What are the lists we need to mug up for prelims?
One is list of national parks,biosphere reserves. Please add more such topics.
This can be divided in two parts. List, from static portion. And the other from dynamic.
Static:
1. Polity Basic- Constitution comparison, Bodies and institutions deriving power from constitution, result of initial lok sabha elections, first cabinet and portfolio, 'Chronology' of main events post 1947
2. History- We all know the importance of events which occurred between 1935-1947
3. Geography- Have personally tried to locate important places on google map. Sharing here for everyone's benefit. It's very easy to navigate on g-maps.
Ramsar Sites-ttps://goo.gl/maps/TPBz79FUv1AFPMeX9
National Park
Lakes and Glaciers
Important Passes of India
Of course, the course of major rivers
Latest map released by Home Ministry post 370
Mountain Peaks and Ranges- with special focus on Kashmir (Pir panjal, Ladhak) and NE
Biosphere Reserve
Disaster Management Zones
List of countries surrounded by- major seas and Ocean bodies.
4. Economics- What constitutes/ or do not constitutes-part of national income, goods in CPI basket, transactions pertaining to current/capital account, very basic of diff items in diff gst slabs etc.
5. Art and Culture- A table showcasing basic info about Dance form-state, painting-state, music-state, puppetary-state, theatre-state relationship.
Dynamic:
Map based activities based on current affairs. For this, one can compile first page index of vision ias monthly, for last 2 years. This will have total 24 pages. After this, marking important places on map (or pinning the location on Google maps).
Friends, can someone help in deciphering Volume2of Economic Survey. I mean I know that one is not required to read the whole 320 pages. But nevertheless, the kind of questions which are appearing in prelims do suggest that it cannot be left untouched as well. Attaching Screenshot of the content page. 







