Mrunal

Five Part article series on How to approach UPSC Civil Service IAS/IPS Exam: Prelims, Mains and Interview

Tips on Notes-making, Standard reference books, Yojana Kurukshetra etc. Explained here

Detailed Strategy for General Studies, science-tech, yearbook, economy, history, polity, IR-Diplomacy with booklist, free study material given here.

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!

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.

RBI

RBI Grade "B" Officer studyplan, strategy, booklist and free download material is 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

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 Google Reader to efficiently read The Hindu online, for Free!.

OneNote

Learn to use Microsoft Onenote software to organized your notes on computer, quickly and efficiently!

[Topper's Interview] Chandrashekhar AIR-470/CSE-2012: Public Administration & Sociology

Bio
Coaching
Inception
Information
Study Momentum
Hours
Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude)
Strategy: GS
Mains 2013
Optional Subject: Sociology
Optional Subject: Public Administration
Optional Subject in Mains 2013?
Compulsory papers
Essay
Previous Attempts
Insecurity about “Profile”
Career Backup
Family and Friends
Interview
Marksheet
Wisdom
Bogus marketing propaganda

Bio Name CHANDRASHEKHAR NAYAKA L Roll number

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[Economic Survey Ch12] Sustainable Development, Climate Change (Part 3 of 3): PAT, RPO, REC, Cap-n-trade

Climate financing
1. Taxation
2. Subsidies
3. Funds and Technology Transfers
  1. International Funds
  2. Desi Funds
4. Market Based
  1. PAT
  2. RPO
  3. REC
5. Cap n Trade vs Carbon Tax
Green National Accounts
Clean Energy challanges
1. Nuclear
2. Wind Power
3. Solar Power
Mock Questions

Climate financing

In all

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[Economic Survey Ch12] Sustainable Development, Climate Change (Part 2 of 3): SVA-GRIHA, Bachat Lamp Yojana, SEEP

Industries
1. Eco-industrial parks (EIP)
2. Steel
3. Cement
4. Thermal Power
5. Vs Solar power?
6. Coal gasification
Transport
1. Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Programme
2. Rail freight
3. Water-Borne Freight
4. Public transport
Green Building Codes
1. Energy Conservation Building Code
2. ADARSH
3. GRIHA
4. Sva-GRIHA
Electrical appliances
1. Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY)
2. Super-Efficient Equipment Program
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[Economic Survey Ch12] Sustainable Development, Climate Change (Part 1 of 3)

Prologue
What is sustainable development?
India and GHG
India and Sustainable development
National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
1. Solar
2. Energy
3. Water
4. Agro
5. Green India (forest)
6. Habitat
7. Knowledge
8. Himalayan Ecosystem
9. Hill Areas
Hill areas: challenges and solutions
Sustainable Agriculture Development
Coastal Zone Management
Forest and Tree Cover

Prologue

This

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[EnB] Doha COP18/UNFCC: Extension of Kyoto, Green Climate Fund, AAU issue, challenges exaplained

Prologue
3 COPS under UNFCC
17th COP, Durban (2011)?
18th COP Doha (2012)?
1. Kyoto extended
2. Kyoto Mechanism Continue
3. Agreement for 2020
4. Review
5. CA$H
6. Misc outcomes in DOHACOP11
7. 1.Gender balance
8. 2.Vulnerable junta
9. 3.LDCs
10. 4.Web registry
11. 5.PR
12. 6.Forestry
13. 7.Capture n Store
14. 8.Tech transfer
15. 9.-ve fallout
Problem/Challenges @DohaCOP18
1. No CA$H
2. No Compensation

[EnB] COP 11 – Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Hyderabad 2012 Outcomes, Bushmeat, Empty Jungle syndrome

Intro
COP Conferences under CBD
India and CBD
COP11(HYDCBD)
Logo
COP11(HYDCBD): Outcomes/ Agreements
1. #1: CASH
2. #2: Ocean
  1. #2a: Ocean: Protected Planet 2012
  2. #2b: Ocean: Research
  3. What is Marine Litter?
3. #3 Online forum
4. #4: Bushmeat
  1. Empty forest syndrome?
5. #5: Champions and their pledges
  1. Maldives: Biosphere reserve
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[Topper's Interview] Shefali Singh (AIR 336/CSE-2012) Geography and Sociology

Bio
Coaching
Inception
Information
Momentum
Hours
Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude)
Strategy: General studies
Mains 2013
Optional Subject #1 (Geography)
Optional Subject #2 (Sociology)
Optional Subject in Mains 2013?
Compulsory papers
Essay
Previous Attempts
Insecurity about “Profile”
Backup
Family and Friends
Interview
Marksheet
Wisdom
Bogus marketing propaganda

Bio Name SHEFALI SINGH Roll number 9727

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[Economic Survey Ch11] Infrastructure (Part 2 of 2) Electricity, Renewable Energy, Bagasse Cogeneration

Electricity
1. The Electricity Act,2003
2. Central Electricity Authority (CEA),
3. PSU under Power Ministry
4. Statutory bodies under Power Ministry
5. Ultra Mega Power Project Initiatives
6. National Grid
7. Nuke Sites in India
8. Hydropower
9. North-East: power problems
10. Rural Electrification
11. RGGVY
12. Private sector participation
13. Finance
  1. IREDA
  2. POWER FINANCE CORPORATION
  3. PXI
  4. Rural Electrification Corporation
  5. National Clean Energy Fund

[Economic Survey Ch11] Infrastructure (Part 1 of 2): Coal, Gas, Fuel Sharing Agreement (FSA), gas hydrate, oil shale

Prologue
1. Infra
2. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)
3. Elasticity of energy use
4. Consumption pattern
Energy Pricing
1. Petroleum products pricing
2. Gas pricing
3. Coal Pricing
Coal Sector
1. Types of Coal
  1. Peat
  2. Lignite / Brown coal
  3. Bituminous/ Black-Coal
  4. Anthracite / hard coal
2. SING-rauli vs reni
3. PSUs
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[Topper's Interview] Tanu Priya (AIR 18 / CSE 2012) First attempt, No coaching: Political science, Sociology

Bio
Coaching
Inception
Study Momentum
Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude)
Strategy: General studies
Approach for general Studies
Optional Subject #1: Political Science
Optional Subject #2: Sociology
Optional Subject in Mains 2013?
Compulsory papers
Essay
Insecurity about “Profile”
Career Backup
Family and Friends
Interview
Marksheet
Wisdom
Bogus marketing propaganda

Bio Name Tanu Priya Roll number

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prakk { Eagerly waiting to see the score in essay and sociology. } – [Topper's Interview] Tanu Priya (AIR 18 / CSE 2012) First attempt, No coaching: Political science, Sociology
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Jay B { dear sir, 'm giving exam 4 d first time , so wanted to know what else than admit card we need to carry into exam... } – [EnB] 100 Mock MCQ Questions on Science Tech, Environment and Biodiversity
saurabh { thnx buddy..435 to be xact n appearing again on 26th... anyways, did u appear this year or just helping out guys in preparation ? } – [EnB] 100 Mock MCQ Questions on Science Tech, Environment and Biodiversity
csl80 { Age Criteria aur no of vaccancies ki wajeh se not a good offer asal mein hindustan mein mostly govt vacaancies aisa hi hota hai zara... } – [Consolation Prize] To those failed in Interview stage of UPSC 2011 or 2012: Ministry of Youth Affairs got jobs for you in pay band 3
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kalyan { M.r means } – [EnB] 100 Mock MCQ Questions on Science Tech, Environment and Biodiversity
Palas Nuwal { Yes you are right. Was a typing mistake. :) } – [EnB] 100 Mock MCQ Questions on Science Tech, Environment and Biodiversity
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Pradeep { This is just for your practice sister. Learn from it. Maintain your calm. That is more important for UPSC. } – [EnB] 100 Mock MCQ Questions on Science Tech, Environment and Biodiversity
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