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HARD SHAH Tips for GPSC
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Dhenu Thakar The Youngest PI of Gujarat
December 20, 2023SWETA PANDYA – DEPUTY COLLECTOR
BOOKLIST
(1) HISTORY
– NCERT- STD 6 TO 12 (NEW)
– Medieval HISTORY –SATISHCHANDRA (IF WANT TO READ)
– MODERN HISTORY- SPECTRUM (MUST)
– A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA (BIPINCHANDRA)
– SELECTED TOPICS FROM GCERT (AMUL MODEL, GUJ. ART &
CULTURE)
(2) ART & CULTURE
– NITIN SINGHANIA’S BOOK ON INDIA’S ART & CULTURE
(3) GEOGRAPHY
– NCERT- STD 6 TO 12 (SPECIFICALLY 11TH TO 12TH CLASS-IMP)
– MAPPING OF WORLD, INDIA, GUJARAT
– LECTURES OF RAJTANIL SOLANKI MAM ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL (MRUNAL PATEL. ORG)
(4) ENVIRONMENT
– SELECTIVE CHP’S OF SHANKAR IAS
– ENVIRONMENT PORTION OF VISION IAS MONTHLY MAGAZINES + DAILY (AS ON ENVIRONMENT FROM NEWS PAPERS)
– RANDOM TOPIC –GOOGLE
(5) INDIAN POLITY, GOVERNACE & ADMINISTRATION
– INDIAN POLITY- M. LAXMIKANTH (MUST)
– CURRENT AFFAIRS ON POLITY FROM VISION IAS MONTHLY
– GOVERNANCE & ADMINISTRATION- RANDOMLY GOOGLE LIVE & GOVERNANCE , ANCIENT ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA ETC..
(6) ECONOMY
– MRUNAL PATEL. ORG CHANNEL ON YOU TUBE’S BE SERIES ON ECONOMY
– MONTHLY VISION IAS
(7) ETHICS, APTITUDE
– GOOGLE, FEW TOPICS LIKE ETHICS IS WHAT? ETHICS IN ADMIN, 2ND ARC REPORT HIGHLIGHTS COULDN’T READ IF COMPLETELY) QUALITY OF CIVIL SERVANTS ETC.
– LEXICON CAN BE READ (IF TIME)
– IT’S PERSONAL ANSWER TOPIC: PREPARE SITUATIONAL QUES & ANS. ON ETHICAL TOPICS YOURSELF & DISCUSS WITH PEER GROUP.
(8) CURRENT AFFAIRS
– DAILY INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPER (MUST)
– MONTHLY MAGAZINES (VISION IAS)
– SOME RANDOM YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON CHANNELS LIKE STUDY IQ
(9) GUJARAT SPECIFIC TOPICS
– GUJARAT HISTORY (I’D RANDOMLY SAW FEW VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE OF LIBERTY COVER ACADEMY’S SITE) NOT MUCH READ (DO GUJ. BUDGET & REVIEW THIS TIME)
– DIDN’T FOCUS MUCH ON THIS AS SYLLABUS WAS VAST
(10) ESSAY
– READ NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS ANALYZE
– FEW GOOD QUOTES RANDOMLY GOOGLED
– READ TOPPERS ESSAYS
(11) TIPS
– SELECTIVE SMART WORK- READ SYLLABUS & ONLY PREPARE THAT MUCH
– SOLVE PROVISION YOUR QUESTION PAPERS & PREVIOUS YEAR TOPPERS ANSWERS (MAINS)
– REVISION (NECESSARY) & DO WRITING PRACTICE
ALL THE BEST