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What to read in India Year Book?

India Year Book has data, which can overwhelm anyone. So, how to deal with it. Moreover, it has some chapters, which are not relevant, some are relevant for Prelims and Mains, some only for Mains, some only for Prelims, some are for relevant for Interview and some are relevant for Essay. I will try to put in details which chapter to be used for which part of examination and what to read from it –

Table 1:

Code

Definition

A Most Important
B Lesser Important than A
C Not important (If I mention only C, then it is not important for both Mains and Prelims). Otherwise I will provide details with the code)
D Eliminate/SelectiveReading
E Essay

Table 2:

Chapter Number Chapter Name Code Comments
1 Land and the People A, E  
2 National Symbols A  
3 The Polity C for Prelims as you will be reading Indian Polity by Laxmikanth or some other book

B for Mains

 
4 Agriculture A for Prelims
C for Mains
Traditional details, eliminate current data, facts and figures. Refer ES and Budget for current data
5 Art and Culture A, E Important from Essay point of view
6 Basic Economic Data B Just go through the trends
7 Commerce C for Prelims
A for Mains
 
8 Communications A for Prelims
C for Mains
 
9 Defence A  
10 Education A  
11 Energy A, E Have an Atlas handy
12 Environment A  
13 Finance D  
14 Corporate Affairs A  
15 Food and Civil Supplies B for Prelims
D for Mains
Focus on current, eliminate traditional details
16 Health and Family Welfare A  
17 Housing C Only current relevance and government programs
18 Indian and the World B for Prelims
A for Mains
Traditional aspects
19 Industry A for Prelims
C for Mains
Focus on traditional, eliminate current details
20 Justice and Law A Cover along with Indian Polity part of syllabus
21 Labour D for Prelims
C for Mains
E
 
22 Mass Communication A  
23 Planning A Only interesting info
24 Rural Development A, E  
25 Scientific and Technological Developments A  
26 Transport C With Atlas, Focus on Railways, Freight Corridors, etc
27 Water Resources C -Do-
28 Welfare A Be cautious while reading
29 Youth Affairs and Sports A+  
30 States and Union Territories A  
31 Diary of National Events D  
32 General Information B for Prelims
D for Mains
 

 

Discussion

9 Responses to “What to read in India Year Book?”

  1. truly enriching..

    Posted by sandeep yadav | March 23, 2012, 8:10 pm
  2. Good job …..thank you

    Posted by CA. Amit lath | March 28, 2012, 12:20 pm
  3. Thanks a lot…

    Posted by Dr. Abhijit | April 4, 2012, 2:26 am
  4. Superb Explanation Thanks Palak

    Posted by csl80 | April 30, 2012, 2:10 am
  5. Thanks for your support

    Posted by chandrapratap | May 18, 2012, 2:19 pm

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