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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.)

[RTI] UPSC doesn’t comply with CIC’s order, goes to Delhi Highcourt to protect CSAT 2012 answerkeys

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Let’s recap the previous episodes:

  1. I had asked for CSAT 2012 answerkeys via R.T.I, but UPSC did not give it saying “examination process is not over.” (June 2012).
  2. I then appealed to CIC, and CIC ordered UPSC to give the answer key before examination process is over. (This happened on 1st March 2013). Click

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[RTI] CIC orders UPSC to disclose prelims answerkeys BEFORE the examination process is over

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Those of you, who’ve been preparing for last one or two years know the R.T.I stonewallingTM move of UPSC = whenever you ask UPSC to give official answerkey for IAS prelims or CDS or NDA or APFC or any exam, they give excuse “examination process is not yet complete and furthermore section 8 is revoked.”

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[RTI] official answerkeys for CDS English, NDA General Ability, IES (GAT) for 2011, 2012

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Introduction

  • This R.T.I was filled by a reader Mr. Rakesh Singh, seeking official answerkeys for various competitive exams held by UPSC in last five years. UPSC on its part, continued playing Lord Curzon, said we keep answerkeys for last two years only and in that too, 2012′s answerkeys denied in most cases citing “Exam process”

    Click To Continue reading [RTI] official answerkeys for CDS English, NDA General Ability, IES (GAT) for 2011, 2012

    • [RTI] How to file RTI to Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to know your score, OMR sheet (FCI, CGL)

    Those who’re unhappy with their result in any of the exams conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC), you can file R.T.I to SSC to get your marks and OMR sheet.

    Step 1: Draft the application

    Either copy paste following thing in MS word, or manually write it on a plain paper. Your name and Address

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    [RTI] Cutoffs of Central Police Forces(CPF) and Combined Defense Services (CDS)

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    This R.T.I had been filed by Mr.Vinay Krisha and he has sent me a copy for the benefit of CAPF and CDS aspirants.

    1. Central Police Forces Exam (CPF) cutoffs in 2009, 2010
    2. Combined Defense Service Exam (CDS) 2011 Cutoffs

    Central Police Forces Exam (CPF) cutoffs in 2009, 2010

    UPSC has refused to

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    [RTI] UPSC destroys mains answersheets, shows prelim marks of Prince Dhawan, keeps lid on Nigvekar Committee & Optional Subject removal

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    This is what I received from UPSC today.

    1. Scores of Toppers in Civil Service (Mains)-2011
    2. Categorywise Highest scores in CSAT paper I and II?
    3. Highest scores in Mains Exam of 2011
    4. Topper Scores in CSAT 2011 (GS+Aptitude)
    5. Mains Answersheets of toppers in CSM 2011
    6. Optional subject removal, Nigavenkar Committee Report
    7. Answerkeys for truckload

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    [R.T.I] APFC-2012: No. of Applicants Categorywise, Jim Yong Kim Booklet “D”, Answerkeys (Not given)

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    Regarding the APFC-2012 exam, I had filed this R.T.I last month and received reply today. Here it is

    1. No. of Applicant for APFC Exam (Categorywise)
    2. No. of Rejected Applications in APFC exam
    3. Answerkeys for APFC exam
    4. Wrong answer options for Jim Yong Kim questions
    5. Decision regarding Wrong answer in “D” booklet

    No.

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    [RTI] Official Answerkeys for CSAT 2011 received (all 4 Series: A,B,C,D)

    here are the Official Answerkeys for CSAT 2011 that I received today through RTI, Click on the following links to see them

    Answerkeys: CSAT 2011 Paper I (General Studies)

    1. (Series A)
    2. (Series B)
    3. (Series C)
    4. (Series D)

    Answerkeys: CSAT 2011 Paper II (Aptitude)

    1. (Series A)
    2. (Series B)
    3. (Series C)
    4. (Series D)

    Click To Continue reading [RTI] Official Answerkeys for CSAT 2011 received (all 4 Series: A,B,C,D)

    [RTI] Seeking OMR answersheets from UPSC: CSAT-2012 failed candidates, How to file appeal against CPIO’s order to FAA

    1. Introduction
      1. Stage 1: Central Public Information Officer (CPIO)
      2. Stage 2: The First Appellate Authority (FAA)
      3. Stage 3: Central Information Commission (CIC)
    2. Procedure of filing First Appeal (FAA)
    3. Readymade Appeal to FAA (for Stage 2)
    4. Procedure after FAA (stage 3)
    5. Vendetta and revenge plotting by UPSC
    6. UPSC unnecessarily delays RTI replies

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    [RTI] How to file RTI application to UPSC?: Those failed in CSAT-2012 and want to know their actual scores and “Official” cutoffs

    1. How to file RTI to know the score?
    2. Step 1: Copy paste the draft RTI application
    3. Step 2: IPO worth 10 Rupees.
    4. Step 3: Envelop
  • UPSC has announced the CSAT-2012 result, Click on following link to see the PDF containing roll numbers of successful candidates

    • https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9AJvFSzIyiwYWgwZ01JX0xlQ3c

  • Those of you, who [unfortunately] failed

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