[Official] SFG 2022 - Level 1 | Calendar & Noticeboard
6th February Update:
Dear Students,
We are writing to inform you that the Delhi and Patna Centre will be open to writing the test in offline mode from 8th Feb. Tuesday. If you want to write the exam in Offline Mode at Delhi and Patna Centre so please fill the below form. https://go.forumias.com/75 The registered candidates will only be allowed to write the SFG test in offline mode.
Should there be anything else we can help you with please write to us at helpdesk@forumias.academy
5th February Update:
Dear Students,
Rank list for SFG 2022 – Level 1 of 1st month have been declared
To see the rank list please Click on the link below:
https://go.forumias.com/73
The last date of fee payment is 7th February 2022 | 05 PM.
Fees of the
second month for students selected in SFG (Select Focus Group) -
Rs. 1300 + GST (18%) per month
Payment Link: https://go.forumias.com/71
Fees of the second month for students
selected in RLG (Reserve List Group) - Rs. 1900 + GST (18%) per
month
Payment Link: https://go.forumias.com/72
It is likely that if
you do not renew on time, you will miss a few tests. Also, after a few tests,
you will not be allowed to join, because it defeats the whole purpose of (a)
doing a program completely and (b) inculcating discipline.
We hope you
understand.
For any support, you
can write to us at helpdesk@forumias.academy.
If you are not selected in the rank list you can write to us atfarej@flaviant.com
Update:
- Second and Last Entrance Test will be on 2nd Jan 2022 at 11AM in online mode. Click here to register for it. Those who are not selected in Test 1 can reapply and take a second chance.
- If you have any clash with any other exam, you will get an opportunity to write the exam. Please contact Mr Farej at farej@flaviant.com with valid document proof.
- SFG is available in both online mode and offline mode at Hyderabad, Patna, and New Delhi
- For Entrance Test 2, we have a well defined syllabus. Check the syllabus athttps://blog.forumias.com/SFG
Update on Nov 10 : Check the Official SFG Noticeboard herehttps://blog.forumias.com/SFG
Dear Students,
The storm of Prelims 2021 has just settled and you must have entered a phase to evaluate your preparation level while analyzing the changing nature of the Prelims exam. The Commission has stood up to its reputation to be dynamic, challenging, and ever-evolving. This year we have seen the continuation of conceptual questions derived from a rich balance of static and current affairs, there has also been a return of pre-2013 format with assertion/reasoning based questions, questions on personality, and major sports events etc.
Validating our performance with more than 2000+ selections in 2021 through our SFG Test series, we are hereby entering the 4th year of one of our most innovative programs for successfully cracking the Prelims Examination.
The Select Focus Group test series has been designed exactly to the demand of the Prelims examination. In Level 1 we will focus on:
- Developing theart of solving prelimsquestionsalong with developing a considerable knowledge base.
- Completechapter-wise coverageof standard books and all NCERTs (often neglected by students).
- 10Previous Years Questionswill be covered in each test, to accustom the students towards the type of questions asked by UPSC.
- Focusing onanalytical questionswith interlinkages of different dimensions.
- We will not be covering current affairs at this level, ratherfocus on the static syllabusand get it done comprehensively.
Notice: SFG 2022 - Level 1 Entrance test is now scheduled to be held on 26th Dec. 2021 and the program will start from 10th Jan. 2021. If the government allows the education institutes to reopen, then the tests will be conducted via both online and offline modes for all our centres. Otherwise, we will be conducting the tests in offline mode in Hyderabad and Patna centres and in online mode for the rest of the country. The registration for the test can be done byclicking here. |
SFG – 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. Every single candidate selected and retained consistently in the group with Top ranks has cleared the Prelims examination in the past.
100 Students will be selected for the Select Focus Group, through the SFG Entrance Test, who will be required to report at 7AM every day 5 days a week to write an hour-long test based on a pre-planned syllabus, followed by a discussion on the same.
Candidates who are unable to make it to the SFG, will be maintained in a Reserve List, who can also write the tests. Candidates who couldn’t clear the cutoff and are unable to make it into both SFG and RLG can register for the 2nd Entrance Test.
Tests are conducted daily and results are provided within 8 hours of the test with Name and Rank list for candidates 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 the 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 20% or so non-performing students are eliminated from the program to maintain the quality of competition.
All candidates writing the CSE 2022 are eligible to apply for the entrance test.
This year we introduce some changes as to how we conduct the SFG exam. Please note that changes that we bring are always in response to the examination pattern, the student feedback, and our own learning with respect to how to best enable a serious candidate to clear the exam.
Application Procedure
- The program will commence from 10th January 2022, admission to which will be entrance-based. The Entrance Test will be conducted on 26th December 2021 in both online and offline mode. The results of the Entrance Test will be announced by 28th Dec. 2021.
- 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 by paying a fee of Rs. 500+ GST. Candidates can register by visitinghttps://go.forumias.com/sfg22entrance. 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 Group or the Reserve List.
- 100 students will be selected for SFG - 50 from online mode and 50 from students who gave the test in offline mode in Delhi and Patna center. The remaining students will be selected for RLG. Students can switch from online to the offline mode or vice versa before attempting the first test. The ranklist of online and offline students will be published separately.
- The candidate must pay the program fee as per the group he/she is allocated.
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.
Fee Structure and Details:
The course duration is about 60 days and fees will be charged after your selection to the SFG/RLG list.
- Fees for First Month( 5 weeks ) will be Rs. 1700 + GST for SFG and Rs. 2300 + GST for RLG
- Fees for the second monthwill be Rs. 1300 + GST for SFG & Rs. 1900 + GST for RLG
Important Dates:
SFG 2022 Level 1 – Calendar Released – 10th November 2021 | 08:00 PM
Entrance Test 1 – 26th Dec. 2021 | For offline: slots will be provided at the centre.
Notice: If the government allows the education institutes to reopen, then the tests will be conducted via both online and offline modes for all our centres. Otherwise, we will be conducting the tests in offline mode in Hyderabad and Patna centres and in online mode for the rest of the country.
Result of Entrance Test 1 – 28th Dec. 2021
Entrance Test 2 - 2nd January 2022 @11 AM | Online Mode Only
Result of Entrance Test 2 - 4th January 2022 | 5 PM
Last Date for Fee Payment – 9th January 2021 | 5 PM
Program Commencement – 10th January 2021
Adult franchise is about equal voting rights for everyone, agreed. But in the context of the given statement, it seems more about the freedom of choice of the people to elect or vote out the representatives.
Can someone explain this?
What does Universal Adult franchise mean? In one line ? You have your answer there.
I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS
Adult franchise is about equal voting rights for everyone, agreed. But in the context of the given statement, it seems more about the freedom of choice of the people to elect or vote out the representatives.
Can someone explain this?
Idk if this is sound but the way I solved this was, that the concept of UAF stands more for equal rights than it does for freedom of choice to choose representatives. The second statement was an explanation for political sovereignty. So the most appropriate option in my opinion was equal rights, as seldom have I seen a question in GS where the context alters the most appropriate answer.
@Darvey78 @Neyawn sir. According to me, Equal rights is the most appropriate answer. Here, Universal adult franchise means givingequal rights to every individualwho is 18 years or above irrespective of caste, religion, sex or any other qualification. The wordUniversaljustifies equal rights to people. Hope it is correct.
Ayushi7,
Adult franchise is about equal voting rights for everyone, agreed. But in the context of the given statement, it seems more about the freedom of choice of the people to elect or vote out the representatives.
Can someone explain this?
Idk if this is sound but the way I solved this was, that the concept of UAF stands more for equal rights than it does for freedom of choice to choose representatives. The second statement was an explanation for political sovereignty. So the most appropriate option in my opinion was equal rights, as seldom have I seen a question in GS where the context alters the most appropriate answer.
"Seldome have I seen a question in GD where ghe context alters the most appropriate answer."
You have made a good observatio .
Remember two things.
1. Even in Mains, if you have a paragraph long text, followed by a direct question, remember that you will get marks for answering the direct question ultimately
2. In life if someone tells you a long good thing and then put a but and then says sonething else - the part said before "but" is BS.
Example, "Though your marks are very good, and you have studied very hard, and you deserve to clear this exam more than you friends , but ..."
Example 2: "Look i really like you, but .."
I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS
today somehow mange by sleeping at 2 am nd waking at 6 :30 ..black coffee and test nd then sleep again !!
so thing is change in routine will take time , nothing magical going to happen ..but test cant wait ...so better to make such arrangement for time being and slowly slowly change the sleeping pattern to 11 pm ..thats what i m thinking !!! and avoiding afternoon naps anyhow ...this further push the sleep time in night !
fortarach63,Thankyou@Neyawn @theskyisthelimit @BMalinowski
Learning for the day - Stick to the basics and do not over-complicate simple concepts.
Torque,JoMarch2021
@Neyawn@SFGTeamI am attempting the tests offline at Hyderabad centre.... Today, the score that I see in my portal for the third test is not my score... I would score 82.67.... The score being shown there is 64
When I checked the solutions, my responses are not matching with what is being shown there....
In fact, I did not attempt Question 48, but it is being shown that I attempted that question...
So clearly, a wrong OMR might have been uploaded against my name... or someone else's marks have been added to my name!!!
@Neyawn@SFGTeamI am attempting the tests offline at Hyderabad centre.... Today, the score that I see in my portal for the third test is not my score... I would score 82.67.... The score being shown there is 64
When I checked the solutions, my responses are not matching with what is being shown there....In fact, I did not attempt Question 48, but it is being shown that I attempted that question...
So clearly, a wrong OMR might have been uploaded against my name... or someone else's marks have been added to my name!!!
The last time this happened was when a candidate had just entered one digit wrong in her roll number and someone else result was screwed.
@farejul kindly fix this!
I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS
@Neyawn@SFGTeamI am attempting the tests offline at Hyderabad centre.... Today, the score that I see in my portal for the third test is not my score... I would score 82.67.... The score being shown there is 64
When I checked the solutions, my responses are not matching with what is being shown there....In fact, I did not attempt Question 48, but it is being shown that I attempted that question...
So clearly, a wrong OMR might have been uploaded against my name... or someone else's marks have been added to my name!!!
The last time this happened was when a candidate had just entered one digit wrong in her roll number and someone else result was screwed.
@farejul kindly fix this!
@BNA1991 Resolved now. Kindly check your portal. We will look into the matter and hope that such incidents do not happen again in the future.
Thank you sir... Resolved now.. Thanks a lot@Neyawn@SFGTeamI am attempting the tests offline at Hyderabad centre.... Today, the score that I see in my portal for the third test is not my score... I would score 82.67.... The score being shown there is 64
When I checked the solutions, my responses are not matching with what is being shown there....In fact, I did not attempt Question 48, but it is being shown that I attempted that question...
So clearly, a wrong OMR might have been uploaded against my name... or someone else's marks have been added to my name!!!
The last time this happened was when a candidate had just entered one digit wrong in her roll number and someone else result was screwed.
@farejul kindly fix this!
@BNA1991 Resolved now. Kindly check your portal. We will look into the matter and hope that such incidents do not happen again in the future.
Does tommorrrow paper syllabus contain local governments? Or it is in syllabus of 15 Jan? Kindly confirm.
@SFGTeam Please do the needful..
So yesterday who got just 40marks has scored perfect 100 .if it’s your hard work please tell us as well what made the score jump so much.
P.S-a genuine question not trolling or questioning your ability
@Neyawn sir i got 74(rank 227) in 1st test,75.33( rank 81) in 2nd and 79.33(rank 109) in the 3rd test.The rank list comment is Top performance in all three.
But many of us are unable to get the answer ki hum kaisa kar rahe hai..approx on an average per year SFG se kitne log pre nikalte hai..?
jack_Sparrow,
Ayushi7,@Rancho_
@Neyawn @farejul link to report doubtful questions is not working so posting here and emailing somethings I found wrong
4. Consider the following statements regarding the Supreme court of India:
1. The Constitution authorises the President to appoint places other than Delhi as seat of the Supreme Court.
2. The Constitutional cases or references made by the President under Article 143 are decided by a Bench consisting of at least five judges.
3. All proceedings in the Supreme court should be in English, but petitions can be allowed in Hindi along with English.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
भारत के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के संबंध में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें।
1. संविधान राष्ट्रपति को दिल्ली के अलावा अन्य स्थानों को सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के स्थान के रूप में नियुक्त करने का अधिकार देता है।
2. अनुच्छेद 143 के तहत राष्ट्रपति द्वारा दिए गए संवैधानिक मामलों या संदर्भों का निर्णय कम से कम पांच न्यायाधीशों वाली पीठ द्वारा किया जाता है।
3. सुप्रीम कोर्ट में सभी कार्यवाही अंग्रेजी में होनी चाहिए, लेकिन याचिकायें अंग्रेजी के साथ हिंदी में भी डाली जा सकती है।
ऊपर दिए गए कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं?
लोक अदालतों के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कथन सही है?
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