@Neyawn sir i want to ask a question 🙋 ie how to get most out of MGP PROGRAM means I have facing a doubt that is
- Do i watch Answer discussion video after giving the test .
- Or do i watch answer discussion video with my checked answer copy .
Thanks. 🙏
Waiting for response sir.
This is for any Mains Test Series. This is what I have seen some people who have nailed the Civils with a Top Rank with Mains Test Series.
First, do not assume that Test Series is only for "Answer Writing Practice". It is also for a paced preparation for the exam. If you are a complete beginner, a good way to proceed would be to to first make a list of issues of topics from which questions can come from a topic. For example, if you have Polity - first few chapters, questins will be from Preable values, Basic Structure doctrine etc. They have to be prepared well and you can expect questions from those areas.
This is a competitive examination, and while for Prelims we read everything, for Mains, we have to focus on "issues" from which questions can be asked. You can use magazines such as Epic , and make one page notes on each isse and book it under Paper 2, 3 4 etc. You can expect questions comevered in magazines from Mains magazine in the MTS.
If at all you have teething problems, a good approach is also to see the question paper first , and make a lit of topics from which questions are asked and then prepare those topics. Preparing 20 topics is not an easy task, but if you do that, with over 10 tests and 200 topics prepared, you will be very well prepared.
When you prepare the topics, makes notes, and then attempt the paper WITHOUT looking at the notes. Answer writing has to be done from memory. If you try this for 4-5 papers, you will develop a knack for it.
Remember that there is a difference between someone who has written 12-15 tests and someone who is not.
Someone who has written let us say 12 tests, means 36 hours of answer writing. If the person studies at least 20 hours before each test, that adds up to 240 hours of focussed studying for the test. That will show in the paper.
And do not try to be perfect. Try making progress, that is more important.
I had a kid write 7 questions the first time I met him write the paper in the class. He improved with time, got Rank 13. When he got the rank, he was there at the center wearing shorts, he couldn't believe it ! :D
Start small, make it big.
