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It is a proud moment for
Insights and Insightians.
Artika Shukla, who has
secured All India Rank – 4
in her first attempt, in her
own words, followed
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Insights with ‘operatic
regularity‘ since Insights Weekly Essay Challenges 2016 –
ranks this year, but it is
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 03
very special when a
December 2016
successful December 3, 2016
follower genuinely
acknowledges the fact that Insights into Editorial: Making of a
Archives
I am here to share my strategy Select Month
with you . I hope you go through
this with a little trust in me,pick
May 2016
and choose whatever suits you the M T W T F S S
best. And if this benefits even one 1
of you,I would consider myself 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
fortunate.
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Prelims:
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6. Laxmikant
Ethics and Essay: Strategy, Notes by
7. Daily newspaper reading – I Chandramohan Garg IAS
used to read The hindu. 18 OCT, 2016
beneficial than any book or
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 02
notes I might have read earlier.
December 2016
2 DEC, 2016
A number of questions were
repeated directly from
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 01
insights test series! December 2016
1 DEC, 2016
Here I want to state that The
questions in the tests are tough. Insights Daily Current Affairs, 30
They are meant to take you a notch November 2016
higher than the rest,I believe. 30 NOV, 2016
therefore,don’t be disheartened if
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 29
you can’t score a lot on them. I
November 2016
could never score a 100 on any of 29 NOV, 2016
them! But continue solving them
with utmost sincerity and
diligence. And the final exam RECENT SECURE – 2016 POSTS
few essays before the exam. If
SECURE COMPILATIONS:
nothing,you’ll atleast be more
November 1 – 15, 2016
confident in the examination hall. 2 DEC, 2016
2. Make headings.
Insights MINDMAPS: “Refugees in
3.Have a central theme in the India” and “Act East Policy”
essay and keep reiterating it every
few paragraphs or so. Insights MINDMAPS: “National
4. Cover as many dimensions as eHealth Authority (NeHA)” and
you can. “Throwaway Society”.
5. Try having an optimistic
Insights MINDMAPS: “All India
conclusion.
Judicial Service (AIJS)” and
We all know there is no ideal essay
“Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016”.
on a topic. I would suggest Try
bringing something of your own Insights MINDMAPS: “Contract
into the essay. Your own Labour in India” and “Sugar Industry
perspective will make it unique. in India”
And fetch you marks !!
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1
INSIGHTS DAILY DEBATES
SECURE really saved my neck!
PHILOSOPHY OPTIONAL NOTES:
Ambarish Vemuri, Rank 150, CSE –
2015
I could not have even attempted all
the questions in the final exam
SOCIOLOGY STRATEGY: Chandra
had I not followed the secure Mohan Garg, Rank 25 CSE – 2015
initiative so thoroughly.
My advice to you is – try going UPSC IAS Prelims Strategy &
through all the secure Motivation : Gazal Bharadwaj, Rank
questions daily. Try answering – 40 CSE – 2015
them. If not possible, at least read
MOTIVATION: Bandana Pokhriyal,
the article and jot down the main
Rank – 83, Cleared UPSC Civil
points included in it in a notebook.
Services Without Quitting Job While
If even this is not possible, at least Working as Excise Inspector for Past
go through the compilations which 4.5 Years
come out in the end.
Topper’s Notes: Nitin Sangwan, Rank
– 28, UPSC Civil Services Exam 2015
This is an exercise whose
importance I cannot Strategy for PHILOSOPHY Optional:
Ambarish V L Vemuri, Rank – 150
emphasize enough. Reading
CSE – 2015
10 articles everyday on topics
of relevance helps you gain MOTIVATION: Strategy for UPSC
perspective, increase your Mains and Tips for Answer Writing –
knowledge as well as teaches Kumar Ashirwad, Rank 35 CSE –
how to write answers 2015
comprehensively.
UPSC IAS CIvil Services PRELIMS
STRATEGY: Kumar Ashirwad, Rank
If there’s one thing in this entire 35, Prelims GS-1 Marks 140 (2015)
write up that you wish to follow,
MOTIVATION: Myths and Mistakes
let it be this. Trust me, you will
to Avoid, by Kumar Ashirwad, Rank
not realize how much it helps
– 35, Insights Offline Student
you until the day of your
result.
RECENT ESSAY CHALLENGES
Other resources for paper 2:
Laxmikant Insights Weekly Essay Challenges
2016 – Week 49:“ If development is
PRS
not engendered, it is endangered”
PIB
Various sites of the ministry Insights Weekly Essay Challenges
Vision current affair notes 2016 – Week 48:“ Social media is
better at breaking things than at
What I did:
making things”
entire year and revise it in the Examinations 6th Edition (2014) - Ramesh
Singh
week before the exam.
5) Indian Polity for Civil Services
Examinations 4th Edition - Laxmikanth
Will do wonders!!
6)Geography of India- Majid Hussain - 5th
Edition
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 3
7) Ethics In Governance
I would specifically say that this Nineteenth to the Early Twenty First Century
- Arjun Dev
paper requires no preparation. It is
a test of your analytical and 14) Social Problems in India 2 Edition - Ram
decision making abilities as well as Ahuja
common sense. The best you can 15) Politics and Ethics of the Indian
do is get 2 or 3 papers of a decent Constitution
test series. Read and understand
16) Public Institutions in India: Performance
how to approach case studies and
and Design - PRATAP BHANU MEHTA
give one or two tests of ethics so as
to understand the kind of 17) Certificate Physical and Human
Geography - Goh Cheng Leong
questions asked.
18) India’s National Security – A Reader
Try not going for the extremes in 19) Indian Social System - Ram Ahuja
That’s all!
Personality Test :
General tips :
1. Do not spend more than 2
months exclusively in the
preparation of prelims. It is a
qualifying exam. Instead use the
time to increase your grip over
your optional/GS mains.
5. Personality Test is the most
whimsical part of the entire
process. Try not to depend on
it at all. The Mains Exam is
what gets you in the final list.
Give it your best shot!!
Motivation:
Best wishes,
Artika Shukla
Rank 4 (CSE 2015)
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