Local Self Government: Structures & Functions
GS Paper II · Polity & Governance · Complete Notes Local Self Government: Structures, Finances Functions & Functionality – Complete UPSC Notes Local Self Government has seen the sharpest change in the way UPSC frames questions. In Prelims it is only Panchayati Raj and only bare constitutional provisions. In Mains it is Panchayati Raj + […]
UPSC Anthropology Paper 2 2026 Analysis & Weightage
UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · Optional Paper Analysis UPSC Anthropology Paper II 2026: Full Analysis, Chapter Weightage & Trend Shift A question-by-question breakdown of Anthropology Paper II (Indian Anthropology) of UPSC CSE Mains 2026. This is, to an unusual degree, a tribal studies paper — roughly 225 of 400 marks across sixteen question parts. Tribal […]
UPSC Anthropology Paper I 2026 Analysis & Weightage
UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · Optional Paper Analysis UPSC Anthropology Paper I 2026: Full Analysis, Chapter Weightage & Trend Shift A question-by-question breakdown of Anthropology Paper I of UPSC CSE Mains 2026. The paper’s single most consequential feature is the balance: Biological Anthropology carried 185 marks against Socio-Cultural’s 165, inverting the assumption many candidates prepare […]
UPSC Sociology Paper 2 2026 Analysis & Weightage
UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · Optional Paper Analysis UPSC Sociology Paper II 2026: Full Analysis, Chapter Weightage & Trend Shift A question-by-question breakdown of Sociology Paper II (Indian Society: Structure and Change) of UPSC CSE Mains 2026. Colonialism is the paper’s organising thread at 70 marks, culminating in a genuinely unusual counterfactual — what would […]
UPSC Sociology Paper I 2026 Analysis & Weightage
UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · Optional Paper Analysis UPSC Sociology Paper I 2026: Full Analysis, Chapter Weightage & Trend Shift A question-by-question breakdown of Sociology Paper I (Fundamentals of Sociology) of UPSC CSE Mains 2026. The paper’s quiet giant is methodology — 80 marks across six questions, the chapter aspirants most often under-prepare. Works and […]
UPSC PSIR Paper 2 2026 Analysis & Weightage
UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · Optional Paper Analysis UPSC PSIR Paper II 2026: Full Analysis, Chapter Weightage & Trend Shift A question-by-question breakdown of Political Science and International Relations Paper II of UPSC CSE Mains 2026. Section A is dominated by IR theory and key concepts — 85 of 200 marks — with named theories […]
UPSC PSIR Paper I 2026 Analysis & Weightage
UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · Optional Paper Analysis UPSC PSIR Paper I 2026: Full Analysis, Chapter Weightage & Trend Shift A question-by-question breakdown of Political Science and International Relations Paper I of UPSC CSE Mains 2026. Section A is overwhelmingly thinker-anchored — eight theorists named in the question text and roughly 125 of 200 marks […]
Current Affairs Quiz 31 August 2026
Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027 Score: 0 / 0 Q1 Consider the following statements regarding the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): India became a full member of the SCO in 2017. The SCO was founded in 2001 and its headquarters is in Beijing. The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the SCO is based in […]
Current Affairs 31 August 2026
Legacy IAS Academy · Daily Current Affairs News Analysis — 30–31 August 2026 9 syllabus-mapped news items, in depth · plus “Also in News” briefs · a UPSC-pattern Mains question with every topic The Hindu · Delhi Edition The Indian Express · Delhi Edition News Analysis 9 Also in News 7 In-Depth News Analysis9 Items […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 31 August 2026
Legacy IAS Academy · Editorials, Opinions & Explained Editorials & Explained — 31 August 2026 The most exam-relevant op-ed, ideas & explainer pieces · mapped to the syllabus · a Mains question with each The Hindu · Editorial The Indian Express · From Plate to Plough Editorials, Opinions & Explained2 Items Core TopicImportantConcise EditorialsGS Paper […]