[Polity] Doubt regarding books for Prelims and Mains : DD Basu, Laxmikanth, Kashyap and Paylee

Question from a Reader
My question to you is there a big difference between DD Basu and Laxmikanth? DO I absolutely need to buy Laxmikanth and refer it for my prelims preparation?
I should also mention that I have been reading from “Our Parliament” by S. Kashyap as well.

Answer:

DD Basu, M V Paylee and S C Kashyap are written from academic point of view.
While they help in writing the analytical /descriptive / essay / interview answers – they’re not written or structured for the MCQ (Multi Choice Questions) of competitive exams.
M.Laxmikanth helps revising the facts and essential details faster – and since he has presented everything in such a structured and lucid manner, you don’t have to maintain seperate quick revision notes on static Polity.
It also helps in dealing with the fact based descriptive answers in GS Mains. Quite helpful in almost all the competitive exams for Government jobs –starting from UPSC, CPF, APFC to State PSC.
And There is no need to refer to M V Paylee or S C Kashyap. It’d be an overkill given the Cost:Benefit ratio.
At most you can go for DD Basu for Mains. I am saying “At most” because last years’ toppers Neeraj Singh and Om Kasera – used only Laxmikanth for preparing Polity for both Prelims and Mains GS, and did not mention DD Basu their interviews.

Another Question

I’ve TMH Manual 2012. This is my second attempt at UPSC so I have the book from last time. They publish a revised edition every year. Should I buy the latest edition of that as well?

Answer

We require TMH Manual, mainly for the theory and mock questions of [static] History, Science and Geography. And for Mock questions on Polity and Economy.
And those things are one and same every year. They only update the so called “Current affairs related GK”- but you get that content for various magazines / sites. So there is no need to buy new Manual every year.

amit

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sir, can u please plausible essay for 2012 mains thanks.

sir,please come forward with plausible essay for mains 2012.

Sds

thanx mrunal, i posted this question in IO…
finally i bought lakshmikanth & ramesh singh (economics) . both are really good .

bhupender

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Hi Sds,

I am also looking for a good economics book. Although my optional is Management and in that there is portion of economics. So, this book by Ramesh will help me or it will be too much as far as less syllabus of economics in Management optional is concerned ?
- Mrunal
  
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  Ramesh Singh is written for GS
  To prepare Economics as an optional, you’ll need separate set of books.
  Refer to this article
  http://www.indianofficer.com/forums/12033-my-strategy-economics-optional.html

smit

please give me information how to i prepare G.S main & geography material in Gujarati.

Gaurav

Can u brief on how to go about in preparing
for geography(pre n mains)? Also, is there a similar book for geog as we have a laxmikant for polity? ( I feel Ncert is more suited to ppl with strong geog. base)

pushpendra

kya mujhe koi bata sakta hai ki IAS mains – public administration ke liye konsi books badiya rahegi?

karuppasamy

please mention the reference books for gs mains sir………

shashi

please mention what all the chapters to read in DD Basu.

santosh

just ordered polity as per

NAVNEETA

sir I have a question from C&AG that whether information from CAG reports can be used by investigating agencies to press charges against those who have violated the law while managing the public finances.
What is the procedure followed by investigating agencies?
sir I would request you to please throw some light on this matter.
Thanks

STALIN

sir can you suggest informations regarding 2013 prelim exam. suggestions regarding selection of books

aaditya singh

Mrunal sir…can i simply underline and file opinion based article till prelims and focus more on making comprehensive notes and repeated revision for prelims relevant news…sir pls reply..only reply can break the deadlock

Mrunal

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It depends on individual’s taste.
How to approach newspapers, is explained here: http://mrunal.org/2012/06/current-affairs-ias.html

cut and file only extremely important newspaper articles. otherwise try for keywords based short notes as and where applicable.

Thanks sir…sir please can u write article on national offset policy especialy in the light of it’s impact on ONGC…picture hazy here..things like response of participatory bidders…humble request sir

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