How to prepare for IAS exams on my own?

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how to prepare ourself for IAS exams?

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Dear Aspirant
It's good to see that you want to prepare for IAS exam by Selfstudy...
I provide you some inportant points for selfatudy...
There are two IAS pre Papers and you have to clear from both of these means you have to clear cut off of each exam and cut off must be different for.each..
The two papers of pre exam are....
-GS Paper 1
-CSAT paper 1
For GS prepration you must read all Books of NCRT from 6-10(math,ss,science) and you must read constitution book of Dr. D.D.Vasu
in spite of these if you read Union's GS preparation Book then it is enough for clearing the GS exam.
For CSAT you must read RS Aggarwal's Reasoning books and you can also read any speacial book for CSAT preparation...
All The Best...

Hello Friend,
Yes, why not. of course it is possible for you to appear the IAS exam on your own preparation.
IAS stands for Indian Administrative service.The IAS exam conducted by UPSC once in a year.

Graduation in any stream is the minimum qualification required to apply for the exam.

The age criteria is minimum 21 year & maximum 30 year to apply for the exam.
Upper age limit is relaxed for certain reserved categories.

For applying IAS exam the candidate should be a citizen of India.

The IAS exam is a part of civil services exam.It is a very competitive exam.Depending on your preferences & the Rank you secure ,you will be allotted the IAS.

For civil service exam every time millions of students can apply & try their luck but very few of them can beat the exam.If you want to qualifying the exam you must have to work & learn these points.

1.Punctuality
2.Time Management
3.Focus
4.Hard work
5.Be systematic
6.Regularly reading News Paper, Current affairs , General knowledge Books
7.Practicing previous years question papers

So,be prepared to work hard if you want to get selected.

Good Luck.

Hi,
UPSC Civil Services Exam is one of the toughest exams for government posts/services. It tests your thorough as well as wide-ranging knowledge. To achieve, 100% success, you need to prepare for this exam very thoroughly, with 100% dedication, focus, sincerity, positive attitude, and hard work. Start now!

SOME BASIC REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
2. Geography - Spectrum
3. Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi
4. Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
5. General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
6. Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal
7. Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers


i. The Hindu/The Times of India
ii. Frontline
iii. Civil Service Chronicle
iv. Chanakya
v. Competition WIZARD
vi. Civil Services Today


8. Guides


1. Tata Mc Graw Hill
2. Spectrum
3. Unique


Books on Indian History & Culture:
NCERT (+ 2 level) � Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar � Gopal Krishna
Bipin Chandra - Modern India
A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer � Mahatma Gandhi


Books on Geography:
NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std
A Good School Atlas
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography
Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute
National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.
Down to earth


Books on Indian Economy:
NCERT (+1 level)�Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra).
Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy
Economic Survey
The Economic Times,Business Standard
Yojana


Books on Social and National Issues :
Social Problem - Ram Ahuja
Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare
Yojana/Kurukshetra
IIPa Journal


Books on Indian Polity:
NCERT (+1 level)�Indian Political System
N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha
D.D. Basu�Indian Constitution
Kashyap�Constitution of India
Publication Division�Subhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament
P.M. Bakshi�Indian Constitution
Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap
Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap
Frontline Magazine
IIPa Journal


Books on Science & Technology:
NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.
Popular Science Series (CSIR)
Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana
Science Reporter
Science and Technology in India - Spectrum


Other Books for General Studies:
1. India Year Book latest
2. One competitive Magazine
3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearson General Studies Manual

Well friend ias exam is a very long process exam,to clear this exam sufficient amount of time and well managed preparation is required.
You can prepare for the exam by own,if you go through these simple steps.
<>first of all you should start preparing just 1 year before the prelims.
<>after that go through the whole syallabus,get the clear idea of exam pattern and collect the study materia as per that.
<>now you should prepare and divide your time properly for optionals and gs.
<>always go through the previous years question papers to know the questions standard and type.
In this way you can prpare by own.thank you

Hi..............





Some points you can follow you can gating IAS Exam like ::
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*** Time Management

*** Systimatics

*** Punctuality

*** Hard Work

*** Focus

*** Regular reading News papers , GK, Current Affairs








All the best..................