Some suggestions regarding preparation of GS Paper II (Polity & IR) are needed.I gave my previous two mains by reading Vision Mains 365 and a little writing practice. My scores were 81 & 86 in Paper II.
I think i have reached plateau as far as vision mains 365 is concerned. This time i want to try something different, so far i am following issue based preparation as suggested by@Neyawn but it is so demanding (notes preparation & a lot of reading from different sources) plus it is not generating confidence as it should be (may be upcoming AWFG 2.0 could help).
So friends if you could give some valuable suggestions it would be highly appreciated.
Also upcoming attempt will be my last attempt. :(
But issu based preparation is the way to go. It took me a long time to realise this. Some of the best candidates who “predictably” get ranks ( as opposed to people who get ranks ) after strategising and all , have made crisp notes of issues.
I mean some people have cleared the exam just because of this. They earlier had the strategy of reading stuff end to end like we do for prelims.
But Mains requires you to answer only one question on a certain issue, so prepare accordingly.
People who have the habit of reading things back to back ( prelims hangover ) make tremendous progress once they switch the approach .
@Pureheart Have you tried by noting down just 5-7-9 things of each dimension on any issue ?
You can begin with that. If you have dearth of time, take up some classes if possible. It reduces the time taken to prepare.
Also please have an incremental approach . Don’t try to have perfect notes on Day zero.
@Neyawn sir, can you have a look at my issue based notes of any subject if they're fine? I consolidated GS notes during dec-feb period, just wanted a review since you've emphasized a lot regarding issue based notes.
Sure, you may share it here itself.
there are few best practices of issue based notes.
- They should be less than a page or so
- They should have some keywords/ facts
- They should be rough, and not pretty
- They should not have stuff that you already know and have internalised
- When in doubt focus on having 3/5/7 dimensions of the debate
Sir, what is 3/5/7 dimensions of debate?
Can anyone share vision IAS World history notes.Use this link and the website for all materials from all coachings.
https://freeupscmaterials.org/vision-ias-world-history-classroom-material-pdf/
Thanks :)
