Hyy arwen,

Follow this plan if u deem it fit.

July, AUG - Take off Phase

Cover all Basic NCERTs like

For Polity: Democratic Polity 1 and 2, Indian constitution at work

For Economy: 8th, 9th and 10th std NCERT

For History: Old NCERT by Bipan chandra

For Geography: 8th,9th and 10th std NCERT

Read them and revise them once.

2. Start Reading “The Hindu” and critically analyse the Issues.

Sep,Oct, Nov,Dec - Hardest Phase

Start preparing for your optional and finish one reading in 3 months.

Start your mains GS preparation and cover 80% syllabus (one reading)

For world History: NCERT and some class notes

For Post independence: Bipan chandra’s Post independent India

For Modern India: Spectrum History

For Society: 11th and 12th std NCERT : Indian Society

For Geography: 11th and 12th std NCERTs . all 4.

For Polity :Laxmikanth’s polity

For Governance : Current affairs

For International relations: Current affairs

For Economy: Sriram’s IAS printed notes

For Disaster mgmt and Internal security : Current affairs and some basic from websites

For Environment: ICSE std 9 book and internet. Read Eric bharucha if u have time.

Jan, Feb, mid March  Revision and Test series Phase

Revise everything that u have studied between Aug and Dec . Take up Test series for Both GS and Optional. Aim is always to score 40% and above in the Tests.

Consolidate the current affairs you have studied and study whatever portions u have left in your GS mains syllabus during the last phase.

Mid March, April , May, June  Prelims Phase

Complete concentration on Prelims . List of books for the subjects is given above. Since you have already read them twice, now its going to be really easy for you to revise them and u will gain confidence day by day. In parallel Prepare for the CSAT Paper.

Take up a proper Test series for Prelims and aim is to score above 50% in all tests.

Now you are ready to crack your Prelims

July, Aug, Sep, Oct  Pressure cooker phase

Prepare for Ethics and integrity paper. This has to be done now and not before, mainly because this paper requires immense analytical skills. (By hearting some terms and definitions from some ethics dictionaries will not help here, do not fall into the trap). After covering all mains papers plus writing one full mains test series and after studying for prelims, i expect u to have the fodder to answer the ethics questions effectively.

Finish your optional and GS mains syllabus by subscribing to a TEST series.

In the Last 20 days, Consolidate all the current affairs that u have studied and revise your optional and the static portion of GS syllabus.

Now you are ready to write the Mains Exam

This strategy though appears to be very simple at the outset is also the hardest to implement. Because simplest things are the toughest in life. If you add up your pile of books and materials other than the once mentioned above, u will be writing your mains . Hopefully you got the point. Do not be misled by anyone that UPSC is a complex exam. (Aka toughest)

I hope this helps