All I see is some Jholachhaap publishers’ copypasting chapters from other books meant for Bank PO + add some GK material + give last 3 years’ question papers = market it as SSC/CPF/GPSC guidebook. Such readymade books contain “all- in- one” GS+Aptitude material. ![]() Political Science - list of freely downloadable books at E-Books Directory. NCERT Books free Download. This is the complete story of NCERT books ( Free economics books on macroeconomics, microeconomics, industrial economics, management. Links to relevant theory, analyses and software. The economy of Japan is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). So a newcomer thinks he got the jackpot. But In such books, the history, science portion, they directly give you 2. MCQs without explaining any theory. ![]() Similarly in aptitude portion, they merely list 3- 4 formulas, show you 3- 4 solved sums with 2. MCQs. Many sincere but naive candidates believe that if they prepare such books, they’re going to crack the SSC/CPF/IBPS/ State PSC exam. Sorry it doesn’t work like that. Please donot underestimate the level of competition. First gather following: NCERT and NIOS textbooks (even here, you’ve to do very limited study of specific chapters, as explained in this article. So grab second hand/used copy for a cheaper price or borrow it from a friend. Any publication will work: Unique, TMH, Spectrum etc. First we’ll see how to approach static topics (history, geography, science, En. B, economy and polity.) then we’ll see how to approach the current affairs (for IR and Misc. GK). I’m copy pasting the content from my article on CDS strategy because GS/GK/GA syllabus- points are running parallel. History & Culture. Update Feb- 2. 4- 2. History/culture portion, use the Tamilnadu (TN) State education board books. They’re better than NCERTs. So ignore world history. In old times, UPSC used to ask trivial GK question from kings, war timelines etc. If you already have downloaded NCERTs from any other source, then prepare in following sequence: *subject*, *class*,*chapter no.*, *chapter name*History. Because rarely 1- 2 question come from medieval portion nowadays. But do prepare culture related things from medieval period. Hist. 7. But keep in mind: GS manuals contain truckload of kings and timelines in the medieval period, don’t waste time mugging them up. Modern History. Important: NCERTs don’t cover all MCQ worthy topics from within the Modern history / freedom struggle. Therefore you must do following. Read GS manual multiple times for this section. OR use Spectrum publication’s brief history of Modern India. And then solve the Mock Questions given in the GS Manual. NCERT chapters: History. You want to pass CAF, CDS or SSC, then science has to be prepared, whether you like it or not. Besides, NCERT textbooks explain the science in very lucid, layman friendly manner, so science is that not difficult, just read and revise often.@Science/Engineer/Medical studentsdon’t live in some overconfidence that “Just because I’m M. Sc (Botany) so I don’t need to read these stupid class. NCERT science textbooks. I know everything!”Because, you may be good at the technical and latest things happening in your graduation field, but UPSC asks from basic principles and theories that might have evaporated from your head after you left highschool years ago. Therefore, no matter what your academic qualification is, always start with NCERTs. Free download links @bottom. Please note: in GS Manuals, they often go into very minute details, like chemical formulas of hormones etc. You just need basic science concepts, principles and their day- to- day application clear. Chemistry. Biology. Current affairs, biotech, nanotech, computer IT, space etc. You can ignore this if you’re running out time. Free download links @bottom. Note: In GS manual, they sometimes go in very minor details e. Even for Indian geography, you should know broad things. If you try to prepare every detail, you’ll be stuck there forever. Physical Geography. Universe. When you go to universe, there is no dearth of GK regarding relative size, color, distance of various planets etc. Apart from NCERT, also read chapter 3. India Yearbook (free download link @bottom). India: Physical Geography. Geo. 6. More emphasis on soil- types, crops and cropping technologies. Geo. 8. Some from static/theory, some from current affairs like National plan on climate change etc. Here is the list: Biology. The cost: benefit ratio is quite good. Here are some tips on how to Laxmikanth’s book efficiently and get a good grip over the polity within a short period of time? Don’t study the book in a linear fashion (that is chapter 1,2,3,4. Then read on Emergency provisions. Read chapter on PM and cabinet, then move to CM and state council of Ministers. Chapter on “Parliamentary system” and then directly to parliament, but after budget topic is done pause this chapter and move to on CAG. Then come back and resume the chapter on parliament. Once parliament is finished, move to State legislative assembly. Supreme Court and then High court, tribunals. Attorney Gen => Advocate General. UPSC => State PSCFinance Commission => Planning Commission=> Nat. Development council. Now Centre State relation and Interstate relations. Election Commission=> chapter on election, Anti- defection. All the National Commissions on Women, SC, ST,OBC, CVC, Lokpal and so on. Once ^this is done. Move to. Citizenship, Fundamental rights, DPSP, duties. Amendment of Constitution=> preamble. Jammu Kashmir => Scheduled and Tribal Areas. UT, Panchayati Raj, municipalities. After ^this is done. Read whatever chapters are remaining. Ultimately. Appendix for union- state- concurrent list, table of precedence etc. MCQ questions given in Laxmikant + also in your General studies manual. Note: the short explanations given in appendix of every chapter= should be read. Single time reading of Laxmikanth= useless. Revise his book, minimum 3 times. An allied topic of Polity is “rights- issue” for example women rights, children rights, SC/ST/OBC/PH/Minorities and various schemes meant for that. Although not much is asked from It and Most of that stuff is already covered under my economic survey chapter summaries : Mrunal. Mrunal. org/polity. Economy. In 2. 01. Economy. Mostly based on current affairs and economic survey. Don’t waste your time in mugging up stupid numbers (like IIP in xyz month, how much sharemarket went up or down etc.). To prepare Economy use following resources. NCERT class 1. 1 and 1. Most of them already covered under my Economic survey articles hence no need to purchase India 2. Yearbook. 7: International relations/events/diplomacy. Just like CDS exam, the IR questions are also asked in CAPF exam. MCQs from this topic. So, what type of details should be prepared? Various international summits, their locations, themes. Goto library, read whatever competitive magazine you get (CST, Pratiyoigta, Chronicle, Wizard) and note down important things from diary of international events + Person in news. Agreements and dispute between countries for some border, island etc. Joint military exercises (although I count them under “Defense” topic.)Election of President / PM and which party does he belong to. Because that chapter remains almost one and same in all editions of India yearbook.)9: Misc GKIt involve sports, awards, books- authors, persons in news and all other stupid infinite trivial database. I’ve published compilation from 2. March 2. 01. 3 click me after that, goto library, read whatever competitive magazine you get (CST, Pratiyoigta, Chronicle, Wizard) and note down important names/details. Following areas to concentrate. Within sports: lawn tennis. Within PIN: international personas (PM, President, chiefs of various organization etc.)Books: award- winners or someone who recently died. This concludes GS/GK/GA portion. What about aptitude? Maths/Aptitude for CAPF exam. In 2. 01. 2’s exam the breakup was like following. Maths/Quantitative aptitude. Data interpretation. Reasoning. 13. Total. SSC / Bank exam sincerely then this portion should not pose much challenge. Just practice and you’ll get a hang of it. Basics given in NCERT Class 8 Chap 2 and 9. Then NCERT Class 9 Chap 4. Lastly NCERT Class 1. Chap 3. Avg and Ratios. Wine- Water mixture (Alligations)Can be solved without formula. Then the question is, how to prepare reasoning in systematic manner in the given time? Do it in following manner: #1: Chart based. This includes: Direction sense test, Sitting arrangement (rectangle, circular, building, lecture schedules etc.) and blood relations. I club them together because in all of them you’ve to make rough diagram / chart / table to solve it. Here is the order in which they should be prepared: Sr. No. Topic. RS Aggarwal Chapter No. Direction Sense Test. Sitting arrangement: circular. Sitting arrangement: rectangle. Sitting arrangement: “table” based e. So this is quick and easy. But at times it can be difficult and may require lot of trial and error for example. Find “?”.^in this case, you may or may not be able to see the pattern immediately. It may take you five seconds, it may take 5 minutes. So don’t sit on just one question. Move to next question. You don’t have to tick all answers to get selected. Syllogism= “All cats are dogs. Usually a set of 3- 5 questions. First Understand the UP- UN method explained here click me. Then solve all the questions given in RS Agarwal’s book Section II, Chapter 1 : Logic. Assumption reasoning. RS Agarwal’s book Section II, Chapter 3 : Statement assumptions. From some bank. PO buddy, you may borrow a book called “Analytical reasoning by MK Pandey” and refer to his theory as well. Once above chapters are finished done, then go through the peripheral topics from RS Agarwal’s book: depending on your time and mood. This concludes aptitude preparation. Paper II (Essay and Comprehension)Part- A – Essay questions which are to be answered in long narrative form either in Hindi or English totaling 8. Marks. The indicative topics are modern Indian history especially of the freedom struggle, geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability. Part- B – Comprehension, pr. The question paper contains. Long Essay (four essays are given; you’ve to write only one of them in 8. Short Essay ( two topics are given, you’ve to pick one and write 2.
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