Medical Science Optional Test Series for UPSC Mains

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Medical Science test series

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Test schedule

12 sectional tests followed by 14 full-length mocks.

Test	Type	Topic	Date
1	Sectional – Paper I	Human Anatomy	03-Oct
2	Sectional – Paper I	Human Physiology	04-Oct
3	Sectional – Paper I	Biochemistry	10-Oct
4	Sectional – Paper I	Pathology	11-Oct
5	Sectional – Paper I	Microbiology	17-Oct
6	Sectional – Paper I	Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine	18-Oct
7	Sectional – Paper II	General Medicine	24-Oct
8	Sectional – Paper II	Paediatrics	25-Oct
9	Sectional – Paper II	Dermatology	31-Oct
10	Sectional – Paper II	General Surgery	01-Nov
11	Sectional – Paper II	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	07-Nov
12	Sectional – Paper II	Community Medicine	08-Nov
13	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	14-Nov
14	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	15-Nov
15	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	21-Nov
16	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	22-Nov
17	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	28-Nov
18	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	29-Nov
19	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	05-Dec
20	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	06-Dec
21	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	12-Dec
22	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	13-Dec
23	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	19-Dec
24	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	20-Dec
25	Full-Length Test	Paper I – Full Syllabus	26-Dec
26	Full-Length Test	Paper II – Full Syllabus	27-Dec

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Medical Science Optional syllabus

The UPSC syllabus this test series covers, topic by topic.

Medical Science - Paper I

Human Anatomy: Applied anatomy including blood and nerve supply of upper and lower limbs and joints of shoulder, hip, and knee. Gross anatomy, blood supply, and lymphatic drainage of tongue, thyroid, mammary gland, stomach, liver, prostate, gonads, and uterus. Applied anatomy of diaphragm, perineum, and inguinal region. Clinical anatomy of kidney, urinary bladder, uterine tubes, and vas deferens. Embryology including placenta, placental barrier, development of heart, gut, kidney, uterus, ovary, testis, and common congenital abnormalities. Gross and clinical anatomy of ventricles of brain and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid. Neural pathways and lesions of cutaneous sensations, hearing, and vision. Cranial nerves distribution and clinical significance. Components of autonomic nervous system.
Human Physiology: Conduction and transmission of impulse, mechanism of contraction, neuromuscular transmission. Reflexes, control of equilibrium, posture and muscle tone, descending pathways. Functions of cerebellum and basal ganglia. Physiology of sleep and consciousness. Mechanism of action of hormones, formation, secretion, transport, metabolism, function and regulation of hormones from pancreas and pituitary gland. Physiology of reproductive system including pregnancy, menstrual cycle, and lactation. Development, regulation, and fate of blood cells. Cardiovascular functions including cardiac output, blood pressure, and regulation.
Biochemistry: Organ function tests including liver, kidney, and thyroid. Protein synthesis. Vitamins and minerals. Restriction fragment length polymorphism. Polymerase chain reaction. Radio immunoassays.
Pathology: Inflammation and repair, disturbances of growth and cancer. Pathogenesis and histopathology of rheumatic and ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus. Differences between benign, malignant, primary and metastatic malignancies. Pathogenesis and histopathology of bronchogenic carcinoma, carcinoma breast, oral cancer, cancer cervix, and leukemia. Etiology, pathogenesis and histopathology of cirrhosis liver, glomerulonephritis, tuberculosis and acute osteomyelitis.
Microbiology: Humoral and cell mediated immunity. Diseases caused by and laboratory diagnosis of meningococcus, salmonella, and shigella. Diseases caused by and laboratory diagnosis of herpes, dengue, polio, and HIV/AIDS. Diseases caused by and laboratory diagnosis of malaria, entamoeba histolytica, giardia, candida, cryptococcus, and aspergillus.
Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine: Mechanism of action and side effects of antipyretics, analgesics, antibiotics, antimalarials, antikalaazar drugs. Mechanism of action and side effects of antidiabetics, antihypertensives, antidiuretics, general and cardiac vasodilators. Mechanism of action and side effects of antivirals, antiparasitics, antifungals, immunosuppressants, and anticancer drugs. Forensic examination of injuries and wounds, examination of blood and seminal stains. Poisoning, sedative overdose, hanging, drowning, burns. DNA and fingerprint study.

Medical Science - Paper II

General Medicine: Etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and principles of management including prevention of typhoid, rabies, AIDS, dengue, kala azar, and Japanese encephalitis. Ischemic heart disease, pulmonary embolism, bronchial asthma, pleural effusion, and tuberculosis. Malabsorption syndromes, acid peptic diseases, viral hepatitis, and cirrhosis. Glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, and renovascular hypertension. Complications of diabetes mellitus, coagulation disorders, leukemia, and thyroid disorders. Meningitis and encephalitis. Imaging in medical problems including ultrasound, echocardiogram, CT scan, MRI. Mental health disorders including anxiety, depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, and electroconvulsive therapy.
Paediatrics: Immunization and baby friendly hospital initiative. Congenital cyanotic heart disease and respiratory distress syndrome. Bronchopneumonias and kernicterus. IMNCI classification and management. Protein energy malnutrition grading and management. ARI and diarrhea in children under five and their management.
Dermatology: Psoriasis. Allergic dermatitis. Scabies. Eczema. Vitiligo. Steven Johnson syndrome. Lichen planus.
General Surgery: Clinical features, causes, diagnosis and management of cleft palate, harelip, laryngeal tumor, oral and esophageal tumors. Peripheral arterial disease, varicose veins, coarctation of aorta, thyroid, adrenal tumors. Abscess, cancer, fibroadenoma and adenosis of breast. Bleeding peptic ulcer, tuberculosis of bowel, ulcerative colitis, and cancer stomach. Renal mass, cancer prostate, hemothorax, gallbladder stones, urinary stones. Rectum, anus, anal canal disorders, bile ducts, cholecystitis, portal hypertension, liver abscess. Peritonitis, carcinoma head of pancreas, fractures including spine and Colles fracture. Bone tumors, endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Diagnosis of pregnancy, labor management and complications of third stage. Antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage. Resuscitation of newborn, management of abnormal and difficult labor. Small for date or premature newborn, anemia, preeclampsia, and toxemias. Postmenopausal syndrome, intrauterine devices, pills, tubectomy, vasectomy. Medical termination of pregnancy, cancer cervix, leucorrhoea, pelvic pain. Infertility, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, amenorrhea, fibroid, and uterine prolapse.
Community Medicine: Principles, methods and measurements of epidemiology. Nutrition, nutritional diseases and programmes. Health information collection, analysis and presentation. National health programmes for malaria, kala azar, filaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, STDs and dengue. Appraisal of healthcare delivery system. Health management and administration including programme implementation and evaluation. Reproductive and child health, National Rural Health Mission, Millennium Development Goals. Hospital and industrial waste management.

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