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UPSC IAS IPS Strategy

Intro2IAS
Five Part article series on How to approach UPSC Civil Service IAS/IPS Exam: Prelims, Mains and Interview
Books
Tips on Notes-making, Standard reference books, Yojana Kurukshetra etc. Explained here
Prelim-Mains-Interview
Detailed Strategy for General Studies, science-tech, yearbook, economy, history, polity, IR-Diplomacy with booklist, free study material given here.
Mains2013
Strategy, Booklist, Free Studymaterial for the upcoming Mains 2013
Doubts
Basic doubts regarding Coaching, Working professional, time Management and Non-English medium
Backup
Some guidelines for adopting career backup plans incase you can't make it to UPSC

SSC CGL

GK / GA
How to approach General Awareness for Tier-I, explained here with free study material download.
Maths
How to approach Maths, Quantitative Aptitude, Trigonometry, Geometry for Tier I and II? To-the-point strategy n tips given here +free study material
Reasoning
General Intelligence and Logical reasoninig for Tier I of SSC-CGL exam: booklist, tips shared here.
English
How to tackle vocabulary, grammar and comprehension for Tier I and II.

SBI PO

GA/Computer/Marketing
strategy booklist for approaching General Awareness, Computer, Marketing, Current Affairs in SBI PO 2013, includes free material as well!
Reasoning (High)
strategy booklist for approaching Higher Level Reasoning in SBI PO 2013
English (Descriptive)
strategy, free studymaterial, essay list for the SBI PO English MCQ and Descriptive paper!

RBI

RBI Officer Prelims
After long wait, RBI has notified 98 vacancies for 2013, this article provides strategy
RBI Officer Phase II
RBI Grade "B" Officer Phase II (Descriptive) exam strategy, booklist and free download material is provided here.
RBI Assistant
Strategy, booklist, free study material, cutoffs, previous paper for RBI assistant Exam

Others

CAT (IIM)
Ragtag strategy on get 90+ percentile in CAT-prometric test.
LIC AAO
Strategy for the upcoming LIC Assistant Administrative officers' exam with free studymaterial, jobprofile.
CSIR
Studyplan + Free study material for CSIR combined Administrative services (CASE) exam
State PSC
How to approach RAS, MPSC etc explained here
CAPF
How to become an Assistant Commandant in BSF, CISF, CRPF: strategy, booklist, free studymaterial provided here.
SSC (FCI)
Food Corporation Grade III exam
SPIPA
For getting admission in SPIPA, Ahmedabad, which provides free coaching for IAS exam.(Gujarat Only)
ACIO
Assistant Central Intelligence Officer recruitment: booklist, strategy

UPSC tips

India Yearbook
how to efficiently utilize INDIA Yearbook for UPSC prelims, mains, interview= explained in this 6 part series article.
5 Levels
Explains five types of players in UPSC competition and why daydreamers fail in this exam.
100 Days
Why you can't succeed with vague strategies in UPSC Prelims, explained here.
Newspaper?
How to read The Hindu/Indianexpress quickly and efficiently in less than one hour for Current Affairs?, explained here.
Art of Aptitude?
3 Cardinal Rules on How to approach Aptitude section in any competitive exam.
Quotes
Motivational and inspirational quotes for competitive exams.
Essay Tips
How *not* to write an Essay in UPSC Mains exam, explained here
IR
How to prepare India World + International relations (IR) topic, explained + free download material
Stat
Approach to Statistics and Graphs portion of General Studies Mains Paper II+free study material
R.T.I
How to file R.T.I application to UPSC? explained here

Analysis

CSAT'12
Analysis of the GS-Prelims paper and how it broke the backs of Coaching classes.
GSM-12
Analysis of the General Studies (Mains) Paper I and II of 2012 and how they (again) broke the backs of Coaching classes.

Edu Tech

Auto NoteMaker
Mrunal's Autonotemaker for quickly taking notes out of PDF files and Webarticles (Win XP only)
Hindu Reader
How to use Feedly (alternative of Google Reader) to efficiently read The Hindu online, for Free+list of important RSS links for UPSC Exam!.
OneNote
Learn to use Microsoft Onenote software to organized your notes on computer, quickly and efficiently!
Archive
Monthly Archive Index page of everything I've published so far. (In the old articles, ignore advice written before Jan 2012, because UPSC trend has changed a lot.)

[Download] Political Science Mains: IGNOU BA/MA (No registration, fullsets), Last 34 years previous question paper (1979-2012), NCERT, NIOS

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@Non Pol.sci candidates: Even for General studies (Mains), some of this modules are important e.g. EPS-07, MPSE-001 etc. for IR/Diplomacy. Read the index and download accordingly.

@Pols. sci. candidates: Prepare according to the UPSC syllabus topics, Not all IGNOU BA, MA PDFs are important for exam.

  1. Essential (Free) softwares and instructions
  2. Download links

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[UPSC Interview Preparation] Basic approach and framework by Anoop Shetty (Topper of IAS and IFoS exam)

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This is a guest article written by Mr. ANOOP SHETTY, who secured 3rd rank in Indian Forest Service exam and 140th rank in Civil Service Exam (He cleared both exams in 2012 and that too without coaching.)

  1. About yourself
  2. About your College
  3. About your place
  4. About your hobbies
  5. Opinion Based Questions
  6. General Advice:

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[World History] Imperialism and Colonialism: Meaning, Factors responsible

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  1. Prologue
  2. What is imperialism?
  3. What is colonialism?
  4. What is Neocolonialism?
  5. What is New Imperialism?
  6. Conditions/factors that helped the rise of Imperialism
    1. Industrial Revolution and Capitalism
    2. Marxists: Capitalism = Imperialism
    3. Protectionism
    4. Mercantilism
    5. Supply of raw material
    6. Investment
    7. Infrastructure investment
    8. Why Political domination necessary?
    9. Slave trade
    10. Transport and communication
    11. Rise of extreme nationalism
    12. Mind

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[Result] SBI PO Written Exam (Phase-1) Result released, Group Discussion & Interview starts from 3rd July

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  • The written test of SBI PO was held on 28.04.2013. Now, SBI has released the list of successful candidates. (Unlike UPSC which takes months to declare any result.)
  • The roll numbers of successful candidates, available on in this PDF (click me to Download)
  • Congratulations to those who passed.
  • Those who could not make it

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    • [Topper's Interview] Frank Noble (AIR-157 /CSE-2012) Working Professional (TCS): Public Administration, Geography

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    1. Bio
    2. Coaching
    3. Inception
    4. Information
    5. Study Momentum
    6. Hours
    7. Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude)
    8. Strategy: General studies
    9. Mains 2013
    10. Public Administration
    11. Geography
    12. Optional Subject in Mains 2013?
    13. Compulsory papers
    14. Essay
    15. Previous Attempts
    16. Insecurity about “Profile”
    17. Career Backup
    18. Family and Friends
    19. Interview
    20. Marksheet
    21. Wisdom
    22. Bogus marketing propaganda

    Bio Name FRANK NOBLE A Roll number 324581 Rank (CSE

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    [Topper's Interview] Tripti Bhatt (AIR-165/CSE-2012) Working Professional (NTPC) First Attempt, Public Administration, Sociology

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    1. Introduction
    2. Educational Background
    3. Extra C
    4. Work Ex
    5. Inception
    6. Information
    7. Study Momentum
    8. Hours
    9. Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude)
    10. Strategy: General studies
    11. Mains 2013
    12. Public Administration and Sociology
    13. Optional Subject in Mains 2013?
    14. Compulsory papers
    15. Essay
    16. Insecurity about “Profile”
    17. Interview
    18. Marksheet
    19. Wisdom
    20. Career backup
    21. Family and Friends
    22. Bogus marketing propaganda

    Introduction Name Tripti Bhatt Roll number

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    [Science-Tech] TheHindu (March2May) (Part 3 of 3): Space research, Electronics, Saturn Opposition, Herschel, Cartosat, GSLV MK3 & more

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    1. Space Related
      1. Saturn opposition
      2. Extra-galactic Background Light (EBL)
      3. Microgravity and human survival
      4. Herschel retired
      5. GSLV MK3
      6. Cartosat-3
      7. Antares Rocket
    2. Electronics related
      1. Graphene and Harddisk
      2. A Boy and His Atom
      3. Quantum computer
      4. Hydrogen sensor for breedor reactors
      5. Increasing microprocessor speed
      6. Li-ion battery
    3. Misc
    4. Mock Questions
      1. MCQs for

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    [Science-Tech] TheHindu (March2May) (Part 2 of 3): Healthcare, Medical Research: Gene Patenting, Angelina Jolie, Double Mastectomy, H7N9, 3Nethra, Eye-PAC & more

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    1. Viruses
      1. H7N9
      2. H3N2
      3. SARS like Coronavirus
    2. Drug research
      1. Influenza Vaccine
      2. Monoclonal antibody: curing blood cancer
      3. Gold nanoparticles for drug delivery
      4. ELQ-300 new Antimalarial drug
      5. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)
      6. Zebrafish zygote
    3. Equipment/ devices
      1. 3Nethra: eye testing device
      2. Eye-PAC computing technology
      3. Cholangioscope
      4. E-cigarette
      5. LED’s effect on sleep

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    [Science-Tech] TheHindu (March2May) (Part 1 of 3): Agriculture, Environment-Biodiversity, Silage, Salt Pump, Sagar Nidhi, El Nino Modoki & more

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    1. Prologue
    2. Agriculture
      1. Caffeine
      2. NAA, IAA Plant hormones
      3. Potash fertilizer
      4. e-Velanmai
      5. Citrus greening
      6. Membrane transporters
      7. Silage
      8. Farm Ponds
      9. High density multi species cropping system
      10. SRI Rice cultivation
      11. High Density Planting (HDP)
      12. Ornamental fish farming
    3. Environment and Biodiversity (EnB)
      1. Climate / Geography related
        1. Salt Pump
        2. El Nino Modoki
        3. Monsoon: Tibetan

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    [Question Papers] RBI Grade “B” Officers: Finance and Management Papers of last 8 exams (phase 2)

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    1. Prologue
    2. How to prepare finance and Management paper?
    3. Instructions for finance- Management Paper
    4. RBI Grade “B” 2002
    5. RBI Grade “B” 2003
    6. RBI Grade “B” 2004
    7. RBI Grade “B” 2007
    8. RBI Grade “B” 2008
    9. RBI Grade “B” 2009
    10. RBI Grade “B” 2010
    11. RBI Grade “B” 2011

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    RBI grade “B” officer’s exam has

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