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UPSC PRELIMS : THE ULTIMATE MCQ-HACKER
UPSC Prelims is close, the competition is tight, and the stakes have never been higher. As you already know, in UPSC Prelims, even a fraction of a...
Prelims 2020 : GS FACT-CHEAT PART 1
With the Prelims approaching fast, I know you feel anxious and nervous about your GS Score .There is always doubt if you have done enough and if you...
IAS score FACT-CHEAT for Prelims and Mains
How much does the IAS score depend on facts and statistics? It depends actually. The IAS exam is designed to test many areas of your intelligence...
UPSC ESSAY-WRITING EVALUATION : Judge, Jury & Executioner
Richard Feynman said that the best way to learn something is to teach it. When it comes to UPSC...
Building the body of the Essay in UPSC Mains exam : Body-building 2.0
There a typical but pernicious misconceptions about writing an essay in the upsc exam- that there...
ChatGPT AI and the UPSC Exam
With the discovery of fire, our ancestors changed their diet and their landscapes. With the wheel, they made the world smaller and so on until we...
How to read newspaper for UPSC preparation: Ask the topper
Current Affairs and newspapers are ubiquitous with UPSC preparation. But how exactly to cover newspapers scientifically from the POV of the UPSC exam is far less understood.
Fear not, I had the same doubts when I started UPSC preparation. In this article, I share my insights about how to do so with maximum efficiency.
UPSC result is out: what this means for all aspirants
The UPSC result has been declared the results for the 2019 year of examination announcing the names of successful candidates. The UPSC result has...
How to make notes for UPSC exam like a topper
Making notes for UPSC criticically important for all UPSC aspirants to condense the vast syllabus of this exam. This article shows you how.
GS score Cheat Sheet: Memorization Cheat Codes
-Amit Kumar Singh, IRS Most of the aspirants who start studying for UPSC are overwhelmed with the amount of the factual information they are...
UPSC Syllabus verbatim
Simply the UPSC Syllabus in pdf format for download.
How to master IAS syllabus while having fun
The IAS exam is considered to be the most difficult competitive examination in India because of the vastness of the IAS syllabus A single attempt...
UPSC mains syllabus: Ultimate Guide
UPSC mains syllabus can be navigated using these powerful exercises
How To Focus Deeply While Studying: Mind-Tricks
The ability to focus on demand is the holy grail for success in life. Both Warren Buffet and Bill Gates attribute the ability to focus for the...
TIME MANAGEMENT META-HACKS FOR UPSC : For Working Professionals and Students
Einstein said time was relative and he was right. Have you noticed how it quickly it passes while you’re on vacation and how it lulls to a...
5 reasons why you should not aim for Only IAS?
When it comes to the IAS exam, people assume that only IAS should be their goal in life and they ought to do or die for it. There are a lot of...
HOW TO PREPARE FOR UPSC WHILE WORKING.
I cleared the UPSC exam while working full-time at a software company in Pune. I think that the UPSC exam has become EASIER TO CLEAR FOR WORKING...
Geography for UPSC: Super-Simplified Scientifically for Prelims and Mains
What on Earth is Geography? Everything that happens to the Earth IS literally, Geography. Geography is the story of the profound inter-connectedness...
Prelims 2020 : GS FACT-CHEAT PART 1
With the Prelims approaching fast, I know you feel anxious and nervous about your GS Score .There is always doubt if you have done enough and if you...
UPSC ESSAY: THE KEYWORD DETECTIVE
Often, in the exam, even while knowing a lot about a topic, the best points and examples may not come to mind when you need them. Only later when the exam is over do you realize that you could have used that point or you forgot to write that example etc.
UPSC Essay & Answer-writing: THE MAGIC OF DECONSTRUCTION
The UPSC essay and the Mains exam, in toto, is all about the quality and depth of your understanding. But this does not necessarily mean that you...
UPSC Mains: 12 Common mistakes to avoid in the Essay paper
Only a few exceptions get much more or much less than the average score in the UPSC mains exam. Obviously, you are interested in getting much more and land in the topper-zone shown in the graph. You want to be the exceptional candidate who ends up scoring 70-80% marks in the Essay paper that year.
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How to conquer the UPSC Prelims in 6 simple steps
-By Shri Amit Kumar Singh, IRS In this post, I am putting forth an action plan to consider for all aspirant who wish to attempt the UPSC...