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Categories  Mains   One of the important aspect of the  Modern History preparation for Civil services examination  is the coverage of  Important Organization and movements of modern India  of Paper 1 of  GS Mains Syllabus . Every year, majority of the questions are asked from important organisation and movement of Modern India, both in prelims and mains stage of Civil services examination. Source to Cover Important Organisation and Movement:   Source   Identification of Source 1. BIPIN Chandra Own Book/ NCERT Book BIPIN Chandra own book or  NCERT  book cover all necessary organisation and important events. Aspirant can prepare thoroughly for Indian History through books. There is one disadvantage of this book is that; these books, especially BIPIN Chandra Own Book is quite voluminous in nature.  2. Spectrum Modern India Completing Spectrum should be the primary objective of every single aspirants and that too should be compleme...

  One of the important aspect that aspirants tend to find difficult in   Civil Services preparation   is the covering of   History syllabus . In   history , preparation for questions related to   development of education in British-India   is one of the core area from which   UPSC   is asking questions nowadays. Categories Prelims Since time immemorial, education is considered as powerful tool to unlock the door of freedom which can change the world. With the advent of the British, education sector find the pace of growth. For covering, Education related questions aspirants need to adopt a bit of different strategy. Basical l y, agents of modern education in India can be categorised in to three categories: The British Government (East India Company) Christian missionaries Indian intellectuals and reformers Development of Modern education. Interlink Topics: Aspirants need to interlink all topics related to education. Connecting the dots will h...

IAS Aspirants preparing for CSAT has to analyse the  previous year question papers  first then only they can decide after coming to conclusion that why taking coaching for all streams and educational background of students is necessary to clear this examination. If you have analyse the previous year’s question paper then you might have realise; day by day standard of the question is going higher and higher. Categories Prelims If you are weak in a particular area of CSAT paper, than this strategy given below will surely help you. Understand the Pattern of CSAT: Before starting the preparation of Civil services examination, aspirants need to understand the pattern of Civil services examination. Although CSAT being only a qualifying paper however, CSAT will remain relevant to your preparation in coming years also. CSAT paper of 2021 was difficult to the extent that aspirants scoring way beyond the expected cut-off in paper I but in paper II they failed to fetc...

  Clearing  prelims of civil services examination   require a concentrated effort to overcome this first hurdle of the examination. Ever since concept of Negative marks are introduced in the   UPSC Prelims   for the first time in 2007. Questions unpredictability has increased to all time high.              Avoiding negative marks is not easy in  civil services prelims examination . Aspirants need to work on certain basic things to avoid their negative marks and overcome this first yet decisive hurdle. Aspirants need to understand the marks distribution and pattern of  prelims examination . Avoiding Negative marks in UPSC Prelims One of the common question that every single aspirant of  civil services examination  has is; how they can be accurate by avoiding negative marks. In civil services examination, there are two papers that every aspirant has to appear in which duration is of 2 ...

  Categories Interview DAF provides first-hand knowledge about you to the members of the interview board. You have to own everything what you have written as the description of yourself- your place of birth, place of residence, place and company where you work/worked, your education, specializations, achievements, hobbies, preferences of services and states, choice of optional paper, etc. along with some details about your parents. That is why half or even more of your interview pertain to your DAF. Your DAF offers the interview board clues about suitable questions for you. An interview   board starts the interview with your DAF to give you time to adjust and put yourself at ease before a grilling session picks up. It is done to normalize you. Nevertheless, you cannot be casual about your DAF because the Civil Services interview is a test of your personality and not your bookish or theoretical knowledge alone. Personality is about your practical knowledge and understanding plu...