UPSC 2024 (PRELIMS + MAINS) INTEGRATED PLAN

(By IAS PCS Pathshala)

IMPORTANT POINTS - After Deplorable Prelims Paper

● “ SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIGHT, BUT YOU CAN

SURVIVE THE SITUATION ”

● Mains Ready Before Prelims. (Ex - Export wala question - 3.2% Export)
● Printout of UPSC Mains + Optional Syllabus
● Previous Years Question Papers of both PRELIMS & MAINS.
● Before starting any subject, Glace through PYQs.
● Loose A4 sheets for notes making (GS1, GS2, GS3, GS4, ESSAY,
OPTIONAL) (or) You can use Evernote/OneNote.
● Make Topic Wise/ Subject Wise Notes

● Current Affairs: The Need for a Changed Approach (esp PRELIMS)

❖ BOOK LISTS

History Modern History ➢ Spectrum

Ancient and ➢ Poonam Dalal Dahiya Ma’am

Medieval History

Art and Culture ➢ 11th Class Fine Arts

➢ Nitin Singhania (Selected
Chapters) (or Handwritten
Notes)

POST ➢ ABP NEWS PRADHANMANTRI

INDEPENDENCE SERIES
➢ Class 12 NCERT - Politics in
India Since Independence

World History ➢ OLD NCERT – ARJUN DEV

 ➢ Shreyans Sir Notes

Geography ➢ 11th Class NCERT (2 Books)

➢ Rajtanil Ma'am YouTube Videos
(+ Mandar Patki Notes)
➢ GC Leong (Not Required - 2nd
Part Notes Shreyans Kumat)
➢ Oxford Student Atlas (Use
Google Map)

Polity ➢ Class 11 NCERT – Indian

Constitution at Work
➢ Laxmikanth
➢ Bare Act
➢ Current Affairs

Economy ➢ Mrunal Sir Videos/Notes

➢ Vision VAM
➢ Current Affairs

Environment and Ecology ➢ PMF IAS

➢ 12th Biology (Complete, Not
only Unit 10 Ex - Marsupials)

Internal Security and Disaster ➢ Vision MAINS 365

Management

Society and Social Justice ➢ CLASS 12 NCERT

(SOCIOLOGY)
➢ Vision VAM
➢ Current Affairs

Governance ➢ VISION MAINS 365

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ➢ VISION MAINS 365 (CURRENT

AFFAIRS)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ➢ CURRENT AFFAIRS

ETHICS ➢ Toppers Copy

➢ Key Terms Google
➢ DK Balaji (OPTIONAL)

CSAT ➢ ARUN SHARMA

❖ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

1. 2nd ARC Recommendation Summary (4th Report)

2. YOJANA - EDITOR DESK PAGE
3. INDIA YEAR BOOK (for PRELIMS ONLY - I’ll provide compilations)
4. PYQ BOOK(PRELIMS - 20 YEARS; MAINS - 10 YEARS)
5. The Hindu Newspaper

Happy Studying :)