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Here is the Broad Outline Plan for Mains 2015 (added all material i have, if anything i get will post otherwise 90% things u will get it) People can choose n can be flexible as there wish, but myself try to stick to this one as much as possible. 1. Will be dividing Sep & Oct in 15 days division with each 15 days for one Paper, so that u have covered your syllabus once atleast by Oct. 2. Daily Answer writing atleast 1 question a Must is COMPULSORY. You can choose either InsighionIndia; or if u respond will post 1-2 question a day n whoever wants to write can write or Vineet Sir Whatusp Answer writing Group on Kiwipaper. 3. Every one having different optional so One Month for Each Paper, so by Oct u are done once your Optional revision too. 4. Try to analyse the important issues in news and if i guess Be Prepare with Basic terms more than Current as they will expect to do Current as per last year trend, so beware with this cause too. 5. For GS-1 (15 days) ---> Divide 2 days Post Inde, 3 days World history, 2 days Culture, 2 Days Modern; 2 days Society and rest 4 days for revising n looking current part linking with them (For Post see Achievement by BJP govt like Pokhran test etc, as u know which is in Centre; For World History- see WW-2, Berlin War, Crimea War, Korean War etc and any event u heard in news from 2014 till now For Culture link with current like Navaelkalbara- Orrisa, Parrot Lady, Buddhist circuit etc and rest from NItin or notes whichever u follow for basic For Modern History- Just see more of Socialism part and basic events like 100 years of M Gandhi to India linking with Current For Society- basic defination from NCERTs and rest linking with Current fields, can include so many schemes n all ) 6. For GS-2 (15 days)--> 2 days Governance; 2- Constitution, 2- polity, 2- Social Justice, 3- IR rest 4 days Revision with Current linking (For Governance, Constitution, Polity, SJ try more relate with current along with basic understanding like NJAC analyse, Political parties not under RTI etc. For IR- read chokkalingam notes for those who get it, rest read NCERT for basic n rad IGNOU India & World to learn the history with all countries, then try to make links of all visit in terms of region-wise and then can make notes as how region work like going for UFA n Central Asia we came with SCO, EEU etc so how they gona help India etc.) 7. For GS-3 (15 days) --> 2 days- SnT; 3 days- Economy; 3 days- Environment; 3 days- Security & DM rest for 4 days for revision and linking Current (For SnT just follow basic from ncert n rest from Current n Science reporter; For Economy, basic and Economic Survey mainly rest vision or mrunal notes for left out topics; For Environment try ICSE board 9-10, Shankar if already in touch with it; with Current For Security & DM- can go with current or CBSE on Disaster one 3 parts 8. For GS- 4 (10 days)- Read 2nd ARC report on ethics in governance, then Lexicon for basic terms and try to do case study as much from mock test n all. 9. For Essay (try to write atleast one essay per week and try to connect as much as you can from what all u study in a systematic flow) 10. Do Hindi/Regional language writing also, remember if u fail in this u r gone. Then in Nov Just 1 week per Paper revision so u done with 1 more till Dec start and just revision of papers u might have written n all. Hope this will help you to understand
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People can choose n can be flexible as there wish, but myself try to stick to this one as much as possible.
1. Will be dividing Sep & Oct in 15 days division with each 15 days for one Paper, so that u have covered your syllabus once atleast by Oct.
2. Daily Answer writing atleast 1 question a Must is COMPULSORY. You can choose either InsighionIndia; or if u respond will post 1-2 question a day n whoever wants to write can write or Vineet Sir Whatusp Answer writing Group on Kiwipaper.
3. Every one having different optional so One Month for Each Paper, so by Oct u are done once your Optional revision too.
4. Try to analyse the important issues in news and if i guess Be Prepare with Basic terms more than Current as they will expect to do Current as per last year trend, so beware with this cause too.
5. For GS-1 (15 days) ---> Divide 2 days Post Inde, 3 days World history, 2 days Culture, 2 Days Modern; 2 days Society and rest 4 days for revising n looking current part linking with them
(For Post see Achievement by BJP govt like Pokhran test etc, as u know which is in Centre;
For World History- see WW-2, Berlin War, Crimea War, Korean War etc and any event u heard in news from 2014 till now
For Culture link with current like Navaelkalbara- Orrisa, Parrot Lady, Buddhist circuit etc and rest from NItin or notes whichever u follow for basic
For Modern History- Just see more of Socialism part and basic events like 100 years of M Gandhi to India linking with Current
For Society- basic defination from NCERTs and rest linking with Current fields, can include so many schemes n all )
6. For GS-2 (15 days)--> 2 days Governance; 2- Constitution, 2- polity, 2- Social Justice, 3- IR rest 4 days Revision with Current linking
(For Governance, Constitution, Polity, SJ try more relate with current along with basic understanding like NJAC analyse, Political parties not under RTI etc.
For IR- read chokkalingam notes for those who get it, rest read NCERT for basic n rad IGNOU India & World to learn the history with all countries, then try to make links of all visit in terms of region-wise and then can make notes as how region work like going for UFA n Central Asia we came with SCO, EEU etc so how they gona help India etc.)
7. For GS-3 (15 days) --> 2 days- SnT; 3 days- Economy; 3 days- Environment; 3 days- Security & DM rest for 4 days for revision and linking Current
(For SnT just follow basic from ncert n rest from Current n Science reporter;
For Economy, basic and Economic Survey mainly rest vision or mrunal notes for left out topics;
For Environment try ICSE board 9-10, Shankar if already in touch with it; with Current
For Security & DM- can go with current or CBSE on Disaster one 3 parts
8. For GS- 4 (10 days)- Read 2nd ARC report on ethics in governance, then Lexicon for basic terms and try to do case study as much from mock test n all.
9. For Essay (try to write atleast one essay per week and try to connect as much as you can from what all u study in a systematic flow)
10. Do Hindi/Regional language writing also, remember if u fail in this u r gone.
Then in Nov Just 1 week per Paper revision so u done with 1 more till Dec start and just revision of papers u might have written n all.
Hope this will help you to understand