[Official] SFG 2024 Level-1 Discussion & Queries thread
SFG 2024 Level-1 Discussions & Queries
Dear Students,
SFG 2024 Level-1 will be starting from 26th December 2023, and it is the ideal time for encountering challenges in clearing one's Prelims exam and prioritizing one's Prelims exam preparation.
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The Select Focus Group test series has been designed exactly according to
the demand of the UPSC CSE Prelims Examination.
In Level 1 the focus
will be upon-
- Complete chapter-wise coverage and revision of the NCERTs
of different subjects including the conceptual as well as the factual aspects.
- Covering comprehensively static part of General studies Paper-1 for Prelims 2024 over 45 tests.
- The pattern, difficulty level and quality of the
questions which will be similar to UPSC CSE Prelims Examination Paper.
- Developing analytical acumen through interlinked and
multi-dimensional questions.
- Developing the art of solving Prelims examination
questions.
- Helping the aspirants in consolidating and revising their knowledge acquired during their course of preparation.
What is Select Focus Group / SFG
and How it works ?
- Select Focus Group ( SFG ) is a small group of students
who are selected by ForumIAS every year for coaching them to clear the UPSC
Prelims Examination. Almost all candidates selected, and retained
consistently in the group has cleared the Prelims examination in the past
including Rank 1 Ishita Kishore and Rank 4 Smriti in CSE 2022
- Top 100 Students from Offline mode will be selected for
the Select Focus Group (SFG) and the rest who clear the cut-off of the Entrance
Test will be selected for Reserve List Group (RLG), who will be required to
report at 7AM everyday 6 days a week to write an hour long test based on a
pre-planned syllabus , followed by discussion on the same, at no additional
cost.
- Candidates who are unable to make it to the SFG, will be
maintained in a Reserve List, who can also write the tests, but will not be
allowed to take classes.
- Tests are conducted daily and results are
provided within 12 hours of test with Name and Rank list for
candidates and parents to evaluate their daily performance. On the basis
of ranks, about 50% of bottom performing students from SFG are migrated to
the reserve list on a weekly basis, and an equal number of students from reserve
list ( RLG) are moved into SFG. The decision of management in this regard is
final and not subject to dispute. Please note that this migration is done not
keeping in mind the overall merit list but moving away bottom 50% from SFG and
picking up an equal number of people from RLG. Thus those who may be getting
more than RLG students , but are bottom 50 in SFG will be moved to RLG.
- Every month, the bottom 10% or so non-performing students
are eliminated from the program to maintain the quality of competition.
- All candidates writing the CSE 2024 are eligible to apply for the entrance test.
Application Procedure and Fee
Structure & Details:
- The program will commence from 26th December 2023, admissions to which will be entrance test based. The Entrance Test-2 which was previously scheduled for 17th December 2023 has been postponed to 20th December 2023. The results of the Entrance Test will be announced by 23rd December 2023.
- SFG 2024 Level-1 Entrance Test-2 for English Medium students will be conducted on 20th Dec. 2023 at 9:30 AM and for Hindi medium students it will be conducted on 21st Dec. 2023 at 9:30 AM.
- Admission to
the SFG and RLG are based on the rank of the candidate in the merit list of the
SFG Entrance Test. Students can apply for the program by registering for the
Entrance Test.
- Candidates can register by visiting https://academy.forumias.com/sfg/ . The candidate must appear for the entrance test on the designated date and time, subsequent to which he/she will be admitted to the Select Focus Group or the Reserve List Group.
- SFG will be conducted in both online and offline mode. In
online mode, students will invariably be part of the RLG and not SFG.
- 100 students
will be selected for SFG. The remaining students will be selected for RLG.
The rank list of online and offline students will be published separately.
- The course duration is of about two months and fees is
charged on a monthly basis. Fees for the full duration of the program cannot be
paid at one go.
- Candidates selected for SFG will have to pay a monthly fee of Rs. ( To be decided ) and those in the reserve list will have to pay a monthly fee of Rs. ( To be decided ). Fees are to be paid once the candidate is selected for the program. A fee of Rs. 20 is to be paid additionally for a physical I-Card by all Offline students.
Important Dates and Updates:
- SFG 2024 Official Noticeboard: https://forumias.com/blog/sfg/
- Daily study plan of SFG 2024 Level-1 Click Here
- SFG Program Starts: 26th December 2023 | 7 AM
Please Note:
- If you have any clash with any other exam, you will get an opportunity to write the second entrance exam. Only those students will have the opportunity to write the specific entrance who will email other exam hall ticket to farej@flaviant.com.
- SFG will be conducted in both online and offline mode. In online mode, students will invariably be part of the RLG and not SFG.
- The tests will be supplemented with comprehensive discussions.
Here are some updates with respect to the SFG 2024
Level-1 Entrance Test:
- The duration of the test will be 1 hour. It will have
both GS and CSAT questions.
- There will be 50 questions. For every correct question,
there will be 2 marks, and for incorrect questions, there will be a negative
marking of -0.67
- It is expected that candidates will have gone through the
basic books and are aware of the concepts across different subjects.
- For GS part, you can expect a judicious mix of questions
from Polity (10 Questions), Economy (9 Questions), Indian History and Art
& Culture (9 Questions) and Indian geography (6 Questions). For
Current Affairs (6 Questions), questions will be asked from the last 3 months
i.e., August, September and October 2023.
- For CSAT part, a total of 10 questions from Reading
Comprehension, Reasoning, and Aptitude will be asked. The previous year's
question paper from 2013 can be used as a reference point for preparing these
topics.
- The entrance test will check the aspirant’s problem-solving aptitude within the provided time.
Note: Admissions to the SFG / RLG Group will only be on the basis of the merit position of the candidate in the entrance test.
No admission will be granted to the candidate without appearing for the Entrance Test.
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@farejul Dear sir ,
I have covered Vivek Singh Economy not Ramesh Singh would be please kind enough to provide the chapter or indexes that matches Vivek Singh Economy with Ramesh Singh because I'm the syllabus it is given Ramesh Singh. Thank yo
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@NeyawnSir is it recommended to read the whole economic survey or its summary would suffice?
@AtLightspeed On a serious note.... do not take the solutions of SFG tests to be 1000% correct. Take it with a pinch of salt. I had the same doubt, also, I have been getting disappointed by the answer key and the interpretations offered in Answer key. Now I simply don’t care about my marks or my Rank or the answer explanation for that matter. Read LAXMIKANTH, keep things which are doubtful in loop and note things down. Give priority to LAXMIKANT 1st and if there’s nothing available there, try to google about it and even if again u find nothing, go with SFG Explanation.
Thank You
@BadmoshRaja69 Thanks for the suggestion. That's what I am doing Laxmikant and the official government website. One wrong answer in an exam can dearly, so one has to be aware as well as consistent.
BadmoshRaja69,@AtLightspeed Great!!! All the very Best :)
AtLightspeed,
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@Aka227 See 6th January (parso ka) the hindu first page
Aditya_Mishra,Deleted
How much time is it taking you all to finish the daily syllabus for tests?
@Antihero It depends... if u cover NCERT, then 4-5 hours.. and if u go by standard book(if referring any) then, 2-3 hours but if u go by ur notes(if made for earlier attempts) then hardly an hour.
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Oh, so you just focusing on concepts right? Not going line by line...
BadmoshRaja69,
It depends but the thing is that na how deeply you want to cover the syallabus and how many times you have already revised in previously.
So for an amateur it can take 8-9hours ,sometimes 10-12hours too n if you are a pro having experience of 2 years or more then you can cover it within 2 hours excluding pyq's practice and the later one is imp onee.
Summery-depends on person to person.
Thank you
sch3615,AntiheroDeleted
@ayushiva2016bjq3l5 Sahi hai! :)
@Antihero What I feel... concepts should be primary target. Once, u understand the concept, other things start to get relatable. I can understand what u mean by going line to line, actually this takes a lot of time and u might find every line as important. I think one should always have Prelims PYQs when reading the NCERT/Standard Book. It gives a fair idea as if what is important and what is not. Using PYQs while reading will take down time substantially. Try it, it helped me, hope u find it useful too.
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@Antihero What I feel... concepts should be primary target. Once, u understand the concept, other things start to get relatable. I can understand what u mean by going line to line, actually this takes a lot of time and u might find every line as important. I think one should always have Prelims PYQs when reading the NCERT/Standard Book. It gives a fair idea as if what is important and what is not. Using PYQs while reading will take down time substantially. Try it, it helped me, hope u find it useful too.:)
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@BadmoshRaja69 Thank you for the suggestion! Will definitely try this. Mera syllabus bach jata hai, and then of course, tests mein there is this urge to attempt as many questions as possible. Phir guesswork starts and logic departs. Prelims is definitely not about this. :0
BadmoshRaja69,@Antihero Bhai Bhai Bhai Bhai....All the Best bruhhh!!!
Antihero,
@farejul sir, there's a discrepancy in the marks without any change in the Corrigendum.
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