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6-MONTH PREPARATION STRATEGY

FOR
UPSC CSE 2020

By
Jatin Verma

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THINGS TO CONSIDER
1. 6 months are enough if you are dedicated and willing to work hard.
2. 8 hours daily with consistency
3. Do not be a PT Master
4. Do not leave optional and Mains completely.
5. Carry on with Integrated Prelims and Mains preparation
6. Go through previous year questions before starting any subject
7. 70:30 time distribution- Static:Current
8. Revise what you read timely
9. Do not leave newspaper for more than 15 days before the ‘D-Day’

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Read newspaper keeping both Prelims and Mains syllabus

2. If possible, make notes.
3. Don't approach Current Affairs date- wise, do it issue- wise.
4. Revise with a monthly magazine.
5. Attempt test series

STATIC

POLITY
1. Very dynamic subject
2. Read and digest M.Laxmikanth
3. Can be supplemented with D.D. Basu
4. Focus on Bills, Acts in news - can be asked in Prelims and Mains
5. RSTV videos

ECONOMY
1. Indian Economic Development- 11th NCERT

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2. Macroeconomics- 12th NCERT

3. Unacademy videos
4. Issues in news
5. Economic survey, Budget
6. Niti Aayog Report

GEOGRAPHY
1. Fundamentals of Physical Geography- 11th NCERT
2. Physical Environment of India- 11th NCERT
3. Human Geography- 12th NCERT
4. Indian People and Economy- 12th NCERT
5. Certificate Geography- G.C. Leong
6. Map book
7. Mains- Savinder Singh, Khullar/Majid Hussain
8. Interlink with Mains topics such as Disaster Management.

Environment
1. Biology class 12th NCERT- Last 4 Chapters
2. ICSE Books
3. Newspaper, Monthly magazine

History
1. Indian Ancient History- R S Sharma( Old NCERT )
2. Indian Medieval History- Satish Chandra( Old NCERT )
3. Indian freedom struggle- Spectrum
4. Bipin Chandra- India’s struggle for Independence
5. Bipin Chandra- India’s struggle after Independence
6. World History- Arjun Dev NCERT

Art and Culture

1. An introduction to Indian Art- 11th NCERT
2. Focus on art and culture chapters of
a) Indian Ancient History- R S Sharma( Old NCERT )
b) Indian Medieval History- Satish Chandra( Old NCERT )
3. CCRT

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4. NIOS
5. Watch videos in youtube. Audio-visual helps memorize better,

International Relations
1. Don’t try to be a scholar
2. Focus on country-country relations - static and current developments
3. Newspapers will help a lot
4. V.N Khanna

General Science
1. NCERT- 9th
2. NCERT - 10th
3. Newspaper and monthly magazine

Ethics
1. ARC- Ethics in Governance
2. Remember definitions
3. Subba Rao- For case studies

Other Mains topics

1. Society- Indian Society- 12th NCERT, Social change and Development- 12th
NCERT
2. Governance- ARC report, Unacademy videos
3. Social Issues- ARC reports, Newspaper, PIB, PRS, Frontline
4. Disaster Management- ARC Report ( Crisis Management )
5. Security- Challenges to Internal Security of India- Ashok Kumar

STUDY PLAN
1. Polity and Governance- 30 days
2. Economy- 30 days
3. History- 30 days
a) Modern History- 20 days
b) Ancient and Medieval History- 10 days
4. Art and culture- 10 days
5. Geography- 30 days

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6. Environment- 20 days
7. General Science- 7 days
8. Alongside you can give some hours daily for Mains and Optional subjects
9. Newspaper- 1-2 hours
10. Revision in remaining days

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