How To Clear UPSC Civil Services Prelims ExamIAS aspirants often go through interviews and articles of various toppers about their strategies for the UPSC Civil Services Exam but the mantra of the exam is to always build your own strategy.To take the best out of everything available around you is the first key ingredient of success. In the course of preparation, I approached different places/institutes for just getting what I feel best in them. So, from now onwards, look everything from your perspective, even this article also and evaluate whether it is right or not for yourself and build your own strategy.Second most important thing is evaluating oneself in course of preparation. Understand your strengths and weakness and work over it. For instance, after my first attempt I faced difficulty in getting good marks in my optional and decided to change it. After my second attempt I felt that I seriously needed to work hard on GS part as well, thereby I worked particularly over answer writing, which I found to be a game changer in this journey from Rank 575 to Rank 3. Further, always believe that hard work is the ultimate key for success. This is the only thing we can bank upon throughout the journey of preparation. I have lived this journey through sheer hard work in different phases, even at times when I was engulfed with the negative feeling that whether, I will ever be able to clear this examination or not. Always be calm, be persistent in your goal and always remember and believe in the reasons why you want to be a Civil Servant in your tough phases. This approach will not only help you in crossing the barriers but also in coming out with flying colors. And, the last but not the least ingredient is Self-Belief. Whenever you feel low, talk to your parents, mentors and well-wishers, try to get positive vibes from them. In the course of preparation we, many times, have self-doubt but that is normal. Try to get motivation from wherever you can. I understand our core aim is to clear the examination and it should be that way. But live this journey from the perspective of becoming a better human being and transforming oneself into a Change Agent. Have the selfbelief that you will not only crack this examination but be the change that we all aspire in the society! Strategy for Prelims I hope that your preparation for the prelims will be going on in full swing and you might be going through the feeling of fear and lack of confidence. So, before you appear for the prelims, I will discuss here the strategies that I followed for Prelims. I would like to talk about some Do's & Dont’s for the prelims examination.
Some Tips for Preliminary Examination Make Mnemonics: It will help you in remembering factual information in the examination hall. For instance:
Strategy for those of you who will be writing Prelims next year or thereafter: First of all, the resources that referred during preparation: Ancient History: Old NCERT by RS Sharma Medieval History: Old NCERT by Satish Chandra Modern History: Old NCERT by Bipan Chandra and Spectrum Art and Culture: NCERT 11th class book on Art & Nitin Singhania's notes Polity: Indian Constitution at Work, Laxmikant Economy: Mrunal's videos, NCERTs of Economics of Class 12th, Indian Economy Key Concepts by Sankarganesh Geography: NCERTs, Rajtanil Ma'am lectures of Geography on Mrunal's Youtube Channel Mapping: Orient Blackswan Atlas Environment: Shankar's and GkToday Environment Module Science: 11th and 12th NCERTs Current Affairs: Vision and Insights Prelims Exclusive Magazines. Ultimately one needs to remember important facts or clear understanding of basic concepts in the examination to mark right option. Making Best Out Of Various Resources: Again, I would like to highlight just try to find out best from different resources and stick to it. I took help of NCERT for revision sticky notes on important pages. Sticking To The Resources: While one is preparing for prelims, try to study in a holistic manner along with Mains preparation at least till 4 months before actual prelims examination. Try to go through all the NCERTs once for each subject along with one Standard book whichever you feel comfortable with. Moreover, don't get distracted with the amount of resources you will be flooded with on the internet and in the market. One may feel, that he/she will get extra things or can learn more by reading more, but in the end you have to remember that one should have atleast 2-3 revisions. Try to have concise notes on each topic even if you read from different resources by compiling best out of different resources at one place, so that you can revise twice or thrice before examination. Short Notes: Try to make short notes and Mnemonics on different topics, it would really help you in revising at last moment in a swift manner. Just try to build concise things so that you can revise in a swift manner. Importance Of Test Series & Peer Group: Further, try to build a good peer group, which can motivate you all throughout preparation. Peer group helps not only in making one efficient with competitive feeling but one can also get benefitted in understanding areas he/she is not comfortable. My peer group has helped a lot and in many instances when I was not good at certain topics. There will be many ups and downs, it is important to maintain continuity. For this, one can follow any one good test series. It can help in two ways, firstly scheduling as well as maintaining tempo of preparation all throughout. When you feel comfortable overall across the subjects, do solve previous 10 years prelims paper. Time Management: This is one of the key areas. Here I would say, try to have a target plan for next 3-4 months and then divide it into monthly and weekly plans. Further based upon your schedule, divide it into daily targets. Let's say, one is working, he/she can put more things on weekends or on holidays and light on working days. |
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