The Union Public Service Commission has released the Civil Services (IAS) Exam 2019 Notification on 19 February 2019. UPSC will conduct the IAS Prelims Exam 2019 on 2 June 2019. This is the top most exam in India with respect to the competition and difficulty involved. To clear the IAS Prelims Exam is the top most priority for all the IAS aspirants because IAS Prelims Exam filters out most of the candidates.
To clear the IAS Prelims Exam, IAS aspirants need to work out on the study plan so that they can achieve success in the IAS Prelims Exam 2019. Study plan to increase the efficiency of the IAS preparation and prioritise the topics for study in detail. In addition to that, the IAS aspirants can also take out the time for the revision of IAS Syllabus, which is the most neglected/ignored area of IAS Preparation.
If you have studying consistently from the last one year than the these 100 days will be the quite enough time to get selected in IAS Prelims Exam 2019. The focus of these 100 days should be the practice papers and attending or doing the Mock test in the exam like conditions. The one advantage of the mock tests is that they pin point the weak factual and conceptual areas and in return provide you the clear picture of the IAS Preparation of the candidates.
Aspirants are advised to do the following activities in the coming 100 days to clear the CSE Preliminary Examination.
Read the crux of NCERT text books
The books published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) must be read to clear the CSE Preliminary Examination. IAS toppers’ always suggest that the candidates should start their preparation with NCERT and then read other study material. The NCERT books provide you conceptual clarity, which is essential to clear the exam.
Since, 100 days is very less time to go through the complete NCERT text books, aspirants are advised to read at least the crux of the books that are available in the market.
Analyse previous question papers
By analysing previous year question papers, aspirants can understand the standard of the question papers. This exercise also helps aspirants in understanding the distribution of marks across various sections and identifying important areas from the exam point view. For the benefit of aspirants, we have identified a few important areas that are frequently asked in the exam. They are given below.
History of India and Indian National Movement
• Features of the Harappan Civilisation
• Religions in the Ancient History with the special focus on all about the Buddhism and Jainism.
• The Mauryan Age
• In the modern India, the focus should be the Indian freedom struggle after the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi.
• The plans, committees and conferences between 1925 to 1946.
• All the congress party sessions needs to be memorised with their Presidents and associated important events.
• Jawahar Lal Nehru, Shahid Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Motilal Nehru, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
• Nehru Report, Round Table Conference, Poona Pact and Shimla Conference
• Education under the British rule
• Social status of women in Modern India
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwarchand Vidyasagar and Jyotiba Phule
Indian and World Geography
• Concepts related to monsoon in India (very important)
• Climate types of the different parts of India
• Agricultural variety of crops associated with different types of soil and climate
• Water divide of India
• Cities at the bank of major rivers
• National Highways
• National Waterways
Indian Polity
• Union Executive
• State Executive
• Supreme Court
• High Court
• Fundamental Rights
• Fundamental Duties
• Parliamentary Proceedings
• Types of writs
• Types of Bills
• Union and State relations
• Emergency Provisions
Enviornment and Ecology
• Basic concepts related to environment and ecology
• UN Conferences and agreements related to environment in the last 25 years
• Location of important protected areas
Practice tests
Aspirants are advised to practice subjectwise and mock tests. These tests will help you in identifying your weak and strong areas. Once the weak areas are identified, read the study material mentioned below for those areas.
History of India and Indian National Movement
• A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum Publication)
• History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra
• Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
Indian and World Geography
• Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
• Geography of India by Majid Hussain
Indian Polity and Governance
• Indian polity by Laxmikanth
• An Introduction to the Constitution of India by D. D. Basu
Economic and Social Development
• Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri
Environment & Ecology
• Environment by Shankar IAS Academy
Besides the above mentioned books, the following government publications will be helpful for the exam.
• India Year Book
• Union Budget 2018-19
• Economic Survey 2017-18
• Books published by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
• Yojana and Kurukshetra magazines
10 Most Important Topics asked every year in IAS Exam
Read newspapers daily
Since current affairs have become ‘the most important aspect’ of the examination, reading newspapers is a basic prerequisite. Read at least one newspaper, most preferably The Hindu, daily and prepare notes. These notes will be helpful for revision. As mentioned above, analyse previous year question papers and identify important areas of the current affairs section.
Revision
Allocate one day, at least, for the revision. If the topics that you studied months back are not revised, it is as good as not studied. Revision helps you in better recollection of the essential facts in the exam hall. It also improves your understanding of the subject at a deeper level.
While in the month of March, the focus of the preparation should be on reading and revising, in April and May, aspirants should give more time for revision as well as practicing tests.
Best wishes from Jagran Josh!
