
Conquer Sociology Crash Course & Test Series 2026 -(T&T Model)
Teacher – Ravi Shekhar Sir
Toppers:
Sandesh Jain (AIR- 161 UPSC’25)
Preeti Chauhan – AIR- 47 UPSC’25
Deliverables
Course Schedule:
| Class No. | Date | Topics Covered |
| 1 | 6th June | Orientation |
| 2 | 8th June | Sociology: The Discipline |
| 3 | 10th June | Sociology as Science |
| 4 | 12th June | Research Methods |
| 5 | 15th June | Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Weber |
| 6 | 17th June | Parsons, Merton, Mead |
| 7 | 19th June | Social Stratification & Mobility |
| Test-1 | 21st June | Test Paper-1 (Unit-1,2,3,4) |
| 8 | 22nd June | Work & Economic Life |
| 9 | 24th June | Politics & Society |
| 10 | 26th June | Religion & Society |
| 11 | 29th June | System of Kinship |
| 12 | 1st July | Social Change in Modern Society |
| 13 | 3rd July | Perspective to Study Indian Society |
| Test-2 | 5th July | Test – Paper-1 (Unit-5,6,7,8,9,10) |
| 14 | 6th July | Impact of Colonial Rule-1 |
| 15 | 8th July | Impact of Colonial Rule-2 |
| 16 | 10th July | Rural & Agrarian Social Structure |
| 17 | 13th July | Caste System |
| 18 | 15th July | Tribal Communities in India, Social Classes in India |
| 19 | 17th July | System of Kinship in India, Religion & Society in India |
| Test-3 | 19th July | Test Paper-2 (Part A, Part B(till social classes in India)) |
| 20 | 20th July | Visions of Social Change |
| 21 | 22nd July | Rural & Agrarian Transformation in India |
| 22 | 24th July | Industrialisation & Urbanisation in India |
| 23 | 27th July | Politics & Society in India, Social Movements in India |
| 24 | 29th July | Population Dynamics, Challenges of Social Transformation |
| Test-4 | 2nd August | Paper 2- ( Remaining Part B, Complete Part C) |
| 25 | 3rd August | Value Addition on Contemporary Issues |
| Test-5 | 9th August | Paper-1 (FLT) |
| Test-6 | 9th August | Paper-2 (FLT) |

Couse Deliverables:
| Date | Day | Class Day | Topics | Sub Topics |
| 03 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | Day 1 | Orientation, Introduction to vector Analysis | |
| 04 Jun 2026 | Thursday | Day 2 | Vector Analysis | Vector differential calculus: Scalar and vector fields; Limits, Continuity and differentiation of vector field of a scalar variable; Tangent Vector to a curve Application to geometry: Curves in space; Curvature and torsion; Serret-Frenet’s formulae. Del, Gradient, Divergence and Curl. Vector identities and vector equations. |
| 05 Jun 2026 | Friday | Day 3 | Curvilinear coordinates and Level Surfaces Vector integral Calculus | Integrations along the volume Green’s theorem and its applications Gauss-divergence theorem and its applications Stokes’ theorems and its applications |
| 08 Jun 2026 | Monday | Day 4 | Analytic Geometry | Introduction to coordinate systems and locus in three dimensions and direction cosines and direction ratios etc. Plane Straight lines |
| 09 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | Day 5 | Sphere Cylinder | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | Day 6 | Cone | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Thursday | Day 7 | Conicoid | |
| 12 Jun 2026 | Friday | Day 8 | Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) | Formulation of differential equations. Equations of first order and first degree: Solution of Linear differential equations with constant coefficient and Euler-Cauchy equation and Legendre equation |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Monday | Day 9 | Solution of second order linear equations with variable coefficients Equations of first order but not of first degree Clairaut’s equation and reduction of Clairaut’s equation and Singular solution Orthogonal trajectory | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | Day 10 | Laplace and Inverse Laplace transforms and their properties; Laplace transforms of elementary functions Solution of initial value problems for 2nd order linear equations with constant coefficients by using Laplace transforms | |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | Day 11 | Partial Differential Equations (PDE) | Family of surfaces in three dimensions and formulation of partial differential equations Solution of quasilinear partial differential equations of the first order Integral Surfaces (Solution Surfaces through given curve) Orthogonal Surfaces Linear partial differential equations of the second order with constant coefficients |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Thursday | Day 12 | Solution of non-linear partial differential equations of the first order – Charpits Method Jacobi Method Cauchy’s method of characteristics | |
| 19 Jun 2026 | Friday | Day 13 | Application of PDE | |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Monday | Day 14 | Linear Algebra | Vector spaces over Q, R and C and Subspaces Linear dependence and independence Basis and Dimension |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | Day 15 | Linear transformations | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | Day 16 | Algebra of Matrices, Row and column reduction, Echelon form, Rank of a matrix, Inverse of a matrix, Symmetric, Skew-symmetric, Hermitian, Skew-Hermitian, Orthogonal and unitary matrices Solution of system of linear equations Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and Cayley-Hamilton theorem Similarity of Matrices | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Thursday | Day 17 | Modern Algebra | Groups Order of an element Permutation groups |
| 26 Jun 2026 | Friday | Day 18 | Subgroups Cosets, Lagrange’s Theorem Cyclic groups | |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Monday | Day 19 | Normal subgroups Quotient Group Homomorphism of groups | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | Day 20 | Rings, Integral domains and Fields Subrings and Characteristic of a ring Ideals, Principal ideal domains & Quotient Ring etc. | |
| 01 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | Day 21 | Homomorphisms of ring | |
| 02 Jul 2026 | Thursday | Day 22 | Euclidean domains, unique factorization domains | |
| 03 Jul 2026 | Friday | Day 23 | Statics | Basic Concepts and Principle of virtual work |
| 04 Jul 2026 | Saturday | Day 24 | Test Paper 1 | Part A |
| 06 Jul 2026 | Monday | Day 25 | Common catenary | |
| 07 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | Day 26 | Stability of equilibrium Equilibrium of rigid bodies and Friction Equilibrium of a system of particles | |
| 08 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | Day 27 | Dynamics | Rectilinear motion Simple harmonic motion |
| 09 Jul 2026 | Thursday | Day 28 | Motion in a plane,Projectiles Constrained motion | |
| 10 Jul 2026 | Friday | Day 29 | Fluid Dynamics | Equation of continuity, Stream-lines, path of a particle, Potential flow-I |
| 11 Jul 2026 | Saturday | Day 30 | Test Paper 1 | Part B |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Monday | Day 31 | Sources and sinks-I | |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | Day 32 | Vortex motion and Navier-Stokes equation for a viscous fluid | |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | Day 33 | Euler’s equation of motion for inviscid flow-I | |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Thursday | Day 34 | Moment of inertia Motion of rigid bodies in two dimensions Generalized coordinates and D’ Alembert’s principle | |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Friday | Day 35 | Lagrange’s equations Hamilton equations | |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Saturday | Day 36 | Test Paper 2 | Part B |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Monday | Day 37 | Real Analysis & Calculus | Sequences of real numbers |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | Day 38 | Series of real numbers | |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | Day 39 | Functions of single variables: Limits; Continuity and uniform continuity; Differentiability; Increasing and decreasing; Indeterminate forms; maxima and minima | |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | Day 40 | Mean value theorems | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Friday | Day 41 | Point wise convergence Uniform convergence Continuity Differentiability and integrability | |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Saturday | Day 42 | Test Paper 2 | Part A |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Monday | Day 43 | Riemann integral and Fundamental theorems of integral calculus etc; Improper integrals | |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | Day 44 | Calculus | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | Day 45 | Complex Analysis | Introduction to Complex variable functions: Limit, Continuity, Differentiability, Singular points Cauchy-Riemann equations, Construction of Analytic functions |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Thursday | Day 46 | Complex integration Cauchy’s theorem and its applications Taylor’s series; Laurent’s series and Singularities Cauchy’s residue theorem | |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Friday | Day 47 | Contour integration; Miscellaneous | |
| 01 Aug 2026 | Saturday | Day 48 | Test Paper 1 | |
| 03 Aug 2026 | Monday | Day 49 | LPP | |
| 04 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | Day 50 | LPP | |
| 05 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | Day 51 | Numerical Analysis | |
| 06 Aug 2026 | Thursday | Day 52 | Numerical Analysis | |
| 07 Aug 2026 | Friday | Day 53 | Computer programing | |
| 08 Aug 2026 | Saturday | Day 54 | Test Paper 2 | |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | Day 55 | Simulation Paper 1 +Paper 2 |
TEST:
8 Tests in total : 4 HLTs + 4 FLTs

Deliverables
CLASS Schedule:
| Class No | Date | Topics Covered |
| MODULE 1: GEOMORPHOLOGY | ||
| Class 1 | 4th June | Introduction |
| Class 2-3 | 8th June to 9th June | • Continental Drift Theory (CDT) • Sea Floor Spreading Theory (SFST) • Plate Tectonic Theory (PTT) • Isostasy |
| Class 3-5 | 11th June to 12th June | • Landform evolution • Slope development theories • Weathering • Erosion • Denudation chronology |
| MODULE 2: CLIMATOLOGY | ||
| Class 6 | 15th June | • Air masses • Fronts • Cyclones (Tropical & Temperate) |
| Class 7 | 16th June | • Global climate change • Anthropogenic impacts |
| Class 8 | 18th June | • Heat budget • Insolation • Temperature distribution • Planetary circulation |
| MODULE 3: PHYSICAL SETTING OF INDIA | ||
| Class 9 – 10 | 19th June & 22nd June | • Physiography of India |
| Class 11 | 23rd June | • Indian monsoon • Indian drainage system |
| SECTIONAL TEST 1 | 28th June Sunday | Covers Module 1, Module 2, and Module 3 |
| MODULE 4: OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| Class 12 | 25th June | • Ocean currents • Gyres • Water masses |
| Class 13 | 26th June | • Coral reefs • Coral bleaching • Marine ecology • Ocean bottom relief |
| MODULE 5: BIOGEOGRAPHY | ||
| Class 14 | 29th June | • Soil • Soils of India (Paper 2) |
| Class 15 | 30th June | • Biomes • Biogeographic realms |
| MODULE 6: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| Class 16 | 2nd July | • Deforestation • Human–ecology relationships |
| Class 17 | 3rd July | • Ecological principles • Biodiversity conservation |
| MODULE 7: PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| Class 18-19 | 6th July to 7th July | • Different paradigms |
| Class 20 | 9th July | • Areal differentiation • Quantitative revolution • Humanistic geography • Post-modernism • Secularisation |
| SECTIONAL TEST 2 | 12th July Sunday | Covers Module 4, Module 5, Module 6, and Module 7 |
| MODULE 8: POPULATION & SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY | ||
| Class 21 | 10th July | • Population growth theory |
| Class 22 | 13th July | • Migration theory |
| Class 23 | 14th July | • Urban morphology |
| MODULE 9: REGIONAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT (Paper 1 & Paper 2) | ||
| Class 24-25 | 16th July to 17th July | • Developmental theories • Development principles • Region • Regional disparity • Regionalisation |
| Class 26 | 20th July | • Watershed management • Multilevel planning • Backward region development |
| SECTIONAL TEST 3 | 26th July | (Covers Module 8 and Module 9) |
| MODULE 10: MODELS, THEORIES & POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (Paper 1 & Paper 2) | ||
| Class 27 | 23rd July | • Locational theories |
| Class 28 | 24th July | • Geopolitical theories • Boundaries • Regional consciousness • Federalism |
| MODULE 11: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (Includes Paper 2: Agriculture, Resources, Industries, Transport, Communication & Trade) | ||
| Class 29 | 27th July | Class 1–2 • Limits to growth • Energy transition • Agricultural regions • Green Revolution • Agro-climatic regionalisation • Blue economy • Groundwater resources • Critical minerals |
| Class 30 | 28th July | • Locational factors of industries • Infrastructure-led growth • India’s trade |
| SECTIONAL TEST 4 | 31st July | (Covers Module 10 and Module 11) |
| Test 5 | 2nd August | FULL LENGTH TEST 1 |
| Test 6 | 2nd August | FULL LENGTH TEST 2 |

PSIR Crash Course & Test Series – Target 2026
Teacher – Satya Prakash Sir
Course Feature
Course Pillars:
PSIR Crash Course Lectures – Approx 32 lectures, whose focus shall be on a quick revision of the syllabus through value addition and the Previous Year Questions (PYQs).
PSIR Tests (FLTs)
Each Test includes
TEST SCHEDULE
| PSIR Test 1 | 21-Jun-26 | Sectional | Paper 1 Section A |
| PSIR Test 2 | 5-Jul-26 | Sectional | Paper 1 Section B |
| PSIR Test 3 | 19-Jul-26 | Sectional | Paper 2 Section A |
| PSIR Test 4 | 2-Aug-26 | Sectional | Paper 2 Section B |
| PSIR Test 5 | 9-Aug-26 | Full Length | Paper 1 |
| PSIR Test 6 | 9-Aug-26 | Full Length | Paper 2 |
Lecture Schedule
| Lecture/Test Number | Date | Topics | Sectional Syllabus |
| Lecture 1 | 7-Jun-26 | Orientation & Political Theory: meaning and approaches. | Paper 1 Section A |
| Lecture 2 | 8-Jun-26 | Western Political Thought | Paper 1 Section A |
| Lecture 3 | 9-Jun-26 | Indian Political Thought | Paper 1 Section A |
| Lecture 4 | 11-Jun-26 | Theories of state, Justice | Paper 1 Section A |
| Lecture 5 | 12-Jun-26 | Equality, Rights | Paper 1 Section A |
| Lecture 6 | 15-Jun-26 | Democracy, Concept of Power | Paper 1 Section A |
| Lecture 7 | 16-Jun-26 | Political Ideologies, Democracy | Paper 1 Section A |
| PSIR Test 1 | 21-Jun-26 | Paper 1 Section A | |
| Lecture 8 | 18-Jun-26 | Indian Nationalism, Making of the Indian Constitution | Paper 1 Section B |
| Lecture 9 | 19-Jun-26 | Salient Features of the Indian Constitution | Paper 1 Section B |
| Lecture 10 | 22-Jun-26 | Principal Organs of Government, Federalism | Paper 1 Section B |
| Lecture 11 | 23-Jun-26 | Grassroots Democracy, Statutory Institutions/Commissions | Paper 1 Section B |
| Lecture 12 | 25-Jun-26 | Planning and Economic development, Social Movement | Paper 1 Section B |
| Lecture 13 | 26-Jun-26 | Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics | Paper 1 Section B |
| Lecture 14 | 29-Jun-26 | Party System | Paper 1 Section B |
| PSIR Test 2 | 5-Jul-26 | Paper 1 Section B | |
| Lecture 15 | 30-Jun-26 | Comparative Politics, | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 16 | 2-Jul-26 | Politics of Representation and Participation, State in Comparative Perspective | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 17 | 3-Jul-26 | Globalisation, United Nations | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 18 | 6-Jul-26 | Approaches to the Study of International Relations | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 19 | 7-Jul-26 | Key Concepts in International Relations | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 20 | 9-Jul-26 | Changing International Political Order, Regionalisation of World Politics | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 21 | 10-Jul-26 | Evolution of the International Economic System | Paper 2 Section A |
| Lecture 22 | 13-Jul-26 | Contemporary Global Concerns | Paper 2 Section A |
| PSIR Test 3 | 19-Jul-26 | Paper 2 Section A | |
| Lecture 23 | 14-Jul-26 | Indian Foreign Policy | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 24 | 16-Jul-26 | India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 25 | 17-Jul-26 | India and South Asia | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 26 | 20-Jul-26 | India and the Global South | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 27 | 21-Jul-26 | India and the Global Centres of Power | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 28 | 23-Jul-26 | India and the UN System | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 29 | 24-Jul-26 | India and the Nuclear Question | Paper 2 Section B |
| Lecture 30 | 27-Jul-26 | Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy | Paper 2 Section B |
| PSIR Test 4 | 2-Aug-26 | Paper 2 Section B | |
| PSIR Test 5 | 9-Aug-26 | Full Length | Paper 1 |
| PSIR Test 6 | 9-Aug-26 | Full Length | Paper 2 |

Deliverables
T&T Model
Teacher : Dr. C.P. Kaushik Sir
Topper: Piyush Jain ( AIR – 80 UPSC’25)
Lecture Plan
| Lecture/Test Number | Date | Topics | Sectional Syllabus |
| Class 1 | 5th June | Orientation and Understanding the Recent Demand | |
| Class 2 | 8th June | Introduction to Anthro and its Emergence | Paper 1 |
| Class 3 | 9th June | Research Methodology in Anthro | |
| Class 4 | 10th June | Anthropological Thinkers – Part 1 | |
| Class 5 | 11th June | Anthropological Thinkers – Part 2 | |
| Class 6 | 15th June | Anthropological Thinkers – Part 3 | |
| Test 1 SUNDAY | 21st June | ||
| Class 7 | 16th June | Physical Anthropology – Part 1 | |
| Class 8 | 17th June | Physical Anthropology – Part 2 | |
| Class 9 | 18th June | Physical Anthropology – Part 3 | |
| Class 10 | 22nd June | Physical Anthropology – Part 4 | |
| Class 11 | 23rd June | Physical Anthropology – Part 5 | |
| Class 12 | 24th June | Physical Anthropology – Part 6 | |
| Test 2 SUNDAY | 28th June | ||
| Class 13 | 25th June | Socio Cultural Anthro – Part 1 (Nature of Society and Nature of Culture) | |
| Class 14 | 29th June | Part 2: Marriage, Family and Kinship – Class 1 | |
| Class 15 | 30th June | Part 3: Marriage, Family and Kinship – Class 2 | |
| Class 16 | 1st July | Part 4: Political Organization, Religion & Economic Anthro – Class 1 | |
| Class 17 | 2nd July | Part 5: Political Organization and Religion & Economic Anthro – Class 2 | |
| Class 18 | 6th July | Part 6: Language and Communication | |
| Test 3 SUNDAY | 12th July | ||
| Class 19 | 7th July | Indian Anthro: Development & Indian Anthropologists – Part 1 | Paper 2 |
| Class 20 | 8th July | Indian Anthro: Development & Indian Anthropologists- Part 2 | |
| Class 21 | 9th July | Demographic Profile of India | |
| Class 22 | 13th July | Indian Society and Culture – Part 1 | |
| Class 23 | 14th July | Indian Society and Culture – Part 2 | |
| Test 4 SUNDAY | 19th July | ||
| Class 24 | 15th July | Tribal Anthropology – Class 1 | |
| Class 25 | 16th July | Tribal Anthropology – Class 2 | |
| Class 26 | 20th July | Tribal Anthropology – Class 3 | |
| Class 27 | 21st July | Tribal Anthropology – Class 4 | |
| Test 5 SUNDAY | 26th July | ||
| Class 28 | 22nd July | Archaeology (World & India) – Class 1 | |
| Class 29 | 23rd July | Archaeology (World & India) – Class 2 | |
| Class 30 | 27th July | Archaeology (World & India) – Class 3 | |
| Test 6 SUNDAY | 2nd August | ||
| Test 7 SUNDAY | 2nd August |
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