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In consideration to their strategies &recommended content, we've created EduRev courses to help you prepare smartly (saving your time & money) and providing everything at a single click.

How to study Environment effectively with EduRev?

There is a significant overlap in the syllabus with Geography, Science & Technology as well as current affairs. Hence, if you cover the syllabus of the environment and ecology part well, then surely, you’ll have an edge in the other subjects as well.

1. Understand Environment & Ecology Syllabus and PYQs

Go through the syllabus of Environment & Ecology and try to learn it so as to map the topics in your mind. By doing so, you will be able to filter out irrelevant study material and keep your preparation focused. All the topics mentioned in the syllabus are covered in the course Environment & Ecology for UPSC CSE.

You can check the detailed syllabus of Environment & Ecology here and the last 10-years of UPSC Prelims & Mains papers from here - UPSC Previous Year Question Papers and can also refer to the topic-wise questions of Environment & Ecology from the last 25-years here. 

Environment and Ecology course on EduRev

2. Focus on NCERTs

• The last four chapters from the Class 12 NCERT biology book cover all the basic and foundational level concepts concisely. So, reading them would introduce you to some terms that can come in the exam. You can access all NCERT textbooks here.
• You can go for Environment-related chapters in the NCERT Geography book for the 6th-10th standard and can find all NCERT Textbooks arranged chapter-wise in NCERT Textbooks Class 6 to Class 12 course on EduRev.
  
  
  Biology book Class 12

3. Reference Study Material for Environment & Ecology: Shankar IAS

Shankar IAS on Environment can be used to strengthen the foundation along with NCERT (Class 12 Biology). Both the books are enough to cover the static portion as more questions are asked from Current Affairs Section, so you need to focus on Current Affairs section more. So, first read Shankar IAS for concepts and then go through current affairs and interlink the concepts of current affairs with Shankar IAS.
EduRev offers a course of summaries & MCQ Tests of various important books for UPSC, which covers summaries & MCQ tests of Shankar IAS notes.

Summaries & Tests are available for all the topics of Shankar IAS notes on EduRev

4. Read Newspapers & Practice Current Affairs

Current affairs are another important area with respect to environment and ecology topics. Read editorials from the Hindu and articles from monthly magazines like Yojana and Kurukshetra and prepare notes from them. Next, keep revising them to retain the concepts.
You can refer to the course of Current Affairs & Hindu Analysis: Daily, Weekly & Monthly to cover the Current Affairs portion well.

5. Perfect Your Concepts 

Perfect your concepts and master the subjects through Video Lectures, Notes & MCQ tests.

5.1 Video Lecture

5.2 Detailed Notes

EduRev UPSC experts have prepared notes in a structured manner with well-explained images to help you understand the topics and cover all its aspects. It is a great way to revise what you have already learned through the NCERTs and videos. You can find detailed notes under each topic in the docs section here

5.3 MCQ Tests

6. Mock Tests & Previous Year Questions:

• Environment questions in prelims can get tricky as in the first look of it, all options look similar and this may lead to confusion and ambiguity. In order to be easy with the subject solve lots of mock tests. You can attempt Environment & Ecology from here to clear your confusion and ambiguity.
• You can get the last 10-years of UPSC Prelims & Mains papers from here - UPSC Previous Year Question Papers and can also refer to the topic-wise questions of Environment & Ecology from the last 25-years here.

Other Important Links:

1. Courses for all the subjects: 

Similar to Environment, there are courses for other subjects as well available under the EduRev Infinity plan -
History for UPSC CSE, Geography for UPSC CSE, Indian Polity for UPSC CSE, Science & Technology for UPSC CSE, Economy for UPSC CSE & others.
Various Courses for UPSC are available on EduRev

2. Prepare each subject well from EduRev. 

Go through the strategy documents below and devise your strategy:

• How to study History using the EduRev App?
• How to Study Current Affairs for UPSC Preparation with EduRev App
• How to study Environment for UPSC using the EduRev app?
• How to study Geography for UPSC with the EduRev App? 
• How to study History using the EduRev App? 
• How to study Indian Economy for UPSC using the EduRev app?
• How to study Polity using the EduRev App?
• How to study Science & Technology for UPSC using the EduRev app?

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