How To Make Effective Notes For UPSC Exam

How To Make Effective Notes

Students often faced difficult problems while making notes. A lot of aspirant asks how they can make notes; how will they cam revise the whole syllabus at the edge of the exam? What they should do to memorise the whole syllabu in a short time period? After a long time review we decided to help the aspirant to short out this problem. Its simple answer is “Make short, simple notes with important headlines and sub-headlines.”

Some Strategies For Making Notes Good Notes:

Prepare your notes on A4 size paper sheet you can organizing and adding content relating to a particular topic.
Make different- different files for each subjects.
Use different colored pens for headings, sub-headings etc.
Revise your notes in particular time interval according to your time table so anything that you have prepared can be memorised fastly at the end.
Must include diagrams, table or a graph and sketch maps etc and you must have labeled them accurately and very clearly.
make notes in four essential steps – 1. Outline of the topic 2. Main key points 3. Advantages and disadvantages 4. At Last the Conclusion
If topic is so long then do not make note in crowded manner, use key words for short decription and easy learning

How To Make Notes For Optionals

Make notes only from one or two recommended books that cover almost all the syllabus of the optional subject.
Make separate sections in accordance with the chapters of the books.
There should be no repetation of topics because it only wastes the time and all topics should be covered of the syllabus.

Before Making Notes Observe The Syllabus Throughly and select the recommended books:

Notes making should be from a recommended book which covers all th topics.
. Make notes only from one or two recommended books that cover almost all the syllabus of the optional subject.
Make separate sections in accordance with the chapters of the books.
There should be no repetation of topics because it only wastes the time and all topics should be covered of the syllabus.
Whenever you read some other books or come across a news/update about a particular topic, directly go to your notes, add one page and write down all the new things you learnt.

Note Making is essential Task to succeed in this exam.

For Current Affairs:

To Make Notes For Current Affairs , We have to follow separate strategy:-

Polity Current Affairs use PIB, PRS, Yojana and Kurukshtra Magazines
Diplomacy and International Relations – The Hindu and IDSA MIA site
Economics - The Hindu economic zone, Economy, Industry and EPW
Environment and Bio-diversity - The Hindu Environment section, Indian Express environment section
Science and Technology - The Hindu science and tech section and Indian Express
Collect news fro different sites on daily basis.
Prepare a headline for each and every news and articles
Leave some space between the articles for the further updates.

The purpose of this exam is mainly to select the most suitable candidates. It checks all around maturity of the candidate. A candidate should be well shaped in all frames of mind and the will power to succeed in the exam. Note making is of great importance for a student to succeed. This is because there are few good reasons for making notes:

Notes are prepared only after understanding the given topic, since you have read out the important points and tried to summarize them.
Writing any information helps you to remember it betterand last for long time. It helps alot for preparing and writing out essays. Well-prepared notes make the writing process much more efficient
Notes should be revised your at regular time interval since it does not take a long time to go through your notes.
It helps you in your final revision by reminding you of the most important points of each topic.
Note-making habits will help to train a critical mind,and it helps a student pass his examinations as well as develop a discerning, insightful mind which is quick at grasping relevant information.
On the occasions when one is called upon to give a lecture, speech or to participate in a discussion, note -making skills helps in providing a record of the essential points so that the speaker does not have to read out what he has prepared. The notes remind of the contents and sequences of lecture or contribution to a discussion.
It allows you to focus on the points relevant to your purpose.