PSIR Answer Writing and Content Enrichment (PACE) – 2027

“PACE up your PSIR preparation”

₹ 12711.86 ₹11000.0 + GST

Admission Start

31 May 2026

Course Start Date

15 Jun 2026

Course Access End Date

31 May 2027

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Course Details

Course Features

Start date: 15^th June 2026
Lecture Time : 11 to 01:30 PM
Course Duration - 7.5 Months
Course Validity End date – 31st May 2027
Mode - Hybrid Mode

Course Pillars:

PSIR 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.
PSIR PYQs Lectures – PSIR revision through Previous Years Questions discussions. There will be 2/3 lectures in a week .
PSIR Mentorship – To bridge any gap in PSIR with respect to strategy, roadmap, answer writing , emerging trends etc.

TEST SCHEDULE

PSIR Answer Writing and Content Enrichment (PACE) – 2027
Test Number	Date	Test Topics
PSIR Test 1	28-Jun-26	Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx,  Gramsci, Hannah Arendt. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.
PSIR Test 2	12-Jul-26	Theories of state : Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, post-colonial and Feminist.   Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its  communitarian critiques.
PSIR Test 3	26-Jul-26	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	09-Aug-26	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	23-Aug-26	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	06-Sep-26	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	20-Sep-26	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	04-Oct-26	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	18-Oct-26	Paper 1
PSIR Test 10	01-Nov-26	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	15-Nov-26	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; Transational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation.
PSIR Test 12	29-Nov-26	Changing International Political Order : * Rise of super powers; 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 Brettonwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for  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-26	Regionalisation of World Politics : EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA Contemporary Global Concerns : Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
PSIR Test 14	27-Dec-26	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	03-Jan-27	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	10-Jan-27	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 Isreal; Vision of a new world order.
PSIR Test 18	31-Jan-27	Paper 2