UPSC Exams 2023 preparation tips: Important topics, how to write answers

UPSC Subjects

Important Topics

Indian Independence movement

• Main congress sessions with the year, president, and important resolutions
• Significant viceroys and their period with important decisions
• The Government of India Acts 1909, 1919, 1935 and charter acts

Ancient history

• Hindu philosophy, Buddhism, and Jainism
• Mauryan and Gupta Period
• Art, architecture, and scientific development during that period

Medieval history

Important kings such as Sher Shah, Akbar, etc.

Delhi Sultanate

Polity

• Changes in the constitution, new acts or amendments, and schemes
• Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP)
• Committee system, parliament, and parliamentary proceedings
• Judiciary
• Constitutional bodies

Environment and Ecology

• Important declarations, conventions
• IUCN’s Red List
• Biosphere Reserves, Tiger Reserves, etc.
• International bodies

Geography

• Revolution, rotation, and seasons
• Monsoons
• Types of rainfall
• Koeppen classification
• Solar system
• Latitudes and longitudes
• Layers of the atmosphere
• El Nino, La Nina
• India’s physical geography (NCERT)
• Rivers, hills, soil (India)
• Mineral resources (India), Geological history of India
• Global atmospheric wind, cyclones
• Pressure belts
• Jet streams, ocean currents
• Basics of agriculture (NCERT)
• Maps

Economy

• Growth and development, poverty, unemployment, inflation
• State of the national and global economy
• Major committees and bills
• Latest budget and economic survey

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