UPSC Mains Optional
Philosophy Optional test series
25 tests (13 sectional + 12 full-length), each evaluated by experts within 2 hours, with model answers written around your own style.
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Philosophy test series
13 sectional + 12 full-length tests
₹9,999
- Expert evaluation within 2 hours
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- 12 years of topic and subtopic analytics
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Test schedule
13 sectional tests followed by 12 full-length mocks.
| Test | Type | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sectional – Paper I | Western Thinkers and Theories | 10-Oct |
| 2 | Sectional – Paper I | Transcendental and Post Kantian Philosophy | 04-Oct |
| 3 | Sectional – Paper I | Analytic Philosophy and Modern Critiques | 17-Oct |
| 4 | Sectional – Paper I | Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics | 11-Oct |
| 5 | Sectional – Paper I | Indian Systems of Philosophy | 24-Oct |
| 6 | Sectional – Paper I | Vedanta and Integral Philosophy | 18-Oct |
| 7 | Sectional – Paper II | Social and Political Philosophy | 31-Oct |
| 8 | Sectional – Paper II | Ethics and Society | 25-Oct |
| 9 | Sectional – Paper II | Philosophy of Religion | 07-Nov |
| 10 | Sectional – Paper II | Religion and Language | 01-Nov |
| 11 | Sectional – Paper II | Applied Philosophy and Social Challenges | 14-Nov |
| 12 | Sectional – Paper II | Integration of Thought | 08-Nov |
| 13 | Full-Length Test | Paper I - Full Syllabus | 21-Nov |
| 14 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 15-Nov |
| 15 | Full-Length Test | Paper I – Full Syllabus | 28-Nov |
| 16 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 22-Nov |
| 17 | Full-Length Test | Paper I – Full Syllabus | 05-Dec |
| 18 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 29-Nov |
| 19 | Full-Length Test | Paper I – Full Syllabus | 12-Dec |
| 20 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 06-Dec |
| 21 | Full-Length Test | Paper I – Full Syllabus | 19-Dec |
| 22 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 13-Dec |
| 23 | Full-Length Test | Paper I – Full Syllabus | 26-Dec |
| 24 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 20-Dec |
| 25 | Full-Length Test | Paper I – Full Syllabus | 02-Jan |
| 26 | Full-Length Test | Paper II – Full Syllabus | 27-Dec |
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Philosophy Optional syllabus
The UPSC syllabus this test series covers, topic by topic.
Philosophy - Paper I
- Western Thinkers and Theories
- Plato and Aristotle on ideas, substance, form, matter, causation, and potentiality. Rationalism with Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz on method, substance, God, and freedom. Empiricism with Locke, Berkeley, and Hume on knowledge, substance, self, and skepticism.
- Transcendental and Post Kantian Philosophy
- Kant on synthetic a priori judgments, space, time, categories, and critique of God. Hegel on dialectical method and absolute idealism. Phenomenology of Husserl and existentialism of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Sartre on existence, essence, choice, and temporality.
- Analytic Philosophy and Modern Critiques
- Moore, Russell, and early Wittgenstein on commonsense, idealism, logical atomism, and picture theory. Logical positivism on verification theory and rejection of metaphysics. Later Wittgenstein on language use and critique of private language. Quine and Strawson on empiricism and theory of particulars.
- Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics
- Carvaka on knowledge and rejection of transcendent entities. Jainism on reality, saptabhanginaya, bondage, and liberation. Buddhist schools on dependent origination, momentariness, and non-self.
- Indian Systems of Philosophy
- Nyaya and Vaisheshika on categories, appearance, pramana, and God. Samkhya on prakriti, purusha, causation, and liberation. Yoga on citta, kleshas, samadhi, and kaivalya. Mimamsa on theory of knowledge.
- Vedanta and Integral Philosophy
- Vedanta schools on Brahman, Isvara, Atman, Jiva, Maya, moksha, and adhyasa. Aurobindo on evolution, involution, and integral yoga.
Philosophy - Paper II
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Ideals like equality, justice, liberty, and relation of individual and state including rights and duties. Concepts of sovereignty by Austin, Bodin, Laski, and Kautilya. Forms of government like monarchy, democracy, theocracy and ideologies like anarchism, Marxism, socialism.
- Ethics and Society
- Themes of humanism, secularism, multiculturalism. Issues like crime, punishment, corruption, mass violence, capital punishment. Development, social progress, gender discrimination, and caste discrimination with views of Gandhi and Ambedkar.
- Philosophy of Religion
- Notions and attributes of God in Indian and Western thought. Proofs for existence of God and critiques. Problem of evil, soul, immortality, rebirth, and liberation. Faith, revelation, reason, and religious experience.
- Religion and Language
- Nature and object of religious experience in Indian and Western contexts. Ideas of religion without God and relation of religion and morality. Pluralism and absolute truth and types of religious language like analogical, symbolic, cognitive, and non-cognitive.
- Applied Philosophy and Social Challenges
- Ethical dimensions of social justice, caste, gender, empowerment, and secularism. Contemporary issues like female foeticide, land rights, capital punishment, and genocide. Evaluation of social systems through philosophical lenses.
- Integration of Thought
- Comparative insights from Indian and Western philosophy on metaphysics, ethics, and religion. Relevance of philosophical traditions in addressing human freedom, authenticity, and moral responsibility.
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