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IAS Prelims 2014: How to prepare Indian Polity and
Governance
Barely five months are left for the IAS Prelims 2014 Examwhich
is scheduled to e
conducted on 24 Au!ust 2014 y the "nion Pulic Service
#ommission$ %he candidatesmust e facin! the troule of what to study
and what not for the IAS Prelims Exam which
consists of two &a&ers' (eneral Studies Pa&erIand
General Studies Paper II$
Indian Polity and (overnance forms an essential &art of the
IAS Exam Syllaus andneeds to e studied in a thorou!h manner$
Boo)s to e followed
%he most im&ortant source for this section is the *#E+%
Boo)s for #lass 11 and 12 for
Indian Polity$ ,, Basu can e referred for studyin! the
#onstitution of India$ After !oin!
throu!h these- the candidates must thorou!hly !o throu!h at
least one standard text oo)
for Indian Polity li)e .$ /axmi)anth$ *ews&a&ers should
e re!ularly read in order to
)ee& areast with the recent ha&&enin!s related to
!overnance$
ocus Areas
%he uestions as)ed from Indian Polity and (overnance can e
related to the followin!
areas'
undamental +i!hts and undamental ,uties$
,irective Princi&les of State Policy$
Procedure of &assin! various ills in Parliament$
All im&ortant as&ects of Executive- /e!islature and
3udiciary- their &arts- &owers and
functions$
%he electiona&&ointment and removal of &rominent
(overnment authorities li)e the
President- Su&reme #ourt and 5i!h #ourt 6ud!es- (overnor-
etc$
7ther im&ortant #onstitutional odies and authorities li)e
Attorney (eneral- inance
#ommission- #A(- #8#- Election #ommission etc$
Panchayati +a6 and "ran /ocal (overnance
Im&ortant le!islations &assed in &ast few years
Plannin!9 &rocedure- Plannin! #ommission- etc$
*on constitutional and Statutory odies of the (overnment
Im&ortant amendments to the #onstitution
.otions and +esolutions of the Parliament
Provisions in the #onstitution for Scheduled #astes and
Scheduled %ries- .inorities-
,isaled etc$
8arious im&ortant #ommittees and #ommissions under the
#onstitution
%he uestions as)ed from Indian Polity and (overnance mi!ht e
factual ut are framed
in a com&licated format$ %he uestion is followed y two or
more statements out of
which the correct or incorrect statements have to e selected$
%his is uite a confusin!
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