Test Series CL

History Ancient
NCERT 11/12, Chronological events
/Kingdoms/Culture in each period,
Wikipedia for in-depth understanding,
Historical Atlas
History Medieval
NCERT, Tripartite struggle/ Rajputs/
Delhi Sulatnate/ Sufi /Vijaynagar and
Bahamani Kingdom/Mughal Dynasty
Bipin Chandra,
Spectrum
NCERT, Going chronologically what
is the unique aspect of each
kingdom e.g. Pottery type/ coins/
Guild system if any/ Sculptures/
Paintings, Suggest to read about
Dances of India (question on
Tribhanga), various schools of
philosophy (Meemansa, samkhya
etc.)
Trends in Indian Culture : DR Ausaaf
Sayeed
Introduction to the Constitution- DD
Basu
Newspapers
Newspapers, NCERT,Hindu,
Frontline, EPW
Economic Survey, Ramesh Singh
Dutt & Sundaram(selective)
Newspaper (Hindu Science section),
Space | Defence | Nuclear |
Nanotechnology | Biotechnology
and class 10th Biology also
YouTube Videos for many topics,
ISRO Website
Science and Technology- Ashok
Kumar Singh
History Modern (Freedom
Struggle)
Culture society
Polity (theory + current)
Economy (theory + current)
Science (theory + current)
Environment (theory + current)
NIOS, Newspaper, Hindu, Frontline,
Erach Barucha for getting an idea of
Ecosystems, Class 10th ICSE books,
mrunal, GKToday.in Notes for
Environment, Biodiversity and other
topics like Vulnerable/IUCN Red List
species
geography physical
NCERT,Goh Cheng Leong, YouTube
Videos to clarify many concepts
specially of volcanism, plate
tectonics, wind systems, eclipses,
phases of moon, equinoxes etc.
geography India NCERT
geography world Goh Cheng Leong, NCERT
Newspapers,EPW,Frontline,
World Focus (selectively)
Pib.nic.in
insightsonindia
Schemes, Policy & Filler Stuff
Yojana, Hindu, Frontline. EPW, Gk
Today
other national/international
current affairs
Vajiram
Raveendran
vision IAS Test series
Mains GS 1
Intl' Relations, Foreign Policy
Culture
Science and Tech
Glossary
Security Issues
Environment
Economy
Compulsory paper
English
Hindi
Essay notes from newspaper, anecdotes, vocab
Mains GS 2
comparing Constitution with world
parliament, state Legislatures
executive-judiciary
ministries departments
pressure group, informal asso.
Representation of peoples act
various bodies: Constitutional, statutory..
GS
History
Social Issues
Indian Constitution, devolution, dispute redressal
etc.
Geography
NGO, SHG etc
welfare schemes, bodies
social sector, health, edu, HRD
governance, transparency, accountability
e-governance
role of civil service
India & neighbors
bilateral/global grouping
effect of foreign country policies on Indian interest
Diaspora
international bodies- structure mandate
Mains GS 3
Indian economy, resource mobilization
Inclusive growth
Budgeting
major crops, irrigation
agro produce storage, marketing
e-technology for famers
farm subsidies, MSP
PDS, buffer, food security
technology mission
animal rearing economics
Liberalization
Infra
investment models
science-tech day to day life
Indian achievements in sci-tech
awareness in IT, space, biotech, nano, IPR
environmental impact assessment
Disaster Management
non state actors, internal security
internal security role of media, social networking
site
cyber security
money laundering
food processing
land reforms
border Management
organized crime, terrorism
security agencies- structure mandate
GS 4: Ethics, Integrity, aptitude
Topic
ethics and interface, family, society and all
thehathodaa topics
attitude, moral influence etc.
civil service: integrity, impartiality, tolerance to
weak etc
emotional intelligence, its use in governance
ethics in pub.ad, accountability, laws, rules etc.
corporate governance
probity in governance, work culture
citizen charter, ethics code, work culture etc.
challenges of corruption
moral thinkers of India and world
case studies on above topics
Mains Compulsory language paper
ompulsory language paper
English paper
your regional language
Sociology: NCERT 11, Newspaper
role of women, poverty: DU paper; poverty: Uma Kapila, Dutt
globalization on society: Vajiram
communalism, regionalism, secularism: Sociology NCERT, Bipin Chandra
NCERT, Trends in Indian Culture, Friday Hindu
Indian: Bipin Chandra;
World: Norman Lewis, mrunal.org, NCERT, Jon Green, Youtube videos
post independence: Bipin Chandra , Ram Guha, India after Gandhi
resource distribution factors for industrial location: mrunal.com/geography
world: Goh Cheng Leong, Atlas, NCERT, Mexus on youtube
earthquake, tsunami: howstuffworks.com
impact on flora-fauna: NIOS, newspaper
Hindu S&T, Frontline.
mrunal, Ramesh Singh, Hindu, Frontline, EPW
complete the grammar portion first, Thereafter proceed to do Comprehension, Essay,
Precis and Translation
notes from newspaper, anecdotes, vocab
Introduction to Constitution DD Basu
Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
Ditto+ Vajiram Notes, mrunal.org
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Insightsonindia.com
Visionias handout
Ditto`
Insightsonindia.com
Newspapers, Economic Survey
Newspapers, Economic Survey, Planning Commission Draft Plan
Vajiram notes, Laxmikanth(on Governance)
Mohit Bhattacharya(just that chapter, had it from pub ad optional last year)
Vajiram notes, 2nd ARC, Laxmikant's Pub Administration
Newspapers, World Focus, mrunal, Pax India
Ditto
Ditto
Not much prep- skipped it except for policies for diaspora- done from Ministry
website
Googled, wiki
Dutt Sundaram, Ramesh Singh, mrunal, draft plan, economic survey
Ditto+ vision handout+ planning commission+ draft plan+ economic survey
Vision ias + planning commission (especially recommendations on changing the
budgeting process)
Past years geography optional solved, Majid Hussian Geography
Vajiram notes
Newspapers
Uma Kapila
Ditto
Google
Mrunal (very good)Vajiram notes, draft, survey
Mrunals [Food processing] article series
+ Ministry website
Uma Kapila Indian Economy
Bipin Chandra(since independence)
Uma Kapila
Newspaper, Eco survey
Vision Ias handout, extensive google
Newspaper. Frontline
Google
Vajiram notes
Vajiram + google, mrunal
Yojana, special issue of Chronicle, Newspaper
Newspaper, idsa
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ministry of Home, vision ias handout
Newspaper, internet
Vajiram handout
How Did You Prepare?
MOSTLY FROM VAJIRAM
BOUGHT Ethics, Integrity Aptitude ByRetd. IAS Officers- G.Subba Rao And PN Roy
Chowdhary
these two will suffice for all the below mentioned topics.
How many thinkers did you prepare?4-5- I did Confucious, Gandhi, Kautilya.
Buddha. While reading Freedom Struggle I made a mental note of incidents where
our leaders faced moral dilemmas and noticed the choices they made. I tried to
quote these examples in my answers. FurtherSubba Raohas cited many thinkers
while providing practical answers to case studies, I went through these as well.
Googled, +Subbarao
Your preparation strategy / booklist?
Previous years questions, 1 model paper every week
(HINDI)
Previous years questions
Essays on a few topics
Words used in the constitution preamble (should know equivalent word in regional
language)
Poems/Idioms in daily use to enrich the essay
Prcis practice should be done as it becomes very tough in the actual exam
Muhavre in Hindi questions directly repeated from previous years. Make sure
you do your homework on the same.
Hindu
Financial Express/ Business Standard
IE
mrunal.org
pib.nic.in
insightsonindia.com
PRS/idsa
howstuffworks.com, youtube.com for Science