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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Question from a reader i belong to obc catogry while giving my previous attempt in 2011 but now i am not in obc because my father income has incresed from 5 lakh yearly. so please suggest me sir that how many attempts is still in my hand. To avail benefits of OBC, a candidate needs
Click To Continue reading [Q] Creamy Layer OBC gets 4 attempts only because they’ve to tick "General Category" in UPSC application form
After completed my degree,I have changed my name now…But my all documents are in old name such as 10th,12th,TC,Provisional certificate,community certifi.. I have a govt’s gazette name change copy..Shall i apply in new name or not…? What are procedure in name change to apply prelims n mains.
The online application box itself has
Click To Continue reading [CSAT App Q] Your name as recorded in certificates
Question via email
Because of some distractions and not able to focus on studies during my graduation. I was not able to complete my 3 years degree on time. It took me 2 years extra. I am quite confident that I will make it to interview but will this thing be a -ve factor?
Click To Continue reading [Q] Failed in some semester? Don’t worry UPSC won’t bite!
Megha asked,
I am preparing for IAS 2013. I am suffering from high myopia. Power in my right eye is -10.75 and left eye is -9.50.If i undergo any surgery like IMPLANTABLE CONTACT LENS (ICL) then will it affect my selection? I called up UPSC BOARD but they said everything is given on internet
Click To Continue reading [Q] LASIK surgery makes you medically unfit for IPS job recruitment
Question in email
I came to know that interview can be given in non-english language,then how my answer can be conveyed to board members? can anyone translate my answer?
Answer
You can speak in Hindi and there will be no need for translators, they understand Hindi by themselves.
They’ll provide for translator,
Click To Continue reading [Q] Better give interview either in Hindi or in English.
Question
What’s the difference in IPS officer vs State Service police officers such as Dy.SP?
IPS officers are recruited via UPSC’s civil service exam while Dy.SP are State service police officers, recruited via State Public service Commission.
As a State service Dy.SP, You’ll have limited chances of moving up in the police hierarchy.
Click To Continue reading [Q] IPS vs State DySP: Career progression?
Devika asked,
sir i wld also lik to knw tht materials posted in upsc portal in diff subjects are they gud enough as i hav seen they have added some extra points in each topic ….. so can we follow tht or tht will be waste of time ???
They run the site with
Click To Continue reading [Q] Not much point in buying UPSCportal books
Question by Iron Man
Due to some unavoidable circumstances, my preparation for the2011 Pre-lims went really shoddy. I’m now trying for another attempt thisyear (2012). Problem is, I have immensely lagged behind my current affairsportion. I have only recently started regular newspaper reading and all my(current affairs) magazines (Chronicle as well as Yojana
Click To Continue reading [Q] Leave the unfinished newspapers
Question from Rajesh
Can we specify different language for each of the papers, for example I want to select Hindi for “Essay paper”, English for “optional 1″ and hindi for “optional 2″. Does UPSC allow such selection of language? Answer=No that is not permitted.You’ve to write GS,Essay, Both optionals in the same language medium.(English, Hindi
Click To Continue reading [Q] can’t pick up different language medium for each optional subject
Readers’ Questions based on previous article about Study-plan for CSAT-2012.
Don’t want to read many books
…frankly speaking I dont want to waste time in refering 3-4 book….. max to max I can go through 2 types of books for each topic and want to prepare my own hand written notes……
You’re competing with senior
Click To Continue reading [Q] Doubts about Study-plan for CSAT IAS Exam
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