UPSC Topic Tree
What mattered this week, this month and this year — every trending topic grown out of the official UPSC syllabus. Follow a branch from a GS paper to its syllabus topic to the exact stories, and click any topic to read its coverage.
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352 articles published this year, grouped by the UPSC syllabus topics they serve. Bar length compares coverage within each paper.
PrelimsPreliminary Examination — Paper I (General Studies)
185 articles- Economic & Social Development57 articles
- Indian Polity & Governance54 articles
- Current Events (National & International)32 articles
- Environment, Biodiversity & Climate Change27 articles
GS1Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
59 articlesGS2Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations
180 articles- Foreign Policies affecting India & Diaspora69 articles
- Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings49 articles
- Indian Constitution & Basic Structure25 articles
GS3Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management
193 articles- Liberalisation & Industrial Policy23 articles
- Crops, Irrigation & Agricultural Marketing18 articles
- Farm Subsidies, MSP, PDS & Food Security18 articles
- Science & Technology in Everyday Life15 articles
- IT, Space, Robotics, Biotech & IPR9 articles
GS4Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
20 articles- Probity in Governance8 articles
How to use the topic tree
The tree ranks topics by published coverage on GainingSun, grouped under the exact topic of the official syllabus each story serves. Use the weekly view to catch up fast, the monthly view for revision, and the yearly view to spot the themes the exam keeps returning to — then open a syllabus topic to read everything mapped to that term, or jump straight to a trending story.