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[Strategy] UPSC Civil Service Exam (Part 1 of 5): Exam Trends and Changes
Prologue
Act I: Mindset of the Enemy
Prelims GS
Prelims Optional
Mains: 90s Era
General studies (mains) of 90s Era
Optional papers: 90s era
Literature optionals: 90era
The Back-breakingTM era (2010 onwards)
BackbreakingTM era: Prelims
BackbreakingTM era: Mains (General Studies)
Adaptation

Prologue
There are lot of tips scattered in various articles, but for a new person it is sometimes hard to follow what is going on here.
So this is my attempt to combine and consolidate everything onto five part series on prelims cum mains cum interview approach
for General Studies for UPSC Civil Service Exam.
If youre following this site for many months, you will find repetition of ideas and tips in this article, so apologies in advance for
any boredom caused.
War on Terrorism UPSC, consists of three battles
1. Prelims (CSAT) Multi choice questions (MCQs)
2. Mains

Descriptive-essay type questions

3. interview

This strategy is divided into five articles, click on the appropriate links:
Topics discussed

Article link

1. In Act I, We shall try to understand the mindset of our Blood Enemy (UPSC)

Discussed in this
article itself.

2. In Act II: The weapons required to defeat him. (Booklist, art of Note making, How to use
Yojana,Kurukshetra etc)

Click ME

3. In Act III: We shall see how to effectively use those weapons and wage the war(Topicwise strategy for
General Studies Prelims, Mains)

Click ME

4. In Act IV: How to conquer your own brain, before conquering UPSC (cleansing the doubts of coaching
classes, working professionals, Hindi Medium etc)

Click ME

5. In Act V: We shall see how to retreat from the war, if victory is not achieved. (Career Backup plans)

Click ME

6. 6th PArt (updated on March 2013): This is latest update in the strategy, with respect to, new modification
Click ME
introduced in UPSC 2013.

Act I: Mindset of the Enemy


We can classify Bollywood movies into eras- tragedy ridden 50, musical 70s and so on.
Similarly UPSC question papers too have gone through evolution.
To keep it simple, I would classify this into two phases

Timeline
Prelims Main areas

Mains

90s era

Back breakingTM era

Everything upto 2009

2010, 2011, 2012continued

1. History
2. Geography
3. Current Affairs

1. Environment
2. Science
3. History/Polity

Weapons

Older NCERTs
Std.Ref Books
Competitive Magazines

New NCERT
Std.Ref Books
Newspapers

Main areas

History
Geography
Polity
Diplomacy

Diplomacy
Yearbook
Environment
Sci-Tech

Weapons

1. Standard Reference books


Mostly Newspapers, your own notes.
2. Coaching class notes

So how was the 90s era?


Most people did not have internet or computer. Internet was prohibitively expensive. Even cybercafs were hard to find. There
was hardly any information on internet, about how to prepare for this exam.
And whether information/booklist was available was mostly jingoistic and impractical in nature. (will be discussed in Act II List
of Not recommended Books)
Those who could afford to goto Delhi for coaching, had distinct advantage over others. Because they knew what to prepare, from
where to prepare and what to skip. (Nowadays situation has drastically changed).
in those days, Prelims had two papers
a. General Studies (150 marks)
b. Optional Subject (300 marks)
There existed a proportional representation system rule. Crudely speaking it means
Suppose 2 lakh students appeared in prelims and 20,000 had History optional. (10%)
And UPSC wanted only pass 10,000 students for next stage mains exam. In that case, UPSC would need to reserve 1000 seats
for candidates with history optional. (10%)

Prelims GS
By and large the structure for prelims was like following
1. There would be about 20 questions on History. You had to Mugup old NCERT + any coaching notes regarding location of
Harappa sites and other boring trivial things.
2. There would be 30-40 questions on Geography (including places in news): so you had to prepare old NCERTs + competitive
magazines + TheHindu accordingly.
3. About 40 questions on science: NCERT + GS manual.
4. Prelims GS questions used to be current affairs heavy : Almost 40 questions on persons/places in news, books-authors, sports,
awards, science-tech etc. so competitive magazines (chronicle wizard etc) and coaching class material on current affairs
compilation were precious.
5. Remaining was filled up with polity, aptitude etc questions to make a paper with total 150 questions.

Prelims Optional
Lets consider the case of Public Administration. The topicwise breakup was pretty much identical every year. Basically you had to
mugup following books religiously and you would clear the prelims (even without coaching or great command over GS).
a.
b.
c.
d.

M.Laxmikanths book on Public Administration


Prasad and Prasad
Mohit Bhattacharya
Sharma n Sadana (or Avasthi or Fadia)

But in those years, if you lived in a small town, there was no internet and nobody to tell you those books were important. So you had
to join a coaching class in Delhi, just to figure out the damn booklist (or worst- fail in first attempt and learn from mistakes).
Overall, The nature of prelims questions was such that youd need to mugup lot of data on solar planets, PSLV missions, metalalloys, location of Harappan sites, winners of lawn tennis, Shanti-Swaroop Bhatnagar awardees and other boring things like that.
Same for your optional subjects. (for Public Administration you had to mugup quotes-who said what, books and authors,
timelines etc.
Because of the proportional representation rule, in the preliminary exam you were only competing with the people from your
optional subject group.
And thus Senior player had distinct advantage over first timers. Because optionals were worth 300 mark, and he had rock solid
command over facts because of revision.
The victory rule was straight arithmetic:
If Someone revised above cited Public Administration books for 15-20 times (Im not kidding) then he was riding a Tata Sumo
@90 kmph.
If a newguy had barely read them 5 times, so he was riding a desi Atlas bicycle (used by postmen,).
Now imagine what would happen if these two clashed?
Same was the situation in General studies paper.
And as I told earlier, there was no internet or awareness outside Delhi. So most of the small-town, self-preparation-no coaching and
no relative in civil service type candidates would fail in their first attempt, because
a. they did not have idea on what to prepare, what to skip.
b. They could not memorize as much as a senior player did, because of timelimit.
So theyd fail in first attempt, learn from their mistakes, and clear prelims in second attempt (i.e. when they too become senior
players). But then they might fail in mains exam for the same reason (lack of right direction), so theyd again rectify mistakes in third
attempt and with God and goodluck willing, theyd get selected. Ofcourse there were exceptional cases, but by and large, this was the
situation and hence there exists a perception in the society that
1. You cannot clear IAS exam on first trial.
2. You cannot clear IAS exam without going to Delhi for Coaching.
But that was the 90s. Things have changed now. Many toppers have defied above rules. Cleared the UPSC on first attempt: Shah
Faisal, Karthik Iyer, Neeraj Singh, Mohd.Safi to name a few.
Anyways let us continue discussion on 90s era- moving to the Mains

Mains: 90s Era


General studies (mains) of 90s Era
Questions often rephrased and repeated, so if a coaching class sir dictated the answers for previous papers / or provided notes, then all
you had to do was religiously mug it up and reproduce the same in your answer sheets.
History

a. 3 books of Spectrum: Modern History, Freedom fighters and Culture


b. Bipin Chandra
In those years, UPSC would ask 2 markers on freedom fighters (total 10-12 marks) every year. So you had to mupup 150+freedom
fighters from Spectrums book + coaching material if any. Again, senior player had distinct advantage because he would have gone
through the same data atleast 5 times. He can easily recall freedom fighters compared to a new guy.
Indian Geography
Again questions were repeated and rephrased for example
explain monsoon mechanism in India and why xyz part receives less monsoon etc.
So a coaching class sir would just need to consolidate good stuff given in Spectrum book/Majid Hussain /Dr.Khullars book and
provide question answers for old papers. Thatd be his coaching class readymade material and you did not even need a book,
just mugup those class notes, and youd get full marks.
Polity
1. Sometimes directly lifted statements on DD Basu, other times merely rephrasing old question.
2. Again same as above, coaching notes would save the time and effort.
International affairs, Economy
1. You had to just mugup V******s material and whatever was dictated in the class.

2.
3.
4.
5.

Statistics was also pretty easy and conventional.


There were clichd questions on computers every year like write a note on RAM or email.
Same for science-tech.
And whatever Misc. current affairs was left, you could rely on Wizards special book on mains current affairs + Hindu.

Optional papers: 90s era


Ive already talked about that in the Public Administration strategy article. Anyways the success formula was
Re-mugup the same books you used for prelims.
Get some fodder material from Yojana Kurukshetra. (or Readymade notes of H******** S**** etc.) and use it elaborate or spice
up the answers with so called case studies.
Questions were static, direct from the SRBs, repeated, rephrased. coaching sir would dictate the answers, Class notes would save
the day.
Similar things for History, geography, psychology etc.

Literature optionals: 90s era


In the GS and Public Administration, UPSC atleast showed the decency to rephrase the question while repeating it next year.
but for literature was so totally clichd, even Saas Bahu serials look genuine.
If you just studied the last 10 years paper, you could set your own guess-paper for the fourth year and upscs actual paper would
90% similar to your guess paper!
For Pali or Maithali litt. All you had to do was join a coaching class or get some Arts professor to dictate you the answers of last
10 years papers. Thats all, mug it up and youd get more that 300/600 marks (+ scaling system favored litt.optionals)
In short, first timer/no-coaching type player had almost 0% chance of getting decent marks in mains.
And among the senior players, if Senior Player A and Senior player B. Both had revised notes for 20 times. Who would be successful?
Well, questions like I said rephrased repeated every year. Mains Questions are of two types: analytical or direct.
1. For analytical questions (Critically analyse Indias policy towards Afghanistan), you had ready-made notes dictated by coaching
class sir, you just needed to recall and write the points. And Suppose Mr.A solely relied on that note while Mr.B upgraded his
note further with fodder material from library book or retired professor or newspapers, then Mr.B would get more marks.
Therefore quality of notes =important.
2. For direct questions (like powers of the Pres of India or explain the budget making process).in that case whoever could write
more points (Mr.A or B) would get more marks. Therefore memorization skill=important.

The Back-breakingTM era (2010 onwards)


So far we saw that in 90s era, A small town candidate without coaching or tips from seniors/toppers/IAS relatives, could rarely
succeed.
And By small town I mean every place except Delhi. (Same way for IIT entrance exam, everyplace except Kota, Rajsthan, is a
small town.)
Anyways, suddenly UPSC wakes up and realizes the problems faced by first timers and small towners.
So UPSC starts taking certain reformative measures in the exam process to prevent coaching classes and senior players for
gaining much advantage.
This is phenomenon is referred as BackbreakingTM move of UPSC.
The exams conducted in 2010, 2011, and 2012 are examples of that move. Now lets try to understand what was changed during
this era?

BackbreakingTM era: Prelims


1. UPSC removed Optional subjects were from preliminary exam (2011 and onwards) it introduced a new thing called Civil Service
Aptitude Test (CSAT). It had two papers GS+Aptitude. Both papers have same marks. So there goes the advantages associated
with proportional representation, 300 marks of optional subject MCQ paper.
2. Even in Aptitude, from 2012 It reduced questions from conventional Maths: to prevent Engineers/IIT/MBA types from gaining
advantage.
3. UPSC introduced new topics in the syllabus such as environment and biodiversity, rights issue.
4. In GS prelims, it stopped asking trivial current affairs stuff (person/places in news, awards etc.) for example Im copy pasting
certain questions from 90s era
Which of the following organization won the CSIR award for S&T innovation for rural Development, 2006?
a. CLRI
b. NDDB
c. IARI

d. NDRI
Which city has been the venue of Asian Games for maximum number of times from 1951 to 2006?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Delhi
Tokyo
Bangkok
Beijing

Match the following


1.
2.
3.
4.

Bhanu Bharti
Mike Pandey
Mohd.Zahur Khyyam
Vinda Karandikar

1.
2.
3.
4.

Music composer
Poet
Theatre director
Wildlife film maker

To solve such questions you had to constantly follow current affairs magazines (or the readymade current affairs notes of coaching
class). But Nowadays such questions dont appear much in prelims exam.
5. UPSC changed the nature of questions from History and Science. For example here are few from 1999s paper
Q1. Match Following
1.
2.
3.
4.

1775
1780
1824
1838

a.
b.
c.
d.

1st Anglo-Burmese war


1st Anglo-Afghan war
1st Anglo-Maratha war
2nd Anglo-Mysore

Q2. Volcanic eruptions donot occur in


a.
b.
c.
d.

Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Caribbean Sea

Thankfully UPSC stopped asking such questions nowadays. So you dont have to mugup a lot of data like in the 90s.
For Prelims, Nowadays most of the questions are 4 Statement True or False (4TF) type. So youre given one term/phenomenon and 2
or 3 or 4 statements. Your task is to identify the correct statements. Ofcourse it does require memorization, but they more aimed at
checking your basic understanding of a topic rather than your mugup skills (like in above questions from the 90s) for example here are
some questions from 2012s paper
Q1. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because :
a.
b.
c.
d.

Round table conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations


Congress and muslims league had differences of opinion
Ramsay macdonald announced the communal award
None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context.

Q2. Consider these factors


1.
2.
3.
4.

Rotation of the earth


Air pressure of wind
Density of ocean water
Revolution of the earth

Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents?


1.
2.
3.
4.

1 & 2 only
1, 2 & 3
1&4
2, 3 & 4

To get more idea on this, read following analysis of 2012s CSAT (preliminary) paper CLICK ME

BackbreakingTM era: Mains (General Studies)


For mains exan, UPSC stopped asking conventional direct stuff from History, Geography Instead emphasis was given to public
health, environment, sci-tech, yearbook and current affairs from newspapers.
To get more idea on this, read following analysis of 2012s General Studies (Mains) paper click ME

Adaptation
And while writing all ^this, I donot mean even an ounce of disrespect to any senior player or his success. No one becomes senior
player by his conscious choice, everyone wants to clear UPSC in first attempt- But things dont turn out that way for many, So, he is a
victim of circumstances created by the (supervillain) UPSC. And life and society is very cruel to him, as youll see in Act IV and V.
Initially UPSC had the upper hand in this war. When UPSC significantly changed the question style in 2010s preliminary paper, most
senior players were shocked and caught unguarded. But UPSC cant trick them everytime. Theyre fighting for their life and career. In
2011, 2012 they changed their preparation strategy accordingly and adapted to this uncertain environment. So question papers are not
as shocker for them as UPSC expects.
Similarly coaching classes have been trying to adapt. UPSC keeps an eye on all the study material released by prominent coaching
classes of delhi, to make sure no questions are asked from such material. So coaching classes too have came up with new ideas, for
example
1. Nowadays good stuff/ ultra-important topics are not given in their printed study material but mostly dictated during the lecture.
(Because printed material usually get pirated by Xerox centres of Delhi hahaha)
2. They intentionally released their current affairs material very late (just 15-20 days before the exam) to prevent UPSC from
changing the papers.
This is like a game of chess, you have to constantly keep moving your pawns and adapt to the moves made by the enemy, same
way UPSC too keeps coming up with new ideas and new back breakingTM moves every year.
In the end, competition is tough and exam is not friendly to anyside, anymore, whether youre a coaching/no-coaching/first
timer/senior playeryou too should adapt and study hard else youll get massacred like an innocent bystander in the action
movies.
This concludes Act I (Part 1 of 5). Here are the links to the Remaining articles of UPSC strategy:

Remaining Parts of the UPSC Strategy


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(Part 3 of 5): General Studies for CSAT prelims and Mains
(Part 4 of 5): Time Management, Coaching etc.
(Part 5 of 5): Career Backup Plans: How to prepare for State PSC etc
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329 comments to [Strategy] UPSC Civil Service Exam (Part 1 of 5): Exam Trends and Changes

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Satyajit
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Hi Mrunal,
When is SBI PO result will be out??

mujtaba
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Sir actually i belong to computer science field, and i am fresher here in Civil Services preparation, so Mr Murnal Please guide me which
subjects i choose ..i am confused.

Anshuman Rai
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They intentionally released their current affairs material very late (just 15-20 days before the exam) to prevent UPSC from changing the
papers.
HA HA HA , thats why no current affairs this time :D , Lord Curzon UPSC jai ho

madhu
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sir i am getting a score of 195 and i belong to ST. what are my chances to get through?

Pratik
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well being a st.195 is a good score to paas thorough..now u can start ur mains prepn asap

Brendon
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Hi Mrunal/All,
Firstly, i would like to thank Mrunal for doing such a great job by making things easier for the aspirants and i am one among them who is
planning to take civils 2014.
Secondly, I have just gone through the notification related to civils 2013 and would like to know what would be the standard level syllabi for
the regional languages and what would be the approach if i select one?
Your help in clarifying my doubt would be much appreciated.
Thanks and regards,

santosh kumar
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dear admin, I have learnt too many things through your website that helped me in prelims this year. although I am a hindi medium aspirant
but it doesnt prevent me to glean necessary informatin.I want to know about ignou materials in hindi. please guide me. thanks.

shivkumar
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Hi Mrunal,
I am a fresher for civil service examination, n decided to prepare for MAINs exams at home without coaching. Iam really finding it difficult to
clcassify the General Studies into paper 1,2,3,& 4, and which book to read for which paper. can you please classify the syllabus n which
books to read.

shivkumar
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Hi Mrunal,
I am a fresher for civil service examination, n decided to prepare for MAINs exams at home without coaching. Iam really finding it difficult to
clcassify the General Studies into paper 1,2,3,& 4, and which book to read for which paper. can you please classify the syllabus n which
books to read. plese yar

mangesh
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mrunal sir does upsc provide photocopy of prelim omr sheet ?
Last time i attempted 72 in p1
upsc ans key gave 48 correct n 24 wrong
but my score was 76.66 instead 80
my total was 189.16 where cutoff was 190.
So i just want to see where mistake occured.

joginder singh
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i tried lot of times but notes from ignou are not downloading please guide me

hitesh
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I dont know about admission fees of IAS in spipa at ahmedabad.
so can you give me detai of all this?

Mrunal
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~2000 rupees as deposit.

RAHUL
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dear mrunal..plz upload study material/link for MAINS.for GS papers

bhil chetnaben sureshbhai


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Dear Sir,
i have took admission as IAS Candidate,
i need some old exam paper with ans for further prepairation
Please help us
Thanking you

Srilekha
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Iam from Andhrapradesh,small village.Recently in April2013 i completed my B.Tech(E.E.E)with distinction percentage.From my childhood
onwards I.A.S is my only aim sir.I myself gathered much information about civil services examination but i felt still somuch is there to
grab.accidentally when iam surfing internet isaw your blog.It was so impressive.i gone through many websites for civils but nothing made me
feel so confident as like your blog.Thanks alottt sir.No one is there surrounding me in college r home who r very aware of this examination to
guide me.Your website i felt like small light ray in dark unknown place.

raghavendra
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hi lekha
mee ullo english paper dorkadu kani net dorktnda ?? knchm surprising , anu how all the best, nen kuda aiming for 2014 , oka info
entnte optionals lo eee kuda undi kada

Srilekha
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Internet is available Raghu.Newspaper users lekapoinaInternet users lekunda undaru kadaFor nothing and jst to talk with frnds
even a schoolingppl prefer to browse internet.So where demend is existed,,,supply will b present.Got i frnd.All the best/

Srilekha
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Please respond Mrunal ji..
Iam planning to attempt Civils in 2014.But still iam confusing sir.As iam a B.Tech student from totally science background,iam very least
confident about general knowledge,current affairs etc.I completed studying NCERT and started going through Pratiyogitha
darpan,yojana,kurukshetra after reading your suggestions,planning strategy etc.even i read CSR books.As iam from village we cant get any
English paper where Telugu is only the Regional language,even for this problem your blog helped me.Please give me a clarity of preparation
sir..please.How acquire good knowledge of General awareness?still iam lagging?where to start?where to end?still iam confusinghope you
understand and give me a valuable suggestion.

Suresh
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dont worry..hindu paper online lo koda dorukuthundi.neku online lo chadavadam kastam anipisthe degarlo vunna city ki velli 15
days past news papers techukoni chaduvuvillage lo vundadam asalu pblm e kaduuse internet effectively.all the best

Raja
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You can get access of news in Hindu paper from upscportal.com
All you need to do is just register in the website and visit daily for that days important news.Though you wont get all the news most of
the important things from that days paper will be given

Srilekha
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Thank you raja.

SACHIN KUMAR
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RESPECTED MRUNAL SIR
SIR,I AM A FRESHER IAS ASPIRANT AND I READ ALL YOUR IMPORTANT TIPS FOR THE PREPARATION OF IAS EXAM.I WANT TO
KNOW WHICH BOOK IS MORE HELPFUL FOR PREPARATION OF CSAT(PRE. EXAM)AND WHAT IS ITS COST.
SIR PLEASE REPLY

samarjeet yadav
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hello sir,
i liked the way u publish study-plans and strategies for various exams.
sir in the similar way can u also do the same for JEE exam..
it would be a great help of yours
thanking u,
samarjeet

Mrunal
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no idea on JEE. try pagalguy.com forum, plenty of IITans hangout there.

Govind
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hello sir..!!!
First of all,thank you so much for providing such good guidance.

Sir i have completed my graduation in ENGINEERING but i want to take GUJARATI LITERATURE as my optional.its possible(as per new
pattern of upsc)?
please guide me.
thanx

Srilekha
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Hi Raghu,
Happy to read telugu comment.
I know that EEE is thr in optionals..and pattern changepriority for g.k rasied..Thanq for your infrmtn.GOODluck.

tarak
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I HAVE STAMMERING PROLEM , AM I ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE POST OF IAS, IRS. AND I KNOW IN IPS AM NOT ELIGIBLE

mayank shekhar
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mr. mrunal i am a 2nd year mechanical engineering student and i want to do preparation for civil service exam.give me suggestion for
preparation for this exam.

amit
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sir i will be appearing for upsc in 2014 and i wish to opt for economics as one of optional in mains ,sir can u please help me by providing
reference material and strategy for the same.

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VIVEK
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I am 35 year old from General category (Physically Challenged 48%).Is it possible for me to appear for IAS exam.Also I need your
guidance for subject selection.My background is B.Sc. Maths (1999) and MCA (2004).
I am looking for History or Geography .So in which subject I can make good score.

VIKASH KUMAR
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hi sir,
i am in b.sc part-1 and i am preparing for upsc but i get confused whenever i prepare myself for study seriously. how to initiate this
preparation and what is the first thing to do it. i am mentally prepared but whenever i go for start then i think that what should be the base po
int or initial point and what stratergy should be? so please reply me

NEERAJ PANDEY
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hello sir,
i m a B.TECH student form jabalpur [mp].being hindi medium student in school time..its a hard time to me select language for IAS
preparations and in jabalpur there is no one for guidence.what to do i cant understnd right now?

khushi
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simly superb

khushi
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simply superb

khushi
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sir i want to start preparation for upsc and i need a guide like u can u tell me hw to start with the preparation from wt point and wt shall i refer
etc

Priya
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Hi Mrunal,
I have a doubt regarding OBC category.
It was mentioned in Civil services notificatin as The closing date fixed for the receipt of the application will be treated as the date for
determining the OBC status
(including that of creamy layer) of the candidate.
Does this mean that the Non-Creamy layer certificate should have been obtained before the last date?
Please clarify.

vijay gond
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hello sir i am vijay be long to fazilnagar i want a go police line in but my mind four round here and some time ya i have no time and arn the
many i am complete inter science and grudution not under stans as comm ar ba sir please req,what are do ar please infarmetion other
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pritam
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Sir i want ignou notes (Hard copy) .where it will available?

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So good

Dharmesh Patel
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Dear Mrunal sir,
I am keep reading your updates, and all I want to say is your portal is just outstanding. The information you provided is very very helpful. I
am looking forward to appear in 2012 UPSC, your portal has clear all doughts including backplans..ha ha ha.
much appriciate your initiative.
Regards
Dharmesh

Dharmesh Patel
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Dear Mrunal sir,
I am keep reading your updates, and all I want to say is your portal is just outstanding. The information you provided is very very helpful. I

am looking forward to appear in 2014 UPSC, your portal has clear all doughts including backplans..ha ha ha.
much appriciate your initiative.
Regards
Dharmesh

RAJIV
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Kindly guide me how to prepare for ies exam (mechanical engineering)

Atul Parshuramkar
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reply to this comment.I am 19 years oldin 1st year for graduationhow i start my preparation from now for upsc.what should i read
from now

sana
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sir
I didnt get what is prelims optional..

sana
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sir
I didnt get what is prelims optional
please explain

Nanditha Bandaru
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Please respond sir,
I am planning to attend ias prelims and mains in 2014. I am so confused where to start I am reading ncert books as i have less knowledge in
current affairs does the upsc portal important news is enough of studying current affairs and also does tata macgrill series is enough for
preparation of prelims..plz provide suggested books for mains sir thanku

Vijendra Kumar
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Murnal i plz update JHARKHAND PSC syllabus i checked their website there was no specific syllabus JPSc Panel has changed their
syllabus and pattern according to UPSC but website contain old syllabus which has been changed so i am in doubt what is real pattern and
syllabus because i have choose two my MAINs subject Electrical because i am a;ready preparing for IES another Maths so i am getting
Problem due to JPSC pattern which is not exactly mention in JPSC website

hitesh
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hello sir i want to start preparation for ias exam.i have a job.i m confused about which books to prepare.any how i want to clear this exam.i m
confused from which site i should read from internet.i want cover whole syllabus.pls give suggest about that first i should start preparation for
prelim or mains because the gap between pre and mains are very minute.u can not prepare mains in just 3 month.especially the syllabus
has changed now.i have 3 trial left.pls pls suggest me the book,magazine,internet site for both pre and mains.

hitesh
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i have heard that prelims 2014 exam will be in august.right or wrong

Sankar
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Yes. 2014 Civil Services Preliminary Exam on 24-08-2014 as per the UPSC tentative schedule. And Main exam on 12-12-2014.

SENTHIL M

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Guys civil service exam for 2014, is uploaded in UPSC website its going to commence in the month of AUGUSt 2014.

SENTHIL M
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UPSC has uploaded timetable for the year 2014 , kindly go through it guys

Nik
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I agree with you Shame on you Carlos. This is absolute nonesense. No body knows what circumstances has the other person gone
through and making fun of a fellow aspirants shows the worst attitude.
If you cant help others then it is better not to make fun either.
My suggestion Carlos, dont be much proud of your intelligence (I hope you have some), because if you have read Ramayana, nobody can
forget what happened with Ravana.
All the best for your future endeavours.

Amit Chaudhary
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Agree with Nik!

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