Strategies to Prepare Main Exam-

Strategies to prepare Indian History-





In this post you can know how to prepare UPSC Civil Service Examination . You are able to know the best strategies to prepare both the Preliminary and Main Examination.PRELIMS STRATEGY:1) Make sure your static part is done and revised many times I.e. polity, history etc2) Current affairs, be updated with the monthly news .3) Before 2 months of prelims, buy any institutes current affairs subject wise which is consolidated for the whole year.4) Buy from the market test series of any two coaching Centers and also OMRsheet. complete the tests at home, use the omr sheet to attempt the answer honestly.Like you would do in the actual prelims.After attempting each test sit with it for atleast 4 hours and revise the test. Yourfocus should be to understand where you went wrong and what was your issue.5) At the end revise those subjects which you think is your weak point.Remember the word revision . In this stage you have to revise as much as possible.Things to be kept in mind while writing a MAINS answer:1) write as objectively as possible .2) mix and match point and paragraph form .3) A smooth structure involving introduction, body and conclusion will make your answer look presentable.4) In introduction : try not giving opinion. Instead start either by defining keywordin the question or official reports or current affairs to establish the context.5) In Conclusion as far as possible try giving implementable suggestions even ifnot asked. Your suggestions should be realistic and not general. For ex: insteadof writing women should be empowered, write how they can be empowered(byproviding reservation for women in the parliament etc ) .6)It is better to learn how to draw Map of India. It can help you in geography andIR related questions.7)In polity try quoting Supreme Court cases, committees, articles.8)In history give as many examples as you can. ( We have posted the most important Preparation strategies for History below).9) For governance related question, try quoting best models in India and worldover.10)ethics we will come out with separate guidelines .11) Economics : more number of points with brief explanation, use statistics and Economic Survey .......The general approach will be like this cover NCERTs first then move to standard book and finally make notes out of each topicin the subsequent reading of both NCERTs and Standard book. Finally, add onthose notes from time to time during preparation using test series.• Analyse Previous year Questions:Most importantly, analyse previous year questions and find outimportant keywords .• Timeline: Understand the basic timeline from 1757 onwards till 1947. You willlearn that all events are interconnected. You will find out how one even led toanother. Read NCERTs multiple times• Trends: Also, study trends or leftover topics like developments in education, civilservices, decentralisation/ centralisation of power, labour movements, uprising etc.• Comparative analysis: Of important events and personalities is important and youshould put specific focus on them. Why? because UPSC is asking more questionson this. For example, UPSC asked comparison between Gandhi and Ambedkar, Gandhi and Bose and so on.• Multiple Revisions: Focus on multiple revision. Do not bother about new or oldNCERTs just complete the topics mentioned above. As you do multiple readingsyou get a broader picture.• Co-relate and Connect: Most importantly, connect contemporary world eventswith the India national movement. After one reading you will find it is allinterconnected.1.Connect NCM with Khilafat issue and World War I2. Connect Cripps Mission with World War II3.Consolidate: Finally, finish remaining topics for a sense of completion. Also, givemock tests, for consolidation.