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1. Because in General Studies Mains (Paper II), they ask questions worth more than 100 marks, from this topic. 2. In the Essay paper, they regulary ask essays directly or indirectly related to Globalization and International relations. 3. For the interview.
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2. Neeraj Singhs Notes on GS Mains (it contains separate folder for India and World) http://mrunal.org/2012/06/download-neeraj-singh-notes.html 3. Current Affairs ZIP file of last Year http://mrunal.org/studymaterial/current-affairs-package-2012 Youll find plenty of useful information about UN,UNESCO, ILO etc in your GS Manual as well. 4. General Studies Papers of last 25 years http://mrunal.org/2012/06/download-gsm-papers.html
Based on Location
1. India and her neighbours (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan, SriLanka, Nepal and China) 2. India and the regions (South America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and so on.) 3. India and the big 5 UNSC members (USA, China, France, Russia and UK ) 4. India and Economically powerful nations (Australia, Japan, S.Africa, Brazil, UAE etc) 5. India and Organizations (UN, ASEAN, G20, GCC, EU, IMF, World Bank etc.) Indias interaction with the world can also be classifed into following phases
Based on Phases
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Post-independence NAM/ Panchsheel Era During the Wars with Pakistan and China Atomic Bomb test Cold War Fall of USSR and LPG reforms in 1991. Second Atomic Test Post 9/11 The Latest happening (Current).
Now superimpose both, and youve prepared India and the world. ^upto point number 5, I would classify under static question / theory portion. Lately the UPSC has stopped asking questions from it, after all how much can they ask from NAM or Panchsheel! Whatever they could ask, has been asked in last 25 years GS papers, just look at the old papers and try to frame skeletal answer. But since UPSC has a nasty habit of throwing unexpected surprizes, so one should go prepared. So, how to approach the Static portion? From the given IGNOU ZIP file, prepare a very short note, highlighting keywords of Indias relations through each region and each phase. There are 193 countries in UN, you dont have to prepare each and every one of them but only the important ones, given in the Based on Geography. This pretty much sums up the static portion. Now what about the dynamic (i.e. current based). Well past two years, majority of questions are coming from the dynamic portion only.
1. Where India is involved. (Example: Bilateral visits of Presidents and prime ministers, India at Coppenhegan etc.) 2. Where India is not directly involved. (example NATO in Afghanistan, US-China, Greece & EU sovereign debt-crisis, South Sudan etc.) What types of questions can be asked from this portion? To understand it, just browse through the old question papers and prepare the current affairs on that line.
Supplementary Reading
Depending on your time and energy, you may approach
1. Frontline (again all issues can be freedly downloaded by clicking me) 2. Political and Economic Weekly and 3. The Economist. But like I said earlier, there is no need to do Ph.D, else you wont be left with any time or energy for other subjects. Always keep the syllabus in mind, youve to prepare the topics, not the books or magazines.