An aspirant can also take guidance by talking to experienced people to get a glimpse of what is there in the store. No matter how tough is UPSC studying with a pattern will always help an individual to study time. A random way of studying has higher chances of students going astray. During this phase, one should start their preparation from general studies papers.
Try to focus on many subjects to avoid the monotonous job of studying. Take up one subject that you are completely new to and the other one which you are comfortable with. The main idea is to generate interest and a comfortable studying environment.
Resume this process of taking up two subjects and working on it. One should also prepare for prelims and mains together for at least one to two months. The target for these two months should be to complete tough subject areas.
Making notes of whatever studied is a good habit. It will help one to revisit the notes and will help in the periodic revision of the whole syllabus. GK and current affairs are important in every stage of the preparation, a separate file will work for it. Going through the whole procedure helps one to realize the fact the 1 year is enough for IAS preparation. Now, this is the time to concentrate on your prelims. An aspirant should revise the entire syllabus for prelims at least three times.
A least of — papers is compulsory to get result-oriented answers. One should condition their brain for any surprises in the exam. Also, you should not take CSAT lightly as it can backfire in the exam. The optional subject should be the strongest area of the aspirant.
One should choose this subject depending upon their aptitude, interest, and experience. After deciding the optional paper, one should start preparing for it and also continue preparing for GS paper.
This is also an ideal time to get into a preliminary test series. Hence, 1 year is sufficient for IAS preparation. One should have taken their prelims exam, by the end of this phase successfully.
These are the most vital as well as crucial months for the aspirants. One must start writing practices for the main paper. Post prelims tenure focuses on completion of the leftover syllabus.
Here an individual must be working for at least 10 hours at a full speed to get away with the mains. There are almost three months left for the mains paper. The first month should focus on getting through with the syllabus. The other two months should completely focus on revision. One should also keep studying general knowledge and current affairs. To get result-oriented marks, an aspirant should get into the mains test series.
Try to keep handy notes on general subjects such as environment and politics. This provides easy access to the students at the time of crisis. A majority o the aspirants fail to understand the importance of writing. Close attention should be given on writing answers for both GS as well as the optional papers. This phase marks an end to all kinds of IAS preparation. Also, by the end of this phase, an aspirant would have taken their mains exams.
We have clearly mentioned what you should study in the respective months to ensure that your preparation most suits the requirements of the UPSC Civil Services Exam cycle. To crack IAS in the first shot, you need the right strategy.
Candidates often find Civil Services Exam a hard nut to crack not due to lack of hard work or potential, but due to lack of the right strategy.
In this post, we shall explain some winning strategies for you to be adopted in the last 6 months. Enroll Now. Imagine that today is the D-Day! By following the reverse approach, we recommend you start by analysing previous year UPSC prelims question papers. Though the UPSC syllabus has mentioned many areas, you can see that more questions come from certain areas. See the weightage of questions asked from each section.
The exams will be the basis of your preparation. You will get access to all uploaded exams and upcoming exams in the test series.
We will also give you a timetable to follow. There will be regular mock exams on weekends Sundays. However, do you have time to read and revise all of them — in the next 6 months? NCERTs are just the basic texts. You can check them in our downloads section. Know more. As we provide Current Affairs in an MCQ format with reference links , it makes learning interesting and faster.
See if there is any pattern. Find the priority areas. See a sample below. If you think that scoring 66 marks out of for CSAT is not a big deal, you may be mistaken. We have seen many candidates who end up worrying after the exam. The difficulty level of this paper is steadily increasing. You need to take this paper seriously. Also, as the countdown begins, check the ClearIAS day action plan and day action plan as well.
Download Now. The best way to clear civil service prelims in the first attempt is to have a positive mindset and a practical strategy. However, we strongly recommend you to join at the earliest. Once you join, you will get access to already uploaded mock exams, as well as upcoming mock exams. A blind study mugging up a lot many things will neither help you in Prelims nor Mains.
Alex Andrews George is a mentor, author, and entrepreneur. He is the author of many best-seller books like 'Important Judgments that transformed India' and 'Important Acts that transformed India'. Jeet, It varies from person to person based on their strength and weakness. Hello Sir, I had appeared in mains and failed prelims. Also I had 70 marks short of the cut off for mains.
As I was working I had spent time worrying about the right plan and approach. I have resigned and will start a full time prepartion from March,to be precise tommorow itself. After failing prelims this year I barely managed to read anything except the newspapers and a bit of economics gs paper 1.
In other words since i am starting very late ,and with just 3 months between pre amd mains,i dont want to loose touch with mains portion for 2 -3 months. Does that sound prudent enough,with escalating cut offs?
Also with ten months and as such as study possible with mock tests physicaly and mentaly,is it doable given i a not really a novice,though i was out of touch for last 5 months? Dear Ritika, First of all, there is no need to be worried. Count your positives. They have made those as their stepping stone.
You can do well, and you will do that too. Being a person who appeared in mains is the best proof that you are sound in your basics. You just need to polish it. Next 5 months is more than enough for clearing prelims. You can make it up later. Start your writing practice. And follow articles of www. All the best! I have completed my graduation with pol sc , history and geography …. Hi i also faced sme difficulties in eco… u can check out this fb page www.
Sir i am Mahesh i have completed my second year f engineering. Is it the right time to start d preparation nw or should i wait fr one year more? If no then should i go fr proper coaching classes or will it be enough if i prepare for d exam by myself..
Hello sir, I have started my coaching for ias in oct And now it is completed. I have done graduation with BCA. And i was nonmedical student in 12 th class. After 9 months coaching i am not prepared for the exam. It looks like total time waste of 9 months.
In aug it will be my first attempt and i m not prepared for it. What should I do??? They are good. Read them twice atleast before the exam to clear cutoffs.
All 9 booklets for Prelims. Hi sir. Iwant to appear for ie 9 months from now. Is 9 months enuf.? Pls guide me. My name is Shardul and I am from Pune. I am studying food technology b-tech and I am in the 2nd year now. I want to study for the civil services examination from now onwards. Could you please guide me? Thanking you!! I want to give civil services exam in hindi medium with non-science subjects. I live in a remote place in uttarakhand where such facilities coaching are unimaginable.
Hi sir please tell me that the age limit for ias exam is 26 ya 32 of open category due to I am confused. Hello sir I am a B. I am new to this IAS pattern and everything related to it. Kindly guide me if I start preparing now in the month of Feb wil I be able to clear the August attempt??? I am shruthi. So you should have a proper revision plan. Ideally one day of the week should be assigned for revision of what you have studied that week.
Questions based on current affairs can be of two types. First typeis directly from current affairs — dynamic questions. Second is the static questionsbased on current affairs.
For example, if there is a lot of buzz around the role of the speaker or money bill, there can be a static question on that area. Solving prelims is an art. An art which could be mastered through practice. A good prelims test series can take you a long way in ensuring that you clear prelims in the first attempt.
A good test series also helps you identify areas to focus while studying. A test series also helps to study through questions.
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