A few tips go below how to crack GS. Surprisingly I can say proudly that I scored the highest in GS without any coaching. I never attended any institute and it is easily achievable with just commonsense and hardwork. I did refer to a few handouts of a few institutes but there are just add-ons once the basics are in place. In Delhi, you can get the handouts in some xerox shops.. Luckily I found them in Old Rajinder Nagar.
Point-wise
Multidimensional answer
Pick from newspapers,websites
Quote the source of your information if possible
Improve both the content and the speed:
With both,I could write 200 words for 150 and 300 for 250 with full relevancy. Brain should work like a computer so as not to spend much time thinking what to write. Be prepared before-hand itself how you are going to handle a few questions.
If you have interest in a particular area, develop it so as to maximise your score ex.. foreign relations, economics etc
The above will be dealt with deeply in a few days!!!!!!!!!!!
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Now comes I followed for GS. All I did was to maximise the points I could put over there by referring to various sources.
Please excuse me for being a little bit tech-savvy when it comes to GS. But I found some things useful and interesting. Search engines helped me a lot. Thanks to them too!! :))
History : Spectrum, Bipin chandra, scattered books for Indian culture ( pick one)
Geography: Its my optional but I suggest NCERT for others
Polity: Basic-DD Basu, Add on for that -- Vajiram polity or Srirams polity; some current topics from newspapers like cases etc
Social Issues: No preparation but its just commonsense. Its left to u.
Oil/Trade Diplomacy: Internet ( FAQs in a few websites like WTO and other press releases and summaries) + Srirams
Economics: Its my field of interest; New-papers and internet (Minsitry of Commerc, Finanace, Newsitems/Reports of Multilateral organisations (ex: World Investment Report ...) etc) mainly supplemented by Srirams Handout for Economy
International/Foreign Relations: Mostly Ministry of external Affairs for India's Relations with other countries; Newspapers, Civil Services Times Magazine. u can have a glance at websites like World politics Review , bbc (especially the timelines which u can find in it) etc. Again my field of interest but don't ask me why I didn't opt for IFS :D
Statistics: NCERT and I glanced another small book. Sorry could not recollect the name of the author
Science and Technology: TMH by ashok Singh.. Again newspapers are handy and topics like IPTV which are in news last time are covered in some. heard that a few 2 markers are picked from Science Reporter but I missed. Whether u can be exhaustive or not, its left to you.
After quoting so many sources, I understand that it is a tough job to cover each and everything. I suggest you guys to have a quick look and decide according to your priority. Cover all the topics and once you are comfortable with the entire syllabus, develop your strong areas and try to score as much in them. Ex: If you are good at statistics, try to score 30 out of 30 in that. Just remember that each word is valuable in GS.
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hi sir...read ur blog...i thank u on behalf of all CSE newcomers...
I wnated to know that which coaching institute to join for GS and PUB AD ??
i know u did not attend any for GS and PUB AD also in Delhi is not very great either......Still , if i insist , which one for GS and PA......you can reply me at - saumya.sharma.14@gmail.com
thanks
hmm!
tough question! sorry that I am unable to give an opinion on this. :)
Come on sir!!! you can mail me if u wish not to speak on a public forum !!
@vivek
Mail doesnt differ from what I speak over here
Dont act too smart
Can u also give the book list / strategy for PA....like u did for geog...
Will be really a great help.
Regards
Ashish
PS: And those books, I assume, that u mentioned for geog r not to be read cover to cover rather selectively. Correct me if I am wrong. ThanX in advance. :)
Did you prepared list of topics to be covered for GS 1&2 for yourself for 2008?
if yes then i need it. I want to compare it with my own list of topics.
GP
@ashish
yes u r right!
ll try to list out the ones for PA
@gp
not at all.
hi sir.....u listed TMH (ashok singh) for scien and tech.....actually i wanted to know that i have spectrum's scine and tech...will it be sufficient or TMH is really good one and indispensable??
thanks...
@saumya
book are for basics and boosting ur confidence. Sometimes you can find some strange topics in exam which u might not have come across in TMH or some other ; ex: last year.
No book is sufficient unless u keep adding the current topics to ur knowledge base.
May be spectrum is equally good but I have not gone thru it.
thank you sir..
Congrats on cracking Civils and scoring the highest in GS!!
Can you please throw some light on whether answer's in GS Paper I on history,polity and social issues should also be written point wise or not?
Thanks and Regards
@Gagan,
Most of them pointwise, except questions require analytical perspective
Thanks for the response, Mr. Reddy. Hope the FC went great and you are enjoying your Phase 1 training.
Would ask you more of my doubts here. Thanks for the help.
Really a great post sir.
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