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Being the most basic books and written in very simple language, lucid and neutral perspective makes NCERT as the base for the entire preparation. One will get most of their basic covered for the geography and history from these books.

Secondly, mains answer writing language should be similar to the writing style of these books which make them as the fundamental element while preparing for the Mains examination.

Now let us analyse from Prelims and Mains perspective:

Every year at least 35-40 prelims questions are directly asked from the NCERT

If you read one book for the prelims it also comes handy in the mains. For Example, Geography NCERT of class 11 and 12 and History NCERT of class 10 and 11 are the most comprehensive books which must be read by every aspirant.

It helps in planned study otherwise, you may be lost in the vast ocean of data and coaching materials.

If you are planning to choose humanities optional and you are from the non-humanities background, then study of these books will help in choosing the right optional and further, it may help in your optional paper too.You can free download from crackias.com website.

The UPSC civil services exam is considered one of the toughest exams in the country. And, because of this, a lot of people recommend studying for about 15 hours per day during the IAS exam preparation time. In fact, a lot of aspirants wonder how many hours of studies are required to clear this demanding exam. Read on for possible answers to the question ‘how many hours should I study for IAS exam’.

There are some aspirants who claim to study 15-16 hours per day while preparing for the UPSC exam. And, there are others who clear the exam studying just for 6-7 hours in a day. There is no perfect answer to this question and the candidates should decide for themselves the number of hours of studies per day considering their own capabilities and requirements.

Some candidates, during the initial days of their IAS preparation, start off with studying for more than 12 hours a day. They continue this for about a week, maybe 10 days. After this time, they find it tiring to continue with this routine and gradually, their intensity of studies wane off along with their initial enthusiasm. This is because it is physically very demanding to sit for hours on an end and study.

Remember that the IAS exam process is a long-drawn one and you have to invest at least one year in it. Instead of wasting your time for best books select any Institute that you want to join. I would like to suggest you to go for Crackias an Online Coaching Institute. 

I have seen that many people used to ask the same question again and again. but if you are asking then I answer you as prospective that no one can be delayed n their exams.

I am sharing the Age limit for UPSC preparations.You can check it from crackias.com website also. There is age criterion that is setup for all the Aspirant.

General Category Candidate :- The candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years (for the General category candidate) on 1 August of the year of examination.

Other Backward Castes (OBC):- For Other Backward Castes (OBC) the upper age limit is 35 years.

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes:- For Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), the limit is 37 years.

Defense Services:- For Defense Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities, the limit is 40 years.

Ex-Servicemen:- For ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service, the limit is 32 years.

PWD Candidates:- For PwD candidates, the limit is 37 years.

Domiciles of Jammu and Kashmir:- For Domiciles of Jammu and Kashmir from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989, the limit is 32 years.

Economically Weaker Section:- For the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, the standard age limits apply.

I hope this information is helpful for you and for beginners Aspirants.

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Students below the Age of 21 Years and above the age of 31 Years during the date of 01 August of every year.Every information you can check at

crackias.com website.

Students who never serious about their Studies or who want to enjoy these recruitment as Time-pass.

Students who are below the graduation like 12 or 10 in Qualifications.

Students who feel lazy in terms of sitting during their studies.

Students who are irresponsible and not set their future goals to UPSC.

Students with no ability to accept the things as challenge.

Students with no longer ability to face the truth of their life.

I have written this not to hurt anyone. Just check and analyze which mistakes did you have done earlier so that it will help yourself to “learn from your mistakes” and become serious towards your future.

All IAS Aspirants can read or even get free latest Current Affairs News from “

Crackias Subject-wise Monthly News”.

They cover Current Affairs from 14 different sources like Hindu, PIB, Live Mint, PRS, Indian Express, etc. You can also get Subject- Wise Current Affairs News of last 1.5 years from January to April-end.

You should have the knowledge of Subjects as well as Current affairs news. That’s why IAS aspirants have to given the exams of Prelims and Mains that include General Studies Books.

Subjects includes History, Geography, Polity, Economy, Environment, Science, and GK.

Current Affairs Includes news from 14 different sources like Hindu, PIB, Live Mint, PRS, Indian Express, etc.

One more thing you have to study about Economic Survey & Budget also.

If you want Notes for the Preparations then I suggest you to join an Reputed Institute like Crackias an Online IAS coaching institute in India. They Offers you Complete** Course.

**Complete because they have covered all Ncerts from 6th to 12th class (Old Ncerts as well as New Ncerts) and 70 Major sources like Laxmikant, DD Basu, Majid Hussein, GC Leong, Spectrum Modern India, Kashyap, Bipin Chandra, Ramesh Singh, Uma Kapila, TMH relevant portions, NIOS books relevant topics etc. Basically, the idea is that, with these notes, YOU DON'T NEED TO STUDY ANYTHING ELSE.

All the best to all IAS Aspirants.

Test Series is just the Practice of mock test that includes the Questions from your syllabus. Its strategy to check and Improve the Paper attempting Speed and General Studies Knowledge.

You can join practicing the test series from Any Reputed Institute. before joining just checkout that what special about them.

I am giving you the example of the institute.The Institute is Crackias. 

Your paper is evaluated against 11 different parameters - both Macro & Micro performance Analysis.

You will come to know how you performed not only in different Subjects (Section wise analysis) but also against easy, medium & hard questions (Difficulty Analysis).

You will also come to know about your performance and ranking against 1000s of other students (All India Rank).

You will also be able to know that how many % of students gave right answer to a question which you attempted wrong (comparison with toppers).

You will get detailed explanation along with source of each and every question of the paper. The reports will also give you personalized feedback and practical suggestions against your Performance.

It has been scientifically designed to improve your Topic reading skills, speed & performance in the exam.

Questions are exactly on UPSC lines with a UPSC+1 difficulty level. The proportion of easy, medium & hard questions; direct & statement questions; and the proportion of a/b/c/d options has been maintained as per UPSC standards.

If you want study material to appear for UPSC then try out Crackias. They provide you free NCERT books, syllabus, Current affair magazines and Other material to start preparing yourself for UPSC.

Yes.

UPSC Age Limit RULE:-

General category:- A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August.

For more details about Age limit you can also check from crackias.com website.

We cannot predict the last date of birth for an aspirant. As everyone has the right to apply for the examination. But there is age criterion that is setup for all the Aspirant.You can get all the information from crackias.com website.

General Category Candidate :- The candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years (for the General category candidate) on 1 August of the year of examination.

Other Backward Castes (OBC):- For Other Backward Castes (OBC) the upper age limit is 35 years.

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes:- For Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), the limit is 37 years.

Defense Services:- For Defense Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities, the limit is 40 years.

Ex-Servicemen:- For ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service, the limit is 32 years.

PWD Candidates:- For PwD candidates, the limit is 37 years.

Domiciles of Jammu and Kashmir:- For Domiciles of Jammu and Kashmir from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989, the limit is 32 years.

Economically Weaker Section:- For the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, the standard age limits apply.

I hope this information is helpful for you and for beginners Aspirants.

Yes, you can use it.

If we talk about the UPSC official website there are 2 colors you can use in UPSC mains that are Blue and Black.

They just mention that you can use Blue and Black ball pen.You will get all the information regarding to Upsc is on crackias.com.

Firstly select the language medium in which you want to start preparations.

Then look for the best and top rated newspaper like Tribune and Hindustan Times.

Setup your Time Table for Study. if you want any reference then you can see on the topic What is the best daily routine for civil service preparation? Here I and many expert share their best routines select what ever you like.

Instead of wasting your time for best books select any Institute that you want to join. I would like to suggest you to go for Crackias an Online Coaching Institute. As they provide you only 10 Red books that has covered all Ncerts from 6th to 12th class (Old Ncerts as well as New Ncerts) and 70 Major sources like Laxmikant, DD Basu, Majid Hussein, GC Leong, Spectrum Modern India, Kashyap, Bipin Chandra, Ramesh Singh, Uma Kapila, TMH relevant portions, NIOS books relevant topics etc. Basically, the idea is that, with these notes, YOU DON'T NEED TO STUDY ANYTHING ELSE For PRELIMS EXAMS.

Then practice more and more for mock test that are also available free from them.

Then go for the old current affairs news beside of the Newspapers. They also provide you the free Current Affairs News Magazines and the topics are subject wise really ease for you all.

Start practicing with Previous Question paper to speed up your paper attempting speed. this is the most important part so that you can attempt each and every Question in the given time.

There are top 10 institutes that offers IAS coaching in Hyderabad. Below I am sharing you the names of some of the best institutes:-

Plustus IAS Academy

Analog IAS Academy

Brain Tree IAS Coaching

RC Reddy IAS Study

these are main in Hyderabad but Recently they are providing the online classes.

I would like to suggest the another online Coaching Institute of all over India. That is Crackias. They are the Online Coaching center with online Classes and you can save it as video for future references, free Ncert books, free mock test, daily quiz on current affairs and free monthly current affairs magazines.

I hope you this will helpful to all the aspirants.

The best way to read the news is :-

first select the Newspaper whether English or Hindi of your choice.

Then start looking for the current affairs news.

Instead of cramming full news just pickup the main content or purpose of the news.

mark the names, purpose and date of happening the incident. don’t need to learn or capturing the full news. Just mark the objective.

for more ease make the table of the news like

column 1:- title of the news that shows objective

column 2:- who are involved or names the persons with designations

column 3:- Date and year.

column 4:- Results of the news.

I think its really helpful to all the IAS aspirants.