The CSAT Foundation Course 2025 is a designed to help UPSC aspirants excel in the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) of the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025. With the increasing complexity and difficulty of the CSAT paper, this comprehensive course offers a structured approach to ensure aspirants are well-prepared to handle the challenges of this critical exam stage.
The course is built to provide in-depth knowledge and a deep understanding of the core part such as Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, and Reading Comprehension. With expert guidance from experienced faculty, aspirants will get meaningful insights and techniques for tackling the difficult CSAT question patterns and improving their problem-solving speed and accuracy.
A key feature of the CSAT Foundation Course is its practice-driven methodology. The course offers a wide range of practice tests and mock exams, designed to replicate the actual exam environment. These tests not only help students assess their progress but also enable them to identify areas of weakness and work on them systematically. Moreover, personalized feedback, guidance and mentoring will be provided to each student, ensuring that they can continuously refine their skills and optimize their preparation.
With the increasing difficulty level of the CSAT, the CSAT Foundation Course 2025 offers a strategic, results-oriented approach that ensures aspirants are not only able to clear the CSAT with confidence but also score 100+ marks in CSAT paper 2025, paving the way for success in the Civil Services examination.
- Start Date: 30th December 2024
- Batch Time: 2:00 - 4:30 PM
- Duration: 3.5 Months
- Validity: Till Prelims 2025
- Delivery Mode: Live / Online & Offline
- Online (Live + 2 Views)
- Offline (100 seats only)
- Note: NO HYBRID ACCESS
Course Fee
  Offline Mode: ₹ 10,000 + GST
  Online Mode: ₹ 8,000 + GST
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Why Choose the CSAT Foundation Course 2025?
Many UPSC aspirants tend to focus almost exclusively on General Studies (GS), often dedicating over 80% of their preparation time to it. Only later do they realize the importance of qualifying for the CSAT paper, which requires a minimum score of just 33% to clear. No matter how high their score on the GS Paper-I may be—even a score of 120/200—it will not matter if they fall short on the CSAT Paper.
- Foundation in Basic Concepts: We believe that understanding the fundamentals is essential to succeed in the UPSC exam. Instead of relying on formulas or shortcuts, we emphasize building strong conceptual clarity, which is key to tackling any question with confidence.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Comprehensive topic-wise coverage across all sections— Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning (LR), and Reading Comprehension (RC). Each lecture emphasizes conceptual understanding over formulas, with a special focus on mastering RC.
- Practice Sessions: Each topic lecture is followed by a dedicated practice session with questions at both basic and advanced levels, aligned with UPSC trends. You’ll learn unique techniques to tackle MCQs quickly and accurately.
Who Should Join the CSAT Foundation Course 2025?
The CSAT Foundation Course is ideal for dedicated UPSC aspirants aiming to qualify for the Prelims Exam and advance to the Mains in the 2025 Civil Services Exam. This course is designed to meet the needs of aspirants who:
- Seek a structured plan to manage and complete their CSAT preparation within the scheduled timeframe.
- Want a thorough, in-depth understanding of the fundamental concepts in the CSAT curriculum.
- Wish to learn expert-approved approaches developed through years of experience.
- Aim to answer enough questions to confidently qualify the CSAT paper.
- Want to minimize negative marking by reducing errors from incorrect answers.
- Aspire to maximize their chances of success by learning strategies to attempt the maximum number of questions within the time limit.
- Wish to understand how to distinguish between safe and risky questions to improve decision-making during the exam.
- Look to master techniques for eliminating options and maintaining accuracy in their answers.
This course is designed to equip aspirants with strong foundation, clear concepts & techniques, and confidence to succeed in the CSAT paper.
Key Challenges Faced by Aspirants
- Increasing Difficulty Level: In recent years, especially after CSE 2023, the CSAT paper has become more challenging, with complex quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, and reading comprehension. This course provides systematic guidance to tackle this growing difficulty level effectively.
- Over-Prioritizing GS Paper I: Many aspirants emphasize GS Paper I preparation and end up neglecting the CSAT Paper. This leads to the failure of the CSAT and missing out on the Prelims Selection List.
- Insufficient CSAT Preparation: A lack of understanding of the CSAT syllabus means many aspirants approach the exam without a solid strategy and adequate practice.
- Underestimating the Qualifying Exam: Some aspirants treat the CSAT casually, only to realize too late that they should have given it more attention to secure their place.
- Lack of Skills and Techniques: Attempting CSAT effectively requires specific skills and shortcuts, which many aspirants haven’t fully developed. Without these techniques, qualifying for the exam becomes challenging.
Our CSAT Foundation Course addresses these challenges by offering a well-structured program focused on building a strong foundation, mastering concepts & key techniques, and ensuring aspirants approach the CSAT with confidence and clarity.
Key Features
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Refund Policy
- Foundational Maths: These introductory lectures focus on fundamental math concepts, including calculation techniques and speed improvement, to build a strong foundation for all CSAT topics.
- Daily Practice Worksheets: Topic-wise worksheets for daily practice, allowing you to apply the concepts, techniques, and formulas learned in class.
- Detailed Discussion of Previous Year Questions (PYQs): Access to video discussions of CSAT PYQs, organized topic-wise to help you understand exam patterns and question types.
- Mentor Support by Faculty: Receive dedicated guidance, support, and doubt-clearing sessions from experienced faculty.
- Full-Length CSAT Tests: 5 comprehensive CSAT mock tests in both online and offline formats.
- Course Duration: A 3.5 months course from December 23rd to March End, with four classes each week (Monday to Thursday).
- All our lectures are under the license of copyright protection, under the Copyright Act 1957 (the Act), supported by the Copyright Rules 1958 (the Rules), International Copyright Order, 1999 and Copyright Act in 2012. So copying our videos, illegal piracy, downloads, sharing, distribution etc. are strictly not allowed. We will take strict legal action against people doing so.
- We have embedded tracking of video usage with the location, IP and we collect data on the video usage to check if there are any suspicious downloads of video happening with some third-party software. In such cases, the culprits will not be given any warning from our end; instead, strict legal action will be enforced.
- Sharing of the user’s login and password is strictly prohibited. If any student is found doing so, his account would be suspended, and we will file a legal case of data theft and piracy against the student. Please do not share logins with your friends; else you will be in deep trouble.
- There is access limit for each student – based on the course validity (date mentioned in the course features) and the total duration for which a student can watch any particular video (three times of the length of the video). Under no circumstance requests to extend the validity or increase the view duration will be entertained.
- You may be mandatorily required to register the device from which you will be permitted to access the student portal to consume the online services. LevelUP IAS withholds the right to keep the number of devices registered limited.
- Students are advised to have minimum internet speed of 2 Mbps for smooth experience. For mobile, videos run efficiently on 4G networks.
Please find the link to our refund policy below:
At LevelUp IAS, we are committed to providing quality education and ensuring student satisfaction. However, we understand that situations may arise where a refund is necessary. Below are the guidelines for our refund policy:
(1) Refund Eligibility
- Full Refund: Students are eligible for a full refund if they withdraw from the course within the first 7 days after the starting date of the course. The request must be submitted in writing.
- Partial Refund after 7 days:
- General Studies Foundation Program: If a student withdraws after the commencement of the course, then they are eligible for the refund on the pro-rata basis. The details of pro-rata basis are as follows:
- Day 8 to Day 30: Maximum of 75% Refund eligible
- Day 30 to 50% course duration: Maximum of 50% Refund eligible
- After 50% course duration: Zero refund
- Note: duration is measured from the day of commencement of the course and not from the date of admission.
- All other course above course with price of 10,000 (exclusive of GST): If a student withdraws after the commencement of the course, then they are eligible for the refund on the pro-rata basis. The details of pro-rata basis are as follows:
- Day 8 to Day 30: Maximum of 75% Refund eligible
- After Day 30: Zero refund
- Note: duration is measured from the day of commencement of the course and not from the date of admission.
- General Studies Foundation Program: If a student withdraws after the commencement of the course, then they are eligible for the refund on the pro-rata basis. The details of pro-rata basis are as follows:
- Zero Refund: Please note that a student is considered completely ineligible for refunds under following circumstances:
- If the price of a course is less than or equal to Rs. 10,000 (exclusive of GST)
- If admission is done at a discounted price or during promotional offers,
- If admission is done with a partial payment plan with an installment facility.
- It the course is a transferred course from some other original course.
- If the courses are already-recorded modules, then such courses are not eligible for any kind of refund.
(2) Procedure to Request a Refund
- All refund requests must be submitted in writing via email to info@levelupias.com.
- No request made verbally, in person, on phone call, through messages or over any social media platform will be entertained. Only duly emailed requests will be entertained.
- The request must include the student’s name, course name, date of enrolment, and the reason for requesting a refund. Also, a student must attach any additional supporting document of evidence required.
- The date of refund request will be the date on which all the valid documents are received by the institute, which are needed for the approval.
(3) Processing Time
- Institute will take upto 15 days to process the request of the refund, upon complete reception of all the necessary information.
- Thereafter, the refunds will be processed within 15 business days from the date of the refund request approval.
- The refund will be issued using the original payment method unless otherwise agreed upon.
(4) Non-Refundable Fees
- Registration fees, administrative charges, and any other non-tuition fees are non-refundable.
(5) Policy on Course Transfers:
(a) Transfer Type: This policy applies to the following types of course transfers:
- From an online course to an offline course.
- From an offline course to an online course.
- From one course to another course.
- From one individual to another individual.
(b) Transfer Fee: A flat fee of Rs. 10,000 will be charged for any course transfer, regardless of the type of transfer or the specific course involved.
(c) Payment Terms: The transfer fee must be paid in full at the time of the transfer request. The transfer will not be processed until the fee is received.
(d) Non-Refundable: The transfer fee is non-refundable, even if the transfer is later canceled by the student.
(e) Eligibility: Transfers are subject to availability and approval by the institute. The institute reserves the right to deny transfer requests based on course capacity, scheduling conflicts, or other relevant factors.
(6) Amendments
- LevelUp IAS reserves the right to amend this refund policy at any time. Changes will be available for the students through the official website.
For any questions or concerns regarding this refund policy, please contact our administrative office at Contact Us.
Features
Details
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- Comprehensive Coverage as per latest UPSC pattern
- Focus on basic clarity of concepts
- Discussion of 12 years of UPSC PYQs
- Well curated class material
- Emphasis on Foundational Arithmetic, Geometry and Mathematisation
- Regular Comprehension Discussion in class
- Classroom practice and home assignments
- Personalized attention and doubt solving sessions
CSAT Foundation Course for CSE 2024
- By Abhishek Inamdar (M.Sc. Mathematics from BITS Pilani).
- All our lectures are under the license of copyright protection, under the Copyright Act 1957 (the Act), supported by the Copyright Rules 1958 (the Rules), International Copyright Order, 1999 and Copyright Act in 2012. So copying our videos, illegal piracy, downloads, sharing, distribution etc. are strictly not allowed. We will take strict legal action against people doing so.
- We have embedded tracking of video usage with the location, IP and we collect data on the video usage to check if there are any suspicious downloads of video happening with some third-party software. In such cases, the culprits will not be given any warning from our end; instead, strict legal action will be enforced.
- Sharing of the user’s login and password is strictly prohibited. If any student is found doing so, his account would be suspended, and we will file a legal case of data theft and piracy against the student. Please do not share logins with your friends; else you will be in deep trouble.
- There is access limit for each student – based on the course validity (date mentioned in the course features) and the total duration for which a student can watch any particular video (three times of the length of the video). Under no circumstance requests to extend the validity or increase the view duration will be entertained.
- You may be mandatorily required to register the device from which you will be permitted to access the student portal to consume the online services. LevelUP IAS withholds the right to keep the number of devices registered limited.
- Students are advised to have minimum internet speed of 2 Mbps for smooth experience. For mobile, videos run efficiently on 4G networks.
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- Available From: 1st March 2024
- Delivery Mode: Only Recorded
- Validity: Till CSE Prelims 2024
Course Fee
Only Recorded Mode: ₹3,000