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Rau’s IAS Study Circle

FOR UPSC Civil Services Exam

GENERAL STUDIES INTEGRATED (GSI) FOUNDATION COURSE


GSI FOUNDATION COURSE – STRUCTURE & DESIGN

Rau’s General Studies Integrated (GSI) Foundation Course prepares aspirants holistically for both the Pre and Mains stages of the Civil services Exam. As a student of GSI Foundation Course, you will get subscription to the following:

What that means is that even after covering your syllabus through Foundation classes, you’ll keep getting mentoring, guidance, QIP classes and Prelims & Mains Test Series from Rau’s IAS for another year.

SYLLABUS

• Prelims: Paper I & II (CSAT) • Mains: GS Papers I, II, III, IV & Essay • Current Affairs • Interview Guidance: when short-listed to

appear in the personality test

BATCH OPTIONS

REGULAR BATCH (9 months of Foundation Course + 2 years of QIP support)

MORNING EVENING

1: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

2: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

1: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

2: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Between 1 & 2 classes, Monday to Friday/Saturday Duration • Foundation classes ≈ 9-10 months • QIP = 2 years • Foundation classes & QIP overlap in Year 1

WEEKEND BATCH (16 months of Foundation Course + 2 years of QIP support)

SATURDAY + SUNDAY

1: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

1: 9:00 am – 11:00 am

2: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

3: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

4: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Additional classes may be held to keep the course on track in case it falls behind for any reason.

Duration • Foundation classes ≈ 16-18 months • QIP = 2 years • Foundation classes & QIP overlap in Year 1

MEDIUM

English only

FEE

INR 175,500


This is how it’ll work

GSI Foundation Course – will start from basics and cover the entire length, breadth and depth of the UPSC Prelims and Mains syllabus in an integrated manner.

PEDAGOGY CLASSES/VIDEOS (≈ 800 HRS)

• Monthly Schedule - Classes will be conducted according to schedule – dependant on batch option (regular or weekend) selected. Each class will be of 2 hours’ duration

• Extra classes may be required in case course is progressing slowly.

• Videos will be available in the LMS for 3 days after the class.

APPROACH a. Module based teaching: All the themes of the

Prelims and Mains syllabus have been organized in an integrated manner under different modules.

b. In general, 2 modules will be taught daily. c. A new module will be started only after the

completion of the ongoing module.

STUDY MATERIAL Rau’s IAS will provide 2 sets of study material at the time of admission and teachers guide students as what to read and how much to read from them. a. Basic Reading material – Relevant NCERTs

and standard reference books. b. UPSC Exam centric Rau’s IAS notes –

Prelims Compass and Mains Compass c. Besides the above, Rau’s will also provide

Monthly Current Affairs Magazine – Focus.

CLASS ASSIGNMENT & TESTS

• Home Assignments: You will be given frequent assignments – both MCQs and Descriptive - by your teachers during the modules to help you revise the classes periodically.

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• Saturday Class Tests: You will be given class tests - both Prelims and Mains – by your teachers after they complete their modules. These tests will be released on Saturdays and can be attempted according to timelines set by your teachers.

DOUBTS SOLVING & COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

• Doubts can be asked within the class, and even afterwards using the batch discussion forum on LMS.

• You can leave your doubts or questions on your batch’s discussion forum and your teacher will find a way to reach out to you and solve your doubt.

• Doubt sessions are also organized frequently to enable students to connect with their teachers to solve queries.

• You are encouraged to participate in group discussions which are held regularly on the Discussion Forum on elearn.rauias.com. Utilize those to express your ideas and learn from your peer group.

GSI QIP is knowledge and skills enhancement program. Its focus is on improving the quality of your content and its application in Prelims and Mains. It’ll cover current affairs, give you lots of test taking practice through Prelims and Mains Test Series (and their discussion) and a final Revision for the Prelims & Mains right before the respective exams.

CLASSES/ VIDEOS (≈ 250 HRS)

a. Current Affairs Classes: • These classes will act as one stop solution for the

students for everything related to current affairs. • Monthly Schedule: Between one and two

classes will be conducted on Saturdays as per monthly schedule. Each class will be of 2 hours’ duration

b. Revision and (MCQ) Practice Classes for Prelims

• Classes will be conducted after completing all foundation classes, two months before Prelims according to weekly schedule.

• They will cover all major themes – static and current - important for upcoming Prelims and include practice MCQs after every theme.

c. Revision & Answer Writing Classes for Mains (GS & Essay)

• Classes will start immediately after Prelims according to a weekly schedule.

• Focus of the classes will be update and revision of key topics expected in the upcoming mains and related answer writing practice.

Videos and Validity: All the above classes will be available as videos in the LMS which can be watched multiple times till:

• Current Affairs classes till Mains; • Prelims Revision for classes till Prelims; • Mains Revision classes till Mains. PRELIMS & MAINS TEST SERIES AND TEST DISCUSSIONS The year-round test series has been designed to help students prepare through a step-up approach. It’ll enable students to organize their preparation, cover all standard sources of study and do multiple

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revisions of the entire syllabus - both Static and Current. The tests will be conducted in the following order:

a. Pre & Mains Integrated (Thematic) Tests: Integrated timetable of Prelims & Mains tests will enable students to complete a part of syllabus and test themselves from the point of view of Prelims & Mains simultaneously.

a. Prelims Focused (subject wise & FLTs) Tests b. Mains Focused (FLTs) Tests

FOR PRELIMS TESTS, you’ll get • AIR and Performance Analytics – Individual,

Comparative and Question wise - to identify your strengths and weaknesses and prepare accordingly.

• detailed solution • Theme-wise strategy and test discussion classes,

the focus of which will be:

FOR MAINS TESTS – GS AND ESSAY, you’ll get • Sample answers for GS and Sample content for

Essay, • Detailed evaluation, feedback and personal

mentoring from our expert evaluation team. • Subject wise strategy, test discussion & answer

writing classes

• Flexibility and Validity of tests: Tests will be released according to a schedule; however, they can be attempted any time, till Prelims and Mains respectively.

• Online and Offline: All tests can be attempted and submitted online on elearn.rauias.com from anywhere, at any time as well as offline in pen and paper format from any of the Rau’s IAS campuses on any day in the week between 10 am and 6 pm.

STUDY MATERIAL • Revised editions of Prelims & Mains Compass

• GSI QIP Classes will be conducted in

Interactive-Online format from Rau’s IAS Learning App & Learning Management System (LMS).

• Prelims and Mains Tests can be attempted offline from Rau’s IAS Campuses in pen and paper format and also attempted online from the App or the LMS.

• https://elearn.rauias.com is Rau’s LMS. • It is also available as an APP for Android phones

as of now. • It has been built specifically to meet the learning

and testing needs of UPSC aspirants.

• You will be able to do all of the following on the LMS/APP.

ATTEND LIVE-ONLINE CLASSES WATCH DNS, IE EXPLAINED AND OTHER

VIDEOS ACCESS & DOWNLOAD STUDY

MATERIAL ATTEMPT PRELIMS & MAINS TESTS SERIES ASK DOUBTS INTERACT WITH PEERS IN FORUM

DISCUSSIONS


HOW WILL THE GSI-QIP COURSE GET DELIVERED?

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1. HISTORY B Old NCERT Class 11 - Ancient India by R S

Sharma B Old NCERT Class 11 - Medieval India by

Satish Chandra B Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania B Old NCERT Class 11 – Modern India by

Bipan Chandra B Spectrum - A Brief History of Modern India B Old NCERT (Class 9) - Story of civilization

by Arjun Dev B Old NCERT (Class 12) – History of the

World by Arjun Dev U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

2. GEOGRAPHY, DISASTER MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY & CLIMATE CHANGE

B NCERT Class 11 – Fundamentals of Physical Geography

B NCERT Class 11 – India Physical Environment

B NCERT Class 12 –India People and Economy

B Oxford Student Atlas B NCERT Class 12 - Biology B Environment & Ecology: A Complete Guide

by R Rajagopalan U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

3. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE B NCERT Class 11 - Indian Constitution at

Work B Lakshmikanth – Indian Polity 6th Edition U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

4. INDIAN ECONOMY B NCERT Class 10 – Understanding

Economic Development B NCERT Class 11 - Indian Economic

Development

B NCERT Class 12 - Macroeconomics B NCERT Class 12 – Microeconomics U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

5. SOCIETY & SOCIAL JUSTICE B NCERT Class 11 – Understanding Society B NCERT Class 12 – Indian Society B NCERT Class 12 - Social Change and

Development in India U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B NCERT Class 9th – Science B NCERT Class 10th - Science U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

7. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & SECURITY

B NCERT Class 12th – Contemporary World Politics.

U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

8. ETHICS, INTEGRITY & APTITUDE B Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude – G Subba Rao

& P N Roy Chowdhury (retired IAS officers)

U Rau’s IAS Prelims Compass U Rau’s IAS Mains Compass

9. ESSAY U Essay Compass

10. CSAT

11. SUBJECT WISE PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTION PAPERS

B – BASIC TEXT BOOKS & READING MATERIAL

U - UPSC EXAM CENTRIC STUDY MATERIAL

STUDY MATERIAL PROVIDED BY RAU”S IAS


A. UNAIDED/UNASSISTED/ONLINE ADMISSION [Payment Modes: Debit/credit card and Net Banking]

1. From our website www.rauias.com, click on ‘Apply/Enrol Now’ button from the Upcoming Batches

Section or relevant course page. 2. You’ll be redirected to Rau’s IAS Student portal at https://elearn.rauias.com 3. If you are a first-time user of Rau’s Student portal, you’ll have to sign-up for a free student account on

our student portal via the OTP verification process. • You can sign-up simply by verifying your email id first and then mobile number with the OTP

verification codes received by you. (Use the email id which will be primarily used by the student as email id cannot be updated later).

• If you have already signed up before, you can quickly sign-in using either your email id or mobile number and the OTP you receive.

4. After signing-in, go to ‘Admissions (Batches)’ page and select the batch to which you want to subscribe. 5. Press the ‘Subscribe Now’ button placed along with the selected batch. 6. You’ll be directed to a Payment Gateway (PayU Money) from where you can pay the fee using any

debit/credit card or Netbanking. 7. Upon successful payment of fee, you’ll be directed to ‘Detailed Admission Form (DAF)’ on Rau’s

student portal. 8. Fill all the mandatory fields in DAF, upload your recent passport sized photograph. 9. Immediately upon submitting the DAF, you’ll get access to your batch and all the related course work

(Classes/videos/tests/study material) on student portal. 10. You can see/download your fee receipt from your Profile (accessible from the top right-hand side of your

feedwall). If you want to update your postal address or mobile number, you can do the same from the profile section.

B. AIDED/ASSISTED/OFFLINE ADMISSION

I. FROM RAU’S IAS CENTRE by making fee payment through [Payment Modes: Cash, DD

(favoring ''RAU'S IAS STUDY CIRCLE” payable at "NEW DELHI”), Debit/Credit card], Or,

II. FROM HOME by making fee payment through [Payment Modes: Direct bank transfer via NEFT, RTGS]

1. Deposit the fee in Rau’s IAS Bank Account (details below). 2. Sign-up for a free student account on Rau’s IAS student portal at https://elearn.rauias.com

• You can sign-up on our student portal via the OTP verification process. You can sign-up simply by verifying your email id first and then mobile number with the OTP verification codes received by you. (Use the email id which will be primarily used by the student as email id cannot be updated later)

3. After signing- up or if you already have a free student account, email us the following at [email protected]: • Student Name, Email ID and Mobile Number used to create the free student account. • Scanned copy of your fee deposition counter slip/ transaction ID • Batch Name in which you want to take admission

4. Upon successful verification of fee, Rau’s IAS will assign the batch to your student account (usually within 24 hours of receiving your email).

5. Try signing in to your student account after 24 hours. 6. If the batch has been successfully assigned to you, you’ll be directed to ‘Detailed Admission Form (DAF)’

on Rau’s student portal. 7. Fill all the mandatory fields in DAF, upload your recent passport sized photograph.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

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8. Immediately upon submitting the DAF, you’ll get access to your batch and all the related course work (Classes/videos/tests/study material) on student portal.

9. You can see/download your fee receipt from your Profile (accessible from the top right-hand side of your feedwall). If you want to update your postal address or mobile number, you can do the same from the profile section.

C. BANK DETAILS FOR NEFT / IMPS/ DIRECT BANK TRANSFER Bank Name: HDFC Bank Bank Address: GROUND FLOOR, O&H, DCM BUILDING, 16 BARAKHAMBA ROAD, NEW DELHI 110001 A/C Number: 50200044328957 Beneficiary Name: RAUS IAS STUDY CIRCLE IFSC Code: HDFC0000708

You can call Student Support for any query regarding LMS/Rau’s Student Portal at 011-40786050.

SUPPORT WITH ELEARN.RAUIAS.COM (LMS) AND LIVE CLASSES • Live Classes will require Internet bandwidth of 10 MBPS. • Do not use Cell phone data hotspot for connecting your laptop. Any incoming call on cell phone

will disrupt your connectivity with your elearn portal. • Use PC/Laptop (not a smart phone) to attend LIVE-ONLINE Classes. • Use Google Chrome browser. • Your validity to access your course will expire after the Mains exam. However, you will have

access to all the free resources on our LMS forever. • What to do till classes commence? Start reading The Hindu newspaper. Also, if you do not have

your free student account on elearn.rauias.com, create one and start watching DNS videos.


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