Comprehension first
The largest and most reliable block of marks in the paper, and the one where technique beats aptitude. Passage mapping, question-type recognition, and the trap options that punish speed-reading.
CSAT · Prelims Paper II · 60-day plan
CSAT is qualifying. Failing it still ends your year.
Sixty-six marks out of two hundred, and a paper most aspirants ignore until the month before Prelims. Every cycle, candidates with a comfortable GS score go home because Paper II caught them out. Sixty days of structured work is enough to make that impossible — and no more than sixty days is worth spending on it.
FeeEnquire for priceno public fee — ask us
Duration60 daysstructured, not open-ended
CoversAll threecomprehension, reasoning, numeracy
Built forNon-mathstaught from zero, no assumptions
What’s included
The whole of Paper II, taught in the order it should be learned.
Comprehension carries the most marks and takes the least effort to fix. So that is where we start — not with quadratic equations.
Reasoning, pattern by pattern
Syllogisms, arrangements, blood relations, directions, series and coding — each taught as a recognisable pattern with a fixed method, so you stop solving every question from first principles.
Basic numeracy from zero
Percentages, ratios, time and work, averages, and data interpretation, assuming no maths since Class 10. Built specifically for humanities and commerce graduates.
Timed practice from week one
CSAT is not hard, it is long. Eighty questions in two hours means ninety seconds each — so every session is timed from the start rather than at the end of the course.
PYQ-led throughout
Taught from actual UPSC CSAT papers, because the difficulty band swings year to year and only the real papers show you the range you must be ready for.
A skip strategy
You do not need eighty attempts. You need sixty-six marks. Knowing which questions to leave on sight is worth more than any speed technique.
The 60 days
Three blocks of twenty days, in that order.
The sequencing matters: comprehension gets banked first so that even a bad numeracy week cannot put the qualifying mark out of reach.
- 01
Days 1–20 · Comprehension
Passage technique, question types and daily timed sets. By day twenty this block alone should be carrying you close to the bar.
- 02
Days 21–40 · Reasoning
One pattern family at a time with a fixed method for each, then mixed sets that force you to recognise the type before solving.
- 03
Days 41–55 · Numeracy
Only the arithmetic UPSC actually asks, taught from the ground up, with a hard line drawn around what is not worth learning.
- 04
Days 56–60 · Full papers
Full-length timed CSAT papers under exam conditions, with a written review of attempt strategy and where the ninety seconds went.
Online + DelhiRecordings includedPYQ-based
Who it’s for
If any of these is you, CSAT is a live risk.
Humanities or commerce background
You have not done timed arithmetic since school. This is the single largest group that gets caught, and the one the course is designed around.
Cleared CSAT, but barely
A score in the seventies is not a pass, it is a near miss. The paper’s difficulty swings hard between years and last year’s margin will not save you.
Failed CSAT in a previous attempt
Your GS was good enough and Paper II ended the attempt anyway. Sixty focused days now closes that door permanently.
Who teaches it
Taught by faculty who teach the rest of your Prelims.
The same ex-Rau’s IAS faculty who run the GS batches — so CSAT is treated as part of your Prelims plan, not as a separate product sold by a separate team.
Enquire
Sixty days, and CSAT stops being a risk.
Tell us where CSAT currently stands for you — never attempted, scraped through, or failed — and we will tell you honestly whether you need all sixty days or only the comprehension block.
- What to tell usYour target attempt, your background, and what happened the last time you sat CSAT.
- What comes backThe batch schedule, the fee, and a straight answer on how much of the course you actually need.
- Already enrolled elsewhere?The crash course is standalone. You do not need to be in an Anantam IAS GS batch to take it.
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FAQ
CSAT crash course — questions we get.
Is CSAT really worth spending 60 days on?
For a humanities or commerce graduate who has not done timed arithmetic in years, yes — and no more than sixty. The goal is to make Paper II a non-event, then get back to GS. Anyone selling you a six-month CSAT course is selling you something you do not need.
I have never studied maths since Class 10. Is that a problem?
No. The numeracy block assumes exactly that and starts from zero. Most of the aspirants this course is built for are in the same position.
How many marks do I actually need?
Sixty-six out of two hundred, which is thirty-three per cent. That is a low bar in theory and a lot of people miss it anyway, because they never practise the paper under time.
Do I need to attempt all 80 questions?
No, and trying to is one of the commonest ways people fail. A deliberate skip strategy — recognising within seconds which questions are not worth your ninety seconds — is taught as part of the course.
Are classes live or recorded?
Live, with recordings available afterwards. A crash course only works if you keep pace, so the live schedule is the spine and the recordings are the safety net.
What does the course cost?
The fee shown on this page comes straight from our course portal and is always current. Use the enrol button to see it and register, or send an enquiry if you want to talk it through first.
Is it available in Hindi?
Send an enquiry with your medium and we will confirm what is running in the current cycle.
Can I take this alongside a GS batch elsewhere?
Yes. It is standalone and designed to sit alongside whatever GS preparation you are already doing.
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Paper II
Nobody clears UPSC because of CSAT. Plenty fail because of it.
Sixty days of structured work is the cheapest insurance in this exam. Enrol, or send an enquiry and we will tell you how much of it you need.