GS Paper 2 strategy

Polity, governance, social justice, and IR — structure answers around the Constitution and current issues.

Official syllabus for this paper
  • Anchor polity answers in constitutional provisions, judgments, and institutional design.
  • For governance and social justice, keep scheme + performance + way-forward notes.
  • IR: bilateral issues, groupings, and institutions — write short issue briefs weekly.
  • Practise demand words (discuss, critically examine) with 150-word mini-answers.