Book list( section wise) for OAS prelim exam 2021

 

The preliminary examination consists of two papers of objective type questions i.e multiple-choice questions. Each paper will be of  2 hours duration.

Paper-1 General studies 200marks (100 questions)

Paper-2 General studies 200 marks(80 questions)

DETAILED SYLLABUS

Paper-1 General studies.

1.Current events of national and international importance.

2.History of India and Indian national movements.

3.Indian and World geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the world.

4.Indian polity and governance-Constitution, political system, Panchayati raj, public policy, Rights Issues, etc.

5.Economic and Social development-sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

6.General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity, and climate change that don't require subject specialization.

7.General science

Paper-2 general studies(CSAT-Civil service aptitude test)

1.Comprehension.

2.Interpersonal skills including communication skills.

3.Logical reasoning and Analytical ability.

4.Decision making and problem-solving.

5.General mental ability.

6.Basic numeracy(numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude)(Class-X level).

Data interpretation(charts,graphs,tables,data sufficiency etc)(class-x level).

7.English language comprehension skills(class-x level).

Section-wise resources and strategy

Paper-1 General studies

1. Current events of National and International importance.

This is the current affair section. Nowadays a number of questions are asked from this section. 

reliable sources-1.civilsDaily

2.Vision IAS

3.Insightonindia.

4.GkToday

5.Youtube

6.Google search

7.iasbano.com for daily Newspapers like Hindu etc.

8.Kiran's one-liner.

Analyze the previous year's questions and glance through all the relevant topics from the examination point of view.

2.History of India and the Indian national movement.

Reliable resources- 1.Spectrum history.

2.Previous years questions.

3.Disha 10000+ MCQs.

4.Lucent Objective general knowledge.

5.Read the question answers of reputed test series like vision ias, insightonindia, vajiram and ravi etc.

6.Nitin Singhania for Indian art and culture.

7.NCERT-Indian fine art.

8.Kiran's one-liner

3.Indian and World geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

Reliable sources-1.NCERT-Fundamental of physical geography.

2.Geography of India (Periyar publication)

3.NCERT-Indian geography.

4.Previous years' questions.

5.Disha 10000+ MCQs.

6.Lucent Objective general knowledge

7.Read the question answers of reputed test series like vision ias, insightonindia, vajiram and ravi, etc

8.Read the current affairs topic with the MAP(Oriental black swan or Oxford)

9.Kiran's one-liner

4.Indian polity and governance-Constitution, political system, Panchayati raj, public policy, Rights Issues, etc.

Relevant sources-1. Indian polity by M Laxmikanth.

2.Indian polity question bank by Vinay G B.

3.Disha 10000+ MCQs.

4.Lucent Objective general knowledge

5.Read the question answers of reputed test series like vision ias, insightonindia, vajiram and ravi, etc

6.Previous years' questions.

7.Kiran's one-liners

5.Economic and Social development-sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

Relevant resources-1.Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh.

2.MRUNAL's economy website

3.Take the help of Google and Youtube for economic terms and concepts.

4.Take the help of your seniors or someone who knows economics.

5.Disha 10000+ MCQs.

6.Lucent Objective general knowledge

7.Read the question answers of reputed test series like vision ias, insightonindia, vajiram and ravi, etc

8.Previous years' questions.

9.Kiran's one-liners.

6.General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and climate change that don't require subject specialization.

Relevant resources-1.Environment and ecology by Sankar IAS

2.NCERT-Environment and Ecology.

3.Current affairs resources mentioned in section 1.

4.Google and Youtube.

5.Disha 10000+ MCQs.

6.Lucent Objective general knowledge

7.Read the question answers of reputed test series like vision ias, insightonindia, vajiram and ravi, etc

8.Previous years' questions.

9.Kiran's one-liners.

7.General science

Relevant resources-1. NCERT science books up to class 10.

2.For sci and tech topics refer Vision ias  prelim 360.

3.Current affairs resources mentioned in section 1.

4.Google and Youtube.

5.Disha 10000+ MCQs.

6.Lucent Objective general knowledge

7.Read the question answers of reputed test series like vision ias, insightonindia, vajiram and ravi, etc

8.Previous years' questions.

9.Kiran's one-liners.

FOR all the above sections listen to MCQs from youtube as much as possible. It will immensely help you.

Paper 2 General studies

Refer Arihant OPSC General Studies Paper 2.

practice according to your comfort level.

This paper is qualifying in nature. You need to qualify this paper so that your paper 1 will be evaluated.

Selection will be based on the marks you have secured on paper 1.