By Aditi Tulsyan
The UPSC Mains GS-II is a subjective paper in the second stage of the Civil Services Examination, which covers topics like Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice, and International Relations.
The syllabus for the UPSC mains in 2023 includes polity, which covers Indian constitution, features of Indian constitution, amendments, provisions, constitutional and non-constitutional bodies.
The syllabus for the UPSC mains in 2023 includes governance, which covers government policies, interventions, governance, transparency, accountability and e-governance applications.
The syllabus for the UPSC mains in 2023 includes social justice which covers Issues relating to the development and management of social sector and issues relating to poverty and hunger.
The syllabus for the UPSC mains in 2023 includes international relations which covers bilateral groupings, regional and global groupings, agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
Similar to General Studies I, General Studies II has very few direct questions which are related to a particular topic. Critical thinking is crucial for answering the questions in this paper as oftentimes topics are interrelated.