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The Mains GS Papers, Prelims GS, NCERT explanations, landmark judgments, government schemes, and the Data Bank — organised exactly the way the syllabus is. Search the whole library, or open a section and start reading.
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8 main sectionsGS Paper 1
History, Art & Culture, World History, Geography, Indian Society — the long subjects.
GS Paper 2
Polity, Governance, Social Justice, International Relations — the institutional paper.
GS Paper 3
Economy, Agriculture, Science & Technology, Environment, Disaster Mgmt, Internal Security.
GS Paper 4
Ethics, Attitude, Emotional Intelligence, Probity, and case-study themes.
Prelims GS
Polity, Economy, Environment, S&T, History, Geography, Art, Schemes, IR — for Paper 1.
NCERT, explained
How to read the NCERT books for UPSC — chapter by chapter, with priority tags.
Important Judgments
Landmark cases organised by subject — Constitutional Law, Federalism, Rights, more.
Government Schemes
Central schemes by sector — Agriculture, Rural, Urban, Health, Education, Women & Child.
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Pick a referenceData Bank
Every key statistic for UPSC — GDP, fiscal, NFHS, environment, rankings — kept current.
Standard Books
The canonical reading list — Laxmikanth, Spectrum, Bipan Chandra, the lot — by subject.
UPSC Optionals
All 28 optional subjects — Law, Geography, Public Administration, Sociology, and more.
Yojana & Kurukshetra
Both monthly magazines — issue-by-issue summaries for the GS papers.