Ashish Agarwal
Year : 2013
Rank : 209
Topper Story - ASHISH AGARWAL Background
I am Ashish Agarwal, belongs to a middle-class family. My father has been the source of inspiration for me and only because of him; I started my preparation after completion of my B.Tech. Electronic material is of immense help in the preparation of the exam, but one has to find a balance between the electronic and paper material.
To ensure consistency in the preparation it is necessary that one should not overburden himself/herself with the studies. Every 15-20 days spend an evening with your friends, go to the movies or do some other stuff you like. It will help in relaxing your mind.
Prelims (CSAT) General studies
| Topic | Strategy/Booklist |
| History Ancient | NCERT |
| History Modern | Bipin Chandra + NCERT |
| Polity | Laxmikanth + Newspaper |
| Economy | Sriram +mrunal + Newspaper |
| Science | Crack IAS + Hindu |
| Environment | NIOS |
| Geography Physical | NCERT + GCL |
| Geography India | NCERT |
| Geography world | NCERT |
| Other national/international current affairs | newspaper |
| Schemes, Policy & Filler Stuff | India Year Book |
General Studies (Mains) paper 1
| Topic | Books |
| Culture | Nitin Singhania Notes |
| Indian history | Bipin Chandra |
| World history | NCERT |
| Post-independence India | Bipin chandra |
| World Geo Physical | NCERT + Goh Che Leong |
| Resource distribution | NCERT + Vajiram printed notes |
| Factors for industrial location | NCERT |
| Earthquake tsunami etc | NCERT |
| Impact on Flora and Fauna | NCERT |
General studies (Mains) paper 2
| Topic | Books |
| Indian Constitution, devolution, dispute redressal etc. | Laxmikant |
| Comparing Constitution with the world | Vision IAS |
| Parliament, state Legislatures | Laxmikant |
| Executive-judiciary | Laxmikant |
| Ministries departments | Laxmikant |
| Pressure group, informal asso. | Laxmikant |
| Representation of people’s act | Read the official act |
| Various bodies: Constitutional, statutory.. | Laxmikant |
| NGO, SHG etc | Newspapers |
| Welfare schemes, bodies | India Year Book |
| Social sector, health, edu, HRD | 12th FYP |
| Governance, transparency, accountability, | ARC report |
| India & neighbors, bilateral/global grouping, effect of foreign country policies on Indian interest | World Focus + Newspapers + idsa.in |
| Diaspora | IGnOU material |
| International bodies | Structure mandate internet |
General studies (Mains) Paper 3
| Topic | Books |
| Indian economy, resource mobilization | Sriram |
| Inclusive growth | Yojna budgeting ARC report |
| Agro produce – storage, marketing | internet |
| E-technology for famers | internet |
| Farm subsidies, MSP | IGNOU(for basics) +internet |
| PDS, buffer, food security | IGNOU(for basics) +internet |
| Technology mission | newspaper |
| Animal rearing economics | Mrunal |
| Food processing | internet |
| Land reforms | Bipin chandra India since independence |
| Liberalization | vision ias |
| Infra | Vision IAS |
| Investment Models | Vision IAS |
| Science-tech day to day life | Hindu + mrunal + vision ias |
| Indian achievements in sci-tech | Hindu + mrunal + vision ias |
| Awareness in IT, space, biotech, Nano, IPR | Hindu + mrunal + vision ias |
| Environmental impact assessment | Internet |
| Disaster Management | IGNOU |
| Non state actors, internal security | Vajiram printed notes |
| Cyber security | Internet |
| Money laundering | Vajiram+internet |
| Border Management | - |
