SIMI KARAN RESOURCE
GS 1 -
History:
1. Ancient and Medieval History — TN NCERT Class 11
2. Art and Culture — TN NCERT Class 11, Kanishak Kataria Sir Notes (Telegram)
3. Modern History — Spectrum, Old NCERT by Bipin Chandra (Could not finish, added notes to
Spectrum)
4. Post-Independence and World History — Vision IAS notes
Geography:
1. Physical, Climate, Urbanization — Class 11 and 12 NCERTs, GC Leong (selective, added notes
to NCERTs), Sharad Sir Notes (selective, added notes to NCERTs)
2. Resource Distribution, Industrial Location — Sharad Sir Notes, Mrunal Sir webpages
(available on website), Kanishak Kataria Sir Notes (Telegram)
3. Mapwork, extra sources — PMFIAS.com, Youtube searches (tried to remember mnemonics
for countries around Seas etc)
Society:
1. All topics — Smriti Shah Ma’am Vision IAS Class notes, Newspapers, PSIR Optional helped in
understanding many concepts (like Globalization, Secularism, Communalism etc)
2. Women — MK Yadav Sir QEP notes
GS 2 -
My optional was PSIR, hence a lot of topics were covered there, I marked the points relevant for GS
2
Polity:
1. All topics — Lakshmikant, M Puri Sir notes, MK Yadav Sir QEP + INA notes
2. Representation of People’s Act, Separation of Powers, Constitutional, Statutory,
Regulatory bodies — Google Search (Compiled points from top 3 websites)
3. Welfare Schemes, Poverty and Hunger issues, Social sector and Social services,
Government policies and interventions for development of various sectors — MK Yadav Sir
QEP + INA Notes, Newspapers, Google Search
Governance:
1. Transparency and Accountability, E-Governance, Citizen Charter, NGO, SHGs, Pressure
Groups — MK Yadav Sir QEP + INA notes, Newspapers, Google Search (Compiled points from
top 3 websites), ARC Reports
2. Role of Civil Services — M Puri Sir notes, MK Yadav Sir INA notes, ARC Reports
International Relations: No separate preparation compared to PSIR Optional
GS 3 –
1. Economy — Sriram IAS notes, MK Yadav Sir QEP + INA Notes
2. Agriculture — MK Yadav Sir QEP + INA Notes
3. Disaster Management — MK Yadav Sir QEP Notes, NDMA Guidelines
4. Internal Security — MK Yadav Sir QEP Notes, Vajiram Yellow Book (selective)
5. Environment, Science and Tech — Shankar IAS, MK Yadav Sir INA notes, Current Affairs, CP
Kaushik Sir classes
6. Government Schemes — MK Yadav Sir notes
GS 4 –
1. Theory — Lukmaan IAS Class notes, 2nd ARC Report — Ethics in Governance, DecodeCIVILS
book— Mudit Jain Sir (Focused on examples, answers), Thebetterindia.com (Facebook feed),
Civil Services Day awards — examples of bureaucrats (Have a look at Shreyans Kumat Sir’s
sample notes on Telegram)
2. Case Studies — Lukmaan IAS Case Study Class notes, case studies from GS
3. Extra (for understanding and examples, you can read these before diving into preparation or
in the early stages if you have more than 1 year) — Difficulty of Being Good — Gurucharan
Das, Michael Sandel — Harvard Lectures on Justice, Poor But Spirited in Karimnagar, Field
notes of a civil servant — Sumita Dawra, Not Just a Civil Servant, Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil
Servant — Anil Swarup
