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1. What makes one successful and another failure in Mains? All the candidates are having books, all the candidates are dedicated to work and most of them attend coaching institutions, take guidance from seniors and friends but what makes one success and another failure. Students say they studied for 18 hours and still they couldnt make mains. Others say they studied only for 8-9 hours and could make mains. Why these differences. The difference between successful candidates and the failure candidates is same as difference between ordinary and extraordinary persons. One who is able to make mains never counts the hours and how many books he/she has read. But they know what to read, what not to read, how much to read, how to use when required writing the answers. Civil Service exam never wants one to be ideal. It requires creativity, innovativeness within the candidates, who lack to use his/her knowledge properly they feel tough to clear the exam. Before starting the preparation find out properly what to read, what not to read, what types of question are asked from particular topics. After taking guidance from others put your own strategy, dont follow their strategy it may not be suitable for you, Better strategy makes one success in mains. 2. Going through Syllabus This year there is change in the syllabus of General-Studies and also optional paper. Dont get tense when somebody says there is change in syllabus. Civil Service exam tries to select candidates who are creative and innovative and aware of day to day life. Accordingly, syllabus has been changed. First go through General Studies syllabus thoroughly and try to be perfect with the syllabi. If you know syllabus, 20% of your work is over. It helps you what to read and what not to read. Dont neglect the added syllabus. Always questions will be asked from the new syllabus. Try to think what type of questions may come from particular topic. What is the relevance of particular topic in todays life? In the same way go through the added topics of both optional and try to cover them first. Old candidates may know other parts of the syllabus only added syllabus they have to be perfect. Newcomers have to know whole syllabus before starting their studies. 3. Having balanced approach towards Optional Candidates have to select too optiona1 for mains. Most of the candidates take one optional same for both prelims and mains. Some may have different optional papers for prelims and two different optionals for mains. Both the optional papers should be given same weightage. Dont neglect the optional which you were having for prelims.. Dont think already that you have studied for prelims and can give less time for mains. There are many students who are unable to score more than 300 marks in first optional but easily they can score more than 300 marks in second optional. This is because way of approach for study differs. Student might know concepts but unable to use where it is required. Therefore study both optionals simultaneously. Marks of both optional are important to be successful in exam. Considering question number 1 and 5 is equally important Question number 1 and 5 play very important role in getting good score. From both the optionals we have 480 marks for these questions. Therefore, practice writing short answers while preparing. Study previous year questions and analyze what type of questions has been asked from particular topics. Try to cover all the points within 200 words. Read the questions properly and answer according to the nature of the question. While studying try to note down Get All Latest Updates in Ur e-mail Inbox.. Enter Your email here... Subscribe And then confirm your email subcription

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topics where short notes can be asked and write points for that topic and keep. That will help during revision. 4. Exclusive skills for presenting answer After the prelims exams and till the exam date everyone study. But, in Civil Service main exam only studying is not important. But here important is how one is using his knowledge to write particular paper within three hours. What one writes during these three hours makes one topper and anther failure. Here how much you studied it doesnt matter, but how you are using your knowledge to write particular answer. Therefore while studying, always think what type of questions may be asked from particular topics and what points to be included to make different from others. Many times we hear students saying they have done their exams very well. Question paper was very easy. But still they are unable to make mains. Why? When question paper is given they never try to read full question. If they come across the words they know they start writing answers. They might have written wrong answer also. There they make mistakes. First, study questions properly and understand what has been asked. Then think what to be written for that answer. Write up to the point answers. While writing 60 marks answers follow one strategy. When you read question, take always last page of your answer booklet and start writing the points what all to be included in that answer. Because while writing suddenly you may forget the points, these points give hints to continue the answer and make to be within the track. . Dont repeat the paragraphs. If graphs, pie-charts, flow charts are required draw them to make examiner know what you have written. Always follow word-limit. If you think you know more about that answer and start writing more on that answer, you cannot complete the paper within a given time. Always try to give positive points. Dont mention anybodys name. Write such type of inputs which makes your answer different from others. 5. Current Affairs Current Affairs play leading role in the Civil Service main exam. Students try to buy many current affairs magazine and they think they studied more instead of that studied from one magazine and be a regular reader of newspaper. Whatever you read, try to make note of it, It helps to revise. Without revising you cannot remember the points. Study previous years question paper and try to analyse what type of questions have been asked from current affairs. See whether there is any change in asking questions from one year to another. General Studies first paper contains national affairs, social issues, geographical issues and etc. And General Studies second paper includes international affairs, economics, science and technology, statistics. All these topics are related to current affairs. Therefore concentrate more on current affairs. The students having stronghold on current affairs are able to score more than 300 marks in General Studies. Current Affairs also play leading role optional. Same of the optionals like Public Administration, Political Science, Science, and Sociology require current trends. Therefore one must be aware what type of current affairs is required for particular topic. Here one should remember only reading current affairs never give marks. Try to revise it again and again and you will be able to recollect during the exam. Preparing current affairs should be continuous process and dont think some days can be allotted for it. 6. Two marker questions and 20 words Always small things make great thing happen. That means, too marker questions are very important to score more than 300 marks in General Studies. Usually students think, its only two marks, they can write them without any strategy. But when you really sit for writing you will understand how much difficult are those. To write these questions you must evolve good strategy. While reading newspaper you may come across some personalities, places and terms try to write on them about in 20 words. Keep on practicing. If answer is written up to the mark you can get full marks. If you ask any topper, he always says that he gave importance to two markers. To make yourself different from others, prepare your own strategy in order to study these two marks questions. Go through previous years questions and try to write yourself for those questions. While reading any newspaper, magazine or book, note down the words and write on that topic. In exam hall, write up to the point. This can come only by practice. Questions will be from Indian polity, economies, history, culture, science and technology, geographical concepts, personalities. While studying, make different note on different topics thus it helps to revise properly. 7. Selective Study All the candidates who are preparing for civil service main examination know the importance of selective study. Being selective is how much useful in preparation how it makes one comfortable. When students, who are preparing for examination, see the vast syllabus, they find themselves in confusing state. It is like throwing one into the sea; That means syllabus is so vast if they sit for preparing simply without making any selection. One needs complete one year to read whole syllabus. By that time exams are on the head, candidates are not fully prepared in each topic and after reading the entire syllabus they are not even in position to tackle anyone question perfectly. Therefore, selective study is very important in civil service preparation. One should know what to study, what to be given more importance, what not to be studied and etc. Once study whole syllabus completely. They should take some 3-4 previous year question .papers and study the topics thoroughly. 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which topic analytical questions are coming, on which topic short questions are coming and so on. By going through previous year question paper one can understand what to study in current affairs. This makes one to be selective while reading newspapers. Otherwise one has to spend more time on newspapers. Syllabus of optional subjects are also vast, sp candidates often have many books to cover the topics but they cannot read all of them so here also being selective is very important. Try to read standard books and recollect the points what you have read and how it is useful in writing the answers. Selective study hopes you to answer any question asked on that topic. Most of the toppers follow strategy of being selective. It is not wise to waste time in reading which is not required for the exam. One should have proper approach towards study the optional subjects to get success at mains. 8. Importance of Compulsory Papers English and any other Indian language and one essay paper are compulsory for civil service main examination. Its nature is of qualifying nature so often candidates think that hey easily can write them and clear these papers. But after each result actually we see that many students are unable to clear language papers. Even some candidates await there result positively and actually they did very well at there exam but finally language papers create a big hurdle. So never underestimate these too language papers and do not neglect them. Here their importance is more. Without qualifying these papers, you cannot at mains. Therefore, they cannot be neglected. These are considered as first step to clear mains. Therefore, be perfect with grammar, essay writing, precise writings. The students who are getting good marks in essay can definitely get success in mains. Essay paper plays important role in getting good rank. This paper is for 200 marks. One Who writes good essay can get upto 140 marks. This makes great difference between an ordinary student and an extra-ordinary student. To write essay one should have comprehensive thinking. While preparing, dont prepare a few topics. Prepare general way. Select topics like global warming, social change, and development-oriented topics, globalization, terrorism, democracy and prepare on these topics in general way. Particular topics wont be asked in the exam. But whatever you have studied can be used in anyway while writing essay. Read all the topics of essay at least once, and then select which topic you feel comfortable. Then take last page of your answer booklet and note down all the points you know so that you will not forget the main points while you writing the essay. Then arrange the points in accordance with their importance and there should be continuation of paragraphs. . . Always write common language, dont use complicated words and dont bring optional concepts into the essay. Essay paper also marks the assessment of your personality. Therefore be careful while choosing the topics and while writing the essay paper. 9. 2600 Marks to be covered in 100 days Civil Service Main Examination is an examination of 2600 marks. In that two compulsory language papers have 300 marks each. They are qualifying papers and are important to clear the main examination. After preliminary examination there will be 150 days available for preparing for mains; But while choosing second optional and collecting books candidates waste some 40 to 50 days. Only reaming will be 100 days to go far mains. these 100 days are crucial for everyone. Aspirants have to cover some 100 topics in optional and some 100 topics in General Studies. To achieve ones goal within 100 days, one has to follow proper strategy. Planning is very important to complete studies. 100 days can be split into two parts: first 80 days for studying and remaining 20 days for revision. Main examination requires how you analytically think over the .topic. Therefore, revision helps one to know how one can recollect the points. Study all the subjects simultaneously. Equal weightege should be given to all the papers. According to your comfortability with subject allot your time for study and make planning every week. Change the planning according to the topics to be covered. Planning helps to use 100 days fruitfully to achieve the goal. 10. What to follow: during preparation and in examination hall (a) Read limited books. Dont try to read more books. Read fewer books and gain more from them. Read only one or two newspapers and follow anyone book on current affairs. Reading more books make you what to remember or not. (b) Be selective while reading a newspaper. From the beginning of your preparation build the habit of reading what is important from the exam point of view. Spend only 45 minutes to 60 minutes for newspaper daily. (c) Always plan your studies. For a week and also for a day. This helps to complete the syllabus within a time. (d) In the name of selective study dont leave what to be studied. Dont go only for popular topics study what may be asked in the mains. (e) Prepare your own notes. But dont spend more time in preparing notes. Make point-wise notes which can be reversed very easily with less time. (f) Dont run from difficult topics. Get clarified from somebody else ONE PLEASE? PLUS and simply dont leave difficult topics. Dont give importance to what you know. Give less time for what you know and more time for
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(g) Make more and more practices for writing answers. Dont be lazy. At least p1ake the habit of writing points to be included in that answer. (h) While writing answer in examination hall, I dont cross the word-limit. If you cross the word I limit, you cannot manage to write all the answers. (i) Statistics carries 40marks in General Studies. Give importance to this section while II preparation and also in the examination hall. In the examination hall, keep last 20 minutes for statistics and dont take it first. Practice makes you to solve the problem within a time limit. (J) Last point is very important. Dont be hurry while reading the question paper. Read slowly word by word and you can understand what is asked. Otherwise, there is a chance of writing wrong answer. Therefore, follow questions properly.

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One of the best article i ever read on civil service..! And found very informative, thank you Admin.

susritha says:
September 21, 2012 at 1:16 pm

sir iam pursuving my final b.tech i want to become IAS pls suggest me the optionals

Mayank Meena says:

September 10, 2012 at 2:20 pm

ultimate tips.!!! These will help me in guiding my future towards INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. THANKS

Rawat says:
August 2, 2012 at 2:21 pm

Thanks for providing such a great information..

Swati singh says:

July 30, 2012 at 12:07 am

Really these r nice tips for preparing an I.A.S,,,,bt still i m confused i dnt get dat what i want.sir/mam i m a B.tech 3rd year student from COMPUTER SCIENCE,,,,so pls first of all tell me dat computer science students r elligble for I.A.S or notIf yes then pls help me for choosing a subjects,,,thank u pls reply on my mail id(sswati2562@yahoo.com)

pranita says:
July 21, 2012 at 4:54 pm

hello,sir u have given very good informations about the preparations..which will be very helpful for the freshers like me .sir i want to ask you is mathematics a good option for ias as i am doing msc in maths and i am comfortable with iti m a bit confuseplzzzz.help me out

sukdev sarkar says:

July 19, 2012 at 11:01 pm

thanks all of team to support me,,,,,,,for ias

KAUSHAL KISHOR MISHRA says:

July 15, 2012 at 9:32 am

sir/madam sir my target is I.A.S NOW i am doing b.b.a but also preparing with I.A.S EXAMINATION . my optional subjects are history and philosophy . i will want give thanks for this tips,i hopes that if any student will follow this tips , he shall gate easily his aim.thanks sir

ravi says:
June 27, 2012 at 11:12 am

first thanks sir for this tips,it helps to new student like me,i m in final year eee btech.plese help me to selection of sub and book name for preparetion

nikhil says:
June 6, 2012 at 6:03 pm

sir I am in 3rd yr engg and intrested in giving ias & other upse exams

Akshay Arora says:

June 6, 2012 at 2:47 pm

Thanks to ur all staff for this kind information to such students like me.

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dr abhishek singh says:
May 31, 2012 at 4:11 pm

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i am a MBBS graduatefrom k.g.m.u lucknow.and now working in children hospital allahabad n wanna go for I.A.s INSTEAD of p.g in revelent field..plzz.submit a help topic on my id its thakurdrpriyanshu54@gmail.com

Saurav Kumar says:

May 27, 2012 at 1:30 pm

sir i have completed my B-Tech and i want to prepare for IAS 2013. I am confused regarding choosing my optional paper

narendra sharma says:

May 24, 2012 at 5:34 pm

sir,i am study in bsc first year.i want to become an ias officer

jasmeen says:
May 21, 2012 at 3:33 pm

sir, plz tell me the name of best book related with ias

dovendra says:
May 11, 2012 at 10:33 pm

sir i am an engineering student and wanna crack IAS so kindly help me for choosing subject i am good in maths.

tio says:
May 10, 2012 at 7:40 pm

sir, m pursuing bachlr degre in computer sci, m a 2nd yr student, i would be kind enough if u tell me what optional subjects can i take, to become an ias, pls help me out.

sahil says:
May 1, 2012 at 11:47 pm

sir i m persuing btech in 3 rd year i want to become ias and i am good in mathematics i want to ask which subject should i prefer for my prelims preparation pls replyy

shiva says:
April 6, 2012 at 1:59 pm

sir i want become an IPS i have prepering since one year sir pleas can you give me tips for GS and essay writing .

karishma vashishtha says:

July 11, 2011 at 2:08 pm

respected sir can you please send some of the essays written by previous successful ias candidates on my id. thankyou

sweetz says:
May 14, 2011 at 11:36 am

sir i want to know does a student with graduation degree will lower preference in ias exams

Ramkesh meena says:

March 15, 2011 at 10:53 pm

Sir my self is ramkesh meena 4m rajasthan. Sir i want to become an IAS officer. Now i m studied in

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B-Tech 2nd yr with civil engineering. So plz guide me that what sub choose in ias mains nd hw to starta my preparation.

shreya says:
January 23, 2011 at 10:50 am

every time i ill work hard and will read answers and lesson but i cant remember so i want some tips how to read.

Divyanshu says:
January 22, 2011 at 9:17 pm

Sir today i got my result of airmen it was positive nw i want to crack ias(history) this year i am going to appear BA 2nd year please guide me

Bipasha roy laskar says:

January 19, 2011 at 11:13 am

I want to prepare my self for the exam of upsc service.my background is arts. May i appeare in the upsc exam? Please give me some advice ..

manjot says:
December 27, 2010 at 9:32 pm

hello,sir i want to prepare for ias exam from now . i am a student of b.tech 2nd year computer science. till now i am unable to get wat optional subjects should i take. even dont know wat should i do to get preparation material,from where. can u please help me sir,i am really confused from where to start but its sure that i want to start. need ur guidence sir,

Pramod Mulik says:

November 16, 2010 at 7:43 pm

sir my target is IAS Now I studied in polytechnic. I have very less information about IAS. Which are the subjects are available related to Engineering field.

Shahid says:
May 1, 2010 at 1:40 pm

Sir/Madam, I appeared in the JTO exam twice but could not qualify the same , i scored 54 marks both times and the cutoff was 63. I worked very hard on both occasions but all in vain, actually i prepared 11 subjects out of 13 and read them well. Can u tell me wat can be the reasons behind my failure, shall i start preparing again for coming JTO. REPLY.

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