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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Here is some really good study material on Indian Culture and Heritage from National Open School (NOS) now renamed as NIOS, for Both Hindi and English medium aspirants. (Download Links given @Bottom of this article). The content is less boring and more structured than Spectrum’s book on Indian Culture + truckload of 2 markers scattered
Click To Continue reading [Download] Indian Culture and Heritage Study Material (Hindi/English) from NOS/NIOS for Free
To download the PDF File containing all papers, just CLICK ME Otherwise, If you want to see any individual paper, then just scroll down and keep reading.
1979
Paper-I 1. Mark any fifteen of the following on the map supplied to you and give descriptive notes on, them: (i) Avanti (ii) Asirgarh (iii) Amaravati (iv)
Click To Continue reading [Download] History (Mains) Previous 33 Years Question Papers (1979-2011) for UPSC
Attempt Any one of the following (200 Marks)
- In the context of Gandhiji’s views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms ‘Swadhinata’, ‘Swaraj’ and ‘Dharmarajya’. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy.
- Is the criticism that the ‘Public-Private-Partnership’ (PPP) model for development is more of a bane than a
Click To Continue reading [Download] Essay Question paper of UPSC (Mains) Examination 2012
I shall complete my yearly ritual of doing [analysis] of the papers. But in the meantime, those who are eager to see the papers.
- General Studies I
- General Studies II
General Studies Mains 2012 Question Paper 1
1. Answer any five of the following in about 250 words each: 25X5 =
Click To Continue reading [Download] General Studies (Mains) Paper 1 and 2 of UPSC Civil Service Exam
- Basic Accounting
- Trial Balance and Computers
- Financial Statements of Profit and Not for Profit organisations
- Partnership Accounts
- Accounting for Share and Debentures
- Analysis of Financial Statements
- Elementary Cost Accounting
To the APFC/EPFO aspirants, who have accountancy topic in the syllabus.
Here is the basic study material from National Open School (NOS)
Most
Click To Continue reading [APFC] Accountancy – Basic Study material for APFC/EPFO exam
I already gave all the issues of Frontline Magazine from 2009,2010 and 2011 in earlier article- CLICK ME Here are the issues from January 2012 to August 2012 (total 17 PDF files)
Download Links for Frontline Magazine
Just right click on link and >Save As. Each PDF File has sized around 15MB.
Click To Continue reading [Download] 17 Issues of Frontline Magazine from January to August 2012 (Free PDF files)
- Mr. CSL80
- Blog Farmers
- Download Links for APFC papers
- How to prepare for APFC Exam?
Before you download the previous years question papers of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner’s Exam (APFC), read this: Mr. CSL80: He’s a veteran member of Pagalguy forum. Most of the information on internet regarding previous years’ question papers
Click To Continue reading [APFC] Download Previous Years Question papers 2002, 2004 for APFC Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner’s Exam
Type:PDFSize: 500kilobytesPages:43Recommended Software: Foxit PDF Reader (Free)
Sociology Papers Free download Links
Use any one of the following links
- Direct Download link from Dropbox
- Mediafire
- Google Docs
Sidenotes
- Sociology booklist and Strategy by Toppers can be accessed by clicking Me
- Sociology Notes of Mr.Kshitij Tyagi (AIR 148/ CSE 2011) can be downloaded
Click To Continue reading [Download] Sociology (Mains) Previous 33 Years Question Papers (1979-2011) for UPSC
update July-20-2012
You can download the Sociology Paperset of last 33 years (1979-2011) by clicking me
Introduction
These are the handwritten notes of Mr.Kshitij Tyagi (AIR 148/ CSE 2011) for Sociology (Mains) optional subject. His strategy and booklist is already given in earlier article, click me if you didnot read it.
Download Links: Free Sociology
Click To Continue reading [Download] Sociology Notes of Kshitij Tyagi (AIR 148 / CSE 2011)
To know the booklist and Strategy for Geography optional subject in UPSC Mains Exam, Click Me. And to download the last 33 years’ Geography Mains papers,go to any one of the following link
Download Links for Geography Mains Papers
Filetype:PDF file, Size: 450 kilobytes, Number of Pages:51
- Direct Download from Dropbox Server
- Mediafire
Click To Continue reading [Download] Geography (Mains) Previous 33 Years Question Papers [1979-2011] for UPSC IAS IPS Civil Service Exam
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