It is said to make your revision schedule daily , weekly and monthly for longer retention.
Personally i think its very hard to do especially when you have a large chunk of syllabus hanging over your head.
I have in my previous attempts revised on an circular basis , i.e. when all subjects have been read, come back to subject 1 .
Not recommended.
Now, I am trying to allocate 1 day a week for revision.
I tend to find it easier to divide the syllabus myself because I revise in blocks that make sense to me. I suggested revising along with test series ka schedule because when you’re doing it the first time around (since they mentioned it’s their first attempt) it’s difficult to divide the entire syllabus efficiently. That said, one must do what makes the most sense to them.
could you pls explain how you divide the syllabus and revise block-wise?
I struggle with a committed revision schedule and in the past have done the "circular method", which someone mentioned above
It is said to make your revision schedule daily , weekly and monthly for longer retention.
Personally i think its very hard to do especially when you have a large chunk of syllabus hanging over your head.
I have in my previous attempts revised on an circular basis , i.e. when all subjects have been read, come back to subject 1 .
Not recommended.
Now, I am trying to allocate 1 day a week for revision.
I tend to find it easier to divide the syllabus myself because I revise in blocks that make sense to me. I suggested revising along with test series ka schedule because when you’re doing it the first time around (since they mentioned it’s their first attempt) it’s difficult to divide the entire syllabus efficiently. That said, one must do what makes the most sense to them.
could you pls explain how you divide the syllabus and revise block-wise?
I struggle with a committed revision schedule and in the past have done the "circular method", which someone mentioned above
Fair word of warning this might not be the best way to revise if you haven’t quite built some comfort with the syllabus yet so i would recommend this only as a revision after you’ve done one round of reading and note-making for things. So the blocks are usually chapters that go together. For example it makes sense to read FD, FR and DPSPs together, or the 73rd+ 74th+ Scheduled areas and UTs together. Similarly i created blocks for all subjects. Basically information that was easier to be assimilated if you grouped it together.
Its also easier to identify chapters and areas that you struggle with much easer this way, because you pick up a block and see what you know and what you aren’t comfortable with in that particular block. I used to make a mental note of what i found difficulty and made sure to start my block revision with a quick recap of that chapter before moving on to other chapters in that block.
I wouldn’t advise the circular revision method for the first 2 revisions because you end up taking so much time with those revisions that by the time you come back around to the subject again, its like starting fresh. The circular method is great if your revision cycles are short i.e nearer the exam when you can get through masses of information within 2-3 days.
thank you, this is extremely helpful in getting a wider perspective of how revision can be done!
14th July, 2022
1. Morning - WPT - Plato, Aristotle reading + PYQs
2. Post-Lunch - finish the above by 6PM
3. Evening - newspapers (both old and new)
4. Post-Dinner - note making of Politics in India Since Independence NCERT
fun day ahead! :)
1. and 2. still remain as i felt increasing bouts of drowsiness till about 6PM. I do not know what to blame, the drag which WPT is proving to be or just general sluggishness which sleeping a lot does, haha
3. is done
4. 1/5 of Polity NCERT is done. Had heard and known about Rosa Parks before and the famous "bus protest", but reading about her in the NCERT today, made me read up on her wikipedia page and I felt so moved by her extraordinary courage and the kind of life she has led
slow day, but useful.
15th July, 2022
1. Morning - Plato by 2PM
2. Post Lunch - Aristotle
3. Evening - Newspapers (both old and new)
4. Post Dinner - Polity NCERT 2/5 with note making (3)
struggle continued for both 1 and 2, but progress from yesterday
3 is done
4 started on a good note, made some headway, then hit by some general anxiety
Since there are a number of PSIR students here on this thread, I had this problem which I want to resolve quickly and move on.
I joined PSIR tests with some value addition in the form of PYQs at a coaching.
In their schedule, they mentioned they would start with WPT and the usual order of things.
Today, out of the blue, they took up IR theories from Paper 2.
They plan to spend one week on PYQs discussion, then the next on week on solving tests.
This is my first time, going though PSIR in detail. I am relatively still new to the ways of the subject.
My question is should I go with the flow of the coaching, i.e. start with IR, or should I start with WPT of Paper 1?(as the thinkers form the base of the subject).
Its quite underwhelming and sombre to read India's rank at 101/116 on the Global Hunger Index and the fact that we are behind all of our neighbours, with the lone exception of Afghanistan who we graciously send wheat to.
There are different reasons and government officials have also called expressed their opposition to the methodology used.
newspaper reports say the ranking is ascribed to factors like maternal distress, early marriages, poor sanitation, access to food grains through PDS, but not access to wholesome meals. Maybe, a case should be made for making the noble egg as a staple in food distribution programs, beyond mid-day meals.
All this, while I dismissively order overpriced sushi on Swiggy.
Hi bhai.I am doing good. Unconventional sa hi approach I can afford with less time at disposals focusing on solving Workbooks+ will do FLTs in the last 30 days or so.
Also,I have always felt some differences between Mocks and actual Prelims(could be quite wrong)-
Elimination- Easier in Actual Prelims vis a vis Mocks.
Make or break Sections- Those that have easier questions. Polity and Economics(maybe, Geography in the past 1-2 years) decides if one clears or not.
Tricks and all- Certainly work in actual prelims, if not that much in mocks. Not every answer turns out to be right but the net result is positive.
somehow, I have ended up with the opposite conclusion!
I feel UPSC has a set/limited number of questions, in which elimination can be used, rest are usually questions to be attempted through lateral thinking, an educated guess, intuition and all. Overall elimination statements are less, I think.
I feel mock tests give you a wider scope to use elimination strategies, of course there are certain mock tests which are VERY difficult, ignoring them and looking at the average mock paper, there seems to be more options and chances given to eliminate and to reach the actual answer.
Maybe for UPSC, there is more focus on conceptual clarity, which reduces the elimination chances and now with the pairing questions, they are on the path of eliminating the elimination!
Personally, I love the elimination questions, so much joy when just by striking one statement out, a complex question can be solved easily!
