Gandhi can easily give you 4 marks in UPSC prelims.
Studying Gandhi Will either help you eliminate options or he will directly give you around 4 marks.
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"MOHAN DAS TO MAHATMA":
19th Century: Gandhi's Early Life & South Africa Years
1869 - Born at Porbandar, Gujarat
1876 - Education in a primary school, Rajkot (Age 7)
1882 - Marriage with Kasturba, Porbandar (Age 13)
1887 - Passed Matriculation Examination (Age 18)
1888 - Reached London to study law; joined the Inner Temple (Age 19)
1891 - Called to the Bar (Age 22)
1892 - Legal practice: Rajkot and Bombay (Age 23)
1893 - Sailed to South Africa as a Legal Advisor to Dada Abdulla & Co. (Age 24)
The core Concepts of Polity are beautifully covered in the NCERT'S. But, most aspirants neglect these hidden gems & directly jump to the Laxmikant book.
The end result is that, the aspirants cannot even answer the difference between Democracy and Republic.
Here is a smart technique to cover the entire polity in theme wise to have a better understanding.
Theme 1: DEMOCRACY
Theme 2: CONSTRUCTION
Theme 3: ELECTORAL POLITICS
Theme 4: INSTITUTIONS
Theme 5: Judiciary & Local government
Theme 6: RIGHTS
Theme 7: India since Independence
Theme 1: DEMOCRACY
Class 6:
CH 1: Understanding Diversity
CH 2: Diversity and Discrimination
Class 8:
CH 7: Understanding Marginalisation
CH 8: Confronting Marginalisation
CH 9: Public Facilities
Class 9:
CH 10: What is Democracy? Why Democracy ?
To clear UPSC Prelims Exam, First focus on these 50 most important topics.
Polity: 1) Preamble 2) Fundamental Rights 3) DPSP 4) President and Governor 5) PRI 6) Emergency: Art 352-360 7) Parliament & State Legislature 8) Federalism 9) Niti Ayog 10) Constitutional bodies.
As promised. I am Listing the Class and chapter names that you are supposed to study for Geography.
Don't waste your time by reading NCERT'S from Cover to Cover.
This is a Theme based Approach to study Geography for better understanding.
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GEOMORPHOLOGY
Theme 1: Origin and Evolution of Earth
Class 6
Chapter 1 The Earth in the Solar System
Chapter 2 Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes
Chapter 3 Motions of the Earth
Class 11
Chapter 2 The Origin and Evolution of the Earth
Theme 2: Internal Structure of the Earth
Class 7Chapter 2: Inside our Earth
Class 11 Chapter 3: Interior of the Earth