Hey Everyone!
The clock is ticking, the hours are going by. Some good 30 days are left for the UPSC Prelims, all your hardwork is going to be tested in a short span of just 2 hours.. It is the time to make utmost use of these days very effectively, focus more on execution rather than thinking “exam hoga, nii hoga”, as it is said “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. We understand your concern in these uncertain times and that’s why to ease your preparation and to streamline it further, we’ve come up with another initiative i.e NIKALO PRELIMS 2.0 on our Habitat.
Focus of the Initiative:
Revision and intense interlinkage for extended understanding rather than mere expansion. Not taking something as obvious especially when it is important. Dealing with important issues on priority basis. Conceptual understanding so that even if closely framed sentences are given in a definition, selecting the appropriate becomes a habit. For instance, in PYQs one can find rephrased definition of judicial activism, liberty, etc which can not be marked correctly unless concepts are understood in revisions. Involving the area which can create confusion for most of the students. For example, status of pending bills with change in the government, devolution versus decentralisation, etc.
Revision not a business-as-usual:
Aspirant is expected to have concentrated enriched sessions of self-study to gain the benefits of this schedule. Rely on single source for each current and static portions.
Interlinkage is the key to gain access in the zone of confidence. Infact, a true candidate is the one who is motivated to generate probable questions while revising the course content. This not only helps to grasp the topic better also create different possible dimensions in which question might be asked.
Here, the involvement is active. Not merely passive that is to say only depending upon what’s being provided. Discussion is to include even the missing zones in individual’s preparation. Even, if you are at your very first reading of the syllabus, this is equally important for you to make this part of preparation for this Pre-2020. It will increase the pace of syllabus coverage since this is a time bound and practical initiative. Also, you will know how much importance is to be given to one topic or sub-topic.
Once done with this cycle of discussion and interaction you will be comfortable with concepts and your strengths.
The coverage of topics list and approach is comprehensive.
For any incremental needs which we see during the process, why don’t we start our regular engagement at revision interactions to yield better!!
Not just the start. Let’s make it a habit to improve consistently on daily basis even by 1% better efforts than that of the previous day’s and meaningful discussion. Consequently, one can improve huge margins towards the end of this initiative. This is the power of compounding.
Schedule for the discussion and timings:
7 to 8 pm for static syllabus and 8 to 9 pm for current affairs:
Date | Static Topic | Current Affairs |
24th Aug. | POLITY: Basic Concepts of Polity | July 2020-May 2020 |
25th Aug. | POLITY: Part I (States and UTs) till Part IVA (Fundamental Duties) | April 2020-Feb.2020 |
26th Aug. | POLITY: Legislature (Union as well as State) | Jan. 2020-Nov. 2019 |
27th Aug. | POLITY: Constitutional Bodies | Oct.2019-Sep. 2019 |
28th Aug. | POLITY: Judiciary | Aug. 2019-July 2019 |
29th Aug. | ECONOMY: Basic Economics | |
31st Aug. | ECONOMY: Monetary Policy and Banking Sector | July 2020-May 2020 |
1st Sep. | ECONOMY: Fiscal Policy, Taxation, and Budget | April 2020-Feb.2020 |
2nd Sep. | ECONOMY: Agriculture and Schemes | Jan.2020-Nov.2019. |
3rd Sep. | ECONOMY: Regional Trade Groupings and Agreements | Oct.2019-Sep.2019 |
4th Sep. | ECONOMY: Infrastructure Sector, related schemes, and programs | Aug.2019-July 2019 |
5th Sep. | GEOGRAPHY: Important Strait, Lakes, Rivers, and Seas | Places in News |
7th Sep. | GEOGRAPHY: Physiographic Divisions of India | |
8th Sep. | GEOGRAPHY: Important Mountain Ranges and Mountains | |
9th Sep. | GEOGRAPHY: Economic Geography | |
10th Sep. | HISTORY: Important Personalities | |
11th Sep. | HISTORY: Important Organizations (in terms of freedom movement as well as social and cultural development) | |
12th Sep. | HISTORY: Important Movements and Constitutional and Political developments in the Freedom Movement |
14th Sep. | HISTORY: Tribal, Peasant and Working-class movements | |
15th Sep. | HISTORY: The Economy of British India (will cover agriculture and land policies as well) | |
16th Sep. | E&B: Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Conservation Efforts | July 2020-May 2020 |
17th Sep. | E&B: Flora and Fauna | April 2020-Feb.2020 |
18th Sep. | E&B: International environment treaties and organization, funds and initiatives | Jan.2020-Nov.2019 |
19th Sep. | E&B: Alternative sources of energy, their mechanism and India’s efforts in them | Oct.2019-Sep. 2019 |
21st Sep. | E&B: The national park, sanctuary, biosphere reserve | Aug.2019-July 2019 |
22nd Sep. | S&T: Biotechnology, ICT | July 2020-May 2020 |
22nd Sep. | S&T: Satellites and Space Science | April 2020-Feb.2020 |
23rd Sep. | S&T: Emerging technologies | Jan.2020-Nov.2019 |
24th Sep. | S&T: Diseases and Medical Science | Oct.2019-Sep.2019 |
25th Sep. | ART&CULTURE: Jainism and Buddhism | S/T CA (Aug.2019-July 2019) |
26th Sep. | ART&CULTURE: Dance and Festival | July 2020-March 2020 |
28th Sep. | ART&CULTURE: Architecture | Feb. 2020-Nov.2019 |
29th Sep. | ART&CULTURE: Social and Religious Movements | Oct.2019-July 2019 |
Discussion platform please !