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 Subhankar Bala AIR 79 GOVERNANCE notes  https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1P6yktSH3wo1tpT6o4W3GGwROO2aL1xgJ/16PCiAb1Z8bHY9ps0FRk3WmPDj42TGeT7?usp=sharing&sort=13&direction=a

 Newspaper Reading 1. Newspaper reading is absolute must at all stages of exam. I will recommend The Indian Express over The Hindu (its too critical and hence you wont be able to write that in exam). Do skim through the major headlines of The Hindu, if you want. 2. Strict NO to any political, entertainment, ideological, sports, over-critical of govt articles. They won't be asking that in mains. Even the controversial topics should be avoided for over analysis.  3. Stick to Vision IAS Monthly current Affairs ... its the best and apt for exam. Make notes from it and dump it...DO NOT plan to re-read it again.  4. I used to read newspaper and Vision book soft-copy (pdf) version, so notes making was quite easy ... many a times simply put the Screenshot of the news in your notes. So if you can and willing, try to switch to online/digital note making (will be helpful to share even, once you get selected 😉 ) 5. If you're a newbie in CSE prep, you may take 3-4 hours to read newsp...

IAS Subhankar Bala MAINS strategy How to move forward to the Mains and interview stage? Preparation of mains is slightly different from Prelims In prelims we remember all small minute facts but in mains we try to remember the bigger picture and analysis along with important data One should first try to complete the basic syllabus of Base subjects as mentioned above before jumping into answer writing practice After that I would suggest writing mains answers of 4-5 questions daily from different sources. I used to read questions along with answers from Insightsonindia secure synopsis in the morning and used to write the answers in evening or night to test my memorizing skill and then recheck the answers with original text and add missing parts. Revise once a week all the answers of the past week. And once a month past month's answers swiftly. This helps to improve articulation in answers and also helps to form structures in answers. Practice putting maps and diagrams, flow chart in a...

Subhankar Bala AIR 79 UPSC CSE  Strategy for clearing prelims exam?  Don't read important books as stories . Read each line in important books as a source of information, Don't just rush faster to complete the books Read same book 10 times rather than reading 10 books 1 times Don't go for a mock test of one subject immediately after reading it. Some memories are volatile. Let it go away and go for the exam after 3-4 days to know how much you have actually remembered. Go for 15-20 mock tests with some sectional and some full length Dont give exam as a platform for learning. Give it as a final test with time limit and all other seriousness etc. After each exam analyse answers and your accuracy in guessing and 50:50 properly to enhance your performance in actual exam Learn the technique of elimination of options and some other techniques which are required to come to answer without knowing it properly. Read previous years UPSC question paper to get a sense of the type of quest...

 Subhankar Bala IAS AIR 79 UPSC 2020 exam Do one need to take coaching? It depends on availability of coaching centre near you and your financial ability This exam can be cleared without coaching You need to follow right resources and right attitude towards exam If you have our basics clear which you have read in class 9-10 ( history, geography) etc then you can just study books by yourself and understand the concepts I did not know basics of some of the subjects like Economy ( I took online classes for economy in Unacademy) According to me if you are consistent enough and follow proper routine you can complete the syllabus without any coaching You can collect almost all notes from internet , or if you join any test series they provide you with their basic notes Rest can be collected from different websites and other internet sources. Coaching can only make a good foundation for you, Even if you take coaching you need to prepare notes and prepare by yourself to write answers and to...

Subhankar Bala IAS   UPSC CSE  Mains Booklist Specifically for mains GS1 : Indian culture : Vision notes , Nitin Singhania ( for some topics only) Modern history : spectrums Post independence : Spectrums and India after Gandhi (May read) World history : Vision notes Society : NCERT and vision notes Effect of globalization : vision notes Physical geography : NCERT , and current affairs Natural resources : Mrunal sir’s website Geophysical phenomena : NCERT and Rajtanil madam’s lecture GS2 : Polity topics : Laxmikanth , current affairs , mains 365 Development process , NGO , SHG : Vision noets Welfare scheme , poverty etc : Mrunal sirs note Governance : Vision notes , 2nd ARC International relation : internet , mains 365 International institutions : internet , mains 365 GS3 : Economy : Mrunal Budgeting : Mrunal Crops, cropping pattern : Internet, NCERT PDS : vision notes Food processing : vision notes Land reform : vision notes Infrastructures : Mrunal Investment models : Mr...

Subhankar Bala IAS prelims booklist  Prelims :  ( also valid for mains ) Economy : Notes and lectures of Mrunal sir NCERT ( read in the beginning of the preparation) Pt 365 and Mains 365 by Vision IAS Schemes related Pt365 Polity : Laxmikant (most important) Pt 365 and mains 365 by Vision IAS Recent laws and policies ( from internet and current affairs magazines) Environment : Shankar IAS PT 365 and mains 365 Visions notes for disaster management History : Spectrums ( most important) Class 11 and 12 books of Tamilnadu board for medieval and ancient Pt 365 for art and culture Vision notes for world history Geography: Rajtanil Madam’s lecture (youtube) (make your own notes) NCERT class 11 and 12 ( important) Map