Download GS & PubAd notes
- Mr.Anshul Kumar has secured rank 293 in UPSC Civil services exam 2015. His full length interview can be read here (Click me).
- Mr. Kumar is sharing his General Studies (Mains Paper-1) notes and Public Administration optional notes for the benefit of future aspirants.
- Click me to download them (Total 70MB PDFs)
Public Administration Strategy
Q. Whatâs your optional subject and why did you chose it and not something else?
My optional is Public Admin (PA) . In 2012 ,there were lot of selections from PA . There was a wave of PA success , accentuated by Sir Prince Dhawanâs exceptional marks in PA. I decided this was the optimal optional to clear CSE as easy to get marks, relevance of PA in GS and its practical implementation by an IAS officer (if I become ) . A decision UPSC made me regret later by the step motherly treatment shown to this optional back to back in 2013,2014 and not so good performance even in 2015.
But I continued with this optional because
- I found it very interesting. Learning about the thinkers ,their novel ideas , new theories on administrative behavior .I never felt tired or bored of reading it .
- Problem of Sunk cost-Ă I invested so much in PA , that I found it difficult to let go.
- In 2013 and 2014 my public admin marks were relatively good .
Q. If a new player wants to pick this subject, would you advice for it or against it? (e.g. every senior player in Public Administration seems to be advising against pub.ad)
Only if you are die hard fan of public administration theories and thinkers , only than you take it . (âKhoon ke aanson rulata hai ye optional â).
I would suggest , go for a technical subject like Maths ,Engineering . Just look at stats , in 2015 the highest is 267 while average about 210 while in maths it may be more average of selected candidates is more than 250 . Other âhotâ optionals today are anthropology , agriculture (less syllabus , relatively better score ) . So decide accordingly.
Q. First the essential book/resource list. (Also mention which one is the âBase bookâ for covering the theory? + Whatever comments youâve for a particular book e.g. âmy seniors said read xyz book but I found that ABC book was betterâ.  âxyz topic not given properly in this book, so prepare from xyz website or bookâŚâ OR and so on.)
My base in Paper 1 was Mohanty sirâs class notes . Whenever he covered a topic I left 3 pages after it . Here I added my personal notes added from different sources .
My Booklist :
PAPER -1
- Prasad and Prasad â Read the Critical analysis part especially on every thinker.
- Nicholas Henry âEvolution
- Ramesh Arora âCPA
- Lukmaan class notes- These are good addition to mohanty sirâs notes (â jahan Mohanty sir khatam karte hain , wahan se Ansari sir shuru karte hain â)
- Mohit Bhattacharya âsome topics like Introduction , feminism , CPM etc
PAPER-2
- Arora and Goyal âmost of the topics like union govt. ,CAG etc.
- Newspaper and Current Affairs ,Yojana
- Second ARC- read it one time and made notes
- Puri Sir class notes.
- Vajiram Polity Notes .
Q. How much of internet-research / current affairs is necessary for this optional? OR can one simply rely on the books and be done with this subject?
In paper 1, there was limited use of web .I used it particularly to bring clarity on new topics like post modernism , new theories .
In paper 2 , I relied extensively on Current Affairs . I used to update my notes with current affairs on every topic . For eg âWhen reading Governor , I will search what were important news related to Governors office in last year, its possible questions.
Q. How many months did it take to finish the core optional syllabus?
It takes around 4 months to finish the core syllabus of Public Admin .To score in Public admin however , you require an edge because competition is more and questions are tough .So you need to broaden and deepen your understanding of the subject and this may take time . First you should learn by heart the basic ideas or theories and only than go deeper .For eg. For 3 times I wrote mains , I added some new things in my notes in each attempt .This is to enrich your answer. But this requires time and maturity in the subject . So be patient ,strengthen basics first and if time is there work on enriching it.
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very motivational and very hardworking … thank you so much for notes it is of great help … sir congratulatons and goodluck \,,/
Tq mrunal sir for Ur dedication & commitment to serve d mill aspirants wd good knowledge & expertise.
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Very precise and i would definitely go through these notes as i am also taking pub adm as my optional this year,i needed some crisp notes so that i could revise it thoroughly in near future,and congratulations for your selection
My optional is also public administration
Please suggest me best standard books
And mention number of books required to read for two papers
thanks a lot for giving such a wonderful notes,they are very useful for exam
Sir how can choose my optional ssubject now i am studying B.E E.C.E
Can one give answer in hindi using some english word which is difficult to translate into hindi, in science paper in UPSC examination ? Please help me in this matter.
no, its not allowed { not mentioned anywhere actually , but seniors suggest like that }
i,m really request this colleg of bpa to send me books of this colleg
sir pub adm. paper link is invalid so download nahi n
ho raha hai kindly update that
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Sir ths will only helps to recall watevr we red earlir.. But it dsnt helps thse who r freshrs
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Sir I am preparing ,so i want to sociology notes sir please send to me .
Mrunal Sir & Team very very hard working & I am proud of you because you are providing such a quality material.
Thank you very much.
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Sir plzz hindi medium aspirants k liye v hindi language Mai notes upload kar dijiye
Sir please tell me that in how much time a topper finsh the ncert books from 6 to 12
How much time is required to complete the ncert from 6 to 12 ?
Is there any data available for anthropology notes?