UPSC IAS IPS Strategy IntroFive Part article series on How to approach UPSC Civil Service IAS/IPS Exam: Prelims, Mains and Interview
BooksTips on Notes-making, Standard reference books, Yojana Kurukshetra etc. Explained here
Prelim-Mains-InterviewDetailed Strategy for General Studies, science-tech, yearbook, economy, history, polity, IR-Diplomacy with booklist, free study material given here.
DoubtsBasic doubts regarding Coaching, Working professional, time Management and Non-English medium
BackupSome guidelines for adopting career backup plans incase you can't make it to UPSC
SSC CGL
GK / GAHow to approach General Awareness for Tier-I, explained here with free study material download.
MathsHow to approach Maths, Quantitative Aptitude, Trigonometry, Geometry for Tier I and II? To-the-point strategy n tips given here +free study material
ReasoningGeneral Intelligence and Logical reasoninig for Tier I of SSC-CGL exam: booklist, tips shared here.
EnglishHow to tackle vocabulary, grammar and comprehension for Tier I and II.
SBI PO
GA/Computer/Marketingstrategy 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! Others
CAT (IIM)Ragtag strategy on get 90+ percentile in CAT-prometric test.
LIC AAOStrategy for the upcoming LIC Assistant Administrative officers' exam with free studymaterial, jobprofile.
CSIRStudyplan + Free study material for CSIR combined Administrative services (CASE) exam
State PSCHow to approach RAS, MPSC etc explained here
CAPFHow to become an Assistant Commandant in BSF, CISF, CRPF: strategy, booklist, free studymaterial provided here.
RBIRBI Grade "B" Officer studyplan, strategy, booklist and free download material is provided here.
SPIPAFor getting admission in SPIPA, Ahmedabad, which provides free coaching for IAS exam.(Gujarat Only)
ACIOAssistant Central Intelligence Officer recruitment: booklist, strategy
UPSC tips
India Yearbookhow to efficiently utilize INDIA Yearbook for UPSC prelims, mains, interview= explained in this 6 part series article.
5 LevelsExplains five types of players in UPSC competition and why daydreamers fail in this exam.
100 DaysWhy 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.
QuotesMotivational and inspirational quotes for competitive exams.
Essay Tips How *not* to write an Essay in UPSC Mains exam, explained here
IRHow to prepare India World + International relations (IR) topic, explained + free download material
StatApproach to Statistics and Graphs portion of General Studies Mains Paper II+free study material
R.T.IHow to file R.T.I application to UPSC? explained here
Analysis
CSAT'12Analysis of the GS-Prelims paper and how it broke the backs of Coaching classes.
GSM-12Analysis of the General Studies (Mains) Paper I and II of 2012 and how they (again) broke the backs of Coaching classes.
Edu Tech
Auto NoteMakerMrunal's Autonotemaker for quickly taking notes out of PDF files and Webarticles (Win XP only)
Hindu ReaderHow to use Google Reader to efficiently read The Hindu online, for Free!.
OneNoteLearn to use Microsoft Onenote software to organized your notes on computer, quickly and efficiently!
ArchiveMonthly 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.)
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- Analysis
- Cut offs for CPF/CAPF 2012 Exam
- History: Internal breakup
- Ancient
- Medieval
- Modern
- Polity internal breakup
- Polity-Static
- Polity- Current Based
- Rights Issue
- Environment Biodiverity
- Geography
- Economy, Yearbook
- International Relations, Persons in News/Sports/GK
- Science
- Aptitude
With this article, I conclude the Answerkeys for CPF/CAPF 2012 exam
Analysis
 Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] History, Polity Questions of UPSC CPF/CAPF 2012, Analysis and Cut offs
- Environment and Biodiversity
- Geography:internal breakup
- Physical Geography
- World Geography
- Indian Geography
Environment and Biodiversity
1. Consider the following statements :
- The Planning Commission of India in its environment performance report, released on 26th July, 2012, ranked Himachal Pradesh as top State in the country on environmental performance index.
- The World Bank
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] Environment, Biodiversity & Geography Questions UPSC CPF/CAPF 2012 All booklets
- Economy
- Yearbook
Economy
1. Which one among the following is the correct descending sequence of India’s import of Commodities in terms of value?
- Capital Goods—Electronic Goods—Food Products —Fertilizers
- Fertilizers—Food Products —Electronic Goods —Chemicals
- Capital Goods—Electronic Goods—Food Products—Chemicals
- Electronic Goods—Capital Goods—Fertilizers —Food Products
From Economic Survey 2012 Chapter 7,
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] Economy, Yearbook MCQs from UPSC CPF/CAPF 2012 for all booklets(A,B,C,D)
- Diplomacy/IR
- Persons in News (PIN), Sports, Misc GK
Diplomacy/International Relations (IR)
1. Which of the following was/were the essence of the peace-building efforts of the United Nations from 1980s onwards?
- To resolve underlying disputes between the belligerents
- To monitor arms control agreements
- Providing development assistance to maintain peace
Select the
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] International Relations, Persons in News(PIN), Misc.GK from UPSC CAPF/CPF 2012 exam
- Science: Internal Breakup
- Science: Theory based (Static)
- Science: Current Affairs based (aka Science-Tech)
Science: Internal breakup Theory based 12 Current affairs based 4 Total (science) out of 125 16 Science: Theory based (Static)
1. When an iron nail is dipped in a solution of copper sulphate, the iron nail becomes brownish in
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] Science MCQs of UPSC CPF/CAPF 2012 with explanation for all booklets (a,b,c,d)
- Aptitude/General Intelligence: Internal Breakup
- Maths/Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation
- Reasoning
- Clock
- Calendar-Leap years
- Arrangement
- Direction Test
- Odd men out
- Assumption –Implied
- Remaining sections of CPF 2012 Paper
Aptitude/General Intelligence: Internal Breakup Maths/Quantitative aptitude 3 Data interpretation 4 Reasoning 13 Total 20 Maths/Quantitative Aptitude
1. A and B take part in 100 meters race,
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] Aptitude (Maths/DI/Reasoning) of UPSC CPF/CAPF 2012 with explanation for all booklets
Since UPSC is hellbent on ‘not disclosing mains answerkey’ through RTI, it is left for us to design our own answerkeys
In GS 1, total 70 marks worth questions were from 1marker,2marker and 5marker group.
In GS 2, total 30 marks worth questions were from “5 marker” group. (excluding Stat section for the moment.)
So
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] All 1,2 and 5 Markers from GS Mains 2012 solved (Both paper I and II)
Comments closed, because New Forum created: www.Mrunal.org/forum To the APFC aspirants, Discussions via webpage comments= difficult, because every time you’ve to scroll down the page. It becomes hard to keep track of comments made by others. Therefore, I’ve created a separate forum, to make it convenient. For the APFC interview preparation, goto following thread and
Click To Continue reading [APFC] Answerkey for APFC 2012, with Explanation, sources and analysis for All 4 series A,B,C,D Booklets
In CSAT Paper I (General Studies) 2012, Total 18 questions were asked from Indian Polity. I’m providing the answer keys with explanation and reference source.
- President
- Deadlock
- CAG role
- PM appointment
- Delimitation Commission
- Distribution of powers
- Fundamental duties
- SC Autonomy
- Rajya Sabha special powers
- 13th Finance Commission
- Public Finance
- Education in Constitution
- Adjournment
Click To Continue reading [Polity] Answerkey for CSAT Paper I (General Studies) 2012 Polity questions only
[Answer key] Psychology prelim 2010 All courtesy to Mr.chidaakash from orkut. Psychology prelims key(revised) C series.The answers have been listed in this sequence question-ans-other info helpful for other series papers which will help in identification of questions 1-b Impression of a person-Cognitive algebra 2-d Self actualisation and esteem needs 3-d affiliation need 4-b Psychoticism(five factor
Click To Continue reading [Answerkey] Psychology prelim 2010 UPSC
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