UPSC CSE Test Series for IAS Exam 2025-26

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Test Series like syllabus and previous year question papers (PYQs) are also an integral part of the UPSC CSE preparation to check and track the regular progress to maximize the scores.

Importance of Test Series for UPSC CSE :

Propel your UPSC CSE preparation with Digitalshikshaics

So we the team of Digitalshikshaics is here to provide you with quality Test Series for Prelims, Mains, Sectional and Optional which will help you in understanding the UPSC CSE better. By taking our Test Series, you will get to know about the exam pattern and know where you stand in terms of the competition. DigitalshikshaicsTest Series is prepared on latest exam pattern by our team of experts and faculty members who have expertise in different subjects. Test Series of our institute is updated with fresh questions with time and according to need of the exam.

It is rightly said by Anton Chekhovthat ,“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice”.

Practice along with revision plays a crucial role in the Civil Services Examination. If you keep on practicing our Test Series it will enhance your analytical and answer writing skills and you will get a better learning experience with ourMentors. Digitalshikshaics provide you with wide range of test series along with free mock tests to help you prepare online for Civil Services Examination and other State Services Examination with ease.

Importance of Test Series

Practice & revision
makes concepts strong

Time & Stress
Management

Gives Confidence &
SWOT analysis

Accuracy &
Precision

Performance
Tracking

Conceptual
Clarity

Exam Like
Simulation

Highlights key
Areas of Importance

Why to choose our Test Series?

Digitalshikshaics provide best quality and up to date Test Series to its students without compromising with the quantity of the content. Our experts do lot of research and jot down latest data on which they prepare practice Test Papersaccording to the demand and need of the examination.You don’t need to worry about your practice since digitalshikshaics is here to support you throughout your preparation process. The questions in this test series cover the entire syllabus of the UPSC CSE and are framed from a variety of topics.

Key features of our Test Series Program:

  • Comprehensive coverage of syllabus
  • Test Series prepared by experienced Faculties
  • Test Series prepared by experienced Faculties – 
    1. Prelims Test Series
    2. Prelims Test Series
    3. Full length Test Series
    4. Sectional Test Series
    5. Optional Test Series
  • Detailed Performance Analysis
  • Regular Feedback and Evaluation
  • Performance Tracking
  • One to one Comprehensive Mentorship
  • Highlights weaknesses and strengths of a candidate
  • As per previous year questions and latest exam pattern
  • Helps in Time Management
  • Provides post Test answer key for Prelims and model answerfor Mains, Sectional, Optional and Full length Test Series

Test Series of Digitalshikshaics can be divided into following four categories:

01. Prelims Test Series 2025:

UPSC Prelims Test Series Programme 2025 is designed by Digitalshikshaics to enhance and level up the preparation of aspirants and help them to score good to crack Civil Services Examination.

The main objective of this Programme is to prepare candidates for:

  • General Studies Paper I
  • General Studies Paper II i.e.CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test)
  • Along with Current Affairs as it forms the major part of the UPSC CSE Preparation.

Most of the current affairs questions in the preliminary exam require a thorough comprehension and clarity of the concepts and in-depth understanding. A candidate can read any reputable newspaper (The Hindu, The Times of India, The Indian Express, etc.) to stay updated as a newspaper is like a bible for anyone preparing for the UPSC CSE exam.

In order to help candidates with their comprehensive preparation, revision, and simulation of an examination environment, as well as time and stress management, Digitalshikshaics offers both Full Length and Sectional Prelims Test Series. Candidates are encouraged to attempt as many questions as possible in order to secure good marks in the UPSC Prelims Test Series 2024. Enrolling in our Prelims Test Series and answering as many questions as possible will offer an aspirant a boost in confidence and help him track his preparation as it will give him an idea about which topics requires further studies and improvement.

As we know that both General Studies Paper I (contains 100 questions of 2 marks each) and General Studies Paper II i.e. CSAT (contains 80 questions of 2.5 marks each) are of 200 marks each but General Studies Paper II i.e. CSAT is qualifying in nature i.e.33%(66 marks out of 200).

UPSC CSE PRELIMS Exam Pattern General Studies Paper 1 General Studies Paper 2 (CSAT)
Number of Questions
100 Questions
(Each question is of 2 marks)
80 Questions
(Each question is of 2.5 marks)
Negative Marking
Yes (1/3rd of the maximum marks for the question)
-0.66 marks for every incorrect answer
Yes (1/3rd of the maximum marks for the question)
-0.83 marks for every incorrect answer
Maximum marks
200 Marks
200 Marks
Cut-off Marks
Merit basis [varies every year]
Qualifying in nature – 33% ( 66 marks out of 200 )
A candidate requires certain qualities to clear CSAT like communication skills, logical reasoning, analytical ability, decision making, problem solving ability and general mental ability.

Key Features of Prelims Test Series:

02. Mains Test Series 2025:

  • Answer writing is the critical skill in the UPSC Mains Examination. Keeping this view in mind,Digitalshikshaics provides aspirants with its UPSC Mains Test Series Programme 2025to give a boost to their preparation and to provide the aspirants with better and foundational understanding of how to structure a good and efficient answer for securing his name in the Holy list of UPSC.
  • Itis very common to see that lot of aspirantshave very good knowledge of the concepts but they are unable to utilize that knowledge in writing a good quality and structured answers. It is the practice of answer writing that makes the answers different from others.
  • It can be done through enrolling yourself in the Mains Test Series Programmeof Digitalshikshaicswhere you practice number of questions which are prepared by our renowned Faculty memberswho have expertise in their respective fields and they have assembled these questions on latest UPSC Exam pattern and on their relevance and occurrence in current events.
  • Our Experts have designed questions according to the UPSC demand in order to enrich aspirants’ ability to think critically and holistically and to improve the writing skills including necessary presentational skills to use charts, graphs, mapsetc..when relevant.
  • Every year thousands of serious aspirants enroll in our UPSC Mains Test Series Programme to sharpen their concepts through practice and revision. They seeks to secure good marks and to come in the merit list of UPSC CSE.
  • In answer writing, newspaper and editorials plays a key role as you can structure your answers with factual data, graphs, some figures, maps, etc. which can be fetched from good quality newspaper.

Two papers (English Compulsory and Indian Language) are qualifying in nature in which candidate should secure 75 marks {25%} out of 300 marks in each paper

And rest 7 papers are considered for merit basis (Essay, GS paper-1, GS paper-2, GS paper-3, GS paper-4, Optional paper-I and Optional paper-II, each paper is of 250 marks).

Optional subject has to be selected by the candidate with utmost care and deliberation as it can make or break any candidate to the list of UPSC CSE. With the correct selection of an optional subject, a candidate becomes one step closer to achieve the goal of becoming a bureaucrat.

With the each passing year, UPSC is raising its level of difficulty and standard of questions in Civil Services Examination to select more robust, efficient and capable bureaucrats who will run the administration of our nation. This will eventually results in the increasing toughness for candidates to attempt lengthy and analytical questions of Mains Exam in a time bound manner. To ease this difficulty, Digitalshikshaics is here with its UPSC Mains Test Series Programme 2025 which is curated by our team of Experts to ease the preparation of the candidates and to help them to fulfill their dream of becoming an IAS Officer.

  • Digitalshikshaicsprovides its candidates with best quality Full Length and Sectional Mains Test Series to help an aspirant with detailed and comprehensive preparation, revision, full coverage of syllabus, simulate them with Examination atmosphere, time and stress management, equip them with critical analysis of the concepts so that when they attempt a question they can structure their answers in best possible way and standout from their other competitors.

Key Features of Mains Test Series:

03. Sectional Test Series 2025:

As we already know that Prelims and Mains Test Series plays a vital role in the UPSC CSE journey, it is equally important to give utmost attention to each and every subject individually to keep your preparation on track. So to bear fruits to your preparation, team ofDigitalshikshaics is again ready to provide you all with its well simulated, qualitative yet quantitative and systematically curated UPSC Sectional Test Series Programme 2025to make yourpreparation journey easy and convenient.

It is rightly said,“Practice helps you prepare for the inevitable and uncertain”, in the same way regular practice of the Test Series familiarizes a candidate with the exam pattern, types of questions asked, time management, reduce exam anxiety and so on and it will eventually help the candidate to crack the Civil Services Exam which is getting tougher with each passing year.

More often it is seen that candidates are much more concerned about the results than the everyday efforts. A candidate must understand that success doesn’t comes overnight. It is the result of everyday efforts and tiny improvements which makes an astounding difference. A candidate should be far more concerned with his current trajectory rather than with his current results. With this view in mind, Digitalshikshaicslaunched its UPSC Sectional Test Series Programme 2025with the resolution to make the maximum number of aspirants to the list of UPSC CSE.We resolve to consistently expose ourstudents to diverse questions to deepen their understanding of concepts,analytical skills, application techniques etc.

Digitalshikshaics provides its students with Sectional Test Series on different subjects & Sections of syllabus like Polity, Geography (oceanology, Indian, and so on), Ancient &Medieval History, Modern History, Art & Culture and many more subjects. These Test Series are curated by our experienced and skilled faculty members to give overall experience of Examination to the candidate, to cover whole syllabus while focusing on the individual subject, to reinforce their learning, to consolidate information and to identify gaps in their preparation so that they can rectify it in time.
The main objective of our UPSC Sectional Test SeriesProgramme is tohelp candidate to pinpoint their areas of weaknesses or in which a candidate is lagging behind so that he can strategize his preparation accordingly. Regular practice of Test Series in simulated exam conditions optimizes the performance of a candidate on the actual exam day. The questions of this Test Series are a great mix of static along with current events associated with each subject.

Key Features of Section Test Series Programme:

05. Optional Test Series 2025:

In the UPSC IAS journey Optional subject plays a pivotal role and can significantly improve the UPSC CSE Mains Exam score and can increase the chances of candidate of being selected for the Personality Test. That’s why candidates are suggested to select their Optional wisely with utmost care and deliberations as it can make or break the name of a candidate to the list of UPSC CSE.

A candidate should pick its Optional subject as per hisinterest and not by looking at someone else because if you do that your chances of getting selected reduces as you will not be able to read that subject which you have taken as Optional as you do not have any interest in that subject.

As ‘Jack Ma’has appropriately said,“You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. You copy and die.”

We the team of Digitalshikshaicsright now provide our candidates only with Sociology Optional Test Series which contains 2 papers i.e.

  • Sociology paper I (contains Fundamentals of Sociology)
  • Sociology paper II (contains Indian Society: Structure & Change)

Syllabus of Sociology paper as an Optional subject is as follows:

Sociology paper I
(Fundamentals of Sociology)
Sociology paper II
(Indian Society: Structure & Change)
  • Sociology - The Discipline
  • Sociology as Science
  • Research Methods and Analysis
  • Sociological Thinkers
  • Stratification and Mobility
  • Works and Economic Life
  • Politics and Society
  • Religion and Society
  • Systems of Kinship
  • Social Change in Modern Society
  • Introducing Indian Society
    • Perspectives on the study of Indian society
    • Impact of colonial rule on Indian society
  • Social Structure
    • Rural and Agrarian Social Structure
    • Caste System
    • Tribal communities in India
    • Social Classes in India
    • Systems of Kinship in India
    • Religion and Society
  • Social Changes in India
    • Visions of Social Change in India
    • Rural and Agrariantransformation in India
    • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India
    • Politics and Society
    • Social Movements in Modern India
    • Population Dynamics
    • Challenges of Social Transformation
The optional subject must be in align with the candidate’s aspirations and interests.There is need of noble and effective Mentorship if candidate want success in the selection and preparation of Optional subject.Digitalshikshaics has developed significant Optional Test Series which includes Full Length Tests and Sectional Tests to cover and evaluate the overall syllabus of both Sociology Paper I and Sociology Paper II and to make the preparation of a candidate easy, efficient and fruitful.

Optional subject also requires in-depth understanding of concepts, good analytical skills, good writing skills and much more to score good in the exam and it will add to the final scoreboard of a candidate which in turn decides the overall ranking of a candidate. The Optional subject, in most cases, is the deciding factor whether a candidate will be in the final list of the UPSC CSE.

Candidates will find it easy to ace this exam quickly and be able to serve their country to the best of their abilities if they regularly review and practice the topics of the syllabus with Digitalshikshaics and choose to take advantage of its optional test series. In order to achieve this goal, Digitalshikshaics developed this programme to improve a candidate’s readiness, and our optional test series has the features listed below.

Key Features of Optional Test Series Programme :

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The Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission is in top-list ofthe toughest exam of the nation. It demands lot of hardwork, consistency, determination, perseverenceand discipline to ace this UPSC Exam. It is very important for a candidate to stay motivated and disciplined throughout the preparation journey.
So with this thought in mind of making candidate’s preparation easy and smooth going, Digitalshikshaics has come up with Combo Offer (for Mains and Optional Subjects)to make your preparation integrated and intensive.

Digitalshikshaics Mains Test Series Combo

DigitalshikshaicsMains Test Series Combo consists of Sectional and Full Length Test Series of all the four General Studies subjects( GS Paper 1,GS Paper 2,GS Paper 3, GS Paper 4) which is compiled in accordance with previous year questions and latest pattern of UPSC CSE and is easily accessible and convenient for a candidate.

Highlights

  • Test 1 to Test 6 – History Test
  • Test 7 to Test 14 – Geography / Environment / Disaster Management Test
  • Test 15 to Test 18–Society / Social Justice Test
  • Test 19 to Test 22 – Full-Length Test
  • Test 1 to Test 6 –Polity / Governance Test
  • Test 7 to Test 10 – Full Length Test
  • Test 11 to Test 12 – International RelationsTest
  • Test 1 to Test 8 – Economics Test
  • Test 9 to Test 10 – Security Test
  • Test 11 to Test 12 – Science & Technology Test
  • Test 13 to Test 16 – Full-Length Test
  • Test 1 to Test 6 – Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude Test
  • Test 7 to Test 10 – Full Length Test

Digitalshikshaics Sociology Optional Test Series Combo

Sociology Optional Test Series Combo consists ofQuestion papers on UPSC pattern, 300+ questions for candidate to practice and improve their agility to answer the questions in limited time. By taking up our Test Series Programme students can score well in the exam and improve their writing skills,analytical skills to answer the difficult questions and frame their answers in much better way using diagrams, flowcharts, maps, facts, etc. Thehighly qualified experienced team of Digitalshikshaics has developed these questions with lot of research and analysis and set the difficulty bar as per the UPSC syllabus and pattern.

Sociology Combo consists of total 60 Tests covering whole syllabus of General Studies which have total of 1200 questions with comprehensive solutions to enhance candidate’s performance and to give a simulate conditions of UPSC Exam to increase their confidence and agility to solve lengthy and analytical questions in a time bound manner.

Highlights

Why to choose Digitalshikshaics Test Series Combo?

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