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The recent trends indicate the importance of being abreast with the latest is of huge assistance in tackling the questions being asked both in Preliminary as well as Main Examination. So, keeping in mind the UPSC’s drift towards the current affairs and contemporary developments, you need to take newspapers reading seriously. The following article is targeted towards the query you have raised: How to make best use of Newspapers from CSE preparation standpoint?... Read More
As per the eligibility conditions, the candidates (General Category) must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August of the year for which notification has come i.e. for Civil Services Examination 2013, those candidates were eligible to appear who were born not earlier than 2nd August 1983. Similarly, considering that there is no change in eligibility conditions for Civil Services Examination 2014 those born before 2nd August 1984 would not be eligible to appear.... Read More
As you are planning to appear in 2015-16 that means you have adequate time for preparation and you should strengthen your base first with help of NCERT Books from 6th to 12th standard. These books can be easily downloaded from NCERT Website. For getting acquainted with the traditional portion of the syllabus, you can pick the following: प्रतियोगिता दर्पण की सामान्य अध्ययन के ...... Read More
No need to worry about the preparation, you need to understand the complete exam-plan and related requirements at each stage of the examination. This exercise will help you in correctly assessing the task in hand and amount of hard work you need to put in to match the standard this examination has. Make a beginning with some basic and standard text-books and as you move forward, you will keep on getting a lot many insights about the preparation plan that will make your journey simpler...... Read More
With books available on General Studies, you can cover the traditional portion of the syllabus but, it alone would not be effective. You need to rely upon some standard text-books to cover the complete syllabus and with help of newspapers; you can update the information level that is prerequisite for facing exam like this. Moreover, you should not limit your preparation to Preliminary Examination only as the exam-plan for Civil Services Examination 2014 does not leave much tim...... Read More
This is not child’s play and the most coveted Civil Services Examination is in league of its own. It is difficult to trace the source for questions as UPSC devotes special attention for making the questions innovating as well as creative. As the syllabus suggests, there is no single book or study material that covers the complete syllabus so, how can you know from where the questions are going to come? The best way to face it is being prepared effectively so that...... Read More
Book-List Optional Subject (Main Examination) PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION... Read More
Mechanical Engineering is not a very popular optional subject and only 103 candidates picked it as one of the optional subject in Civil Services (Main) Examination 2011. Only 7 of them got selected with a success-rate of 6.8 per cent. Now, in only ‘One’ optional subject regime, it would be strategic if you consider you can do justice with Mechanical Engineering, and then only you should pick it as your optional subject. You should look at the syllabus and past years’ papers to understand the level and current trends on that basis, you should take a call.... Read More
This is a correct strategy to understand the complete exam-plan and related requirements at each stage of the examination before you begin preparation. This will help you in making a strategy for tackling the complete examination in an effective manner. You can understand the different stages of the examination from the article given below: CSE 2013: Plan of Examination...... Read More
As per the exam-plan, if you fail at any stage of the examination, you have to start afresh next time with Preliminary Examination.... Read More
As per the UPSC notification for Civil Services Examination there is no restriction on number of attempts. It says, “Restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates who are otherwise eligible.” ... Read More
Right now, you should work on clearing basic concepts with help of NCERT Books and should start reading newspapers daily. Maintain a slow and steady preparation and when you reach the final year, you should become serious with Civil Services Examination preparation and it should peak after you complete your graduation. The effectiveness of the guidance you get from coaching institute would be more if you plan to join coaching as near as possible to the examination. So, after c...... Read More
With introduction of CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) from CSE 2011, the circumstances have changed and the pattern of examination is throwing new challenges in front of the candidates. The composition of the propose Paper I and Paper II clearly reflect creativity and innovativeness as per the standards UPSC has been adopting. The level of questions asked in Paper I (General Studies) is of 10+2 standard. However, General Studies cannot be prepared in short span and req...... Read More
When you can sense the rising competition, you can easily spot the effectiveness of integrated approach for preparation as you will not have much of time to prepare for Main Examination after Prelims. You have done the right thing by preparing the optional subject first. This will certainly reduce a lot of burden...... Read More
Book-List Optional Subject (Main Examination) Geography ... Read More
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