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[Official] SFG 2022 - Level 1 | Calendar & Noticeboard

SFG 2022 - Level 1 | Entrance Test 2 - 2nd Jan. 2022 @11 AM (Updated)

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. SFG is available in both online mode and offline mode at Hyderabad, Patna, and New Delhi
  4. 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:

  1. Developing theart of solving prelimsquestionsalong with developing a considerable knowledge base.
  2. Completechapter-wise coverageof standard books and all NCERTs (often neglected by students).
  3. 10Previous Years Questionswill be covered in each test, to accustom the students towards the type of questions asked by UPSC.
  4. Focusing onanalytical questionswith interlinkages of different dimensions.
  5. 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

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@BNA1991 will you like to have a bath at 6 in patna?in winter 😁😁


Am in Jaipur and did that for initial two days, used to get into library by 6:50 but then down with cold & fever.

Learning: Bina nahaye bhi Vidhya aa jati h :P

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@Lawstice mera graduation jaipur se hua hai..Jaipur ki thand 🙏🙏🥲


Lawstice,
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Q. 40  Isn’t there any difference between “Role in enactment” and “Executive Role of Governor”? Or am just over interpreting!  

Help@Neyawn Sir!

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@Lawstice I hope there's definitely a difference between the two. 
Role in enactment is part of the legislative process. The process of a bill becoming an act completes with the Governor's assent, unless reserved for President.
Executive role is a much larger domain where all executive actions of the state are carried out in the Governor's name. The workings of the government (not legislature/assembly) is all that falls in the executive work. All of that is carried out in Governor's name. 


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@SFGTeam 

Q11Nehru has been seen as supporting panchayats and democratic decentralisation in sociology ncert and various other govt sources 

Posting a paragraph from egyankosh on local governance Jawaharlal Nehru also referred to the existence of democratic institutions at the village level in ancient India and said that India’s strength really lay in ‘her widespread system of village republics or self-governing Panchayats’. These Panchayats were ‘elected by the village folk and thus there was a basis of democracy in this system.

Class 12 ncert also says he only saw sawextreme localism as a threatto unity and integrity 

Q44answer should be d 

paragraph from NCERT says 

Justice,
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In Polity NCERT page 96, it's written that "most importantly, only the central government can take disciplinary action against them" w.r.t AIS officers. 

Solution for Question 5 says that the state government can also take disciplinary action. Can someone please clarify this point?


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@Neyawn Sir 

despite of my undivided efforts in covering SFG syllabus(able to cover only 80% of it), I m still hanging in between 40s and 50s. Kindly guide me how to score better ?

And my biggest concern is I am not getting time to revise the things or points I am lacking in.


RahulSharma2,
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@VishalDixit there is an issue in these cases. Where different sources say different things.

Like in 2 cases in today’s test
1. NCERT mentions of vote no confidence against a single minister. But from Standard source NCM can’t be moved against a single minister, only censure can. (May be they meant the essence of it or i don’t know)
2. state government do take disciplinary actions. Suspension of various officers (when they misbehaved with people during COVID) was in news done by the respective state govt.

Other two I have already mentioned.

I don’t know how to attempt such conflicting questions.@SFGTeam please do share some directives.
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@AJBubbles I completely agree with you. 
Is it correct to say that 11th NCERT for polity is more useful for concepts and not for detailed facts?
For ex., NCERT doesn't mention Attorney General as being part of executive


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State Govts to which the AIS officers are allotted can take disciplinary action against them. 


I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS

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@Neyawn Sir 

despite of my undivided efforts in covering SFG syllabus(able to cover only 80% of it), I m still hanging in between 40s and 50s. Kindly guide me how to score better ?

And my biggest concern is I am not getting time to revise the things or points I am lacking in.


You will have to share what is your preparation history - as in since when have you been preparing. Is this the first time you are reading these books?


I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS

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@VishalDixit there is an issue in these cases. Where different sources say different things.

Like in 2 cases in today’s test
1. NCERT mentions of vote no confidence against a single minister. But from Standard source NCM can’t be moved against a single minister, only censure can. (May be they meant the essence of it or i don’t know)
2. state government do take disciplinary actions. Suspension of various officers (when they misbehaved with people during COVID) was in news done by the respective state govt.

Other two I have already mentioned.

I don’t know how to attempt such conflicting questions.@SFGTeam please do share some directives.

For the first one, NCERT says that even if a vote of no confidence is moved against a single minister, the entire COM resigns. This means that moving such a vote against one minister is like moving a vote against the entire COM. So effectively the vote of no confidence can't be moved against a single minister. 

The statement would have been correct if a vote of no confidence against an individual lead to that member's resignation only. 


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Once a bill is reserved for assent of President, the executive role of Governor on that bill ends- isnt it legislative role?
lord_voldemort,
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Neyawnsaid

@Neyawn Sir 

despite of my undivided efforts in covering SFG syllabus(able to cover only 80% of it), I m still hanging in between 40s and 50s. Kindly guide me how to score better ?

And my biggest concern is I am not getting time to revise the things or points I am lacking in.


You will have to share what is your preparation history - as in since when have you been preparing. Is this the first time you are reading these books?

No Sir. 2022 will be my fourth attempt flunked two times by a bit of margin in prelims preparing from January 2020 whole heartedly.

I have been through ncerts twice and laxmikant a couple of times. and I fullly understand from the previous attempts there is a serious issue in my revision. Despite of revising I m not able to recall the concepts in the exam.

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@VishalDixit there is an issue in these cases. Where different sources say different things.

Like in 2 cases in today’s test
1. NCERT mentions of vote no confidence against a single minister. But from Standard source NCM can’t be moved against a single minister, only censure can. (May be they meant the essence of it or i don’t know)
2. state government do take disciplinary actions. Suspension of various officers (when they misbehaved with people during COVID) was in news done by the respective state govt.

Other two I have already mentioned.

I don’t know how to attempt such conflicting questions.@SFGTeam please do share some directives.

For the first one, NCERT says that even if a vote of no confidence is moved against a single minister, the entire COM resigns. This means that moving such a vote against one minister is like moving a vote against the entire COM. So effectively the vote of no confidence can't be moved against a single minister. 

The statement would have been correct if a vote of no confidence against an individual lead to that member's resignation only. 


"For the first one, NCERT says that even if a vote of no confidence is moved against a single minister, the entire COM resigns" This is calledcollective responsibility. At this point the PM has a choice to remove the Minister. If he does not, and such a motion is passed, it votes out the entire government.


I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS

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Neyawnsaid

@Neyawn Sir 

despite of my undivided efforts in covering SFG syllabus(able to cover only 80% of it), I m still hanging in between 40s and 50s. Kindly guide me how to score better ?

And my biggest concern is I am not getting time to revise the things or points I am lacking in.


You will have to share what is your preparation history - as in since when have you been preparing. Is this the first time you are reading these books?

No Sir. 2022 will be my fourth attempt flunked two times by a bit of margin in prelims preparing from January 2020 whole heartedly.

I have been through ncerts twice and laxmikant a couple of times. and I fullly understand from the previous attempts there is a serious issue in my revision. Despite of revising I m not able to recall the concepts in the exam.

It takes me 3-5 revisions at least to recall something. Some people take more than that, some people take less thant that. You will have to see how you revise.

Do you mark with ticks or build boxes around things from which questions may come.


I am no knight. Do not call me Sir|Philosophy behind ForumIAS

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Neyawnsaid

Neyawnsaid

@Neyawn Sir 

despite of my undivided efforts in covering SFG syllabus(able to cover only 80% of it), I m still hanging in between 40s and 50s. Kindly guide me how to score better ?

And my biggest concern is I am not getting time to revise the things or points I am lacking in.


You will have to share what is your preparation history - as in since when have you been preparing. Is this the first time you are reading these books?

No Sir. 2022 will be my fourth attempt flunked two times by a bit of margin in prelims preparing from January 2020 whole heartedly.

I have been through ncerts twice and laxmikant a couple of times. and I fullly understand from the previous attempts there is a serious issue in my revision. Despite of revising I m not able to recall the concepts in the exam.

It takes me 3-5 revisions at least to recall something. Some people take more than that, some people take less thant that. You will have to see how you revise.

Do you mark with ticks or build boxes around things from which questions may come.

No Sir i don't mark. 

That's i think is the problem how i revise. What i have figured is simply reading is not helping me. 

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@Neyawn thank you sir

can you please clarify Q13 and 44 as well?

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Statement 1: Parliament must meet at least twice a year

Statement 2 : There is no minimum number of days that Parliament is required to meet in a year

Both the statements are true as per solution, but for me one contradicts the other. Can someone throw light on these statements, Am I missing something here?

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