so of every plan from GS Complete upward. Buy them on their own only if you are preparing everything else elsewhere.

Sessions

7