Dear Candidate,
If you want to prepare for the UPSC Civil Services examination
without coaching, this article will help you to start your preparation.
First of all here are few tips to start your preparation-
·
Make a proper
timetable so that you can manage to complete the syllabus in timely manner.
·
Start reading The
Hindu newspaper. It will really help you.
·
Take syllabus and
previous year papers of this exam and analyse them. Find out what is the nature
of exam, what kind of questions UPSC ask and what is the level of toughness.
You will get a clear picture that will help you in long term. This analysis
will help you in developing an approach of reading books from this exam point
of view.
·
Start your preparation
from NCERT books.
Here is the book-list for this exam-
The Book Lists For IAS Prelims are-
·
Current Affairs- Any
monthly magazine, Newspaper
·
Ancient & Medieval
History- NCERTS- Our Past I & II, Themes In Indian History I & II
·
Modern Indian History-
NCERTS- Our Past III, Themes In Indian History III, Spectrum book
·
Indian Polity-
Lakshmikant
·
Indian Geography- 11th
& 12th NCERTS, G C Leong, Atlas
·
Indian Economy- 11th
& 12th NCERTS, One standard book
·
Indian Art &
Culture- NCERT- Introduction to fine arts, Nitin Singhaniya book
·
Environment &
Ecology- Shankar IAS book
·
Science &
Technology- NCERTs, Current affairs
Booklist for GS mains-
Indian Culture NCERT- Introduction to
fine arts, Nitin Singhaniya book
Modern Indian History NCERTS-
Our Past III, Themes In Indian History III, Spectrum book
Indian Society 11th & 12th NCERT,
Current Affairs
World History Arjun Dev
Geography 11th & 12th
NCERTS, G C Leong, Atlas
Post-Independence India NCERT,
Pardhan Mantri Series on Rajyasabha TV
Constitution Lakshmikant, Current
affairs
Polity Lakshmikant, Current
affairs
Governance Lakshmikant book on
Governance, Current affairs
International Relations Current
Affairs
Agriculture Sriram IAS notes,
Current affairs
Economy Sriram IAS notes,
current affairs
Science & Technology Current
affairs
Environment Shankar IAS
book, Currents affairs
Disaster management January 2017
Yojana
Internal security Book By Ashok
Kumar IPS
Ethics Lexicon book
Yow are to complete the prelims part first. Try to cover those
areas first which are common in both Prelims and Mains.
Now one important thing is when you are preparing for the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, NCERT books play a crucial role in your
preparation. In hypothetical language, these books are the backbone of your
preparation.
UPSC ask questions based on basic concepts and fact directly or
indirectly. NCERT books help Civil services aspirant to get his/her basic
concepts clear.
The best way to read NCERT books is by assuming yourself a
school student. It will help you to relate the things and will make you more comfortable
while reading these books. Most of the candidates take it on the ego that I am
a graduate and why should I read this 6th class NCERT book. This is a horrible
mistake most of the aspirant commit.
Hope it will help you.
All the best.
