1. IAS Prelims 2014: How to prepare Indian Polity and Governance

2. Barely five months are left for the IAS Prelims 2014 Exam which is scheduled to be conducted on 24 August 2014 by the Union Public Service Commission. The candidates must be facing the trouble of what to study and what not for the IAS Prelims Exam which consists of two papers: General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper II. Indian Polity and Governance forms an essential part of the IAS Exam Syllabus and needs to be studied in a thorough manner.

3. Books to be followed :
The most important source for this section is the NCERT Books for Class 11 and 12 for Indian Polity. DD Basu can be referred for studying the Constitution of India. After going through these, the candidates must thoroughly go through at least one standard text book for Indian Polity like M. Laxmikanth. Newspapers should be regularly read in order to keep abreast with the recent happenings related to governance.

4. Focus Areas : The questions asked from Indian Polity and
Governance can be related to the following areas:
Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
Directive Principles of State Policy
Procedure of passing various bills in Parliament
All important aspects of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, their parts, powers and functions
The election/appointment and removal of prominent Government authorities like the President, Supreme Court and High Court judges, Governor, etc.

5. Other important Constitutional bodies and authorities like Attorney General, Finance Commission, CAG, CVC, Election Commission etc.
Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Governance
Important legislations passed in past few years
Planning- procedure, Planning Commission, etc.
Non constitutional and Statutory bodies of the Government
Important amendments to the Constitution
Motions and Resolutions of the Parliament
Provisions in the Constitution for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Minorities, Disabled etc.
Various important Committees and Commissions under the Constitution

6. The questions asked from Indian Polity and Governance might be factual but are framed in a complicated format. The question is followed by two or more statements out of which the correct or incorrect statements have to be selected. This is quite a confusing task and the candidates need to know about all the statements in order to mark the correct option. Hence, clarity of concepts is absolutely necessary. Superficial knowledge can land the candidates into trouble by luring them to mark the incorrect option based on half knowledge.
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