How I Made ONE Set of NOTES for Prelims + Mains! | UPSC Notes Strategy by AIR 29 Nabiya Parvez

"Mujhe notes banane hi nahi aate the... phir maine ek tarika dhoondh liya jisne mera Prelims aur Mains dono prepare kar diya." Nabiya Parvez (AIR 29, UPSC CSE 2025) breaks down her complete note-making strategy in this video — the exact system she used to build ONE set of integrated notes that worked for both Prelims and Mains. If you've ever felt your material is too bulky to revise, or you don't know where to even start with notes, this video is your answer. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 1. 📥 Download FREE NCERT Summary Booklet: https://unacademy.com/content/upsc/st... 2. Mains Notes FREE: https://unacademy.com/content/upsc/up... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ In this video, Nabiya covers: ✅ Why note-making matters and when you actually need notes ✅ Her "Integrated Notes" method — one note, both Prelims + Mains ✅ How she picked sources (Tamil Nadu Board books, Laxmikanth, standard books — not NCERT for everything) ✅ Handwritten notes strategy with real examples (Ancient India, Rock Paintings, IVC sites, maps) ✅ Digital notes using OneNote for Current Affairs ✅ Revision notes technique using the A4-sheet "4-quarter method" ✅ How she linked PYQs to her notes (the 2025 Mahajanapadas-Rivers question example) ✅ Intro-Body-Conclusion structuring for Mains answers ✅ Why copy-pasting kills your notes — and what to do instead Whether you're just starting your UPSC journey or restructuring your notes before Prelims or Mains, this is a practical, no-fluff strategy session from a candidate who actually used it to secure AIR 29. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Why note-making is important 0:47 - Introduction: AIR 29 Nabiya Parvez 1:34 - How notes save your revision time 1:52 - Example: Ancient India notes page 3:34 - Where to source your notes from 4:46 - Current Affairs source: Newspaper + OneNote 5:32 - Two types of notes: Handwritten vs Digital 6:04 - Handwritten notes: real examples 7:04 - Why handwritten notes work (India Map example) 8:01 - Integrated notes in action: Mahajanapadas PYQ link 8:45 - Digital notes: OneNote strategy for news 10:14 - Revision notes: the A4 4-quarter method 11:01 - Example: Article 142 revision sheet 13:19 - Structuring notes: Intro-Body-Conclusion 14:02 - Handling new/current affairs topics 14:24 - Identifying what UPSC might ask (PYQs + Mock Tests) 14:45 - Avoid copy-paste: write in your own words ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👩‍🏫 About Nabiya Parvez AIR 29, UPSC CSE 2025. In this series, she shares her real preparation strategy — from note-making to revision to answer writing — for aspirants preparing for UPSC Prelims and Mains. 🔔 Subscribe to Unacademy UPSC for more topper strategies, subject-wise preparation tips, and UPSC CSE guidance. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #UPSC #UPSCNotes #NabiyaParvez #UPSC #UPSCCSE #UPSCNotes #NabiyaParvez #AIR29 #UPSCPreparation #UPSCPrelims #UPSCMains #UPSCTopper #NoteMakingStrategy #UPSCStrategy #UPSCMotivation #Unacademy #UPSCCSE2025 #IASPreparation UPSC notes strategy, how to make notes for UPSC, Nabiya Parvez AIR 29, UPSC integrated notes, UPSC prelims and mains notes, handwritten vs digital notes UPSC, UPSC note making, UPSC CSE 2025 topper, UPSC topper notes strategy, UPSC revision strategy, UPSC current affairs notes, OneNote UPSC, UPSC Mains answer writing, UPSC PYQ strategy, UPSC preparation tips, IAS notes strategy, Unacademy UPSC, UPSC CSE preparation