📗 FOUNDATION — Read These First
The base layer, for Phase 1 (Months 1–5). Read these alongside your NCERTs, before the detailed subject notes in ../NOTES/.
| File | What it is | When |
|---|---|---|
Basic-Concepts-Notes.md |
The cross-subject concepts that recur in every GS paper — rule of law, opportunity cost, externalities, Coriolis, the 10% law, normative ethics, demographic transition | Week 1 — before anything else |
NCERT-Key-Summaries.md |
High-yield points from Class 6–12 NCERTs across History, Geography, Polity, Economy, Science, Society | Alongside your NCERT reading, Months 1–5 |
How to use
- These do not replace the NCERTs. Read the NCERT chapter, then use the summary to consolidate and revise.
- End of
Basic-Concepts-Notes.mdhas the static–current bridge habit — the single most important technique in the whole repo. - Revise both weekly in Phase 1, then move to
../NOTES/as your revision layer.