UPSC ESE Paper I 2027 revision tracker and checklist
This free tracker has 10 rows for UPSC ESE Paper I, taken from the exam body's own documents, with six round columns beside each one. Download it as Excel, CSV or PDF, or print this page, and write the date of each revision round in its own column.
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Source: Engineering Services Examination, 2027, Examination Notice No. 02/2027-ENGG., notified 16.09.2026. Checked on 23 October 2026. Next check: when the Union Public Service Commission publishes a new notice, and at least once a quarter.
This tracker holds the ten Paper-I topics. For your discipline, copy the units from the notice pages listed on the exam page into new rows. Open the UPSC ESE page for the papers and sources.
Revision tracker: UPSC ESE Paper Iaspirantgoal.com
This sheet holds the ten Paper-I topics. For your discipline, copy the units from the notice pages listed at aspirantgoal.com/exams/upsc-ese/ into new rows.
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| Subject | Topic path | First pass finished on | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Recall at last round | Next round on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial development | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change, Environmental impact assessment | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Basics of Project Management | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Basics of Material Science and Engineering | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering such as networking, e-governance and technology based education | |||||||||
| General Studies and Engineering Aptitude | Ethics and values in engineering profession | |||||||||
What the sheet covers
10 units in 1 subject, as the exam body lists them, each with room for six rounds:
- General Studies and Engineering Aptitude: 10 units
What a revision round is
A round is one pass through a unit you have already finished once. The first pass has its own column, First pass finished on, and the six Round columns hold the passes after it, one date each. AspirantGoal counts rounds the same way: repeating a completed stage starts the next round, so Revision round 2 follows Revision round 1. The glossary has the app's definition.
Using the sheet
- Write the date you finished the first pass in First pass finished on. Tick the unit on the UPSC ESE Paper I syllabus tracker and the date appears here by itself.
- Go through the unit again. Answer its prompt from memory before you open your notes, then write the date in the next free Round column.
- Write how much you could recall in Recall at last round: Weak, Partly or Solid in the Excel file, or any mark you like on paper.
- Choose the gap to the next round from that: longer after a good answer, shorter after a poor one. Write the date in Next round on, or let the Excel file work it out.
On this page you can also tick a round: the date fills in, your ticks stay in this browser and nothing is sent anywhere. The Excel file adds the totals and works out Next round on from four gaps in days that you type in the yellow cells. It picks no gap for you.
Choosing the gap between rounds
Two methods are rated highest in a 2013 review by Dunlosky and colleagues: testing yourself from memory and spreading study over time. A 2006 review by Cepeda and colleagues found that the best gap between sessions grows with the time until the test. The studies do not give a best gap or a best number of rounds for a particular syllabus, so the sheet leaves both to you. The revision guide has the sources, a worked example and what the studies do not show.
How long one round takes
One round is 10 units. These are sums, not advice about pace, and the time a unit takes is yours to measure:
- At 2 units a day, one round takes 5 days.
- At 4 units a day, one round takes 3 days.
- At 6 units a day, one round takes 2 days.
For hours instead of days, the syllabus hours calculator takes the same units.
Where the units come from
The units are the ones on the UPSC ESE Paper I syllabus tracker, copied from the exam body's notice: Engineering Services Examination, 2027, Examination Notice No. 02/2027-ENGG., notified 16.09.2026. Checked on 23 October 2026. The exam body's current notice is the authority: syllabus units can change, so compare this sheet with it and edit what differs. AspirantGoal is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Union Public Service Commission or any exam authority.
Related
- UPSC ESE Paper I syllabus tracker: the same units with minutes and the first pass
- UPSC ESE: structure, papers, syllabus and sources
- A revision schedule that starts from your own notes
- What to put in a session note
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Questions about the UPSC ESE Paper I revision tracker
Is there a free UPSC ESE Paper I 2027 revision tracker as a PDF and an Excel file?
Yes. This page has one row for each of the 10 units in 1 subject, with six round columns beside each one, and the same sheet to download as Excel, CSV and PDF. The tracker is free, needs no sign-up and carries the AspirantGoal mark in every format.
What is a revision round in this tracker?
A round is one pass through a unit you have already finished once. You write the date in the next free Round column of that unit. AspirantGoal counts rounds the same way: repeating a completed stage starts the next round, so Revision round 2 follows Revision round 1.
How many revision rounds does UPSC ESE Paper I need?
No document from the Union Public Service Commission says, and the research this site cites gives a direction, not a count. The six columns are room, not a target. How many rounds a unit gets, and how far apart they are, is for you to set from how well you can recall it.
How long does one round of the UPSC ESE Paper I sheet take?
That depends on how many units you go through in a day. The sheet has 10 units, so at 2 units a day one round takes 5 days, at 4 a day 3 days and at 6 a day 2 days. These are sums, not advice on pace: a unit may be a set of questions or a list of prompts, and the time it takes is yours to measure.
Does this tracker use the dates from the UPSC ESE Paper I syllabus tracker?
On this site, yes. When you tick a unit as finished on the UPSC ESE Paper I syllabus tracker, its date appears in First pass finished on here. Both pages keep your ticks in this browser and send nothing anywhere. The downloaded files do not link to each other.
Where are the UPSC ESE Paper I units copied from?
From the documents of the Union Public Service Commission, which the UPSC ESE page lists with the page or paragraph for each fact. They were checked on 23 October 2026.
Let the app count the rounds.
AspirantGoal counts each revision round and leaves your first-pass coverage unchanged. Install it and revise one topic.