India Year Book is published by Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and is considered a “raam-baand aushadhi” for UPSC Preparation. It is actually named as Indialike India 2011, India 2012. India 2011 was published at the end of year 2010 or at the starting of 2011, so it covered everything that happened in and until 2010. The complete name is India ABCD - A Reference Annual, where ABCD is the year of publication.
It has lots of data and it is really hard to read it and the question of remembering anything doesn’t comes up. 
So how to crack such a tough nut. Here is what I did? It is a very silly way but this is how I did it.
There is one book available in the market called India ABCD At A Glance (based on India (Pub. Divn’ India mentioned above)) published by New Vishal Publication. It is again one book that you cannot read as it can be termed as notes of India YB. It throws so much data at you without any references that it becomes even hard to read it. So, this cannot be the solution either.
Here is what I did to read India YB. As New Vishal’s India (henceforth known as NV) is a copy of India YB (Henceforth known as IYB), I tried to mix them both. So, here are the steps that I followed:-
First Sitting — Take the points from NV and find the same line in IYB. Mark all such points in I using a Marker.
Second Sitting — Now start reading IYB and put away NV. Mark any extra points you thing would be relevant. Also, keep unmarking those points that you had marked from NV, if you think that information is redundant or not required.
Third Sitting — Read only the markings from IYB in this sitting. Definitely you will be reading some lines here and there but that is okay.
Fourth Sitting — Yahan tak agar pahunch gaye…to apne charan yahan post kar dena!! Hum natmastak ho jaaayenge!! In this reading you will be referring only the markings alone
You have to do all this one after another without switching to any other subject or book. This is how I managed to read India Year Book.
I have read your way to understand India IB..I think its better way to read this book..thanks
All the best!!
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Hi
will u plz tl me
if i skip mking notes from newspaper dn how to cope up it ……is there ny magzine or special issues availabl fr it
Hi Mansi,
Please do not use sms kind of language. Form proper sentences. I do not feel comfortable with sms-lingua.
Regards,
Palak Mathur
There are only 3 months left for upsc prelims 2013. Is it enough time to cover up everything and revise ?
Three months I think is enough for revision if you have prepared for the exam. If you are starting fresh, then do not take the exam.
sir,
2013 will be my first attempt and i have just started preparing for the exam. do you think one can cover the syllabus for prelims and do the necessary revision. considering one spends around 10-11 hrs a day seriously. also for the fact that i have no problem with paper2 of csat and been consistently scoring on an average 170+ from the test booklet of TMH publication(CSAT Paper 2).
It will make no sense if you don’t focus on Mains as well. You will in the same situation once the Prelims are over with none of your optionals complete.
sir,
i have completed paer 2 of both my optional(s). i have taken commerce and accountancy and public administration as my optional.
That’s great. You can certainly prepare for the prelims in the given time and clear it. So start preparing for it. Sit for an hour and make a schedule/time-table for the preparation. Give time for revisions as well.
it is also like when i read a topic which i have read earlier also i find new things in the same article and then start reading it from the scratch.
Prepare notes and revise them. When you are reading the topic again, match with what you remember and what is in notes. Don’t worry it happens with almost everyone.
last year i gave my 1st attempt and i was selected for main exam.i find difficulty in sci and tech. section and general issues . i am not join any class. so please tell me how to prepare for that section
For S&T resources check the Books list that for GS that I have shared on this blog. You can subscribe to course like that from UPSC Mantra for GS. IT covers S&T fanstastically.
hey..are you the same mrunal guy…or you copied from it
Anil, Please read the articles completely on Mrunal’s blog from top. You will get your answer.
India 2013 was released on 6th Feb.. So by when can we expect the New Vishal’s India 2013 at a Glance? And do we require India 2013 if we already have the India 2012?
It should be out within 15 days or even less. If you already have India 2012 then don’t buy 2013. Almost everything will remains same. You can purchase India at a Glance for any new additions.
Sir i am doing self study, and i have completed NCERT books from VI to X.
Please tell me how to examine my self that i am doing right study.
Try to solve previous year question papers and get them peer reviewed. If possible join a test series.