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How VEDIK works

Study only what the exam actually asks

VEDIK ranks the whole UPSC syllabus by what really appears in past papers, walks you through only what matters, and reminds you exactly when to revise it. Here's the 2-minute tour.

The flow · start to finish

Your loop: pick → study → revise

Six steps. Follow them in order the first few times, then it becomes second nature.

1

See where you stand

Dashboard

Your home screen — overall progress, what's due to revise, and current affairs that matter for you. A quick glance, then move on.

→ Look for: the “Browse the weighted syllabus →” button

2

Pick what matters

Weightage

The whole syllabus as a tree, each area sized by how much it really appears in the exam. Open a heavy (red/orange) area and drill down to a topic.

→ Look for: the big % and the heat colours — red = heaviest

3

See the proof

Topic page

Every topic opens to its exam weightage and the actual past questions that prove it — no opinions. Read the short brief and how many times it was asked.

→ Look for: “Asked 8×” on the green card

4

Learn it your way

Study

A workspace with tabs — Understand, What's asked, Visualize, Memorize, and Ask the tutor. Skim what you need, then start the guided session.

→ Look for: the green “Study session →” button

5

The guided session

Session

A full-screen player that takes you one step at a time: teach → flashcard → spot-the-trap → a real past exam question. Just tap through — it scores you automatically.

→ Look for: “Session complete” + your next revision date

6

Revise right on time

Today

The app schedules each topic's next revision for you (spaced repetition). When it's due it reappears here — re-take a 5-question quiz and it reschedules itself.

→ Look for: the “Revise now” button

In three words: Learn to pick → Session to study → Today to revise.

The menu

The six tabs at the top

WeightageThe weighted syllabus + charts — your study map, start here
PracticeDrill real past questions
Current AffairsVerified news, ranked by exam weight
TodayWhat's due to revise
DashboardYour home & progress

Decode a real row

Read one row, end to end

Here's an actual row from the weightage page. Every piece, translated:

Economy & Social Development188 Q▁▂▃▅↓18.4%◍ 24%
  • 18.4%Its share of Prelims marks over the last 10 years — the single biggest slice of the exam.
  • 188 QIt has been asked in 188 real past questions.
  • ▁▂▃▅ ↓A mini bar-per-year trend. The ↓ arrow means it is cooling — asked a bit less in recent years.
  • ◍ 24%About 24% of it is World/International; the rest is India-focused.
  • ⓘOn the real page, tap this on ANY row to get exactly this kind of plain-English sentence.
In plain English: Economy & Social Development is the heaviest area in the exam — nearly 1 in 5 Prelims marks. Asked across 188 questions in 10 years, cooling slightly lately, and about a quarter of it is world/international.

Reading the weightage

What every icon & number means

Every number here is one thing: a topic's share of Prelims GS-I marks over the last 10 years, from real past questions. It's proof, not opinion — and every % opens to the exact questions behind it.

The numbers

8.0%
Its share of the last-10-yr Prelims marks. Bigger = appears more.
12 Q
How many real past questions are linked to it.
Asked 8×
Times it was asked, with the year span (e.g. 2019–2026).
↻ 3yr
It repeats across N years — repeats are the exam's tell; don't skip them.

Heat colors — deeper = heavier

The % is tinted by size: ≥ 8% (heaviest) · ≥ 4% · ≥ 2% · ≥ 1% · < 1% (light)

Bands — a quick rank label

critical
Top 30% by marks and recurs 3+ years.
high
Top 30% by marks share.
medium
Middle band (~30–60%).
low
Lower ~40% by marks.
no data
Too few questions to rank.

The green/amber bar — that one is YOU

12/40
Your progress, not the exam: how many topics in that branch you've mastered (75%+ on their real questions). Green = strong, amber = low.

Trust — how sure we are

verified
A human confirmed it → these count toward the %.
AI-reviewed
A 2nd AI agreed, no human yet.
AI-matched
AI guess, unchecked → does not count.
counted vs suggested
Counted backs the %; Suggested is pending review.

Signals beside the % — news & trend (never mixed into the weight)

◆ news
News attention · N articles since 2022. Click → the real articles. "X in 90d" = recent burst; pill says rising/cooling. This is news, not exam weight.
◆ trend
Exam trend — asked more or less in recent exams vs older (rising/steady/fading).
▲14.1
Recency-weighted %: ▲ green = rising in recent years, ▼ grey = fading. Shows only when it differs; the proven 10-yr % never changes.

India / World lens

◍ world
A World/International topic (India topics are left unmarked).
◐ mixed
Genuinely both India and the world (e.g. India's foreign policy).
◍ 60%
On a section = how much of it is World/International.

Other

not yet covered ✗
That area has no linked questions yet — nothing to weight.
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