Elevate your UPSC Philosophy Optional prep with Philosophy DAMP 2025. Led by Vishwajeet sir, ex-IAAS, Philosophy DAMP is designed for serious aspirants. This course offers a structured and comprehensive approach to mastering the philosophy syllabus.
This daily answer writing and mentorship program focuses on developing strong answer-writing skills and personalized guidance to maximize your performance in UPSC Philosophy Optional papers.
- Start Date: 21st Oct, 2024
- Details: Daily 4 Questions (5 Days in a week)
- Duration: 4 Months (16 Weeks)
- Validity: Final date of the program + 15 days
- Delivery Mode: Online + 2 Views
Course Fee
Online Mode: ₹ 10,000 + GST
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DAMP Philosophy 2025
Why Should You Join the Program?
- Comprehensive Coverage: Ensure you grasp all essential topics in philosophy, critical for the UPSC examination.
- Regular Practice: Engage with a daily regimen of questions that reinforces learning and retention.
- 24 hours Evaluation:Allowing you to quickly identify areas for improvement and adjust your strategy accordingly.
- Expert Guidance: Benefit from personalized mentoring and live sessions, providing clarity and direction in your studies.
- Feedback & Improvement: With prompt evaluations and discussion videos, you’ll quickly identify strengths and areas for improvement.
- Preparation for Success: The two full-length mock tests simulate the actual exam environment, building your confidence and readiness.
Who Should Join the Program?
Philosophy DAMP-2025 is designed for UPSC aspirants who:
- Are looking for a structured approach to studying philosophy.
- Want to cover the complete syllabus thoroughly and effectively.
- Seek regular practice and evaluation to track their progress.
- Seek personalized mentoring and support to clarify doubts and enhance understanding.
Program Highlights
- Daily Answer Writing Practice (4 Questions/day)
- 2 Questions will be personally evaluated within 24 hours.
- 2 Questions for practice.
- Weekly Schedule:
- 5 days of study (Monday to Friday)
- Dedicated weekends for revision.
- One-on-One Mentorship and Comprehensive Feedback
- Detailed evaluation and personalized feedback for every answer submitted, enabling continuous improvement.
- Individualised guidance through one-on-one mentorship sessions with Vishwajeet Sir.
- Weekly Zoom Guidance
- Weekly Zoom sessions with Vishwajeet Sir for doubt resolution and strategy discussion.
- Full-Length Tests
- Two Full-Length Tests—one each for Paper 1 and Paper 2, conducted after syllabus completion.
- Video discussions of all test questions.
Features
Schedule
Note
Refund Policy
- Total 320 questions (160 PYQs)
- Total duration of 16 Weeks (4 months)
- Coverage of complete syllabus
- Daily FOUR questions
- Daily TWO questions for evaluation (one PYQ and one new)
- Daily TWO questions for practice (no evaluation) (one PYQ & one new)
- Evaluation within 24 hours
- Discussion video for ALL FOUR questions
- 5 DAYs per week with ample room for revision on Saturday and Sunday.
- Personalised mentoring with Teacher
- Live Zoom session for doubt clearing, with Vishwajeet sir every week
- Final Tests - Two full length (UPSC format) Tests at the end of the course
DAMP Philosophy Schedule 2025
Day No | Date | Topic | |
1 | 21-Oct-24 Monday | Charvaka | |
2 | 22-Oct-24 Tuesday | Charvaka | |
3 | 23-Oct-24 Wednesday | Jaina | |
4 | 24-Oct-24 Thursday | Jaina | |
5 | 25-Oct-24 Friday | Buddha | |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
6 | 28-Oct-24 Monday | Buddha | |
7 | 29-Oct-24 Tuesday | Buddha | |
8 | 30-Oct-24 Wednesday | Samkhya | |
9 | 31-Oct-24 Thursday | Samkhya | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
10 | 04-Nov-24 Monday | Yoga | |
11 | 05-Nov-24 Tuesday | Nyaya | |
12 | 06-Nov-24 Wednesday | Nyaya | |
13 | 07-Nov-24 Thursday | Vaisesika | |
14 | 08-Nov-24 Friday | Vaisesika | |
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Sunday | |||
15 | 11-Nov-24 Monday | Mimamsa | |
16 | 12-Nov-24 Tuesday | Vedanta | |
17 | 13-Nov-24 Wednesday | Vedanta | |
18 | 14-Nov-24 Thursday | Vedanta | |
19 | 15-Nov-24 Friday | Aurobindo | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
20 | 18-Nov-24 Monday | Plato | |
21 | 19-Nov-24 Tuesday | Aristotle | |
22 | 20-Nov-24 Wednesday | Descartes | |
23 | 21-Nov-24 Thursday | Spinoza | |
24 | 22-Nov-24 Friday | Leibniz | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
25 | 25-Nov-24 Monday | Locke | |
26 | 26-Nov-24 Tuesday | Berkeley | |
27 | 27-Nov-24 Wednesday | Hume | |
28 | 28-Nov-24 Thursday | Kant | |
29 | 29-Nov-24 Friday | Kant | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
30 | 02-Dec-24 Monday | Kant | |
31 | 03-Dec-24 Tuesday | Hegel | |
32 | 04-Dec-24 Wednesday | Hegel | |
33 | 05-Dec-24 Thursday | Moore, Russel, E. Wittgenstein | |
34 | 06-Dec-24 Friday | Moore, Russel, E. Wittgenstein | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
35 | 09-Dec-24 Monday | Logical Positivist | |
36 | 10-Dec-24 Tuesday | L. Wittgenstein | |
37 | 11-Dec-24 Wednesday | Husserl | |
38 | 12-Dec-24 Thursday | Existentialist | |
39 | 13-Dec-24 Friday | Existentialist | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
40 | 16-Dec-24 Monday | Quine | |
41 | 17-Dec-24 Tuesday | Strawson | |
42 | 18-Dec-24 Wednesday | Liberty | |
43 | 19-Dec-24 Thursday | Equality | |
44 | 20-Dec-24 Friday | Justice | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
45 | 23-Dec-24 Monday | Sovereignty | |
46 | 24-Dec-24 Tuesday | Sovereignty | |
47 | 25-Dec-24 Wednesday | Individual and State | |
48 | 26-Dec-24 Thursday | Democracy | |
49 | 27-Dec-24 Friday | Theocracy & Monarchy | |
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Sunday | |||
50 | 30-Dec-24 Monday | Anarchism | |
51 | 31-Dec-24 Tuesday | Marxism | |
52 | 01-Jan-25 Wednesday | Socialism | |
53 | 02-Jan-25 Thursday | Humanism | |
54 | 03-Jan-25 Friday | Secularism | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
55 | 06-Jan-25 Monday | Multiculturalism | |
56 | 07-Jan-25 Tuesday | Crime and Punishment | |
57 | 08-Jan-25 Wednesday | Crime and Punishment | |
58 | 09-Jan-25 Thursday | Development and Social Progress | |
59 | 10-Jan-25 Friday | Gender Discrimination | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
60 | 13-Jan-25 Monday | Gender Discrimination | |
61 | 14-Jan-25 Tuesday | Caste Discrimination | |
62 | 15-Jan-25 Wednesday | Notions of God | |
63 | 16-Jan-25 Thursday | Notions of God | |
64 | 17-Jan-25 Friday | Proofs for the Existence of God | |
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Sunday | |||
65 | 20-Jan-25 Monday | Proofs for the Existence of God | |
66 | 21-Jan-25 Tuesday | Problem of Evil | |
67 | 22-Jan-25 Wednesday | Problem of Evil | |
68 | 23-Jan-25 Thursday | Soul: Immortality; Rebirth and Liberation | |
69 | 24-Jan-25 Friday | Soul: Immortality; Rebirth and Liberation | |
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Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
70 | 27-Jan-25 Monday | Reason, Revelation and Faith | |
71 | 28-Jan-25 Tuesday | Reason, Revelation and Faith | |
72 | 29-Jan-25 Wednesday | Religious Experience: Nature and Object | |
73 | 30-Jan-25 Thursday | Religious Experience: Nature and Object | |
74 | 31-Jan-25 Friday | Religion without God | |
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Sunday | |||
75 | Monday, February 3, 2025 | Religion and Morality | |
76 | Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | Religion and Morality | |
77 | Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | Religious Pluralism, Absolute Truth | |
78 | Thursday, February 6, 2025 | Religious Pluralism, Absolute Truth | |
79 | Friday, February 7, 2025 | Nature of Religious Language | |
80 | Monday, February 10, 2025 | Nature of Religious Language | |
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Final Tests | 16-Feb-25 Sunday | Paper-1 (250 Marks, UPSC Format) | |
23-Feb-25 Sunday | Paper-2 (250 Marks, UPSC Format) |
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 (two 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.
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- Start Date: 18th Dec, 2023
- Details: Daily 1 Question (5 Days in a week)
- Duration: 3 Months
- Validity: Final date of the program + 15days
- Delivery Mode: Online
- Online (Live + 2 Views)
Course Fee
₹ 8,000 + GST
Features
Schedule
Note
- Total 120 questions
- Duration = 12 Weeks (3months)
- Coverage of complete syllabus
- Daily two questions - one for evaluation, one for practice
- Evaluation within 24 hours
- Discussion video for both the questions
- 5 questions per week with ample room for revision on Saturday and Sunday
- Personalised mentoring with Teacher
- Live Zoom session with Vishwa sir every week
- Final Tests - Two full length (UPSC format) Tests in the end with evaluation and discussion
Day-wise schedule:
Day No | Date | Day | Topic |
1 | 18-Dec-23 | Monday | Charvaka |
2 | 19-Dec-23 | Tuesday | Jaina |
3 | 20-Dec-23 | Wednesday | Buddha |
4 | 21-Dec-23 | Thursday | Buddha |
5 | 22-Dec-23 | Friday | Samkhya |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
6 | 25-Dec-23 | Monday | Yoga |
7 | 26-Dec-23 | Tuesday | Nyaya |
8 | 27-Dec-23 | Wednesday | Vaisesika |
9 | 28-Dec-23 | Thursday | Mimamsa |
10 | 29-Dec-23 | Friday | Vedanta |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
11 | 01-Jan-24 | Monday | Vedanta |
12 | 02-Jan-24 | Tuesday | Aurobindo |
13 | 03-Jan-24 | Wednesday | Plato |
14 | 04-Jan-24 | Thursday | Aristotle |
15 | 05-Jan-24 | Friday | Descartes |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
16 | 8-Jan-24 | Monday | Spinoza |
17 | 9-Jan-24 | Tuesday | Leibniz |
18 | 10-Jan-24 | Wednesday | Locke |
19 | 11-Jan-24 | Thursday | Berkeley |
20 | 12-Jan-24 | Friday | Hume |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
21 | 15-Jan-24 | Monday | Kant |
22 | 16-Jan-24 | Tuesday | Kant |
23 | 17-Jan-24 | Wednesday | Hegel |
24 | 18-Jan-24 | Thursday | Moore, Russel, E. Wittgenstein |
25 | 19-Jan-24 | Friday | Moore, Russel, E. Wittgenstein |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
26 | 22-Jan-24 | Monday | Logical Positivist |
27 | 23-Jan-24 | Tuesday | L. Wittgenstein |
28 | 24-Jan-24 | Wednesday | Husserl |
29 | 25-Jan-24 | Thursday | Existentialist |
30 | 26-Jan-24 | Friday | Existentialist |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
31 | 29-Jan-24 | Monday | Quine |
32 | 30-Jan-24 | Tuesday | Strawson |
33 | 31-Jan-24 | Wednesday | Equality, Justice, Liberty |
34 | 1-Feb-24 | Thursday | Equality, Justice, Liberty |
35 | 2-Feb-24 | Friday | Equality, Justice, Liberty |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
36 | 5-Feb-24 | Monday | Sovereignty |
37 | 6-Feb-24 | Tuesday | Individual and State |
38 | 7-Feb-24 | Wednesday | Forms of Government |
39 | 8-Feb-24 | Thursday | Forms of Government |
40 | 9-Feb-24 | Friday | Political Ideologies |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
41 | 12-Feb-24 | Monday | Political Ideologies |
42 | 13-Feb-24 | Tuesday | Humanism; Secularism; Multiculturalism |
43 | 14-Feb-24 | Wednesday | Humanism; Secularism; Multiculturalism |
44 | 15-Feb-24 | Thursday | Crime and Punishment |
45 | 16-Feb-24 | Friday | Crime and Punishment |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
46 | 19-Feb-24 | Monday | Development and Social Progress |
47 | 20-Feb-24 | Tuesday | Gender Discrimination |
48 | 21-Feb-24 | Wednesday | Caste Discrimination: Gandhi & Ambedkar |
49 | 22-Feb-24 | Thursday | Notions of God |
50 | 23-Feb-24 | Friday | Proofs for the Existence of God |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
51 | 26-Feb-24 | Monday | Proofs for the Existence of God |
52 | 27-Feb-24 | Tuesday | Problem of Evil |
53 | 28-Feb-24 | Wednesday | Soul: Immortality; Rebirth and Liberation |
54 | 29-Feb-24 | Thursday | Reason, Revelation and Faith |
55 | 1-Mar-24 | Friday | Religious Experience: Nature and Object |
Saturday | |||
Sunday | |||
56 | 4-Mar-24 | Monday | Religion without God |
57 | 5-Mar-24 | Tuesday | Religion and Morality |
58 | 6-Mar-24 | Wednesday | Religious Pluralism, Absolute Truth |
59 | 7-Mar-24 | Thursday | Religious Pluralism, Absolute Truth |
60 | 8-Mar-24 | Friday | Nature of Religious Language |
# N.B. - Question may refer to already covered topics for comparison | |||
Final Tests | 17-Mar-24 | Sunday | Paper-1 (250 Marks, UPSC Format) |
18-Mar-24 | Sunday | Paper-2 (250 Marks, UPSC Format) |
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 (two 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.