Sources I followed

Sources I followed. Post #1

2. Modern History - spectrum.

3. Geography - ncert and pmf.

4. Ancient history - RS Sharma (but it's not sufficient)

5. Medieval history - Satish Chandra

6. Art and culture - Nitin singhania and fine arts 11th ncert.

7. Environment- pmf ias

8. Economy - mrunal

9. Science and technology- current affairs+ Dr. Shivin course.

10. Current affairs - PMF monthly magazine + Indian express newspaper.

For mains specific:

I made my own notes based on keywords mentioned in the syllabus and themes repeated in PYQs.

2. Extensively used online search. And ChatGPT. Also used standard textbooks as mentioned above in many cases.

3. IR- paveent sir's book and CA.

4. Disaster management - online search.

5. Internal security - book by Ashok Kumar sir who is retired IPS.

6. Social justice and society - vision lectures by smriti shah Mam.

7. Ethics - did from multiple sources but Piyush sir's lectures are very good.

8. Agriculture and environment - Shivin sir's notes.

Also ultimately you have to integrate current plus static while writing answers.

For Anthropology - Used notes by SHIV TEJA sir provided in Anthro 555 course. I also used other coaching notes but I found Teja sir's notes best.

Abhishek Singh