Notes, Newspapers and Books Mrunal

From the previous Act I, I hope youve understood the mindset our Blood Enemy
(UPSC). Now it is time to gather and sharpen weapons required to defeat him.
You need five set of weapons
Standard Reference books (SRB) 1.
Newspaper (The Hindu/Indianexpress only) 2.
Magazines 3.
Internet 4.
Your own notes (assembled using the parts of above four weapons) 5.
These weapons provide fire two types of ammunition
Facts: features of Government scheme, powers of President, reasons for the spread of disease, some physics concept
responsible for mechanism of xyz instrument.
1.
Fodder: if UPSC examiner was a buffalo, how would you please him? Ofcourse by throwing some grass fodder at him.
Fodder is required mostly @Mains, Essay and interview. Pros and cons of a Government scheme / policy, reasons
suggestions-analysis of xyz socio-economic-environmental problem= these are some examples of fodder.
2.
Postal study material and readymade coaching notes = Desi country made weapons (katta and Tamanchaa), most of the time they
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misfire or dont fire when you pull the trigger.
So you should not over-rely on such Desi-weapons.
Now lets see how to effectively utilize these weapons. In reverse order
Well the same reason why practicing math sums is important for CAT exam= To succeed.
Syllabus of UPSC exam is extremely large. Even if youre done with the core/static theory portion, the new current affairs
keep piling every day.
1.
Today, if you understand a topic from xyz book, magazine, newspaper or website but cannot recall it in the exam hall after
five months, then whole exercise is useless.
2.
If youre not processing and consolidating information in compact notes form, then on the night before exam youll have so
many heaps of books, newspapers and magazines that could fill up a small loading rickshaw! Youll be under extreme stress
and frustration on what to read and what to skip?
3.
Basically you highlight important lines in a book and then write some important summery/keywords/phrases on the margins
of every book page.
Works well for NCERTs, GS Manuals, M.Laxmikanth, Bipin Chandra and so on.
doesnt work well, if youre supposed to prepare a topic after consolidating information from multiple sources. (Indo-US
relations for example)
Doesnt work well, if it is a secondary reference book. (i.e. some xyz book from library, wasnt written for IAS exam but got
some good facts/fodder in one or two chapters). In that case, ideal way was to write a separate handwritten summery note.
Made from Newspapers, standard reference books, magazines, websites.
How to make notes out of newspapers, is already explained in a separate article CLICK ME
When you make notes, please be conscious that youre not doing it with a 90s mindset: i.e. too much dates, names and
numbers.
1.
If you can remember something as such then no need to incorporate such data in your note. For example India got
independence on 15
th
August 1947=dont write.
2.
You dont have to copy the sentences verbatim. Because that is identical to making a photocopy! Just write keywords and
phrases, avoid writing full sentences. Write full sentence, only if it some extremely important quote / fodder statement.
3.
Notes need not be grammatically correct or pure chaste politically correct diplomatic language. You can mix up Hindi with
English, proverbs, slangs, profanity, filmy dialogues even to the point of obscenity . whatever makes it easy to revise and
recall the information. Keep in mind youre not making notes to impress someone, youre making notes for quick revision.
4.
If youre reading papercopy of a book, newspaper or magazine, it is easy to make handwritten notes simultaneously.
But if youre reading something on internet or PDF file, it may not be convenient.
Example softwares:
To organize notes/data To create mindmaps
Evernote 1.
Microsoft Onenote 2007/2010/2013 2.
Traditional Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel. 3.
Freemind 1.
Mindjet Mindmanager 2.
There is no one size fits for all. In certain topics, Mindmapping would be useful,
but in some topics a simple Excel datasheet would work just fine (for example list of persons in news or Science tech 2
markers.)
I had created an Auto-notemaker computer script, basically it helps you copy phrases from pdf files and websites. CLICK
ME (works perfect on WinXP, not so well on Win7)
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In the mains exam, question papers are quite lengthy. Handwriting speed matters. Therefore donot maintain only computer
notes. Also make handwritten notes as and where required. Thatd indirectly help you improve writing speed.
You can find notes of previous years toppers (Om Kasera, Neeraj Singh, Kshitij Tyagi) in the download section of
www.Mrunal.org/download
Such notes give you inspiration and indirect hints on the Art of notes making.
You will find some good facts and fodder in such notes.
However, Notes of toppers should not be your first line of defense or primary weapons because,
if he could memorize xyz thing without notes, he wouldnt have incorporated such data in his notes. 1.
In many places hed have written sentences, that would make limited sense to you (but theyd help him connect point x with
y)after all he wrote the notes for his easy revision and not yours.
2.
He may have skipped some topics or chapters because he did not find them exam-worthy. 3.
It can be of two types
Static = dealing with theoretical part of GS or optionals (History, Geography, literature etc.) 1.
Current affairs 2.
As we saw in Act I, the Static notes of coaching classes, lost their significance under UPSCs Backbreaking
TM
Move.
Regarding the current affairs notes= nowadays the famous classes intentionally delay the release of current affairs books/notes-
to prevent UPSC spies from changing the question paper.
So, in the coming years, youll find such material flooding in streets, just 15-20 days before the exam.
Consider this situation
Suppose Ajay Devgan exercised for 2 hours per day for 90 days continuously and transformed into a muscle man for his
movie Singham.
1.
Therefore if you exercise 12 hours a day for 15 days, youll get the same muscular body. Is it possible? 2.
Why not? 902=180 and 1215 is also 180!
Even If you take steroids, this is not possible. Same goes with the short cuts and quick fix solutions.
It doesnt require an Einstein to release readymade current affair notes. Just hire a retired player of UPSC, ask him to
follow Hindu for year, copy paste data, produce a booklet and charge anything between Rs.3000 to Rs.10000 depending on
your coaching classs name and reputation in the masses.
If a sincere player is doing his own notes since many months, he may quickly scan through such notes to fillup any missing
data to upgrade his own personal notes.
But then again, sincere players would usually find their own notes more adequate and well organized than such garbage that
floods the street 15 days before the exam.
But if a candidate had not been preparing current affairs on his own, then hed end up spending last 15 days just reading,
digesting and processing the data, There will be no time left to revise any other topics.
Therefore,
Maintain your current affairs notes, Dont look for shortcuts. 1.
If you get some good coaching note, use it to upgrade your own notes. 2.
If you donot have coaching notes- dont feel guilty or inferior. There are plenty of toppers who made it without using such
material.
3.
Now lets move to inspect the next weapon.
Internet is required for Follow up Action on particular topic of current affairs.
For example there is some climate change summit going on. Newspaper only mentions the highlight but not enough content
to write 120 words answer then youd need to use google.
Similarly, to find out the timeline/background of a topic, youll need to google.
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Youll need to visit official sites of various ministry
Youll need to keep an eye on pib.nic.in
Youll need to download IGNOU pdfs from egyankosh.ac.in as per your requirements.
Youll need it to access TheHindu.
And so on
But as usual, you should digest, process and make note out of it. Otherwise merely saving 10 articles per day in your harddisk =
wont help you.
You use internet for accessing Hindu/other newspapers and gather current affairs = well and good.
But dont just keep random surfing internet for your preparation (especially prelims). Because likelihood of getting question
from some random internet article of Wikipedia or newspaper in UPSC = very less. Why? Because UPSC has to keep in
mind the candidates from small towns and villages, who may not have 24/7 internet access. So many questions come from
static theory part- NCERTs, other Standard reference books, to give them level playing field- particularly @the
preliminary level.
Initially youll feel enthusiastic about doing google-research, but after 15-20 days, youll lose the tempo and start feeling
nervous thinking I can never complete the syllabus
Ofcourse you can search internet for further explanation of a topic. But UPSC exam is not made up of one particular topic
alone. It is a mixture of everything. So dont overdo anything. for example digging Sci-Tech, folk dances etc. day and night.
They are released by the Government.
Yojana deals with socio-economic issues, poverty, water sanitation, women empowerment etc.
Kurukshetra deals mainly with rural Development.
Both are important for UPSC, because they provide fodder material.
Every article in those two magazines, follows more or less the same structure that is
Initially itll describe an issue or problem, give you some data. 1.
Itll list the Government scheme / project and their salient features 2.
Thant itll give you data and charts on State wise money allotment and achievements. 3.
Sometimes itll give reasons why targets are not achieved. 4.
Ultimately, some over-glorified success story of xyz NGO or Self Help group. 5.
For us, point number 1,2 and 4 are important.
If Yojana magazine issue has 75 pages, you can summarize the fodder material in less than 5 page note, just containing keywords
and phrases. So do it, highly recommended, will help you particularly for descriptive question (mains and essay).
It is said that Kurukshetra is important for candidates with Public Administration optional only. My opinion is Kurukshetra is
important for everyone irrespective of optional subject given the current trend of UPSC asking yearbook, socio-economic
Development type questions.
Although you can download the free PDF files from their official website, here is the link
http://yojana.gov.in/CMS/Default.aspx
but I would suggest subscribe for paper-copy.
Reason: Each magazine cost Rs.100 subscription per year = not very expensive.
+ Reading on computer screen for long time= not good for eyes.
Goto post office, buy following things
Buy two IPO (indian postal orders) worth Rs.100 each 1.
One envelop worth Rs.5 (it already has postal stamp.) 2.
On Each IPO, write Director, Publication Division, Ministry of Info. & Broadcasting, New Delhi
Now prepare two paper chits/letters: One for Yojana and One for Kurukshetra.
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Your Name and Address: 1.
Subscription: Yojana/Kurukshetra for 1 year 2.
Language of magazine: English/Hindi/Gujarati/ whatever language. 3.
IPO number: 4.
Now staple each letter with each IPO.
Slip it into that Envelop.
On the Envelop, write following address and mail it.
Business Manager,
Publication Division, East Block, Level-VII,
RK Puram, New Delhi-110066
CST = Civil Service Times
PD= Pratiyogita Darpan
These magazines provide you information on current affairs, truckload of coaching class advertisements on every second page
and useless clichd topper interviews.
In the 90s era, magazines were important because preliminary exam used to be current affairs heavy (sports, awards, places and
persons in news etc). Nowadays not so much.
Besides, the level of current affairs questions in the mains examination, requires that you follow the newspapers rather these
magazines. However magazines still have some utilities because
Helps you fill up the gap in your notes. e.g. if some topic was not covered in newspaper, or in case you missed noticing
some important development.
1.
Saves you the trouble of following sports related News everyday. 2.
But keep in mind the magazine publishers cover the news-item is still from the 90s mindset. They throw just way too much
names,dates and numbers at you. So itd be better if you just noted down keywords in separate diary (especially for science-tech
part) e.g. We are not interested in knowing the exact height and weigh of satellite, we only need to know its function or use.
Each magazine has following structure
National affairs 1.
International affairs 2.
Science-tech 3.
Economy 4.
Persons and Places in news 5.
Some filler articles for the sake of filling pages, because they couldnot find more coaching class ad sponsers.. 6.
Usually doctored and ghost written topper interviews 7.
For you section 1 to 4 are important. Rest depending on your time and mood. Dont pay much attention on what topper is saying
(or recommending) in the magazine interviews, because mostly theyre doctored and ghostwritten interviews. Read following
blogs by IAS officers and youll understand what Im saying:
Supreet Singh Gulati (IAS, AIR-2/CSE-2007, Punjab Cadre): click ME 1.
Gokul GR (IAS, AIR-19/CSE-2010, Kerala Cadre): Click ME 2.
From January to May= Diwali time for competitive magazines.
They come up with issues with attractive covers for example
Complete geography in 15 days 1.
Entire coverage of Biodiversity 2.
1000 questions on current affairs! 3.
The new player would ditch his books and start mugging up data given in such magazines. Nothing really comes in the exam and
he suffers. So dont make that mistake. Your Primary weapons = Standard Reference Books+newspapers+your own notes.
All these readymade things are secondary. These are only the supplements, not the substitutes.
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Use any one of following.
Civil Service
Times (CST):
Recommended, if you sole aim is UPSC exam alone.
Wizard, Chronicle= well I feel they lost the shine. Their target audience is only UPSC aspirants and
in that genre, Civil Service Times is doing better job- coverage of International relations and
Science-tech is good.
It doesnt mean, Wizard and Chronicle are bad. Use whatever tools you can find / afford.
Pratiyogita
Darpan
Recommended, if youre simultaneously preparing for UPSC as well as Bank PO, SSC, State PSC
type of jobs.
Because PD also provides you with material and question papers of those exams.
Pratiyogita Darpan can be read online for free, using their official website. Click ME
If money is the problem, then no need to buy, visit local Government library.
Question: From which month to which month, should I cover current affairs?
If youre appearing in the year 2013, you should prepare current affairs from minimum Jan 2012. (it doesnt mean UPSC wont
ask you some topic that happened in 2011 or from 2007, because UPSC is the baddest thug youll find in this part of South Asia.)
Anyways, the ideal and plausible current affairs time frame = start from one year i.e. Jan 2012. Finish upto that part, then
worry about 2011.
If youve started preparation from Nov 2012, then I hope from November onwards youd religiously follow newspapers and
maintain notes (if you dont want to dig up your grave) but what about the stuff that already happened? i.e. what to do for the
current affairs from Jan 2012 to Nov 2012?
Go through the competitive magazine issues of those month
Ya but Where to find the old magazines?
A. local library
B. For Pratiyogita Darpan their official website.
Same advice for Yojana, Kurukshetra.
Okay now assuming that you have covered up to January 2012. But about few years back?
For Jan 2011 to Dec 2011 = www.competitionmaster.com
For 2001 to Dec 2010 = http://www.hindu.com/revents/events.htm
Yes it 2001 and no I did not make typing mistake. Just give a cursory reading to (National and International) section of that
Hindu diary of events.
Reason: there have been some landmark events for example Bt-Brinjal, Iraq and Afghanistan war, 9/11, 26/11, sub-prime crisis,
Indo US nuclear deal, Tsunami, Right to education Act, women reservation bill, Law Commission, Justice Sacchar Committee,
controversy regarding office of profit... And so on.
Many such topics would continue haunting you indirectly and implicitly in the mains, essay and interview. So better have some
idea about them.
Any One magazine is sufficient. More than one magazine = overlapping and overkill.
Ofcourse there would be some xyz science-tech term which was given in PD but not in CST, then What to do? Well in war,
there is always some casualty. If you start worrying so much, you cannot prepare. One competitive magazine (combined
with one newspaper) should do the trick.
If after youre done with core syllabus, notes making and everythingyou may visit local library to upgrade your notes. But
now is not the right time. All those things are secondary.
They provide fodder material for essay, interview. These are all secondary reference. Frontline can also be downloaded for free
(goto Mrunal.org/download)
Player with decent command over core GS, Yearbook, Polity, current affairs and hes already done with the syllabus and
notes on opt. subject (if optional subjects are kept in UPSC exam)
1.
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Someone who has appeared in mains and right now waiting for the interview call. He should visit local library, go through
as many issues as he can- to build up his knowledge for interviews.
2.
In short, these secondary things are made for Level 3 player. Who is this level 3 player? click ME for the answer
But If youre yet to become master of level2, then there is no point in indulge in these things at the moment. First finish
your core syllabus, revise it multiple times and get good grip over the conventional General Studies.
Often the Ideal strategy is not the plausible strategy. Use your head, know your strengths, limits, time available to you and
proceed accordingly.
Besides in UPSC lot of questions come from standard reference books and newspapers so they should be your primary
weapons.
So far we discussed weapon #5- notes, Weapon #4- internet, Weapon #3- magazines. Now time to examine
Why newspapers are important, 1.
How to read them effectively without wasting 3-4 hours a day? 2.
How to make notes out of newspapers? 3.
all that already explained in a previous article: click ME
How to read The Hindu online, using Google Reader/Feedly, already explained= Click ME
In India we have various school boards
CBSE 1.
ICSE 2.
State Education boards 3.
NCERT= the textbooks used by CBSE students.
Theyre are available in both Hindi and English
They can be downloaded for free, download links are given at the bottom of this article.
But if you can afford, then go ahead and buy them from market. (To save the eye stress of reading so much on computer
screen)
NCERTs are important because many questions in the preliminary exam, are directly or indirectly asked from them
History, geography, science, economics. ICSE text-books are also good for preparation (particularly for Geography
segment), but theyre expensive and not readily available in market. So just go for NCERTs.
If youre appearing for State PSC exams, then use NCERTs and also Use State Education Board textbooks (History,
Geography, Social Science) to get the GS/GK specific to that xyz State.
They are old black-and-white editions, contain truckload of facts, names, dates and numbers on history, science and
geography were important during 90s eraquestion on this alloy and that chemical, world geography, ancient history etc.
But now The nature of questions has changed. (Only History, Geography would help upto some extend in the new pattern of
Mains).
1.
The colourful new editions, theyre not bloated with names, dates, numbers and other boring stuff.
They are designed with main objective of explaining the underlying concept/principle of topic without boring the hell out of
a reader.
So, they are quite good for preparing under the Backbreaking
TM
regime of UPSC.
some topics were better covered in the older NCERTs for example World geography and History- particularly the
Colonization and economic angles to it.
For that reason- some coaching sirs and senior players advice older NCERT.
Personally i feel, one is not going to suffer from any competitive disadvantage in prelims, if he has not read the older
NCERT books. because the question style has changed. + whatever facts were present in older NCERTs and absent in New
NCERT= theyre usually covered in GS Manual.
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Besides, UPSC too understands that older NCERTs are rarely available outside Delhi and some guy from small town or
village cannot easily access them. (recall Backbreaking
TM
principle)
So if you can get your hands on older NCERT, read them, else there is no need to lose your sleep or burn your blood over
this issue.
In either case, if youre going to read NCERT just one or two times very lightly for namesake formality, then it wont help
you. Revise often, and take NCERTs seriously.
Taking inspiration from Mrinalini Sarabhai (again), I give you a list of *Not recommended books*,
Not recommended book Why?
Physical Geography by Goh Che
Leong
1. 90s are over. Nature of question changed. NCERT+GS Manual =sufficient for
physical geography.
Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses
Courses, Evelyn Pearce
2.
NCERT+GS Manual = more than sufficient to cover human body/biology.For First
Aid, there is better PDF on IGNOU. (click ME)
Know your body: Readers Digest 3.
General Principles of World
Geography: Charles Farro
4. Lolz. Hardly any question on World geography, in last three years. NCERT+GS
Manual will do the trick.
Monsoon Asia: Charles Farro 5.
No need for Ph.D
Monsoon question is so clichd, 90s and repeated, unlikely to reappear even in
mains under the Backbreaking
TM
era.
A Brief History of Nearly
Everything: Bill Bryson
6.
Good read for time pass, if youve free time.Problem is- there is no free time.
Fundamentals of Statistics by SC
Gupta
7.
This is used for M.Sc courses.NCERT + Spectrums Book on Statistics =good
enogh.
Besides Spectrum also contains solved Stat sums from GS papers from 1979 upto
2011.
Mishra Puri 8.
These are meant for Economics (Optional subject) paper
II.NCERT+NIOS+Ramesh Singh (TMH)= less boring, less pages, more exam
oriented.
Dutt Sundaram 9.
Uma Kapila 10.
DD Basu 11.
Laxmikanth is better organized and exam oriented. MV Paylee 12.
Subhash Kashyap 13.
Yes youd find some fact/fodder from all ^such books, but time is a luxury you cannot afford, at best these all could come under
Secondary, you may refer to them if and when youve the time, but now is not the right time- first get a decent grip over core
GS, yearbook and current affairs.
In case you wonder, if these books are not useful, then why would someone recommend them over internet?
Ans.
They may have had their (limited) utility in 90s era. So the old sites recommended them and theyre still on top of google
search engine.
1.
Such huge list assures that a new player feels frustrated during self-study and decides to join coaching. 2.
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When it comes to Science, Geography or History: your first choice of Weapon= NCERTs.
But at times some important concepts and principles are not covered fully in NCERTs.
GS Manual bridges that gap + provides you truckload of mock questions to practice at home.
You can download the blank answersheets by clicking me, and use it to practice those mock questions.
Yes you must practice mock question, because they train you against negative marking. (just like a Circus lion is trained by
whipping). Negative marking is a huge factor for success and failure @CSAT prelims.
General Studies Manuals also contain lot of useless stuff for example chemical equations of respiration/ATP cycles and
truckload of breeds and species of cows and buffalos and names of States where theyre found. Therefore, Not everything
given in GS manual, is important from exam point of view (+it wont go in memory anyways). Youll see tips on how to
effectively utilize GS Manual, in Act III.
There are many publications involved in General Studies Manual. Tatamacgrawhill, Unique, Spectrum, Pearson to name a
few.
If you already have one, then no need to purchase new GS Manual. But If you are yet to purchase a GS Manual, then I
would suggest go for Tata Machgrawhill General Studies Manual, particularly for its good coverage of Geography and
Science segment and truckload of Mock Questions.
You can also buy a second hand/used GS Manual, there is no harm in it.
Other standard reference books will be discussed in appropriate sections of next Act III.
So, These are your weapons, but what about weapons of your enemy?
It got 3 weapons
Backbreaking
TM
: already discussed. 1.
R.T.I stonewalling (i.e. not divulging information via R.T.I or doing It only after the whole exam is over=1 year late)
Hopefully CIC will resolve it.
2.
Negative Marking (in prelims/CSAT) 3.
Plays huge factor in preliminary stage.
The answer choices are designed in such way that applying common sense or smart guessing or smart elimination= many a
times you end up ticking wrong answer.
Youve to train your mind not to fall in that trap.
Thats why practice all questions from GS Manual using blank answersheets and then check answers =your mind will be
trained like a circus lion not to touch doubtful questions.
Every year nature and difficulty of questions are different so donot force yourself into ticking more answers merely to cross
an imaginary cutoff based on previous RTIs.
For example youve ticked 60 questions accurately and there are 10 questions where you feel 50:50 between two answer
choices. But someone or something has brainwashed you into believing that one must tick 70 questions to clear prelims. So
your mind starts playing tricks, makes you think that your smart guesses are correct and you get seduced into ticking those
10 questions. This usually leads into #Epicfail. Dont push your luck in prelims.
Cutoffs are not decided by the eminent sirs of Delhi, cutoffs are not decided by internet forums, cutoffs are decided by
UPSC. So once prelims or mains are over, dont raise your blood-pressure by what theyre predicting. Besides, your fate
was already sealed the moment you submitted answersheet to the hall supervisor. Burning blood over cutoffs is not going to
change your result.
Q. Should I join some (Expensive) mock test series of coaching class?
If you can afford go ahead join, if you cant (or dont want to), then no need to lose sleep or burn your blood over this issue.
Following toppers cleared UPSC Civil Service exam without joining such mock tests. (list is not exhaustive.)
All India Rank (2011)
Harshika Singh 8
Om Kasera 17
There are dozen other toppers who didnot join any mock test series, read their interviews on following page
mrunal.org/category/motivation
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Foxit PDF reader (necessary prerequisite for using Mrunals autonotemaker) click me to download 1.
Almost all of these PDF files provides direct copying of text. => That means you can use Mrunals autonotemaker to
quickly make notes and mindmaps out of it, just use mouse cursor to highlight a particular line /phrase and my software will
copy its text in a separate file. for more instructions click me
2.
Go to following link: https://files.secureserver.net/0fHCh0CLd6Az63
Youll find the material organized in various folders. Click on individual folder and download zip files. Here is the description
about the contents of individual folder:
Folder Comment
Contains NCERT history chapters from class 7 to 12, in three zip files: ancient, medieval and Modern
+NIOS Culture material
Contains class 7 to 10 NCERT Science in three zips: physics, chemistry, biology.
+NIOS Science material. (although there will be lot of overlapping)
Class 11, 12 Science books given in the peripheral section below.
Contains selective chapters from class 6 to 12 from science and geography textbooks that are relevant
for Environment and biodiversity.
+NIOS material for environment and biodiversity EnB.
Contains NCERT class 11 + NCERT 12 Macro economics
+NIOS economy material.
Class 12 Micro-economics not included because not worth the time for CDS. although download link in
the peripheral section below.
Contains NCERT class 6 to 12 in five zip folders: physical, India, World, Agro and glossary.
+NIOS material on geography (although lot of overlapping)
read these if depending on your time and mood.
NIOS
Single folder contains many courses from NIOS: sociology, political science etc. download as per your
time, mood and requirement.
Download
Biology 12 Biology Download
Chemistry 12 Chemistry 1 Download
Chemistry 12 Chemistry 2 Download
Economics 12 Introductory Microeconomics Download
Economics 10 Understanding Economic Development Class X Social Science Download
Economics 9 Economics for Class 9 Download
Physics 12 Physics 1 Download
Physics 12 Physics 2 Download
Political Science 12 Contemporary World Politics Political Science Class 12 Download
Political Science 12 Political Science 2 for Class 12 Download
Political Science 11 Political Theory Political Science Class 11 Download
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Political Science 11 Indian Constitution at Work Political Science Class 11 Download
Political Science 7 Social and Political Life Part 2 Class 7 Download
Political Science 8 Social and Political Life Class 8 Download
Social sci. 10 Democratic Politics Part 2 for Class X Social Science Download
Sociology 12 Sociology Indian Society Download
Sociology 12 Sociology Social Change and Development in India for Download
Sociology 11 Introducing Sociology Class 11 Download
Sociology 11 Understanding Society Sociology Class 11 Download
World history 9 India and Contemporary World 1 for Class 9 Download
World history 10 India and the Contemporary World 2 Class X Social Science Download
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(Part 2 of 5): Notes, Newspapers and Books 2.
(Part 3 of 5): General Studies for CSAT prelims and Mains 3.
(Part 4 of 5): Time Management, Coaching etc. 4.
(Part 5 of 5): Career Backup Plans: How to prepare for State PSC etc 5.
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akash
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sir now i am starting from scrap for upsc
plz give me strategy so i will be full prepare for 2014 exam
now i just finished history and geography ncrt books
my option is geography .
Kiran
Hi Mrunal, the link you have provided for downloading study material(https://files.secureserver.net/0fHCh0CLd6Az63) is not working,
can you provide an alternate link?
11 of 15 12/19/2013 11:43 PM
rajan
double click on the folder..
kuldeep
best book for hindi grammar.
special y for dsssb exam
kartikey
sir, i am 3rd year engg. student from this year i have intiated the preparation for civil services
i hv planned for two subjects poltical science and economics
for poltical science i have started reading class 11th and 12th ncert books of civics..
for economics i have started reading uma kapilabut the problem is this i have bought 2009-10 edition of the book.is there any
need to buy the latest edition as i just want to brush up my basics of economics as i am completely new to this subject..and is this my
strategy is in right direction from this point of tym..or any suggestions required so please let me know????.thanku..
somit
Dear Kartikey,
As per 2013 CSE notification only one optional is to be prepared.Why have u chosen two?read the notification well.
jitendra jat
ya i agree with u r suggesions but 1 ques in my mind both exams (mains, pre) r prepere together r seperate aproches. some sugges
me fistly prepr for pri n then ofter mains. but WHY?
sandeep
sir, i am planning to prepare for upsc, kindly suggest me the required ncert books to buy so that i can purchase in the market.reply
please.
satvik malipatil
very good suggest
anurag
sir, plz suggest me a good history book mainly for ancient and medieval india history.
Rohit
I have downloaded your geography material organised in 5 categories. but all NCERT books are not there. class 6th-chapter 8 not
available. similarly class 7th-chapter 1 to 6 not there.i believe all these are important for UPSC preparation. why have not you added
those in your material .?
Mrunal
because they are in the EnB(environment-biodiversity) related zip file of NCERt books.
12 of 15 12/19/2013 11:43 PM
Preeti
Hi mrunalICSE ki books online download karne ka koi link nhi hai kya??? Delhi me ICSE ki books mil sakti hai??
sreenu
hi. to all ,nice material
mahesh
civics means political science or not??
mohit joshi
sir,i have already cleard nda cds (3 ssb not selectd still trying till last) but decided to move for other exam also so indian politcs till
now have done from lucent but as exam to exam things depend . would it be right to buy laxmikanth and read polity of 11 class first (
constitution at work) .other things going with ncert except polity .i am giving pcs,case,ssc and all other.reply asap
mohit joshi
i have already cleard nda cds (3 ssb not selectd still trying till last) but decided to move for other exam also so indian politcs till now
have done from lucent but as exam to exam things depend . would it be right to buy laxmikanth and read polity of 11 class first (
constitution at work) .other things going with ncert except polity .i am giving pcs,case,ssc and all other.reply asap
Lokesh B
Hello Mrunal J i,
I am new a starter to Civils preparation,your information is so useful which I am following daily basis alike intake of
water,bread&butter.
Thanks a lot. Keep the new surge of information on always.
Thanks&Regards,
Lokesh B.
shivamariya
sir ,by profession am a software eng,and like to prepare for civilservices exam,my question is the percentage of importance,science
subjects.
sonu kumar
sir ,by profession am a software eng,and like to prepare for civilservices exam,my question is the percentage of importance,science
subjects.can we go ahed for this exam?
ajaya
sir, define the economics syllabus for mains
anjali
thanx
13 of 15 12/19/2013 11:43 PM
viksh ranjan
hi sir can u provide ncert materials in hindi also?
afroz
Hello Mr. Mrunal,
i hope everything will be great around and thanks for your effort. i am a working professional and i want to prepare for ibps po and
civils.i am beginner so please can you guide me how/where to start my preparation.please suggest me ebooks or notes to download.
i hope you revert me soon.
Nitin
Are you suggesting that GS mains should be prepared from prelims mannual?
bhasil
SIR
THANK U FOR UR VALUABLE INFORMATION
SIR CAN U PLEASE GIVE OR SEND CIVIL SERVICE MAINS 2014 SYLLABUS IN PDF FORMAT
THANK U SIR
ajsan
sir i want some good books for english part of csat pt test plz provide the same.
thank you
saxena
Hello Sir
As i am preparing for csat examination..but I have some doubts related to my poor acadmic records in 10+2..as i am preparing with
full of confidence.but some times i loose it, while thinking about this issue.
I score in 10+2 0nly 48%..from U.P Board..so sir please tell me will it creat some negetive impact while facing interview,as i am
selected for interview for IBPS,
mahesh
how to practice written question for gs in home without checker .
nikhil
M preparing for Indian forest services I just started preparing for exam I selected mechanical engineering n mathematics as my
electives for mains now mains for this exam is different than that of civil services n prelim will be same so what should I do for
preparation of preliminary . I have also problem with 2nd subject of mains of Ifos I.e. general knowledge what should I do for this
subject please tell me what to do also I want to know is there in online coaching for this class (ofcourse of good quality) so please
guide me regarding all this.
Sivajee
Hi.. I want to take Economics as my optionals. Could you please tell me is it a good choice and also suggest me some good books for
economy to prepare for optionals.
Goutam
14 of 15 12/19/2013 11:43 PM
hello sir.
i am a govt employee.i am preparing for jharkhand service commission exam. i m following ur suggestions given in your post. i m
posted at small town and i dont know what should be the strategy for this exam.i cannt join any coaching classes.sir i request u
plzzzzzzzzzzz give me some guidelines reg this exam. i know that will b very much useful for me.
i am studying ncert books from 7 to 12 of social science, science..
Nagendra KR
Mr Gi
Please provide IFOS 2013 Physics and Maths paper along with a good strategy tips to crack it in future exams
Thank you
shafi jindal
@nagendra
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