Polity - Strategy for prelims and mains

POLITY

Sources

a. M Laxmikanth

b. Indian Constitution at Work NCERT

c. Political Theory NCERT

d. Class notes and handouts of PS Ravindran Sir, Abhilash Sir, Abhay Kumar Sir, Satvik Bhan Sir

Prelims strategy

a. Ensuring 100% accuracy in High yield topics - FR and DPSP, Parliament, Executive, Elections, Judiciary

b. Repeated revision is the key for static part.

c. Watch out for important constitution bench judgements for last 2-3 years

d. Satvik Sir's notes (Executive, Parliament) and Abhilash Sir's handouts (Judiciary) are highly prelims oriented and helped immensely.

Mains strategy

a. Answer improves with inclusion of Constitution articles, laws, policy, committee recommendations

b. Include views of legal experts like Faizan Mustafa (way forward/conclusion)

c. Use specific terms like confrontational federalism, constitutional asymmetry etc. Quality of Ans suddenly rises (I realised this much later in my 2nd attempt)

d. Preparing some good intro/conclusion beforehand for popular topics (like federalism, criminalisation of politics etc.) saves time + improves quality.