The table below gives the comparison between the old syllabus for Paper-I and the new syllabus for Paper-II. It can clearly be observed that the test area of 'General Mental Ability” which was there in Paper-I(old syllabus) has now been taken out from Paper-I and kept in Paper-II(as the next table indicates).
| Old Syllabus-Paper I or General Studies(till 2010) |
New Syllabus -Paper I(from 2011) |
| General Science |
General Science |
| Current events of national and international importance |
Current events of national and international importance |
| History of India and Indian national Movement |
History of India and Indian national Movement |
| India and World Geography |
India and World Geography |
| Indian Polity and Economy |
Indian Polity and Economy |
| General Mental Ability |
Economic and Social Development |
| |
General Issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate chage |
The table below gives the comparison between the old syllabus and the new syllabus for Paper-II. It can be observed that Paper-II had undergone a major change in light of the fact that lots of new areas have been included, which were earlier not there in Civil services(Preliminary) examination.
| Old Syllabus -Paper II(till 2010) |
New Syllabus- Paper II(from 2011) |
| Optional Paper(any one out of 23 subjects) |
Comprehension |
| Interpersonal Skills including Comprehension Skills |
| Logical reasoning & Analytical ability |
| Decision making and Problem Solving |
| General Mental Ability |
| Basic Numeracy(Numbers & their relations, orders of magnitude etc)-Class Xth level, Data Interpretation(charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc)-Class Xth level. |
| English Language Comprehension Skills(Class Xth level) |
