strategy and best book to prepare for upsc indian forest service? what should I choose as my optional subj?
Dear Student,
you can use some of the tips given below while preparing for your exams,
- Be thorough of the exam syllabus and pattern
- Practice and solve previous years question papers as it will give you a good idea of how the questions are asked
- You need to have a pretty good knowledge in English as the question paper will be given in English
- For the English section, practice reading comprehension, writing essays and practicing your grammar
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Some of the recommended books are :-
- Principles and Practice of Silviculture by L.S. Khanna
- Theory and Practice of Silviculture Systems by Ram Prakash, L S Khanna (but wasn’t able to revise) and K. Manikandan and S. Prabhu
- Indian Forestry by K. Manikandan and S. Prabhu
- Forest Management byPrakash Ram
- Agroforestry: Indian Perspective byL. K. Jha
You can take Forestry as your optional subject as it is very interesting, scoring and since its based on actual factual data there is not a lot to memorize such as dates and events.