Preliminary examination is the first major hurdle to cross where one needs to compete with lakhs of other aspirants to reach second major hurdle i.e. mains where the competition will be just with other 16,000 to 17,000 aspirants.
IAS preliminary examination will be held in the month of August 2016. Just 30 weeks left for the preparation.
syllabus of Paper I
1. Current Events of National and international importance.
2. History of India and Indian National movement
3. Indian and world geography - Physical, social, Economic
4. Geography of India and the world.
5. Indian polity and Governance - Constitution, Political system, Panchayati Raj, Public policy, Rights Issues, etc.
6. Economic and social Development - sustainable development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social sector initiatives, etc.
7. General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and climate change
8. General science
Important sources required for preparation:
1. The Hindu - news and editorials
2. Frontline
3. Yojana
4. Kurukshetra
5. Indian year Book 2016
6. Press Information Bureau - Ministry wise Releases
7. Press Information Bureau - Features
8. Economic survey 2015-16.
9. Union budget 2016-17
10. Railway budget 2016-17
11. NCERT Books - History, Geography, General science, Polity, Economics
12. Indian culture - NIOS
12. Laxmikanth's polity
13. Bipin chandra's Freedom struggle
14. Indian Geography by M.Hussain
15. Economics by Ramesh Singh
16. Physical and Human Geography by Goh cheng leong
17. Debates and discussions on various issues in TV channels
You need to make notes of key points from all the above sources and need to analyse and digest the notes. This notes is also useful for Mains examination.
If you are thorough with the notes from above sources, you will have great advantage than many other aspirants.
Previous papers:
IAS prelims paper I 2014
IAS prelims paper I 2015
IAS preliminary examination will be held in the month of August 2016. Just 30 weeks left for the preparation.
syllabus of Paper I
1. Current Events of National and international importance.
2. History of India and Indian National movement
3. Indian and world geography - Physical, social, Economic
4. Geography of India and the world.
5. Indian polity and Governance - Constitution, Political system, Panchayati Raj, Public policy, Rights Issues, etc.
6. Economic and social Development - sustainable development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social sector initiatives, etc.
7. General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and climate change
8. General science
Important sources required for preparation:
1. The Hindu - news and editorials
2. Frontline
3. Yojana
4. Kurukshetra
5. Indian year Book 2016
6. Press Information Bureau - Ministry wise Releases
7. Press Information Bureau - Features
8. Economic survey 2015-16.
9. Union budget 2016-17
10. Railway budget 2016-17
11. NCERT Books - History, Geography, General science, Polity, Economics
12. Indian culture - NIOS
12. Laxmikanth's polity
13. Bipin chandra's Freedom struggle
14. Indian Geography by M.Hussain
15. Economics by Ramesh Singh
16. Physical and Human Geography by Goh cheng leong
17. Debates and discussions on various issues in TV channels
You need to make notes of key points from all the above sources and need to analyse and digest the notes. This notes is also useful for Mains examination.
If you are thorough with the notes from above sources, you will have great advantage than many other aspirants.
Previous papers:
IAS prelims paper I 2014
IAS prelims paper I 2015