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How to Read NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam?

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NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam

NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam are important because many questions in the Preliminary Exam, are directly or indirectly asked from them. NCERT books are the best for the UPSC Civil Services Exam as it develops a strong base in any subject.

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NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam

Why only NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Exam? This question might have come in your mind. Why everyone says read NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Exam before going to read high level books. Its 100% sure you must have heard this line by someone: may be by IAS toppers, IAS aspirants, IAS Coaching Institutes, Seniors (preparing for IAS) and from others.

Why they only stress on NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Exam. Why they do not suggest other books for UPSC preparation. There is a concrete reason behind it.

Reason behind choosing NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam is that NCERT text books are written in a very simple and lucid manner as you can quickly grasp difficult topics and concepts. It is always advised to start from standard 6 NCERT texts and read upto standard 12 texts for all relevant subjects.

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Simple Language

NCERT books are written in simple and lucid language so it is easy to understand. They are easy to study, and also helps to save a lot of time.

Extensive Research

NCERT books are written and published by reputable persons and institutions after great research. Mistakes are rarely found any and checked numbers of time before its publication. NCERT books are written by experts in their respective fields after many research.

Basics and Fundamental

NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam covers all topics which are important and its basic concepts are crystal clear. This books contains standard questions and most of exams questions come from NCERT books. Source of information of NCERT books are genuine and informations are provided by government agency and institutions. NCERT books covers topics in well framed manner. NCERT books start with basics then they go to advanced level.

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How to Read NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam?

Knowing what to read and how to read are two different things. Same goes with NCERT books. All UPSC Aspirants know that NCERT books are necessary for IAS preparation but most of them don’t know how to read NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Exam.

If you don’t know how to read NCERT books for IAS preparation, then you are wasting your precious time because you are not going to make any progress, you will not gain anything.

There are two ways to read NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Exams.

First method – Read all NCERT books class wise. In this method you have to read all books from specific class and after completing them then proceed to next class and in same way to next class.

Example-Start from class 6 NCERT books then read and complete all subjects history,geography,civics(political science) and science after completing all subjects move to next class (class 7)and again read all subjects of class 7 ncert books.

Second method – Read NCERT books subject wise. In this method you have to first complete any one subject from any class then move to next class and read same subject which you have read in previous class.

Example-Start from class 6 take any subject for example science then complete it and after reading science book move to next class 7 and read same subject (Science) and after completing it move to next class and again choose science subject. After completing whole NCERT science book read, another subject in same way.

Second method is best way to read NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Exam, so read NCERT books subject wise.

Read NCERT books subject wise for exam preparation so you will swim with flow. If you read NCERT books subject wise you will understand subject easily and your basic knowledge gets more stronger in any subject. In contrast if you read NCERT books by first method that is class wise you will get less knowledge because this method create gap between the same subject .

To understand the above question, understand the simple logic:

  • More time (more gaps between the same subject) =more memory loss (in first method) and
  • Less time (No gap between same subject)=more memory(in second method)

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How many NCERT books you have to read for IAS Preparation?

If you read history,geography,political science,and science then you have to read around 40 to 44 NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam preparation.

If you read NCERT books with full concentration then you will cover it in two to three months(2-3 months).If not with much focus and concentration it will take too much of time may be 4-6 months (four to six months). It will take two months to three months not one month because you have to read around 44 NCERT books even if you complete one book in one day it will take more than one month.

Time depends on your hard work, concentration and caliber.

NCERT Books

All IAS aspirants know that NCERT books are necessary for UPSC preparation but most of them often do not know which NCERT books for UPSC Civil Services Examination they have to read.

Read NCERT books with free mind. Take interest while reading and enjoy the chapter. Don’t read them by giving time shedule like 2 hrs, 3 hrs. Instead, read them till your mind absorb the subject matter without any stress. This way you can complete NCERT book with minimum time and maximum output. When completed, again revise the chapters of your interest within 3-4 days. Revision is the key, so keep revising them very frequently. This method will definitely work.

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List of NCERT Books for UPSC Civil Services Exam

History

  • (Old textbooks for XI and XII)
  • Modern India: Bipan Chandra
  • Medieval India: Satish Chandra
  • Ancient India: RS Sharma
  • An Introduction to Indian Art (New book for XI th)

General Science

All Science Textbooks from Std. VI to Std. X

Geography

  • All Geography Books (Old editions): From Std. VI to Std. X
  • New edition for Std X: Contemporary India
  • New edition Geography books: For Std. XI, XII

Indian Economy

  • Understanding Economic Development (X th)
  • Indian Economic Development (XI th)
  • Macroeconomics (XII th)

Indian Polity

  • Indian Constitution at Work (XI th)
  • Politics in India since Independence

Indian Society

  • Indian Society (XII th)
  • Social Change in India (XII th)

First of all, learn to see the books as your only ally in your battle of dreams.They are your friends not your foes.Take interest in reading the books , learning about new things. History is a magnificent record of how our ancestors used to live, their lifestyles, their eating habits, their culture, their superstitions, their beliefs, their vagaries, their futile battles. Visualize yourself going through the streets of a town from Indus valley civilization .Immerse yourself in the book you are reading & you will never forget a thing .

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How To Succeed In Civil Services Exam

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The more passionate you will be about your goal, the more will be the probability of your success. I shall suggest some tips to the Civil Services aspirants which are as follows:

CSAT:

  • Practice as much as possible and try to reduce slowly the time involved in solving the problems.
  • Focus on comprehension skills in a big way.
  • Solve as many problems of quantitative analysis and logical reasoning as possible.

General Studies:

  • Be factual in your study for the Preliminary Examination and analytical for the Mains along with a focus on your conventional areas.
  • Try to study by preparing your own notes.

Optional Subjects: These are the subjects which may keep you at the top in the merit list. Thus, be the master of the subject in accordance with the pattern of the Civil Services Examination.

Essay:

  • No separate preparation is needed.
  • Try to write on current and relevant issues in your own words regularly.
  • The introduction and conclusion parts should be well organised and try to write in a clean and good handwriting in the Essay paper.

Interview:

  • Always be yourself and honest in your answers.
  • Collect sufficient information about your home State, educational and employment backgrounds, hobbies, etc.
  • Be calm and cool during the Interview.

The success in Civil Services Examination depends on hard work as well as on smart work. First of all, one should know what to read and what not to. One should always be self-motivated. Try to learn from your failure. Each and every time one should be fresh and full of enthusiasm.

“Passion” is the most important factor which decides your success. The more passionate you will be about your goal, the more will be the probability of your success. So, create an incredible passion inside yourself for your goal of succeeding in the Civil Services Examination.

Also, try to shrink your comfort zone. Give up comforts to increase the probability of your success. Never get depressed at your failure, but try to analyse the reasons for your failure and try to improve the areas where you feel shortcomings are there.

This is a true saying that if you are firm and determined towards your goal, then everything in the universe will come to help you achieve your goal.

All the best to all of you and to those who are preparing for the Civil Services Examination.

Renewable Energy (RE): Promoting ‘Make in India’

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Impact of Renewable Energy

Presenting the budget of 2015, the Finance Minister of India official announced India’s renewable energy target of instituting 175 GW of Renewable Energy (RE) capacity by the year 2022. Through this ambitious target, along with its recently launched International Solar Alliance (ISA) India has now become a global leader in the field of renewable energy. Presently, the country’s total installed renewable energy capacity is close to 40GW that is approximately 22% of the massive target announced by the Finance Ministry.

With an intention to achieve the goals of clean energy the Government has introduced, amongst several others, various scheme such as the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Biomass Power and Cogeneration Programme and Small Hydro Power (SHP) Programme. As the country braces up to speed up the capacity in the field of renewable energy it becomes important to admit the requirement for a skilled workforce.

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Renewable Energy’s Potential of job creation

In India, in the context of its population growth rate, there is a need to create one new job every year. According to an estimation made by the council of Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the solar deployment industry alone is going to create more than10 lakh ful-ltime jobs between 2016 and 2022. Similary, as it has been speculated, the wind sector is going to create 183,500 jobs by 2022, as the wind capacity increase to 60 GW.

It is Quite interesting, as well as heartening, to note that many of the announced large utility scale projects and solar parks which are being forecasted to add 60 GW to the present solar capacity by 2022 and the wind power projects are going to be set-up in peri-urban (rural) areas. Through this move, the Government has made its intention crystal that it has made sure that a majority of jobs, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled too, created under the renewable energy projects benefit the rural youth.

To get to the target of 100 GW solar energy in India, in the solar photovoltaic (PV) sector, nearly 180,000 skilled plant design engineers and 570,000 semi-skilled technicians for construction will be needed. They will be needed to attain the targeted 40GW rooftop solar capacity addition. Apart from this, nearly 75,000 highly skilled workers will be required during the coming six years to sustain annual and ongoing performance data monitoring of solar projects of 100 GW. By the year 2022, an extra 170,000 workers will be needed to do low skill operation and maintenance functions for the host of solar rooftop and utility scale projects.

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Renewable Energy and Rural Development

In order to stimulate the rural economy, the Government of India is encouraging various distributed renewable energy appliances (applications) such as solar food dryers, solar pumps, wind pumps etc.

In a situation where lakhs of Indian farmers are eagerly waiting for agricultural electricity connections, solar water pumps could cater cost-effective and reliable irrigation service, even in remote rural areas.

In addition to solar water pumps, applications such as solar lanterns, biogas plants, solar home lighting, etc. are capable of contributing towards income generation through the household based economic activities, thus improving the quality of life in rural homes.

Apart from providing energy to the household, the rooftop solar system has also the capacity of catering access to reliable electricity in Primary Health Centres (PHC) and primary schools in rural areas, that is highly essential for community services.

It is important to mention here that manpower requirements for installation, distribution and maintenance of such distributed renewable energy systems would certainly create many local jobs.

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Bridging the Skill Gaps

No one can refute that the job creation potential of the Renewable Energy sector is significant as it has brought with itself the presently unmet and urgent need for skilling as India’s skilled workforce has struggled to match with other global economic powers.

A recent analysis has highlighted the present unavailability of skilled manpower for construction and commissioning of solar unites and declared the shortage as a significant challenge to the solar industry. This is the juncture where the ambitious renewable energy target of India interconnects with skill India initiative that intends to skill 40 crore people by 2022.

Acknowledging the need for skill development, with an intention to train 50,000 youths, the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is organizing the “Suryamitra” skill development Programme. Under this “Suryamitra” programme, youths are going to be trained over the next three years, for installation, operation, and maintenance of solar projects.

The National Certification Programme for Rooftop Solar photovoltaic Installer (NCPSPI), intended at growing skilled and qualified manpower to install rooftop systems across the country, is open to technicians, students as well as entrepreneurs.

As the Government is earnestly implementing these schemes, it will be very much crucial to develop standardized training programmes implementable through institutes across and around the country. For attaining this purpose, training institutes must be set-up in areas having the most renewable energy potential and forthcoming capacity.

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Ratha Yatra in Puri

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Puri has a great influence in Indian history since the ancient ages. Ratha yatra in Puri is often considered as the grandest festival of the earth. So if you start talking about the history of this town it would take you a long back in the past. Puri is considered as the southernmost district of Odisha. It is stretched over an area of around 4,022 square kilometers and contained with the population of around 1,698,730 people according to the census report of 2011. The whole civilization of this town was built up at the shore of the Bay of Bengal.

Historical reference of Puri Ratha yatra:

It is noted in the ancient history of India that Guru Shankaracharya had chosen this town of Puri is one of the most important place amongst the four abode of the Hindus (popularly known as the ‘chaar dhaam’ in the Hindu religious conscience. Except Puri the other three abodes are Badrinath, Dwarka, and Rameswaram) in India. This town has gained its popularity during the period of King Indradyumna who built the main Jagannath Temple at Puri and installed the deities of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balaram and sister Subhadra inside it. Puri Ratha-yatra is the festival of the chariot of Lord Jagannath and it is celebrated every year in Puri between the months of ‘Ashadha’ in the Hindu calendar which comes between the months of June and July in Gregorian calendar when the monsoon prevails in the state.

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Rituals of the Festival:

During this festival, the wooden idols of the Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra (The other name of the elder brother of Lord Krishna who is mostly known as ‘Balaram’) and Goddess Subhadra are taken out from the main temple constabulary and establish on the respective chariot. The celestial wheel of Lord Krishna which is actually known by the name ‘Sudarshana Chakra’ is also taken out on the chariot. The chariots are huge in size and designed by the thousands of devotees. It is decorated so colorfully and flourished with every material which is preferred by the deities. The works of the installations and design is done by the local people and the devotees from every corner of the globe on the ‘Bada Danda’ which comes in the grand avenue road near ‘Gundicha Temple’. After starting the procession from the main temple the chariot is dragged forward towards the ‘Gundicha Temple’. The ‘Gundicha Temple’ is also considered as the ‘mamar baari’ (uncle’s house) of Lord Jagannath. It is around two miles away at the northern part from where it is started. The main Chariot in this festival made for Lord Jagannath is 14 meters of a height and covered 10 meters of an area. This chariot is stood on total 16 wheels. The chariot is made of more than 700 trees contributing around 400 cubic meters of wood. These woods are brought from the local forest areas located along the river Mahanadi bank. The classical form of wood cutting is used when the trees are cut from the forest. The actual construction of this chariot begins two months before the festival day Ratha-yatra in Puri started. The chariots of the Goddess Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra are reached directly the ‘Gundicha temple’ but the chariot of Lord Jagannath used to be stopped at his aunt’s (maa sima) house at the Goddess ‘Ardhamshini Temple’. Devotees offer their Lord Jagannath with the ‘Poda Pitha’ (a locally made cheese cake) at this temple and there after the journey is started again and headed to the destination ‘Gundicha Temple’. Here he stays for seven days and after that Lord Jagannath is returned back to the abode of the main temple along with Balabhadra and Subhadra where they were before. While staying at the ‘Gundicha Temple’ the triad goes through the same rituals which are usually observed at the main temple of Jagannath.

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Chastity of the Festival:

Ratha yatra in Puri is often considered as the grandest festival of the earth. More than million people are counted here during this festival that comes from different parts of the country and even from outside of India. The whole festival is full of spectacles, color, drama, togetherness and it is in a huge manner. This Puri Ratha yatra festival is believed to be initiated in the period of Svarachisha Manu of the second Manvantara. There is also a legend which tells us that it was continued until the Lord Brahma’s second life had ended. There is a mention of Lord Jagannath and this temple in the great epic ‘Ramayana’ also which was written by Rishi Valmiki. According to that when Lord Rama was preparing to leave the earth he asked Bibhishana (Bibhishana was the younger brother of Ravana) to start worshiping of Lord Jagannath in his absence. Actually, both Lord Rama and Lord Jagannath (who is believed to be the merciful aspect of Lord Krishna) are considered as the avatar of Lord Vishnu, one of the triad referred as the Trikal. The festival of Ratha yatra in Puri celebrated in the present time is derived from the ‘Skanda Purana’ which had fixed the date of this festival to the devotees on the second day of the bright full moon in the month of Asadha in the Hindu calendar. The month of ‘Asadha’ comes between the months of June and July according to the Gregorian calendar. This full moon day of the ‘Asadha’ is referred as the ‘Pushyami Nakshatra’ by the astrologists. It is believed by the devotees that on this day Lord Jagannath flourishes this place with causeless mercy and bliss.

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Puri Ratha Yatra – The Journey Rituals:

The festival of Ratha yatra in Puri is also known as the ‘Gundicha Yatra’ as on this day Lord Jagannath moves to the ‘Gundicha Temple’ along with his elder brother Balaram and younger sister Subhadra. But not only ‘Gundicha Yatra’, the festival of Ratha yatra in Puri is also known as ‘Ghosha Yatra’, ‘Navadina Yatra’, ‘Dasvatara Yatra’ and various other names by the local inhabitants of Odisha. For the believers and the devotees of Lord Jagannath, the Ratha-yatra in Puri is considered as the most auspicious festival. A Sanskrit sloke (verse) is there to define the auspiciousness of this festival and that is “Rathe tu vamanam / Drishtwa punarjanam / Na vidyate…” the meaning of this verse refers to a single glimpse of the Vamana (the dwarf form of the lord which is an incarnation of Lord Jagannath) on a rath (chariot) can late you free from the unbearable cycle of birth and rebirth. The Yatra (the rituals of the journey) on the festival day actually takes two forms. The first one is a shorter part which completes a full circle of the main temple with the deities and the other one is the longer one. In this part, the deities are taken to the other destination which is the ‘Gundicha Temple’. The ‘Ratha Yatra’ is an important part of this whole festivals and it is observed in the most flawless manner. The multiple ropes of the chariots are dragged by millions of the devotees who come to attend this festival. It is believed that if someone touches the rope and pull it or even get a glimpse of the deities will earn heavenly virtues. There is also a small but horrifying anecdote from the past about this festival which tells that many devotees used to throw themselves under the wheels of the chariot during the ‘yatra’, believing that they would get heaven if crushed to death by the chariot wheels. Time has changed and these things have been reduced due to the tight security system of the state administration but as far as the devotion and popularity of Puri Ratha yatra are is concerned seems not been reduced a single inch till today.

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How to Crack IAS Exam in First Attempt – Top 10 Success Sutras

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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 couldn’t 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 extra-ordinary persons.

Better Strategy Makes one Success in Mains

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, don’t follow their strategy it may not be suitable for you.

Going Through Syllabus

Don’t 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.

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. Don’t neglect the added UPSC 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 today’s life? In the same way go through the added topics of optional paper and try to cover them first. Old candidates may know other parts of the syllabus and added syllabus have also to be perfect. New-comers must know whole syllabus before their studies.

Having Balanced Approach Towards Optional

Candidates have to select optional paper for Mains. Student might know concepts but unable to use where it is required. Therefore study optional simultaneously. Marks of optional paper 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. 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 topics where short notes can be asked and write points for that topic and keep. That will help during revision.

Exclusive Skills for Presenting Answer

After the Prelims Exam 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 doesn’t 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.

Don’t 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. Don’t mention anybody’s name. Write such type of inputs which makes your answer different from others.

Current Affairs

Current Affairs play leading role in the Civil Service Mains 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 in optional paper. 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 don’t think some days can be allotted for it.

Two Marker Questions

Always small things make great thing happen. That means, two marker questions are very important to score. Usually students think, it’s 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 notebook. 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 questions.

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.

Selective Study

All the candidates who are preparing for Civil Service Mains 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

Candidates should take some 3-4 previous year question papers and study the topics thoroughly. This help to decide on which topics frequently questions are asked and on 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. This makes one to be selective while reading. Otherwise one has to spend more time on syllabus.

Syllabus of optional subjects are also vast, 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.

Importance of Compulsory Papers

English and any other Indian language and one essay paper are compulsory for Civil Service Mains Examination. Its nature is of qualifying nature so often candidates think that they 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 reach 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, don’t 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 Won’t 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, don’t use complicated words and don’t 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. Planning helps to be fruitful to achieve the goal.

What to Follow

During preparation and in examination hall some of the points to be followed are:
  • Read limited books. Don’t 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.
  • 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.
  • Always plan your studies. For a week and also for a day. This helps to complete the syllabus within a time.
  • In the name of selective study don’t leave what to be studied. Don’t go only for popular topics study what may be asked in the Mains.
  • Prepare your own notes. But don’t spend more time in preparing notes. Make point-wise notes which can be reversed very easily with less time.
  • Don’t run from difficult topics. Get clarified from somebody else and simply don’t leave difficult topics. Don’t give importance to what you know. Give less time for what you know and more time for studying difficult topics.
  • Make more and more practices for writing answers. Don’t be lazy. At least take the habit of writing points to be included in that answer.
  • While writing answer in examination hall, don’t cross the word-limit. If you cross the word  limit, you cannot manage to write all the answers.
  • Statistics carries 40 marks in General Studies. Give importance to this section while preparation and also in the examination hall. In the examination hall, keep last 20 minutes for statistics and don’t take it first. Practice makes you to solve the problem within a time limit.
  • Last point is very important. Don’t 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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