Shubhra Ranjan Academy

Announcements           on  5/29/2023 11:56:55 AM

Workshop for Integrated Courses (Registration link) : https://bit.ly/43uZcYc

First Workshop on 2 June 2023
Second Workshop on 18 June 2023


Announcements           on  5/1/2023 4:10:05 PM

Political Science & International Relations PSIR Plus (July 2023) Classroom / Tablet course - Target 2024

Batch Starting from - 10th July, 2023

Batch Timing - 11 AM - 1:30 PM

Days of classes Monday to Friday

 

PSIR Course Features:  

  • Comprehensive coverage of the entire Syllabus by Shubhra Ranjan ma'am & Team.
  • Focus on Conceptual Clarity.
  • Students will develop Capacity to link the Theory and the Empirical/Current Developments to cater the Expectations of the Mains Exams. * We Firmly believe that Students will not require to refer anything beyond the Class Notes.
  • Reading materials will be provided in soft copy format (Pdf).  

PSIR Plus Includes: Workbook aided, Foundation Series Lectures for NCERT.

The features of PSIR Plus:  

  • 200+ hours of comprehensive lectures covering Indian Constitution, Indian History, Economics and Geography.
  • These lectures are mapped to four subject specific workbooks corresponding to lectures that students will use during the duration of the course.
  • The workbooks are designed to provide notes on key concepts, along with subjective questions that learners must solve in workbooks in sync with the lectures. Faculties will provide detailed explanations for each set of subjective questions.
  • Multiple Choice Questions that students can use for self-evaluation for each section: Indian Constitution, Indian History, Economics and Geography.
  • Monthly group sessions with subject specific mentors for better clarification and doubt solving.

 

Course Link For Offline Batch : https://bit.ly/3Vk9cAt

Course Link For Tablet  Batch : https://bit.ly/3oUSbAQ


Announcements           on  5/1/2023 3:43:05 PM

Integrated PSIR & GS Prelim cum Mains Tablet Batch2 for 2024

GS Batch Start Date: 20 June, 2023

PSIR Batch Start Date: 10 July, 2023

Course Duration For -

- PSIR: 7 months 

- General Studies Prelims Cum Mains: 1 Year

Class Timings For-
- PSIR: 11 AM to 01:30 PM

- General Studies Prelims Cum Mains:  8 AM to 10:30 AM

Course Features

1. GS Foundation Course


A. Daily 2.5 hrs class from Monday to Saturday.
B. There will be 600hrs of lectures covering Prelims and Mains syllabus comprehensively.
C. Offline students can access all lectures in Tablet provided by the Institute to boost their revision. This access will be remained available till CSE Mains 2024.
D. Monthly Current Affairs magazine will be provided in PDF. 
E. Regular class test for practice.
F. Focused Answer Writing sessions for General Studies.
G. Students who qualify the Mains Exam would be provided with Free Interview Guidance Programme.
H. Prelims Crash Course (QEP) included in this course.


2. PSIR
A. Comprehensive coverage of the entire Syllabus by Shubhra Ranjan ma'am & Team.
B. Focus on Conceptual Clarity.
C. Students will develop Capacity to link the Theory and the Empirical/Current Developments to cater the Expectations of the Mains Exams.
D. We Firmly believe that Students will not require to refer anything beyond the Class Notes.
E. Reading materials will be provided in soft copy format (Pdf).  
F. PSIR Plus Includes: Workbook aided, Foundation Series Lectures for NCERT.


Course Link  - https://bit.ly/44eHxoK


Announcements           on  5/1/2023 3:37:09 PM


Integrated PSIR & GS Prelim cum Mains Offline Batch2 for 2024


GS Batch Start Date: 20 June, 2023

PSIR Batch Start Date: 10 July, 2023

Course Duration For -

- PSIR: 7 months 

- General Studies Prelims Cum Mains: 1 Year

Class Timings For-
- PSIR: 11 AM to 01:30 PM

- General Studies Prelims Cum Mains:  8 AM to 10:30 AM

Course Features

1. GS Foundation Course


A. Daily 2.5 hrs class from Monday to Saturday.
B. There will be 600hrs of lectures covering Prelims and Mains syllabus comprehensively.
C. Offline students can access all lectures in Tablet provided by the Institute to boost their revision. This access will be remained available till CSE Mains 2024.
D. Monthly Current Affairs magazine will be provided in PDF. 
E. Regular class test for practice.
F. Focused Answer Writing sessions for General Studies.
G. Students who qualify the Mains Exam would be provided with Free Interview Guidance Programme.
H. Prelims Crash Course (QEP) included in this course.


2. PSIR
A. Comprehensive coverage of the entire Syllabus by Shubhra Ranjan ma'am & Team.
B. Focus on Conceptual Clarity.
C. Students will develop Capacity to link the Theory and the Empirical/Current Developments to cater the Expectations of the Mains Exams.
D. We Firmly believe that Students will not require to refer anything beyond the Class Notes.
E. Reading materials will be provided in soft copy format (Pdf).  
F. PSIR Plus Includes: Workbook aided, Foundation Series Lectures for NCERT.


 Course Link  - https://bit.ly/3AFCxft


Announcements           on  5/1/2023 3:19:06 PM

This course is under the guidance of Shubhra Ranjan Ma'am

PSIR Answer Writing Module (May) 2024

Batch Starting - 21st May 2023


Salient features of the Test Series

• Includes Postal Correspondence Course notes 

• Available in Offline/Online Mode

• Fee for New Students - Rs. 28,000/- 

• Fee for Old Students with Postal Notes – Rs 25,000/- 

• Fee for Old Students without Postal Notes – Rs 22,000/- 


What will I get in PSIR Answer Writing (May) Module 2024 ? 

• Total of 25 tests which includes :

- 17 Sectional Tests

- 8 Full length comprehensive tests 

- Crash Course for Mains 2024 

• Model Answers 

• Test Discussions

• Periodic Zoom sessions with PSIR Mentors

• Quality Evaluation.


Course Brochure - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c1-MyC9TnE7bOA_VHJroQqCYivSYiKTF/view?usp=sharing

Schedule of Test Series - https://drive.google.com/file/d/143nRZ0Aqkt_dJe16vCxO9zKtD0UvSrD5/view?usp=sharing


Course Link  -  https://bit.ly/3nfXXMT


Announcements           on  4/20/2023 7:09:10 PM

Dear Students,

Thanks for the overwhelming response for the All India Prelims GS Mock Test.

Link to subscribe to our Telegram channel for important events - https://t.me/sriasofficial

Here, we are declaring All India Rank for GS Paper.
Link to access All India Rank (pdf) - https://bit.ly/Result_AIR_GS_16Apr

Link to access Que paper and Answer Key of All India Prelims GS Mock Test -
For Que Paper - https://bit.ly/GS_Que_Paper_16Apr
For Ans Key & Explanations - https://bit.ly/GS_Ans_Key_16Apr

If your name is not in the Result, it may be that you have not registered for the Test or your mobile number/name is not readable in the OMR Sheet.

For any technical issue, please mail on admin@shubhraranjan.com

Thanks


Announcements           on  3/31/2023 7:38:15 PM

Dear Students,

We have launched Law Optional course starting from 08 May, 2023.

Law Optional (May 2023) Classroom Only Course- Target 2024

Course Link - https://www.shubhraviraj.in/course-infomation/6e280de5-98ff-479b-9b55-f067a5126fc5

Law Optional (May 2023) Online Only Course- Target 2024

Course Link - https://www.shubhraviraj.in/course-infomation/b2e27858-3976-4e95-a8c9-53485fdec6e8

Course Duration : 5 Months

Thanks


Announcements           on  2/25/2023 5:08:59 PM

Integrated PSIR & GS Prelim cum Mains Offline / Table Batch for 2024

Course Duration - For PSIR: 7 months  and For General Studies Prelims Cum Mains: 1 Year
Class Timings - For PSIR: 2 PM to 4:30 PM and For General Studies Prelims Cum Mains:  11 AM to 1:30 PM
GS Batch Start Date: 20 Mar, 2023

PSIR Batch Start Date: 03 Apr, 2023


Course Features

1. GS Foundation Course

A. Daily 2.5 hrs class from Monday to Saturday.
B. There will be 600hrs of lectures covering Prelims and Mains syllabus comprehensively.
C. Offline students can access all lectures in Tablet provided by the Institute to boost their revision. This access will be remained available till CSE Mains 2024.
D. Monthly Current Affairs magazine will be provided in PDF.
E. Regular class test for practice.
F. Focused Answer Writing sessions for General Studies.
G. Students who qualify the Mains Exam would be provided with Free Interview Guidance Programme.
H. Prelims Crash Course (QEP) included in this course.

2. PSIR
A. Comprehensive coverage of the entire Syllabus by Shubhra Ranjan ma'am & Team.
B. Focus on Conceptual Clarity.
C. Students will develop Capacity to link the Theory and the Empirical/Current Developments to cater the Expectations of the Mains Exams.
D. We Firmly believe that Students will not require to refer anything beyond the Class Notes.
E. Reading materials will be provided in soft copy format (Pdf).  
F. PSIR Plus Includes: Workbook aided, Foundation Series Lectures for NCERT.

WHY SHUBHRA RANJAN

Under direction of Shubhra ma’am, we are also proud to have a team of faculty members(https://www.shubhraviraj.in/teachers) who are highly qualified, experienced and dynamic. Because of their hard work and agility, we are able to meet the changing demands of Civil Service Examinations conducted by UPSC.

Increasing number of Our Students entering Civil Services is testimony to effectiveness of our exam relevant approach. Tina Dabi AIR 1 2015, Anmol Singh Bedi AIR 2 2016, Ankita Agarwal AIR 2 2021, Utkarsh Dwivedi AIR 5 2021, Samyak S Jain AIR 7 2021, Harkeerat Singh Randhawa AIR 10 2021, Dinesh Kumar AIR 6 2016, Anand Vardhan AIR 7 2016, Girish Badole AIR 30 2017, Gunjan Dwivedi AIR 9 2018, Trupti Dhodmise AIR 16 2018, Vishaka Yadav AIR 6 2019, Satyam Gandhi AIR 10 2020, Ria Dabi AIR 15 2020 and many have been our successful students.

Who should join our Integrated PSIR and GS Foundation batch
Students who have their plan of action to appear in UPSC CSE 2024 and looking for handholding with expert guidance in their endeavour.
Students who are either in their final year of graduation or have already completed graduation and aspiring for Civil Services Exam.


Syllabus          on  3/18/2021 1:02:26 PM

PAPER- I

Political Theory and Indian Politics :

1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.

2. Theories of state : Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluiralist, post-colonial and Feminist.

3. Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.

4. Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom;Affirmative action.

5. Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.

6. Democracy : Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative.

7. Concept of power : hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.

8. Political Ideologies : Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.

9. Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy.

10. Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.


Indian Government and Politics

1. Indian Nationalism :

  •  Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle : Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and Revolutionary Movements, Peasant and Workers Movements.
  •  Perspectives on Indian National Movement; Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit.

2. Making of the Indian Constitution : Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives.

3. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution : The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine.

4. Principal Organs of the Union Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court Principal Organs of the State Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.

5. Grassroots Democracy : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.

6. Statutory Institutions/Commissions : Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditorm General,

Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled

Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women;

National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission.

7. Federalism : Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes.

8. Planning and Economic development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; Role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalization and economic reforms.

9. Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.

10. Party System : National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties;

Patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behaviour; changing

socio-economic profile of Legislators.

11. Social Movement : Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist movements.


PAPER-II

Comparative Politics and International Relations

Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics :

1. Comparative Politics : Nature and major approaches; Political economy and political sociology perspectives; Limitations of the comparative method

2. State in Comparative Perspective : Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.

3. Politics of Representation and Participation : Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies

4. Globalisation : Responses from developed and developing societies

5. Approaches to the Study of International Relations : Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theory.

6. Key Concepts in International Relations : National interest, security and power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation.

7. Changing International Political Order :

  • Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war; Nuclear threat
  • Non-aligned Movement : Aims and achievements.
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; Relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world.


8. Evolution of the International Economic System : From Brettonwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international economic order; Globalisation of the world economy.

9. United Nations : Envisaged role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies—aims and functioning; need for UN reforms.

10. Regionalisation of World Politics : EU, ASEAN, APEC, AARC, NAFTA

11. Contemporary Global Concerns : Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice terrorism, nuclear proliferation.


India and the World

1. Indian Foreign Policy : Determinants of foreign policy; the institutions of policy- making; Continuity and change.

2. India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement Different phases; Current role.

3. India and South Asia :

  • Regional Co-operation : SAARC-past performance and future prospects.
  • South Asia as a Free Trade Area.
  • India’s “Look East” policy.
  • Impediments to regional co-operation : River water disputes; illegal cross  border migration; Ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; Border disputes.

4. India and the Global South : Relations with Africa and Latin America; Leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.

5. India and the Global Centres of Power : USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia

6. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council.

7. India and the Nuclear Question : Changing perceptions and policy.

8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy : India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Isreal; Vision of a new world order.


Booklist          on  3/16/2021 3:41:33 PM

We recommend Shubhra Ranjan Ma'am’s notes , Which are exhaustive and comprehensive in nature . However, the interested Student's if they want can go for additional readings. We are providing you a Booklist for PSIR Optional :


  • A History of Political Thought : Plato to Marx   by Subrata Mukherjee & Sushila Ramaswamy (PHI)
  • Western Political Thought   by OP Gauba (National Paperback)
  • Political Ideologies   by Andrew Heywood (Red Globe Press)
  • Political Theory – An Introduction to Political Science by Rajeev Bhargav & Ashok Acharya (Pearson)
  • Foundation of Indian Political Thought by VR Mehta  (Manohar)
  • India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra (Penguin Random House)
  • Indian Government and Politics by BL Fadia  (Sahitya Bhawan)
  • The Oxford Companion to Politics in India by Pratap Bhanu Mehta   (Oxford)
  • Comparative Politics by J.C. Johari  (Sterling Publisher PVT)
  • Global Politics by Andrew Heywood  (Red Globe Press)
  • Globalization of World Politics by John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens (Oxford University Press)
  • The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy by David M. Malone,  C. Raja Mohan, and Srinath Raghavan  (Oxford Handbooks)


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