UPSC IAS IPS Strategy IntroFive Part article series on How to approach UPSC Civil Service IAS/IPS Exam: Prelims, Mains and Interview
BooksTips on Notes-making, Standard reference books, Yojana Kurukshetra etc. Explained here
Prelim-Mains-InterviewDetailed Strategy for General Studies, science-tech, yearbook, economy, history, polity, IR-Diplomacy with booklist, free study material given here.
DoubtsBasic doubts regarding Coaching, Working professional, time Management and Non-English medium
BackupSome guidelines for adopting career backup plans incase you can't make it to UPSC
SSC CGL
GK / GAHow to approach General Awareness for Tier-I, explained here with free study material download.
MathsHow to approach Maths, Quantitative Aptitude, Trigonometry, Geometry for Tier I and II? To-the-point strategy n tips given here +free study material
ReasoningGeneral Intelligence and Logical reasoninig for Tier I of SSC-CGL exam: booklist, tips shared here.
EnglishHow to tackle vocabulary, grammar and comprehension for Tier I and II.
SBI PO
GA/Computer/Marketingstrategy booklist for approaching General Awareness, Computer, Marketing, Current Affairs in SBI PO 2013, includes free material as well!
Reasoning (High)strategy booklist for approaching Higher Level Reasoning in SBI PO 2013
English (Descriptive)strategy, free studymaterial, essay list for the SBI PO English MCQ and Descriptive paper! Others
CAT (IIM)Ragtag strategy on get 90+ percentile in CAT-prometric test.
LIC AAOStrategy for the upcoming LIC Assistant Administrative officers' exam with free studymaterial, jobprofile.
CSIRStudyplan + Free study material for CSIR combined Administrative services (CASE) exam
State PSCHow to approach RAS, MPSC etc explained here
CAPFHow to become an Assistant Commandant in BSF, CISF, CRPF: strategy, booklist, free studymaterial provided here.
RBIRBI Grade "B" Officer studyplan, strategy, booklist and free download material is provided here.
SPIPAFor getting admission in SPIPA, Ahmedabad, which provides free coaching for IAS exam.(Gujarat Only)
ACIOAssistant Central Intelligence Officer recruitment: booklist, strategy
UPSC tips
India Yearbookhow to efficiently utilize INDIA Yearbook for UPSC prelims, mains, interview= explained in this 6 part series article.
5 LevelsExplains five types of players in UPSC competition and why daydreamers fail in this exam.
100 DaysWhy you can't succeed with vague strategies in UPSC Prelims, explained here.
Newspaper?How to read The Hindu/Indianexpress quickly and efficiently in less than one hour for Current Affairs?, explained here.
Art of Aptitude?3 Cardinal Rules on How to approach Aptitude section in any competitive exam.
QuotesMotivational and inspirational quotes for competitive exams.
Essay Tips How *not* to write an Essay in UPSC Mains exam, explained here
IRHow to prepare India World + International relations (IR) topic, explained + free download material
StatApproach to Statistics and Graphs portion of General Studies Mains Paper II+free study material
R.T.IHow to file R.T.I application to UPSC? explained here
Analysis
CSAT'12Analysis of the GS-Prelims paper and how it broke the backs of Coaching classes.
GSM-12Analysis of the General Studies (Mains) Paper I and II of 2012 and how they (again) broke the backs of Coaching classes.
Edu Tech
Auto NoteMakerMrunal's Autonotemaker for quickly taking notes out of PDF files and Webarticles (Win XP only)
Hindu ReaderHow to use Google Reader to efficiently read The Hindu online, for Free!.
OneNoteLearn to use Microsoft Onenote software to organized your notes on computer, quickly and efficiently!
ArchiveMonthly Archive Index page of everything I've published so far. (In the old articles, ignore advice written before Jan 2012, because UPSC trend has changed a lot.)
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- Prologue
- Biodiversity related
- Nicobar Megapod
- Bugun Liocichla
- Venated Gliding Frog
- Hoolock Gibbon
- Ape Vs Monkey
- Art Related
- Warli Painting
- Shekhawati Paintings
- Freedom Fighters and Polity
- Silk Letter movement
- UP legislature: 125 years completed
- Ghadar Movement: 100 years
- Madan Mohan Malaviya
- ShivaRam Hari Rajguru
- Shyam Narayan Singh
Click To Continue reading [Stamps] Biodiversity, Painting, Freedom struggle, Culture, Religion, Places: 2012, 2013
- Introduction
- Drawing the line
- International (Political)
- International (Non political)
- Indian in India (Non political)
- Indian Diaspora abroad
- Sports
- Tennis
- Sports Mascots
- Books/Literature
- Nobel-2012
- Nobel winners associated with India
- Astro
- Beauty
- Clichéd
Introduction
The previous list of [PIN] Persons in News (2011-12) was given in separate article, click me (some names will overlap
Click To Continue reading [Misc.GK] Persons in News (2012-13), Sports, Books, Awards for SSC-CGL, SBI-PO, UPSC-CSAT
Here is some really good study material on Indian Culture and Heritage from National Open School (NOS) now renamed as NIOS, for Both Hindi and English medium aspirants. (Download Links given @Bottom of this article). The content is less boring and more structured than Spectrum’s book on Indian Culture + truckload of 2 markers scattered
Click To Continue reading [Download] Indian Culture and Heritage Study Material (Hindi/English) from NOS/NIOS for Free
This is a note cum mindmap shared by a regular reader who wishes to remain anonymous. If you want to contribute any more data in this topic, please share it in comments!
- Gandhara Art
- Rajput painting
- Saranatha pillar
- Gopurum
- Vijayanagara art
- Bundi School Of Painting
- Sunga art
- Kangra school of painting
- Manjusha Art
Click To Continue reading [Culture] Indian Art, Architecture and Painting Schools (Mindmap cum note)
This list is definitely not exhaustive, so If you’ve any important personalities in news. Please share them in comments below!
- Indian: Diaspora Abroad
- Indian Men
- Indian Women
- International: Head of State/Institutes etc
- International : Other
- Sportsmen
Indian: Diaspora Abroad Kamla Prasad Bissessar Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago. Hargobind Khorana Indian-American biochemist
Click To Continue reading [PIN] Persons in News 2012 for 2 Markers, GK and MCQ
- What is UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register?
- Why is World Register important?
- What is Jikji Prize
- Indian manuscripts in World Register
- #1: Seerat-e-Firozshahi
- #2: Shantinath Charitra
What is UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register?
This program aims to preserve and protect the world’s documentary heritage* and make it universally accessible.
Click To Continue reading [Culture] UNESCO Memory World Register: Seerat-e-Firozshahi and Shantinath Charitra
This article is important for GS (Mains) Paper I : Culture + Human Geography
This article contains truckload of 2 markers, although it is not possible to prepare all of them but do as many as you can.
This article won’t help you, unless you keep looking at a Map of
Click To Continue reading [Culture] Tribals of India: Classification, Geographical Spread – For GS Mains Paper I (Culture + Human Geography)
- Introduction: Fairs
- KumbhMela
- Types of Kumbh Melas:
- Upcoming Kumbh Mela
- Pushkar Mela (Rajsthan)
- Saliana, (Palampur)
- Garh Murktesar fair
- Urs
- sair-i gulfaroshan or phoolwalon ki sair
- Trade fairs
- Tourism angle
- Mock Interview question
In the last post under [Culture] category, we saw about main festivals of India, now continuing the discussion further, second
Click To Continue reading [Culture] Fairs of India for 2 markers in UPSC GS Mains
Although This article is primarily meant for UPSC aspiants, but the General knowledge scattered here, should also help the aspirants IBPS, APFC, SSC, CPF, State PSC and similar exams .
- How to Prepare Indian Culture for UPSC Mains (GS1)?
- Source and Correction
- What are the characteristics of Indian Festivals?
- Seasonal in nature
- Seasonal
Click To Continue reading [Culture] Festivals of India: Characteristics (2 markers and Essay fodder)
for GS mains 2 marker (culture/Geography part) + Prelims
1. AIHOLE near Badami with rock cut and structural temples of Western Chalukya period, is favous for the temples of Vishnu, Ladkhan and Durga. It furnish examples of a well developed Deccan style of architecture. The other three styles of ancient India being Nagar Dravidian and
Click To Continue reading [Notes]Important Places in ancient India
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