The Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC is considered one of the toughest exams in the country due to the vast and dynamic nature of the UPSC Syllabus. To crack this exam, one has to crack the syllabus and have access to the right study materials. This article aims to provide some useful links to prepare comprehensively for this exam.
The IAS Exam consists of three stages – Prelims, Mains and Interview. The candidates, who want to know more about each stage, can check the respective links below:
UPSC Study Materials for Prelims
Before gathering and knowing about the study materials, know the UPSC Prelims Syllabus. Accordingly, select and gather relevant materials for your preparation. Check out the subjects that are needed to be prepared for the Prelims exam:
| NCERT Materials for IAS Prelims Preparation | |
| Subjects | NCERT Notes Link |
| Ancient History | Ancient Indian History Notes For UPSC |
| Medieval History | Medieval Indian History Notes For UPSC |
| Modern History | Modern Indian History Notes For UPSC |
| Art and Culture | Art And Culture For UPSC |
| Geography | Geography Notes For UPSC |
Also, check out the Complete List Of NCERT Books Needed For UPSC Preparation from the linked article.
NCERT Materials gives base knowledge for the aspirants. Beyond this, the aspirants have to read from other sources also to crack the exam. BYJU’S also gives access to their classroom notes, which can be made use of by the students from the below-given links:
- BYJU’s classroom notes on Indian Economy for UPSC Prelims
- BYJU’s classroom notes on Environment for UPSC Prelims
- BYJU’s classroom notes on Indian Polity for UPSC Prelims
- BYJU’s classroom notes on S&T for UPSC Prelims
- BYJU’s classroom notes on Ancient Indian History for UPSC Prelims
- BYJU’s classroom notes on Medieval Indian History for UPSC Prelims
- BYJU’s classroom notes on Modern Indian History for UPSC Prelims
Preparing current affairs on a daily basis will give the aspirant an added advantage over others. In all the stages of the Civil Services Exam, the importance of current affairs and the number of questions asked in the exam has increased. Therefore, the candidates can check out a few initiatives by BYJU’S regarding current affairs links given below to strengthen your current affairs preparation:
- Daily Press Information Bureau (PIB) Analysis
- All India Radio Spotlight for UPSC
- Comprehensive News Analysis
- Daily Video Analysis – The Hindu Newspaper
UPSC Study Materials for Mains
One cannot prepare for Prelims and Mains separately. The candidates have to adopt a holistic way to prepare for both stages as it has overlapping syllabus topics. Also, the gap between prelims and mains exam is only 2-3 months and if the candidate didn’t cover the syllabus for mains beforehand, the time might not be sufficient. Check out UPSC Mains Syllabus from the linked article.
The Mains (Written) exam has nine papers in total, out of which 2 are qualifying in nature and the other 7 papers are counted for merit ranking.
Given below are the links that can help candidates understand the UPSC Mains syllabus for the General Studies papers and strategise a plan for preparation:
Apart from the General Studies paper, the aspirants also have to choose one optional subject from the list of optional subjects in UPSC. The one optional subject has two papers. Since the scope of the syllabus of the optional subject is a level higher than the bachelors’ degree and lower than the masters’ degree, the candidates have to be careful in deciding the optional subject.
The candidates can practise UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice 2021-22 in the given link.
Finally, those who are successful in clearing the prelims and mains level will be called for an Interview/Personality test, which has a total of 275 marks.
To know the nature and type of questions asked by UPSC in Prelims and Mains level, the aspirants can check out the UPSC Previous Year Question Papers from the linked article.
UPSC Preparation links:
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