2ns Jan- IAS Ntifiaction came

The UPSC Civil Services Examination 2010 Notification has been published. Union Public Service Commission will hold the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2010 on 23rd May, 2010 for recruitment of the various posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and certain other Group 'A' and Group 'B' Central Services / Posts.

For Eligibility, Age, Qualifications, Physical Standards, Number of attempts and scheme of examination please visit the officaial notification through UPSC website or refer to Employment News of January 2, 2010.

31st December

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year.
Hope you will get the dream true.




Chak De India for IAS-2010

Progress of Indian Education:

Progress of Indian Education:

English were divided in two parts:

1. Who says that language should be english
these were again in two parts ---
a. One says that medium should be english and we will encourage the traditional education
b. Second said that medium as well as matters should be westorn(munoro, willson)
2. Other said it should be Hindi(H.T.Prinseg and H.H.Vilson)


Then Macaulay came and said all this indian literature is full waste so apply english evrywhere
they have downward trend to educaiton---

Teach high society and then it will reach to lowere by rinsing.


1854 charter changes the way-----

Charles Wood Despatch has been termed as MagnaCarta of Indian Education


1882-83(Hunter Commision)
By Lord Ripan--- W.W.Hunter was head

1902 (rallay Commision)
Lord Curson said that he was not happy with what macally did and or this he called Shimla committee
which was so called rejected by all

so 1902 he founded "university commission" headed by Thomas Ralley

IAS - Genral Studies

Indian History & Culture:
NCERT (+ 2 level) — Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)
Vaid's Study Notes.
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar—Gopal Krishna
Raghavan Aiyer—Mahatma Gandhi

Geography:
NCERT (+2 level)
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Indian Economy
NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy.
Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram
Bimal Jalan

Indian Polity:
NCERT (+1 level)—Indian Political System
N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha
D.D. Basu—Indian Constitution
Kashyap—Constitution of India
Publication Division—Subhash Kashyap : Our Parliament
P.M. Bakshi—Indian Constitution

Science:
NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.
Popular Science Series (CSIR)

Statistics:
(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics
Other Books
1. India Year Book latest
2. One competitive Magazine
3. Economic Times & The Hindu
4. Yojana/Kurukshetra.

IAS ------ Compulsory to Know

1. Preliminary examinations

The prelims are held around May-June.It has objective ie multiple choice questions. There are two papers (duration of each being 2 hrs).

a) General studies
b) Optional subject

The prelims are held around May-June.It has objective ie multiple choice questions. There are two papers (duration of each being 2 hrs). a) General studies and b)Optional subject: you can choose from Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, Agriculture, Maths, Phy, Chem, Stats etc. Important: It is not compulsory to choose the same subjects of your graduation. The results are declared in July-August and the successful candidates are called for the main examinations. PS. The prelims score has no bearing for determining the final merit list for the services.

2. Main examination

The main written examination usually takes place in Oct-Nov, it comprises of 9 papers in all (a lot more strenuous than CAT!) Duration of each paper is 3 hrs. Language: one of the Indian languages, English, Essay GK and Current Affairs: 2 papers on general studies Optionals: papers from two subjects that fall in optional-1 and two papers from optional-2 (a choice of subjects is listed by the UPSC in the prospectus) Candidates who are successful in the main examinations are eligible for an interview which plays a crucial part in the selection.

The main written examination usually takes place in Oct-Nov, it comprises of 9 papers in all (a lot more strenuous than CAT!) Duration of each paper is 3 hrs. Language: one of the Indian languages, English, Essay GK and Current Affairs: 2 papers ongeneral studies Optionals: papers from two subjects that fall in optional-1 and two papers from optional-2 (a choice of subjects is listed by the UPSC in the prospectus) Candidates who are successful in the main examinations are eligible for an interview which plays a crucial part in the selection.

3. The Interview

The interview calls are sent in March-April of the following year and they take place in the month of April-May. The Board of interviewers look for a well-adjusted personality with the social traits, integrity and qualities of leadership . PS. The number of candidates called for the interview is normally twice the number of vacancies.

The interview calls are sent in March-April of the following year and they take place in the month of April-May. The Board of interviewers look for a well-adjusted personality with the social traits, integrity and qualities of leadership . PS.The number of candidates called for the interview is normally twice the number of vacancies.

Here is a list of subjects for IAS/UPSC exams. Under each subject is provided reources regarding the subject that includes prelims and mains IAS syllabus as well as question papers, strategy and suggested readings for the subject. The IAS Syllabus and other services like the IPS and Income Tax is the same.

Part A - UPSC Preliminary Examination - Optional Subjects
General Studies Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology Indian History Law	Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology
Part B - UPSC Main Examination - Optional Subjects
General Studies Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology Indian History Law Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology Anthropology Arabic Assamese	Bengali Chinese English German Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Oriya Pali Persian Punjabi Russian Sanskrit Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu Management

* These things are taken from the various websites. For the best and accurate things you can click the official website of UPSC.

http://www.upsc.gov.in/

Doordarshan News-17Nov

1. The National Investigation Agency is probing suspected LeT operative David Coleman Headley and his companion Tahawwur Hussain Rana's links with 26/11 Mumbai attack.

2. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held wide ranging talks with his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harpe on Tuesday evening and agreed on the importance of working collaboratively towards global economic recovery.

3. India's nuclear installations were put on high alert in the wake of possible terror threat, as the Centre asked State governments including Maharashtra where BARC is located to beef up security there.

Read Yojana Online ---

Hi to all who are aspiring for IAS-2010. I got a very important link today and that is of "Yojana" Magazine.

Many of us may be living in a area where it will be tough to get this very precious magazine. So here is the solution for your this problem.

http://www.yojana.gov.in/


You can read even the older issues.

Happy targeting IAS_2010


Please do post if you have some important links in comments if you have and can help others.

Doordarshan News- 16th Nov

1. Gold cross 16900 on global clues and sensex crossed 17000 mark.
2.A Deputy Inspector General of BSF was on Monday killed and two other force officials seriously injured in a blast triggered by militants near the Indo-Pak border in Samba district's Ballad post.
3.United States President Barack Obama arrived in China on Monday on a three-day mission aimed at convincing Beijing that Washington is its partner, not its rival.

Some Useful Books: IAS {History as first Optional}

Books In a order i think will be benificial for good preparation:-----------

History-- Krishna Reddy
polity-- DD Basu,lakshimakant
economics-- PD economics Yearly Issue, sndaram dutt
GS -- news paper and DD News
Geography --- Wizard Book
Kiran Publication -- History
Spectrum current affairs
Manorama Year Book(latest) current affairs portion especially calendar of events

For Mains:
NCERT books for history
IGNOU Notes
(Tata McGraw Hill) written by Krishna Reddy .
Thapar for Ancient
Satish Chandra for Medieval
Bipin Chandra for Modern (both books that is struggle for freedom and after independence) .
Gazetteer Volume2 (Publication Division)
Grover & Grover



Magazines-------------Must ==============
Pratiyogita Darpan
Frontline
Competition Wizard
Yojana
Kurukshetra