@Raushanp Bhai no offense intended, but never judge someone's advice by whether they hv succeeded or not, coz there are many factors at work.
Secondly, someone who gets thru in first attempt can never be good at advising coz they only know one way of succeeding, if u want gud advice, go to someone who took 5(number may be of ur choice) attempts coz he knows of 4 ways that don't lead to success nd 'the one' that does indeed.
Thirdly, except for rare few, the faculties nd mentors at the civil services learning/coaching centres are those who never got thru finally yet so many toppers owe their success to them. Do u know why? (Arjuna was the greatest archer not Dronacharya, u r free to draw ur own conclusions from this) coz they hv ample experience of UPSC examination process under their belt. So accept what u like, reject what u don't. Best wishes, do good & remember this exam may be the means but can never be the only one & certainly not 'the End' .
