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Whatisthebestwaytostartpreparingforcivil
Nayan Singh, IPS in making. servicesfromscratchwhiledoingajobof10hours
AnsweredJan27 perdayincludingsomeweekends?

Thanks for the A2A :) HowcanImanagemytimeafter9hoursjob,forcivil

servicepreparation?
Yes it's a lil onerous to crack cse while being in a job but that said, there have been so
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many successful examples and almost everyone had their own dierent strategies.
exam?
Some did take the weekend coaching while some left their job at the mains stage. You
just need to nd your own way of doing it. WilljoiningajobaffectmyUPSCCivilServices
preparation?
Look, on an average an aspirant read about 40 hours a week. Since you do have a job at
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your disposal you can't obviously do that. So, I would suggest you to go for a two year jobof910hours?
plan instead of one. That makes it 20 hours a week. 3 odd hours on week days, 5 each
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on the weekends and you are there. Anyway, we do know that not all who go for a one
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year plan makes it to the list. ( Success rate is a meagre 0.2.) So it is rather good
that you are already going for a two year plan. IndianAdministrativeService(IAS):Isitpossibleto
prepareforUPSCexamswhileIaminjob?Ifyes,
thenhowcanIprepare?
Also, you should concentrate on the brighter picture. Job satisfaction has its own set
of advantages as well. You won't have any kind of family pressure. You can aord the MoreRelatedQuestions
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but one, that is , the recreation. While others can aord to have too many breaks for
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recreation ( I, for example, read 5 days a week and 20 days a month ) you can't. So just
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make sure you squeeze all out of the little time you'd get for the recreation.
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Except for the GS papers, this answer has all you need to know about how to proceed
including when you should prefer those famous preparation blogs/sites/channels etc :
Nayan Singh's answer to How should I start my preparation for the IAS exam?

I didn't refer plenty of books for the GS papers for a reason. Here's why : Nayan
Singh's answer to Looking at the trend of current aairs centric questions in GS -2 and
GS -3 , what should my self notes consist of (static) for Mains 2017 ?

That would be it. Prepare well. Feel free to Ping in case you need anything else :)

Good Luck.

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Dhruva Kumar Hiremath, Appeared for Indian Civil Service exams

AnsweredFeb19

With a 10 hour Job it is indeed very challenging to nd time for Preparation. But if
you can manage 4 hours per day on weekdays(4*5= 20 hours) and 8 hours per day on

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weekends (8*2= 16 hours), cumulatively = 36 hours/week, you can think of attempting 1
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the UPSC civil services exam next year.

Please understand that, those who are preparing for the exam with a job in hand are
far more better placed than those who are preparing full time because of the
uncertainty of the exam process. So Please come out of the mindset that you are at a
disadvantage (very important). Your Discipline and Professionalism will be on higher
scale compared to full time aspirants.

For a detailed strategy for Prelims and Mains i have posted some links below.

1) Should I join coaching on weekends ?

Joining coaching or not is more of a personal decision. If you have access to good
coaching at an aordable price you can join them as it will keep your preparation in a
good direction.

If you can manage to keep yourself disciplined, then you can start preparation on
your own, spend some time in the eld. Within 56 months in the preparation
process, you will understand the diculties you will face and you can approach
people/coaching for help/value addition.

If you do not want to join any coaching there are various blogs available online which
can guide you step by step and some good souls are left on Quora too to help you out
:-)

2) Useful app/web to for daily usage

The Hindu app is sucient.

3) What should ideal strategy and plan for UPSC prep. in this situation.

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Shankara Narayanan, former Assistant manager at Public Sector Bank

(2012-2015)
AnsweredJan18

There is a will, There is a way..

as u need a nancial support, u cant leave ur job. so u need to manage ur time

eectively. if u think u need to join coaching u may join. but choose a good mentor.
they can guide u, ther u wil get some good friends too. use ur travelling time for
reading news paper, etc.
useful webs r

insightsonindia, forumias,visionias,iasbaba,mrunal.

for prelims, u need to read NCERT books. just visit anyone of the above mentioned
websites. there u wil get enough infos and strategy. All the best
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Ashish Pal, 4 UPSC-CSE Mains, 2 UPSC Interviews

AnsweredJan19

Its good u are not considering leaving the job. So rst to quickly answer some of ur
points, If u personally know a capable guide (mind not a tutor) then dont join
weekend coaching. Coz if you are dedicated and determined u just need someone to
tell u how to grow crops instead of someone who feeds u with spoons.

There is no 'how' just begin, start reading static and dynamic contents. Keep visiting
Mrunal, Insights on India, see discussions in Forumias, go thru Laxmikanth and what
not. Also have a look at unacademy's 'actual content videos' as u don't need any
motivation coz for u that pain in ur a## due to living double life of an aspirant and
working professional is enough to keep u motivated.

Strategy is clear u have got only one life, limited attempts and millions of opinions
just stop caring about any.

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Rahul Yadav, former Student

AnsweredJan18

I think nothing is impossible.. You can do prepare for Upsc but it needs much focus.
And after having 10 hours of work it wouldn't be a good idea that you can give your
100%.so you should focus on one thing. Otherwise it would be worthless. But where
there is will there is a way.. So you can manage your time routine on Sundays and
holidays. Be optimistic.
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Anonymous
AnsweredMar20

we have started a new channel for UPSC 2018complete coverage of all

subjects(polity,eco,geog,ancient+med+modern history_env etc) will be done from
scratchall important magazines will also be covered.if time permits then we will
cover 4 optional subjects also(maths,anthropology,pubad and history)its for all
those aspirants who cant aord coaching or want a guide 24*7 to show them the right
path..

UPSC with Aryans

Why are we dierent?

well cover everything from standard sources and move to other subject only when
the previous one is fully completed..we will not give any advices..or any
motivation..because thats already available on youtube in abundance..we believe in
completion.example if we are covering polity then we know that we have to read
laxmikanthu know thisu even know how to read itcan u do it in 67 days even
if u r reading it for rst time?..YES..u can..well do it with you..each and every
chapter..each and every page..not any summaryeverything from standard source
well read all neccessary ncertseverything will be covered..

there are already a lot of channels available like unacademy,mrunal etcpersonally

we like mrunal a lothis economy lectures especially ,are awsmewe have Ramesh
singhs book also..we have sriram ias material tooso how will u read them..in which
order?this confusion we will removewe have compiled everthing from all sources
like for economy we have compiled everything from NCERTs+mrunal+sriram ias
materials and will give u a compiled and comprehensive series on thatand same for
all other subjects also

again we emphasize on the fact that if u have already joined some coaching or u r a
senior player, then this course is not fr u and please dont diverge ur mind in dierent
directionsfocus on what u already havewhatever material u have read etcthis
course is for beginners.or all those who want to start from scratchwho are not in
delhi and are preparing in isolation...who dont know anything about UPSC or want a
friend..a guide to help them sail through the examnothing fancy here!!

do watch and give ur constructive criticism which will eventually help us to

improve..also course will be available in bilingual languages(English+Hindi)

its neither a coaching nor a charityits an institution!!

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