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UPSC 2022 Strategy
UPSC 2022 Strategy
UPSC 2022 Strategy
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• 7-8 months are more than enough if you are dedicated and willing to work hard.
• try to put 8 hours daily with consistency.
• Carry on with Integrated Prelims and Mains preparation
• Go through previous year questions before starting any subject.
• Try to follow the 70:30 time distribution- Static: Current
• Revise what you read timely. You can schedule the revision in three phases- first within 24
hours, second by the end of the week, third by the end of the month.
• Do not leave the newspaper for more than 15 days before the ‘D-Day’ otherwise you will have
problems in preparing for Mains even if you clear Prelims.
Now coming to the sources to follow for the Preparation. Most of you must already be aware of
the requisite materials for the exam. But for the freshers who might be planning to give this exam
for the first time this year, here is the list of the basic minimum resources that you have to
complete.
Subject
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Polity
• Very dynamic subject
• Read and digest M.Laxmikanth
• Can be supplemented with D.D. Basu
• Focus on Bills, Acts in news - can be asked in Prelims and Mains
• RSTV videos
Economy
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Niti Aayog Report
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Geography
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• Fundamentals of Physical Geography- 11th NCERT
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• Physical Environment of India- 11th NCERT
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• Human Geography- 12th NCERT
• Indian People and Economy- 12th NCERT
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• Certificate Geography- G.C. Leong
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• Map book
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• Mains- Savinder Singh, Khullar/Majid Hussain
• Interlink with Mains topics such as Disaster Management.
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Environment
History
General science
• NCERT- 9th
• NCERT - 10th
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Newspaper and monthly magazine
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Ethics
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• ARC- Ethics in Governance
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• Remember definitions
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• Subba Rao- For case studies
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Other Mains topics
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• Society- Indian Society- 12th NCERT, Social change and Development- 12th NCERT
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Governance- ARC report, Unacademy videos
• Social Issues- ARC reports, Newspaper, PIB, PRS, Frontline
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• Disaster Management- ARC Report ( Crisis Management )
• Security- Challenges to Internal Security of India- Ashok Kumar
Current affairs