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UPSC coaching in Guwahati.

Preparation for the UPSC Civil Services Examination — the objective Prelims, the Mains with its optional subject, and the Personality Test — from the same Guwahati faculty and batches as our APSC course.

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Union Public Service Commission — Civil Services Examination

Offline + live onlineZoo Road, GuwahatiInstalments availableWeekly tests

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What UPSC actually is.

Before the syllabus: what this exam selects for, when it started, and the problem it was created to solve.

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What the exam is

UPSC's Civil Services Examination selects officers for the IAS, IPS, IFS and the central Group A and Group B services. It runs in three stages — an objective Prelims, a written Mains with an optional subject, and a Personality Test — and is open to graduates of any discipline.

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When it started

UPSC traces back to the Public Service Commission set up in 1926, which became the Federal Public Service Commission under the Government of India Act 1935 and the Union Public Service Commission when the Constitution came into force in 1950.

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Why it exists

Before public service commissions existed, senior appointments were made at the discretion of the executive. Writing the commissions into Article 315 of the Constitution put recruitment to the all-India services behind an open competitive examination that the government of the day cannot quietly influence.

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What this course is.

UPSC's Civil Services Examination fills the IAS, IPS, IFS and the central Group A and Group B services. It has the same three-stage shape as APSC — Prelims, Mains, Interview — but a heavier Mains: an optional subject of two papers and two qualifying language papers sit alongside the Essay and four General Studies papers, and the Personality Test carries 275 marks.

UPSC aspirants join the same batches as our APSC course and share its General Studies core and weekly answer-writing clinic, with an extended track for the optional subject and the CSAT paper.

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Unit by unit.

Every unit ends in a test. Nothing is marked complete because the calendar says so.

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Foundation & NCERT base

Polity, History, Geography, Economy and Science rebuilt from NCERT level up to exam level. No assumed knowledge.

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Months 1–3

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Prelims: GS Paper I & CSAT

Objective technique for General Studies Paper I, and CSAT — comprehension, reasoning and basic numeracy — which only has to be passed at 33%, but has to be passed.

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Months 4–7

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Mains: Essay & GS I–IV

The Essay and four General Studies papers, 250 marks each, written in the weekly answer-writing clinic with written feedback.

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Months 6–10

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Optional subject

Two papers of 250 marks each in a subject you choose. We help you pick one you can actually score in — not the one that sounds impressive.

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Months 5–10

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Personality Test

Mock panels built on your Detailed Application Form, current-affairs defence, and the composure drills for a 275-mark interview.

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Post-Mains

Go deeper

The UPSC syllabus, paper by paper — Prelims, all nine Mains papers and the optional subjects
UPSC CSE exam pattern and last year's cut-offs — marks, negative marking, attempts and the Assam centres
APSC CCE coaching — Assam's state civil services exam — the same three stages, with a paper on Assam

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Batches & fees.

Morning batch

6:30 – 9:30 amOffline · Zoo Road · starts: Rolling

Evening batch

5:00 – 8:00 pmOffline + live online · starts: Rolling

Weekend intensive

Sat–Sun, 9:00 am – 4:00 pmOffline · Zoo Road · starts: Rolling

Duration

See unit plan aboveExtendable — repeat any unit at no extra fee

Fee

Budget-friendly, on requestInstalments available · no hidden material charge

Mode

HybridOffline at Zoo Road with a live online option

Exact fee figures are a client dependency and are managed from the admin panel (Content Manager → Courses).

Enquire about UPSC

Batch timings, fee structure and the next start date — sent to you directly.

Call us

+91 91814 57322

Hours

9am – 7pm

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Campus

Zoo Road

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Who teaches this course.

Assam History

Bastov Sir

Physics & General Science

Physics graduate. Twice APSC CCE Mains. Known for building concepts from zero.

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Heera Mam

History & Assam GK

Master's in History, UGC NET (PhD qualified). Assam history and culture specialist.

POLITY

Sidhartha Sir

Polity, Governance & Answer Writing

Cleared ADRE 2.0. Served in Revenue & Disaster Management, Govt of Assam. 6 years teaching.

Geography

Bhaskar Jyoti Hazarika

Geography & Environment

Experienced Geography Faculty

Science & Tech

Pronee Maam

Science & Technology

Experienced faculty

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UPSC — straight answers.

Who is eligible for the UPSC Civil Services Examination?

For CSE-2026: a graduate aged 21 to 32 on 1 August 2026, with the upper age limit relaxed for reserved categories. General and EWS candidates get six attempts; OBC and PwBD candidates nine; SC/ST candidates are not limited by attempts within the age limit.

What is the UPSC CSE exam pattern?

Prelims: two objective papers of 200 marks, two hours each, with a third of a question's marks deducted for a wrong answer; Paper II (CSAT) only has to be passed at 33%. Mains: two qualifying language papers of 300 marks, then an Essay, four General Studies papers and two optional-subject papers of 250 marks each — 1,750 marks — and a 275-mark Personality Test, 2,025 in all.

How is UPSC different from APSC?

UPSC recruits for the all-India and central services, APSC for Assam's state services. UPSC's Mains has an optional subject and two qualifying language papers; APSC's is an Essay and five General Studies papers with no optional. A wrong Prelims answer costs a third of the question's marks at UPSC and a quarter at APSC. The General Studies core overlaps heavily, which is why the two courses share batches.

Can working professionals join?

Yes — the evening and weekend batches exist for exactly that. Plan for 20–25 hours a week outside class, and be honest with yourself about it before you enrol.

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