HIGH-YIELDING AREAS FOR PRELIMS (FINISH FIRST)
1. GEOGRAPHY (Static + Mapping)
- NCERT Class 11 Physical Geography
- Composition & Structure of Atmosphere — Composition, Water Vapour, Troposphere
- Solar Radiation, Heat Balance — Isotherms, Radiation Budget
- Atmospheric Circulation — Coriolis Force, Pressure Belts
- World Climate — Climatic Types
- Interior of the Earth — Volcanoes, Earth’s Interior
- Weathering — Physical & Chemical Weathering
- NCERT India: Physical Environment
- Drainage System — Ganga Tributaries
- GC Leong
- Earth & Universe — Solstice
- Earth’s Crust — Types of Mountains
- Weathering — Types & Features
- Equatorial Climate — Cocoa Production
- Hot Desert — Red Sea
- Through Maps
- Waterfalls, Indian Waterfalls, World & India Maps: North Sea, Airports, Borders, Pipelines
2. ECONOMY (2020–2024 Analysis)
- High-Yield Themes
- Current Affairs & Applied Topics: Sustainable Fuel, Foreign Banks, CSR, Digital Rupee, PLI, Carbon Market, NFTs
- Money & Banking: Monetary Policy, G-Secs, Bonds, CP/CD
- Macro Fundamentals: Inflation, NEER/REER, Depreciation
- International Organisations: IMF, IAEA, WTO–TRIMS, G20 Roles
- Infrastructure & Investment: InvITs, FDI
- Government Budgeting: Finance Commission, Capital Budget
- Primary reference: Indian Economy by Vivek Singh
3. POLITY (High-Yield Chapters)
- Constitutional Amendments: Basic Structure, 42nd, 44th
- Parliament: Powers, Procedures
- President & Ordinances: Limits, Pardoning
- Judiciary: PIL, Judicial Review
- Fundamental Rights + DPSPs
- Federalism: 5th & 6th Schedules, Governor Powers
- Local Government: 73rd/74th Amendments
- Medium yield: EC, CAG, Tribunals, Special Provisions
4. HISTORY (Low-Hanging Fruits)
- Post-Independence: Planning, Reforms
- Acts (Modern India): 1858, 1909, 1919, 1935
- Important Personalities: Gandhi, Bose, Ambedkar
- Art & Culture: Temples, Architecture, Literature
- Medieval India
- Philosophical/Religious: Buddhism, Jainism
- Movements: Peasant, Tribal, Social
CSAT — High Yielding Areas
- Passages (RC)
- Statement-Sufficiency
- Algebra
- Puzzles & Coding
- Percentage
- Number System
- Sequence & Series
- Statement-Conclusion
- Permutation & Combination
- Geometry & 3D