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Indian Polity Notes For UPSC - Polity Notes For IAS Preparation

Indian Polity is an important subject for civil services exam. Notes making is an important task while preparing for the exam. As said, Polity is one of the significant subjects of IAS Exam from both prelims and mains (GS-II) perspectives.

This article will provide Indian Polity notes PDF for better preparation of the exam. These notes can also be helpful for aspirants preparing for the exam taking Indian Polity and International Relations as their optional subject. This highly relevant and scoring subject often poses a challenge to IAS aspirants, as students find it hard to make notes balancing both static and dynamic topics/issues in the news. Hence, we have provided Indian Polity notes for your preparation.

Important Indian Polity Notes for UPSC 2020 

Aspirants can refer to Indian Polity notes on the important topics for UPSC 2020 from the table below:

Electoral Reforms in India Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 Important Articles in Indian Constitution
ARC Reports for UPSC Exam Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Veto Power of President of India
Powers & functions of High Court Fundamental Rights in India Landmark cases relating to the basic structure of the constitution
42nd Amendment Act 44th Amendment Act Writs in India
Lapsing of Bill How a bill is passed in Indian Parliament Difference between Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
Sources of Indian Constitution Directive Principles of State Policy Citizenship
Fundamental Duties President Prime Minister
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha
How Bills become Laws Money Bill Finance Bill

Download Indian Polity Notes PDF for IAS

Topics PDF
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
  • Sources of Indian Constitution
  • Directive Principles of State Policy
  • Classification
  • Fundamental Rights v/s DPSPs
  • Importance and Criticism of DPSP
  • Basic Structure Doctrine
  • Practice Questions
  • The Union and Its Territory
    • Union v/s Federation
    • Reorganisation of States
  • Citizenship
    • Citizenship Act 1955 and Amendments
    • Loss of Citizenship
    • Dual Citizenship
  • Fundamental Rights
  • Nature of Fundamental Rights
  • Amendments of FR
  • Fundamental Rights (contd.)
    • Article 16
    • Article 17
    • Article 18
    • Article 19
    • Article 20
    • Article 21
    • Article 22
    • Article 23
    • Article 24
  • Fundamental Rights (contd.)
    • Article 25
    • Article 26
    • Article 27
    • Article 28
    • Article 29
    • Article 30
    • Right to Property
    • Article 32
  • Suspension of Fundamental Rights
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Acts passed to enforce Fundamental Duties
  • The Executive
    • The President
    • Council of Ministers
    • Prime Minister
  • The President
    • Qualifications
    • Single Transferable Vote System
    • Election of President
    • Privileges
    • Removal
    • Powers of the President of India
  • Election Commission of India
  • Amendments of Indian Constitution
  • Schedules
  • Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
  • Duties and Powers of CAG
  • Parliament
    • Disqualification of Members
    • Speaker of Lok Sabha
    • Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
  • Legislative procedures
    • How Bills become Laws
  • Money Bill
  • Finance Bill
  • Budget – Annual Financial Statement

The polity syllabus for the civil services examination is comprehensive. Aspirants while preparing can also keep practise answer writing from the past polity questions from UPSC Mains GS 2.

How to prepare Indian Polity for UPSC exam?

  • Read/prepare notes
  • Read NCERTs
  • Read Laxmikanth
  • Check UPSC previous year question papers
  • If it is your optional subject, have a definite strategy
  • Follow daily news analysis

How to best use these Polity notes for UPSC preparation?

  • Aspirants often know the Articles/Schedules/Parts of the Indian Constitution but presenting all the information in the UPSC exam becomes a challenge, especially in the IAS mains.
  • If one goes through the UPSC previous year question papers, one can see the nature of questions are changing. While the emphasis on basic concepts and static part is still there, the dynamic aspects are getting more weightage.
  • To ascertain whether one can face the challenge, that is the Civil Services Exam, read these Indian Polity notes for UPSC prepared by experienced subject matter experts and solve UPSC MCQ on Indian Polity
  • Check out BYJU’s IAS 2020 (Pre & Mains) Tablet Course for a holistic approach to the IAS exam preparation.

Related Links:

IAS Prelims: UPSC MCQ On Polity IAS 2020 (Pre & Mains) Tablet Course
Tips to Study Polity from Textbook ‘Laxmikanth’ for UPSC Exam Current Affairs Quiz
Success Rate Of Different Optional Subjects In UPSC Mains Daily News Analysis
UPSC Syllabus UPSC 2020 Calendar
Syllabus of Indian Polity for UPSC Exam Polity Syllabus and Strategy for UPSC Prelims
UPSC Previous Year Question Papers NCERT Notes
LBSNAA – Bharat Darshan: IAS Training In Detail How To Read Yojana Magazine for IAS Preparation

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