HOW TO APPROACH THE UPSC CSE MAINS GS-1 PAPER ? By AIR-2 GS 1 COMPRISES OF 10Q *10 MARKS EACH = 100 10Q*15 MARKS EACH = 150 TOTAL OF 250 MARKS The sources that i mentioned here were the ones that i used as per the availability but they are not very rigid, can be substituted. Now let us break down the entire syllabus into identifiable sub parts and tackle each one of them individually. Indian Culture - Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from Ancient to Modern times. Sources - UPSC PYQ 2013 onwards ( to get a fair understanding of what are the type of questions and not miss out on any repeated questions ) Nitin Singhania sir’s book of art and culture. - only the chapters i did for prelims but more specifically the chapters on LITERATURE, DANCE, ARCHITECTURE, COINS, TRAVELLERS, BHAKTI AND SUFI ( i am attaching my notes i made out of the book for pre and mains here itself on the channel) Referred to notes of Vision ias for t...