IAS Exam

  It should be noted that the UPSC Syllabus is vast, and therefore, it takes a minimum duration of at least a year to read through comprehensively. Thus, make sure that you do not waste precious time reading from books that are not up to the mark or are below standard. By below standard, I mean books that might contain unauthenticated or incorrect information. Make sure to take notes while reading from the UPSC books that I have listed for you above. There are some excellent books for UPSC preparation like Laxmikanth, & the NCERTs. Books such as these are tailor-made for the UPSC exams. This is because a lot of questions related to the subject of polity are asked directly from this book. These are the kind of books that you should read as thoroughly as possible. In addition to the points that I have written above, there are a lot of books that consist of information in a “notes”- like format. So, in a way, books like these already do provide you with the notes that you need to...

  Without beating much around the bush let me get straight to the point. The UPSC exam is a 3-phase affair: Phase 1 is the UPSC Preliminary Examination, also called UPSC Prelims. This exam contains questions of the objective type. Phase 2 is the UPSC Mains Examinat1ion, also called UPSC Mains. This exam contains descriptive-type questions. Phase 3 is the Personal Interview round conducted to test the Personality of the Candidate. With that being the case, I will now start off with the first part of the article which is the UPSC prelims syllabus. To give you a brief about the UPSC syllabus , let me tell you, the IAS syllabus comes along with the official notification of UPSC CSE. While there are three phases adjoined with recruitment, the syllabus is defined for only two stages, the Prelims, and the mains. The UPSC syllabus is one of the most sought-after documents. While, few describe it as an endless well, it is something that no aspirant can do away with. And getting hold of this...