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 List of Political Ideologies  List of political ideologies along with their subtypes. ✅Anarchism   ❇️Classical anarchism ❇️Individualist anarchism ❇️Libertarianism ❇️Social anarchism ❇️Insurrectionary anarchism ✅Authoritarianism   ❇️Absolute monarchism ❇️Autocracy ❇️Despotism ❇️Dictatorship ❇️Imperialism ❇️Oligarchy ❇️Police-State ❇️Totalitarianism ❇️Plutocracy ❇️Theocracy ✅Communitarianism   ❇️Communitarian corporatism ❇️Mutualism ❇️Distributism ❇️Eurasianism ✅Communism   ❇️Barracks communism ❇️Leninism ❇️Stalinism ❇️Marxism ❇️Naxalism ✅Conservatism   ❇️Authoritarian conservatism ❇️Bioconservatism ❇️Black conservatism ❇️Civic conservatism ❇️Classical conservatism ✅Corporatism   ❇️Absolutist corporatism ❇️Communitarian corporatism ❇️Conservative corporatism ❇️Economic corporatism ❇️Mutualist movement ❇️National syndicalism ❇️Neo-feudalism ✅Democracy   ❇️Associative democracy ❇️Bioregional democracy ❇️Bourge...

  Approx daily study schedule : It changes with time and based on which exam is near: But if prelims is not very near and prep is on for mains one of my typical day looked like this : Newspaper : 1 hour Optional subject : 3 hours GS subjects (2) : 2-3 hours Mains answer writing and check : 2.5 hours Online debate and other programs : 1 hour Exercise/sports : 1-1.5 hours Sleep : 8 hours ( i give myself ample sleep as it helps my brain to retain maximum information) One of the most important factors in this calculation is : “DON’T CHEAT YOURSELF” . Many times some just sit in front of the table and count all those hours as study hours. I personally feel that to study for 12 hours properly one needs to sit for 14-15 hours because between two subjects and topics one needs to take rest. I would also suggest not to study continuously for long as it reduces efficiency. Based on experts' advice (Youtibe) they suggest we should take a 5-8 minutes break after every 30 minutes of study. Use t...

 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...