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Get tricks to prepare for IAS with the main subjects such as History, Geography and find the ways to remember the dates and occasions for best results and remembrance
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HOW TO PREPARE HISTORY FOR GENERAL STUDIES 1
SHARE OF HISTORY IN PRELIMS
From history generally 12-15 questions are asked in PT.
Questions asked are from Art & culture as well
Questions asked are concept based rather than fact based
MYTHS
History is very boring Lot of dates, places, names have to be
remembered in chronological order Everything gets mixed up once we complete
the full syllabus This is not true study history like a story and
keep narrating to others
HOW TO APPROACH THE SUBJECT
Divide the subject into following parts Ancient history Medieval history Modern history or the freedom struggle Art and Culture World History (for mains)
CONTD…. Before Start up with Preparation Go
through NIOS and NCERT (Old) for basics.
Always remember: “Basics are the Building Blocks of your Preparation”.
Make mental notes of all the important incidents e.g Quit India movement etc
PREPRATION STRATEGY
After Starting Preparation Make your own Running notes which will be useful at Revision Time.
Maintain Separate Notes of Ancient, Medieval and Modern History.
You should be in a Position to List out the Contents Chronologically.
ANCIENT HISTORY
Prehistoric Period Indus Valley Civilization Vedic period The Sangam Age Buddhism & Jainism Maurya and Gupta Empire Post Gupta period
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Delhi Sultanate Religious movements The Mughals and Later mughals The advent of Europeans Vijayanagar and Bahamani Kingdom The Marathas and Sikhs Settlement of British in India
MODERN HISTORY
British conquest of India Economic policies of British Revolt of 1857 Brahmo and Arya Samaj Indian freedom struggle Pre-Congress Nationalist Organization Indian National Congress
CONTD…
Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism
Swadeshi Movement Muslims League First World War and
Freedom Struggle Gandhian Era Peasant Movements and
Revolutionary Terrorism Independence and
Partition
TOPICS
SOURCES
NIOS notes NCERT history books Freedom Struggle: Bipin Chandra India After Gandhi A Book on History by Tamilnadu Board NBT books