{"id":1784,"date":"2015-08-31T01:33:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T01:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2021-03-05T15:37:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:07:47","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-upsc-civil-services-mains-and-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-prepare-for-upsc-civil-services-mains-and-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Prepare For UPSC Civil Services Mains and Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3>The Basics Guide:<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The single most important thing that I know about the Mains Examination is that you have no time to waste. The Union Public Service Commission has reduced the gap between Mains and Prelims to about 3 months in the last few years. Hence duration is the most important phase of your UPSC preparation. Below are a set of articles that we have collected for your benefit in this regard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/RaviSingh\/strategy-8-rules-to-follow-in-your-cs-mains-examination\/\">8 Rules to follow in your Civil Services Mains Examination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/forumias\/that-extra-thing-you-need-in-your-answer-for-scoring-high-in-general-studies-ias-toppers-tell-you\/\">That \u201cExtra\u201d Thing you need in your answer for scoring high in General Studies \u2013 IAS Topper tells you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/Neyawn\/the-100-day-plan-to-crack-mains-2015-and-get-an-interview-call\/\">100 days to Mains &#8211; Strategy<\/a><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>General Studies Preparation (by ForumIAS and Toppers):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/the-basic-strategy-to-cracking-the-cs-mains-examination\/\">The Basic Strategy to Crack CS Mains : by ForumIAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to Prepare for General Studies Papers 1 : by ForumIAS<\/li>\n<li>How to Prepare for General Studies Paper 2 : by ForumIAS<\/li>\n<li>How to Prepare for General Studies Paper 3 : by ForumIAS<\/li>\n<li>How to Prepare for General Studies Paper 4 : <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/forumias\/ethics-public-administration-strategy-by-prabhat-malik-air-68\/\">by Prabhat Malik<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/shalimar\/how-to-write-a-great-essay-for-the-ias-mains\/\">How to Prepare for the Essay paper : by Arun Raj<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/how-not-to-fail-your-compulsory-qualifying-language-papers\/\">How not to fail your CS Mains compulsory qualifying Language papers : by ForumIAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/comprehensive-book-list-for-cs-mains-gs-and-essay\/\">Book list for CS Mains (representative)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/how-to-deal-with-current-affairs-for-civil-services-prelims-and-mains-examinations\/\">How to deal with current affairs : by ForumIAS<\/a><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Optionals Preparation (by Toppers):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>History :<\/li>\n<li>Geography :<\/li>\n<li>Public Administration : <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/RaviSingh\/consistent-public-administration-topper-now-ias-tells-you-how-to-prepare-public-administration\/\">by Prem Ranjan Singh<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/ArpitSagar\/how-to-tackle-public-administration-topperspeak\/\">by Arpit Sagar <\/a>\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/forumias\/ethics-public-administration-strategy-by-prabhat-malik-air-68\/\">by Prabhat Malik<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Political Science and International Relations :<\/li>\n<li>Law :<\/li>\n<li>Sociology :<\/li>\n<li>Philosophy : <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/forumias\/sanskriti-jain-ias-rank-11-strategy-journey-sample-notes-and-model-answers\/\">by Sanskriti Jain<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anthropology :<\/li>\n<li>Agriculture :<\/li>\n<li>Botany :<\/li>\n<li>Zoology :<\/li>\n<li>Chemistry :<\/li>\n<li>Physics :<\/li>\n<li>Geology :<\/li>\n<li>Statistics :<\/li>\n<li>Medical Science :<a href=\"http:\/\/discuss.forumias.com\/discussion\/296\/my-strategy-for-preparing-medical-science-rank-81-upsc-2011\/p1\"> by Dr. Shaleen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mathematics : <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/how-to-prepare-mathematics-optional-for-ias-ifos-a-guide-by-air-13-yogesh-kumbhejkar\/\">by Yogesh Kumbhejkar<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hindi Literature :<\/li>\n<li>English Literature :<\/li>\n<li>Civil Engineering :<\/li>\n<li>Mechanical Engineering :<\/li>\n<li>Electrical Engineering : <a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/electrical-engineering-strategy-by-prakash-rajpurohit\/\">by Prakash Rajpurohit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Commerce and Accountancy :<\/li>\n<li>Economics :<\/li>\n<li>Management :<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Interview Preparation (by Toppers):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/tips-on-how-to-prepare-for-interview\/\">Preparation tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/what-board-members-are-looking-for-in-the-personality-test\/\">The question of &#8216;personality&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/will-mock-practice-help\/\">Mock sessions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/what-to-wear\/\">What to wear<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/preparations-just-before-the-final-moment\/\">Final moments before your interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/the-moment-of-truth-what-to-do-during-the-interview\/\">Moment of truth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/upsc-topper-interview-tips-from-varun-kumar-air-3\/\">Interview Tips from Varun Kumar [AIR \u2013 3]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/interview-2014-an-approach-paper-prepared-by-s-nagrajan-ias-topper\/\">Integrated approach by S. Nagarajan, IAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/cracking-the-civil-services-interview-tricks-and-traps-santosh-k-misra-ias\/\">Tips by Santosh Kumar Misra, IAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/preparation-for-upsc-interview-the-final-test-by-prince-dhawan\/\">Tips by Prince Dhawan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/upsc-interview-etiquette-the-basics\/\">Etiquette<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/upsc-interview-inside-the-board-room\/\">Inside the board room<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/what-are-the-expected-type-of-questions-from-the-interview-board\/\">Expected questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/upsc-interview-know-your-state\/\">Know your state<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/preparing-hobbies-expected-q-a\/\">Hobbies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/faqs-on-upsc-interview-preparation\/\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/list-of-interview-scripts-of-ias-toppers\/\">List of Interview Scripts of IAS Toppers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forumias.com\/portal\/interview\/\">UPSC \/ IAS Civil Services Interview CSM 2014 Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basics Guide: The single most important thing that I know about the Mains Examination is that you have no time to waste. The Union Public Service Commission has reduced the gap between Mains and Prelims to about 3 months in the last few years. Hence duration is the most important phase of your UPSC&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-prepare-for-upsc-civil-services-mains-and-interview\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Prepare For UPSC Civil Services Mains and Interview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preparation-strategy","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":366,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}