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What is the key to cracking the civil services exams? Civil service aspirants, who attended a seminar on “Civil Services Aptitude Test: 2013” organised by Triumphant Institute of Management Education (TIME) in association with The Hindu here on Sunday, were given tips on the best ways to tackle questions in the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). Faculty members of TIME and experts enlightened the aspirants on the ways and means to cracking the exams with “how to” write rather than “what to” write in the exams. Several questions from the previous year’s exams were discussed. TIME CSAT Product Coordinator Naba Goswami posed questions to the students and asked them to reflect upon them. Chidanand Vatare, Assistant Commissioner – Revenue, who was the first rank holder in the Karnataka Administrative Service 2012, said that the course material provided by TIME helped him in the exams. Experts taking part in the seminar examined a wide range of questions ranging from logical reas

Strategy for History Optional, This is a subject where strategising becomes paramount; since the expanse of the syllabus itself appears insurmountable. Since you are preparing for exam purposes here and your primary objective is not, presumably, the 'love of learning' , it becomes important to begin, as I like to put it, backwards. It's best to analyse the question papers spanning at least a decade; questions before that are too simplistic to have a fair chance of appearing in the same form again. So, I would suggest compartmentalising questions based on chronology. That gives us a fairly expansive scale of topics to focus on. Second, when preparing a particular topic from a book or notes, it's important to cover it in entirety-- i.e. think of all possible aspects of a situation that you can be questioned on. Apart from facts, focus on 'whys'-- why civilisations crumbled, how different was their end to another's end. 'How' religious policie

Many aspirants are asking me how to tackle the most dreaded subject called General Studies(GS) at home on their own. This is how you can do it. I am formally putting it here under the notes of IAS Help... For Prelims GS - Start reading NCERT 8th to 12th in all subjects except English, Hindi, Accountancy and Business Studies. Make notes in less than two months.. and keep reading newspaper(The Hindu only)... for Magazines you can look upto Yojana and kurukshetra- to update your notes with the latest figures This will be all for the prelim examination.. Prelims, in the new pattern of UPSC is not very tough. it could be cleared easily through NCERT and reading newspapers only. How to read newspapers? check the bottom of the article. GS for Main Examination- For main you need to make up a mindset suitable for an IAS. You have to think like an IAS Officer. Not to criticize but to find solutions to the problems.. for that you need to enlarge your knowledge base and s

To have clear understanding and conceptual clarity, you should always go by the syllabus and should pick up relevant resource for an effective preparation. Be clear, for examination like CSE, no guide-book can replace standard text-books and newspapers from your resource. The rationales to support this statement are; first , format of the guides is kept such which caters to the needs of wide range of aspirants with an aim to attract larger number of buyers. Second , to cover more and more topics, the endeavor of author is to incorporate important aspects of any given topic and at times basic information is left out which is absolutely necessary for a fresher to have conceptual clarity. Third , these guides are published much before the examination notification is published. So, looking at the dynamic nature of many constituents listed in syllabus, how-so-ever the popular book may be, it would be of limited use as for current events and contemporary developments, you need to look at ot

In absence of any clarity about the proposed changes at Main Examination level, the best strategy is to concentrate on your study-plan and continue preparation till UPSC does not speak about the kind of changes coming in and when these are going to be implemented. Success in Civil Service Examination involves serious planning and long-term approach to prepare effectively. For serious candidates with competitive spirit flowing in veins, the need of the hour is to broaden the horizons and expend the realm of knowledge, see all possibilities instead of narrowing down vision to what is perceived suitable to you. Changes at Main Examination level will come or not, UPSC prefers to remove optional subjects or not, these are future possibilities; but, the recent trends confirm as such you have to make your preparation more efficient and innovative for the future. Looking at the facet of examination and tough competition, at times preparation is associated with taking risks and accepting fai

Civil Service Examination has always been attracting talented candidates and with recent changes, a lot of higher, professional-degree equipped candidates are getting attracted towards it. In today’s fast paced world, you need clear cut ideas about the task in hand and know-how to execute it in the best possible manner. Civil Service Examination is a different exam-plan where some fresh graduates make it possible in the very first attempt and many post-graduates and higher-studies background aspirants struggle to cross the first hurdle – Prelims. An aspirant’s academic brilliance, performance and educational achievements are worthy that gives you wide knowledge base, recognition, remunerative career, respect etc. but, when you plan to appear in Civil Service Examination, you are on a different turf. Your academic brilliance and achievements are no guarantee for success in Civil Service Examination leave aside lust for IAS post that requires high ranks. UPSC is looking out for shar

Mumbai : In an important step towards giving the Indian civil services an inclusive look, a Mumbai based NGO and top experts of the filed are running a campaign to select talented students from the marginalized sections of the country so as to train them free of cost for the coveted exams. "Aishabai & Haji Abdul Latif Charitable Trust, a renowned NGO based in Mumbai, has joined hands with the country's top UPSC and MPSC coaching classes to select and train talented students free of cost for one year", Farooque Naikwade, the main architect of the campaign said while talking to ummid.com. Naikwade - author of the books 'Steelframe' and 'IASMantra', is responsible for bringing hundreds of students from rural area and lower socio-economic strata including minorities into the administration. "Under the campaign, Steelframe Talent Search Abhiyan, the trust in association with Synergy Study Point of Pune, Discovery IAS of New Delhi

Kolkata: Aliah University of Kolkata, A UGC approved autonomous Institution under the Department of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education, Government of West Bengal has offered free coaching for Civil Services Examination 2013 to the minority students in collaboration with West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation. The Centre for Vocational Studies of Aliah University will be conducting the coaching facility. The Ministry of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education is handled by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The coaching for Civil Services Examination will be provided at Delhi. Selected candidates for the coaching will have to be ready to go to Delhi by 1st week of November, 2012 and remain there till the end of the coaching. They will be provided free food and lodging; the cost will be borne by Aliah University & WBMDFC. Candidates selected for West Bengal Civil Services coaching will have to stay in a hostel here and attend full time classes. Their cost of

Maulana Azad National Urdu University has begun the process of starting a new batch of coaching for Civil Services exam of 2013. The university invites applications from eligible Minority and Women Graduate candidates for year-long Integrated Extensive Residential Coaching Programme for Prelims cum Mains of CSE 2013. The Coaching will commence from October 8, 2012, Entrance Test for Admission will be held on September 23, 2012 at Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Srinagar. Short listed candidates will be interviewed at MANUU Campus, Hyderabad on October 3, 2012 for final selection. A onetime fee of Rs.4,550/- towards Registration, Library, Health Centre and Deposit will be charged. Application forms may be downloaded from www.manuu.ac.in or obtained from MANUU CSE Coaching Academy, ITI Building, MANUU Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500032. Filled in forms along with DD for Rs.200/- Drawn from any Nationalised Bank in favour of MANUU, Payable at Hyderabad, should reach on or before

The only medium in the main examination between you and the examiner is your answer. So it is very crucial to think as how to impress the examiner with your answer, for this you must have good command over these following points. Hand writing Writing style Logical presentation The relevance to the question You have to be careful about these things before starting your answer. Secondly to the achieve the accuracy you must practice to writing answer within the time limit, and you must check that how much you can remember and reproduce within the time limit. So just practice and practice. Here your aim should be to put the knowledge effectively. Thirdly for long answer you must focus on good introductions & conclusions, and your presentation must be logical, your analysis should be done on the basis of correct facts & figures. Fourthly for option based question your opinion & suggestion can be judged on the basis of administrative viability & adminis

Shena Aggarwal IAS topper 2011-2012 who has topped the civil services exams conducted by UPSC says that result has taken her by surprise. She was expecting a good rank this time but her rank is way above her expectations. While talking about her success story, she defied the beliefs that a civil services aspirant should live in isolation. She said that one should take part in sports, watch movies and cultural activities. Before topping the prestigious IAS exam Shena Aggarwal was already selected for the civil services and she is presently undergoing training at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur for IRS. She says that IRS is also a good service but when she started preparation for civil services she thought of IAS only. And that is why she decided to give it one more try, says a happy Shena Aggarwal. She said that she is able to make it to the IAS, it is a dream come true for her. Shena Aggarwal started preparation for the UPSC civil services after completing MBBS from AIIMS i

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The Union Public Service Commission has introduced changes in the pattern of Civil Services (preliminary) examination which is conducted to select candidates for prestigious central services such as IFS, IAS, IRS, IPS and others. Now it is looking forward to bring some changes in the pattern of 'main' examination as well with effect from 2013.A panel has been constituted by UPSC to suggest possible changes in the pattern of Civil Service (main) Examination. Its report is expected to come out early next year.There are three stages in UPSC exam- 'preliminary', 'main' and personality test (interview). UPSC chairman D P Agrawal said that the commission has now constituted a high power panel to look into the matter.He made it clear that commission will ensure that candidates from multiple languages, communities and culture are judged on the basis of in-depth understanding and knowledge.'Preliminary' exam pattern was changed this year by incorporating elements

UPSC has published Written Result-Civil Services (Main) Exam 2011. It can be checked on its official website. Congratulations to passed and a best of luck for the P.T. Around 2400 students have been declared passed who shall attend the P.T.

CSE 2012 Notification has come and it can be viewed at upsc.gov.in Thanks

Governance in India is a new component of general studies Paper I of the IAS preliminary examination. In 2011, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) changed the pattern and syllabus of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination following recommendations made by various committees, commissions, and study groups, such as the Alagh Committee (2000-2001), the Hota Committee (2004), and the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005-2009). In the old scheme, the preliminary examination consisted of Paper I general studies (compulsory) and Paper II optional subject. The syllabus of the general studies was as follows: current events; history and the National Movement; geography; Indian polity; Indian economy; mental ability; and general science. In the new scheme also, the examination has two papers, but both are related to general studies and compulsory. In place of the paper called optional subject comes general studies Paper II. The new syllabus of general studies Paper-I is as fo