10 tips can help you to crack IAS examination in first attempt

 

 

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will direct the common administrations (CS) starter examination on June 2 this year. The commission leads the CS test each year to choose officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), India Revenue Services (IRS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

The test is held in three phases – starter (Preliminary), primary (Mains) and meeting (Interview).

The prospectus is huge. An understudy might be excellent in the discretionary subjects he has decided for the mains examination, however the failure to clear the prelims will end his fantasy at this stage itself.

We will provide you top 10 tips and tricks which can help you to crack UPSC Exam in First attempt

 

1. GET FAMILIARIZE WITH SYLLABUS

Getting well attuned to the syllabus is the first step to set about systematic preparation. It provides the right direction to your preparation and helps you stave off covering irrelevant topics.

2. STRATEGISE

General studies paper covers everything. It can be categorized as:

Geography: Focus on physical geography and maps. Atlas is the best guide to help you with these topics

General awareness: This embraces government schemes etc. Reading newspapers and guidebooks will help you a great deal.

History: Emphasis on Modern history, Freedom movement, Ancient India etc. A standard history guide covers all these topics.

Current Affairs: Going through at least two standard newspapers (one English and the other, a vernacular) will keep you abreast of the current events. (Recommended: The Hindu/ Indian Express)

CSAT (Paper II of PT): It covers a vast portion. Comprehension, logical reasoning, basic numeracy are to be prepared from standard book

 

3. SELECTION OF BOOKS

Most of the candidates get perplexed referring to countless books available in the market. Make your basics strong with NCERT books and count on standard book to farther go through relevant topics.

4. BASICS HAVE TO BE STRONG

Having a strong command over the basics is better than just knowing the entire subject. Numerous questions are asked from core subjects like Indian history, Geography, Indian Polity, Ecology, Economics, Biodiversity and Environment and some relevant Current affairs questions. Hence they should be prepared in detail.
Candidates tend to ignore prelims because the questions are objective in nature, but the questions are tricky and each question aims to check the knowledge of students in depth, and therefore, equal importance has to be given to the preliminary examination.

 

5. PREPARE NOTES

Notes help to revise concepts quickly when a candidate wrestles with time; so, it is advisable to prepare notes especially on topics which are tough for you. Making notes help you remember things in a better way.

 

6. REVISE AT LEAST THRICE BEFORE EXAM

Map out your studies in a way so that adequate time is left for revision. It is equally important that no topic should be skipped while revising. Revise everything.

 

7. SOLVE MOCK TEST PAPERS

Solving previous years’ question papers zeroes out chances of errors in the examination and increases accuracy and speed. It provides the opportunity to get the hang of time management and have a clear idea of the paper. Accordingly, you can decide which section has to be attempted first.
We recommend you to attempt at least six previous years question papers (for both Preliminary and Mains) conducted by UPSC.

 

8. NEW TOPIC

Don’t read any new topic prior to the examination.

 

9. PROPER SLEEP

All the students should note that sleep deprivation will take you nowhere; so, sleep well on the eve of the examination and don’t go through any book.

 

10. CONFIDENCE

Note that confidence is the key to success. So be high on confidence and do not panic during examination.