Get tricks to prepare for IAS with the main subjects such as History, Geography and find the ways to remember the dates and occasions for best results and remembrance

1. HOW TO PREPARE HISTORY
FOR GENERAL STUDIES 1

2. SHARE OF HISTORY IN PRELIMS
 From history generally 12-15 questions are asked
in PT.
 Questions asked are from Art & culture as well
 Questions asked are concept based rather than
fact based

3. MYTHS
 History is very boring
 Lot of dates, places, names have to be
remembered in chronological order
 Everything gets mixed up once we complete the
full syllabus
 This is not true study history like a story and
keep narrating to others

4. HOW TO APPROACH THE SUBJECT
Divide the subject into following parts
 Ancient history
 Medieval history
 Modern history or the freedom struggle
 Art and Culture
 World History (for mains)

5. CONTD….
 Before Start up with Preparation Go
through NIOS and NCERT (Old) for
basics.
 Always remember: “Basics are the
Building Blocks of your Preparation”.
 Make mental notes of all the
important incidents e.g Quit India
movement etc

6. PREPRATION STRATEGY
 After Starting
Preparation Make your
own Running notes which
will be useful at Revision
Time.
 Maintain Separate Notes
of Ancient, Medieval and
Modern History.
 You should be in a
Position to List out the
Contents Chronologically.

7. ANCIENT HISTORY
 Prehistoric Period
 Indus Valley Civilization
 Vedic period
 The Sangam Age
 Buddhism & Jainism
 Maurya and Gupta Empire
 Post Gupta period

8. MEDIEVAL HISTORY
 Delhi Sultanate
 Religious movements
 The Mughals and Later mughals
 The advent of Europeans
 Vijayanagar and Bahamani Kingdom
 The Marathas and Sikhs
 Settlement of British in India

9. MODERN HISTORY
 British conquest of India
 Economic policies of British
 Revolt of 1857
 Brahmo and Arya Samaj
 Indian freedom struggle
 Pre-Congress Nationalist Organization
 Indian National Congress

10. CONTD…
 Rise of Revolutionary
Terrorism
 Swadeshi Movement
 Muslims League
 First World War and
Freedom Struggle
 Gandhian Era
 Peasant Movements and
Revolutionary Terrorism
 Independence and Partition

11. TOPICS

12. SOURCES
 NIOS notes
 NCERT history books
 Freedom Struggle: Bipin Chandra
 India After Gandhi
 A Book on History by Tamilnadu Board
 NBT books