Foundation Course General Studies + Sociology Optional

Siddha Prelims Cum Mains Program

UPSC has never been about starting Strong, it has always been about Finishing Strong.

Introduction To The Course

Opdemy brings to you a two year integrated and comprehensive course for UPSC CSE 2022 that will boost your preparation and make you exam ready. With this course, you will get everything a person needs to ace all the three stages of the exam i.e Prelims, Mains and Interview. The guidance will come in handy as it will be from the best mentors as well as experts who have already been to the place where you aspire to go.

Features of the Course

What Will Your Two Years Be Invested For?

- Comprehensive preparation for NCERTs, CSAT, Current Affairs/Newspaper Reading, General Studies, Optional Papers and Interview.
- From learning about the strategic approach to mastering the syllabus.
- Content that will be based around the syllabus in order to make your preparation lively and relevant.
- Complete Preparation for all three phases i.e Prelims, Mains and Interview.
- Proper answer writing & presentation skills will be offered.
- All the guidance will be conveyed by the best teachers & subject experts.

What do you get?

- Comprehensive coverage of all the four papers of GS Papers, Ethics and Essay
- Bit by bit coverage of the Sociology syllabus – Paper 1 and Paper 2
- All the sociological theories, modern theories and post-modern theories.
- Sociological Thinkers
- Static and Current preparation in sociological terms
- Notes and Study Material for consolidation and Revision
- Answer Writing Guidance – ‘Chain-of-thought’ Model
- Topicwise & Full-Length Tests
- Doubt Clearing Sessions

Highlights of The Course
1st Quarter Basic Orientation + 6 to 12 NCERTs + NCERTs based Tests + Fundamental concepts through standard books like G.C Leong and Mapping. Fortnightly tests based on the limited syllabus combined with 3 full-length tests consisting of some basic previous year questions too.
2nd Quarter World History + Physical Geography + Contemporary Affairs + Indian Polity Fortnightly tests based on the limited syllabus 3 Full-length tests each having questions from the taught portions and PYQs too.
3rd Quarter 3rd Quarter Introduction to economic concepts + Indian Economy + Remainder of Physical Geography & Indian Polity + Contemporary Affairs + Introduction to Answer writing technique using PYQs based on the completed portion. Fortnightly MCQs test & Descriptive on an alternative basis. 2 Full-length MCQs and one descriptive test.
4th Quarter Ancient Indian History+ Indian Geography+ Environment & Ecology+ Ancient Indian Art & Culture+ Contemporary Affairs+ Social Issues Fortnightly MCQs & Descriptive tests on an alternative basis 2 Full-length MCQs Tests and one descriptive test
5th Quarter Medieval Indian History & Art & Culture + Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (combined with case studies) + International Relations, Internal Security+ Basic classes of optional by the end of the quarter Answers and Essay writings should be carried on in the way time permits from this quarter
6th Quarter Modern Indian History + Human Geography + (A subject which remains incomplete in the previous quarter) Revision of past portions + Current Affairs, Govt Schemes + Optional
7th Quarter 7th Quarter Optional (to end by the middle of month + Science and Tech + Current Affairs (Extra slotting for prelims oriented classes) + Test Series (4 MCQs Tests + 1 Descriptive) + Revision
8th Quarter Current Affairs + Revision +Test Series and answer writing practice Regular tests based on the method of beginning Quarters will be extended till the 6th quarter Optional Subjects may take 4-5 months based on Subject and Teacher

Our Sources of Inspiration

Meet Your Faculty

Abhishek Patil

Abhishek is an experienced Geography faculty member of Opdemy and he is an Assistant Professor at one of the autonomous institutions of Pune University. He has studied Geography at Mumbai University, Humboldt State University, California, and LPU, Punjab with academic topper both at UG and PG level.

Megha Agrawalla

Megha is one of our star educators and expert faculty member for the UPSC Civil Services Examination and faculty member of Opdemy since its inception. At Opdemy, She’s a gold medallist and university topper in Masters and Graduation in Sociology. She is a UCG NET, qualified scholar.

Mohini Chandra

She is an Engineering graduate from NSIT and Associated with the UPSC field for the last 4 years. She has appeared in Mains twice and has an excellent grip on Polity and PSIR Optional.

Samridhi Goyal

F.A.Q

Absolutely yes. Our Siddha GS + Sociology optional is designed to cover everything related to upsc exam. So, if you have chosen sociology optional as a subject for main, this is the best course for you.

Definitely, a big yes. Our course is beneficial for all aspirants irrespective of their graduation background. Moreover, if you are from technical background and opting for a humanities subject in UPSC mains, then there is no better optional than sociology.

Sociology optional is beneficial because it has a small syllabus which is easy to cover. Also, sociology has topics which are general in nature and there is no rocket-science involved. Anyone can learn sociology from ABC to XYZ in less than 4 months.

Yes, you heard it right ! Our course is Siddha GS + Sociology, and that means it will cover all 4 papers of GS in UPSC mains. It is a fully comprehensive guidance program.

Sociology optional is the most preferred choice of successful candidates who wrote upsc in last 3-4 years. If you research a bit on this, more than 15+ toppers in top 50 ranks had sociology as their optional subject. It is considered as one of the most easiest and top scoring subject.