PSIR - Answer Writing and Content Enrichment (PACE) 2027 Batch 2 | Hybrid

“PACE up your PSIR preparation”

₹ 12711.86 ₹11000.0 + GST

Admission Start

31 Aug 2026

Course Start Date

15 Sep 2026

Course Access End Date

31 May 2027

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Course Details

Course Features :

Start Date - 15 Sept 2026
Lecture Time : 11 to 01:30 PM
Course Duration - 4.5 Months
Mode - Hybrid Mode

Course Pillars:
1. PSIR Sectional Tests – There will be total of 18 PSIR Tests covering each theme of PSIR Syllabus. Each sectional test will have 8 questions to be attempted in 1.5 hours. Each test will have – Question Paper, Model Answer, Test Evaluation and Test Discussions.

2. PSIR PYQs Lectures – PSIR revision through Previous Years Questions discussions. There will be 3 lectures in a week.

3. PSIR Mentorship – To bridge any gap in PSIR with respect to strategy, roadmap, answer writing , emerging trends etc.

TEST SCHEDULE

Test Number	Date	Test Topics
PSIR Test 1	20-Sep-2026	Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.
PSIR Test 2	27-Sep-2026	Theories of state: Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, post-colonial and Feminist. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawls’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.
PSIR Test 3	04-Oct-2026	Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights. Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative.
PSIR Test 4	11-Oct-2026	Concept of power: hegemony, ideology and legitimacy. Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism. Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy.
PSIR Test 5	18-Oct-2026	Indian Nationalism: • Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle: Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and Revolutionary Movements, Peasant and Workers Movements. • Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit. Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine.
PSIR Test 6	25-Oct-2026	Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court. Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts. Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements. Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women; National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission.
PSIR Test 7	01-Nov-2026	Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes. Planning and Economic Development: Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; Role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalization and economic reforms.
PSIR Test 8	08-Nov-2026	Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics. Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties; Patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behaviour; changing socio-economic profile of Legislators. Social Movement: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist movements.
PSIR Test 9	15-Nov-2026	Paper 1
PSIR Test 10	22-Nov-2026	Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; Political economy and political sociology perspectives; Limitations of the comparative method. State in Comparative Perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies. Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.
PSIR Test 11	29-Nov-2026	Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies. Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theory. Key Concepts in International Relations: National interest, security and power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transnational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation.
PSIR Test 12	06-Dec-2026	Changing International Political Order: • Rise of superpowers; Strategic and ideological bipolarity, arms race and Cold War; Nuclear threat. • Non-aligned Movement: Aims and achievements. • Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; Relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world. Evolution of the International Economic System: From Bretton Woods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA; Third World demand for a New International Economic Order; Globalisation of the world economy. United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies—aims and functioning; need for UN reforms.
PSIR Test 13	13-Dec-2026	Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
PSIR Test 14	20-Dec-2026	Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; the institutions of policy-making; Continuity and change. India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement: Different phases; Current role.
PSIR Test 15	27-Dec-2026	India and South Asia: • Regional Co-operation: SAARC—past performance and future prospects. • South Asia as a Free Trade Area. • India’s “Look East” policy. • Impediments to regional co-operation: River water disputes; illegal cross-border migration; Ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; Border disputes. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; Leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.
PSIR Test 16	03-Jan-2027	India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council.
PSIR Test 17	17-Jan-27	India and the Nuclear Question: Changing perceptions and policy. Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy: India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Israel; Vision of a new world order.
PSIR Test 18	31-Jan-27	Paper 2