NCERT BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES EXAM PREPARATION

NCERT BOOKS FOR CIVIL SERVICES EXAM|NCERT BOOKS

1. INTRODUCTION

Hello friends i am Dy SP Shahid Eqwal BPSC 60-62 and BPSC 63 qualified candidate. I secured Rank 39 in 63 BPSC Exam. In this article i am going to tell you about importance of NCERT books for preparation of Civil Services Examination viz; UPSC and State PCS.

2. WHY NCERT

Civil services examinations are considered as  one of the toughest exam in India. Hence students aspiring to be a Civil Servants must have well understanding of every topics. If we observe the syllabus of Civil Services examinations, then we reach to the conclusion that general studies constitute vast portion of syllabus. These general studies syllabus is mixture of history, polity, geography, economics, general science, sociology and environment ecology. Following point explains the role of NCERT books for Civil Services preparation.

• To develope basic understanding of a subject.
• With the help of case studies, NCERT books help us to build practical knowledge of many issues.
• NCERT books are being compiled by group of renowned academic and educationists.
• NCERT books are source of authentic information
• UPSC and State PCS always ask questions directly from NCERT books.

                                      

3. THREE STAGE PREPARATION STRATEGY FOR CIVIL SERVICES

The preparation strategy of Civil Services examination can be divided into three stages and each stage  play an important role. These Stages are;

• Basic Study - NCERT
• Advance Study - Reference Books
• Current based Study - Magazines, News

NCERT books are core of basic study (First Stage) preparation. Without completing basic study of any topic we can't move on to advance study (Second Stage).

Reference books are core of advance study (Second stage) preparation. Without completing advance study of any topic we can not jump to current based study (Third Stage) of that topic.

Current affairs monthly magazines and newspapers are core of current based study (Third Stage).

Lets understand these three stages of preparation with appropriate example. Suppose we have to prepare indian polity for general studies paper. In that case reading polity NCERT is Basic Stage (first stage) of preparation. After that we can read Indian polity by M Laxmikanth, as a reference book, which is advance stage (second stage) of preparation. And at current based study (third stage) we use current affair magazines and newspapers to try to understand practical implications of Indian political system.

4. LIST OF IMPORTANT NCERT BOOKS

CLASS-6

• History: Our Past
• Geography: The Earth Our Habitat
• Social Science: Social & Political Life I
• Science Class-6

CLASS-7

• History: Our Past – II
• Geography: Our Environment
• Social Science: Social & Political Life II
• Science Class-7

CLASS-8

• History: Our Past III
• Geography: Resource and Development
• Social Science: Social & Political Life III
• Science Class-8

CLASS-9

• History: India and the Contemporary World-I.
• Geography: Contemporary India – I.
• Political Science: Democratic Politics Part – I.
• Economics: Economics.
• Science Class-9

CLASS-10

• History: India and the Contemporary World – II.
• Geography: Contemporary India – II.
• Political Science: Democratic Politics Part – II.
• Economics: Understanding Economic Devlop.
• Science Class-10

CLASS-11

• History: Ancient India (Old NCERT).
• History: Medieval India (Old NCERT).
• Geography: Fundamentals Of Physical Geog.
• India: Physical Environment.
• Economics: Indian Economic Development.
• Sociology: Understanding Society.
• Political Science: Indian Constitution at Work.
• Indian Culture: An Introduction to Indian Art.

CLASS-12

• History: Themes in Indian History.
• History: Modern India (Old NCERT).
• Geography: Fundamentals Of Human Geog.
• India: People & Economy.
• Economics: Introductory Macroeconomics.
• Sociology: Indian Society Social Change and Development in India.
• Political Science: Contemporary World Politics.

5. HOW TO READ NCERT BOOKS

In my opinion it is important to underline important facts while reading NCERT books for the first time. In the second time you should try to optimize underlined facts in your mind. Once you complete all NCERT books then make a plan and revise it at least for five times. Preparing notes is not essential. Just use underlined stuff in the book as your notes. Reading NCERT means you must be remembering key facts and concept of that book. Unlike Novels, NCERT books are supposed to be revised every now and then.

6. CONCLUSION

I hope that i have explained the current blog on NCERT in a very simple and lucid manner. So start your preparation with NCERT books and come with flying colours. If any doubt remains then don't hesitate to comment on my article. Thanks for reading.Best of luck. Regards.