Here I am giving you some tips to prepare for IAS - Indian Administrative Service Exam

-You need to study 10 hours or more, every day.
-In order to get an idea about the type of questions being asked, solved papers of past years should be referred to.
-It is also necessary to be updated in all fields
- You need to develop some kind of routine
- It is also important to not to refer to more books than are absolutely required.
- Take your own mock tests after completing a particular section in a topic
- Make Short notes to study and has always helped in revising quickly.
- You should make it a habit of reading newspapers, the latest economic survey, all NCERT text books and good supplementary books for IAS available.

IAS Exam syllabus

IAS Prelims Syllabus for 2014 UPSC Civil Services Exam
General Studies Paper I
Maximum marks : 200
Number of Questions : 100
Total Time : 120 minutes (02 hours)

Syllabus

1. Current events of national and international importance
2. History of India and Indian national movement
3. Indian and World Geography
4. Indian Polity and governance
5. Economic and social development
6. General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change
7. General Science

General Studies Paper II
Maximum marks : 200
Number of Questions : 80
Total Time : 120 minutes (02 hours)
Syllabus

1. Comprehension
2. Interpersonal skills which include communication skills
3. Logical reasoning & analytical ability
4. Decision making & problem solving
5. General mental ability
6. Basic numeracy
7. English language comprehension skills (Class X level)

IAS Mains Syllabus for 2014 UPSC Civil Services Exam
Paper I (One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate)
Maximum marks : 200
Paper II (English)
Maximum marks : 300
Paper III (Essay)
Maximum marks : 200
Paper IV & V (General Studies)
Maximum marks : 600
Paper VI, VII, VIII, IX (Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects)
Maximum marks : 1200