[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
@Neyawn Sir there has been a issue I guess lot of us are facing this time with SFG particularly in history and it is that statements are directly picked up from spectrum or say NCERT and put as questions and options. Now one way of looking at it is you want us to learn spectrum thoroughly and all but on the other hand what I see is it actually promotes and perpetuates rote learning and not applying the critical mindset.
Polity questions were analytical and expected thinking on broader lines and questions were not so direct but here in history questions are directly picked from book's para and even like if you miss a statement or just think on broader lines who will get the question wrong.
In history its all about interpretations and different people can see different causes for different events and its not true that spectrum is always right wrt to interpretation of events .
And hence would really like a change in pattern in the way questions are asked to actually help us think on broader lines and not really just rote learn spectrum.
Same issues I am highlighting on daily basis from start of Modern history portion before that all were fine. About questions with their subjective nature, sources consideration dwindling between NCERT and Spectrum. Agreed that we need in depth analysis but turning and twisting statements on base of spectrum unhidden meaning I am not able to analyse properly. Even in two days Modern history will be done but still I'm not sure about answering question and analysis part. Many of us are in same queue. Few are outspoken few are not.
Scored low again....When you score low, you feel disappointed, scared that a lot is still left to cover...
When you score high, you fear that this might be a one off case, and that there is still a lot left to cover... and it might just be a case where your negatives were very less, you could easily eliminate from options, and whatever you did worked.... You are scared that this might not happen in the actual exam....
I am exactly feeling this way... After two successive days of low scores in History, today was a bumper high. I have been weak in History, and I am aware of that... So, high or low, both mean the same to me now!!!
Today is a revision day!!! Have a lot to revise
Why? Because of two reasons mainly
Scored low again....When you score low, you feel disappointed, scared that a lot is still left to cover...
When you score high, you fear that this might be a one off case, and that there is still a lot left to cover... and it might just be a case where your negatives were very less, you could easily eliminate from options, and whatever you did worked.... You are scared that this might not happen in the actual exam....
I am exactly feeling this way... After two successive days of low scores in History, today was a bumper high. I have been weak in History, and I am aware of that... So, high or low, both mean the same to me now!!!
Today is a revision day!!! Have a lot to revise
Why? Because of two reasons mainly1) Confusion in the finer details...2) Interpretation issues....Moreover,@forumiasacademyplease update the keys for the previous year questions provided in your website to make them consistent with the official keys....The very thought that what if I lose marks in the actual UPSC exam, not because of factual errors, but because of interpretation issues, is making me anxious.
Especially after scoring at the edge in consecutive prelims 🥲
D7,BNA1991Exactly bro!!! Spot on....Scored low again....When you score low, you feel disappointed, scared that a lot is still left to cover...
When you score high, you fear that this might be a one off case, and that there is still a lot left to cover... and it might just be a case where your negatives were very less, you could easily eliminate from options, and whatever you did worked.... You are scared that this might not happen in the actual exam....
I am exactly feeling this way... After two successive days of low scores in History, today was a bumper high. I have been weak in History, and I am aware of that... So, high or low, both mean the same to me now!!!
Today is a revision day!!! Have a lot to revise
Why? Because of two reasons mainly1) Confusion in the finer details...2) Interpretation issues....Moreover,@forumiasacademyplease update the keys for the previous year questions provided in your website to make them consistent with the official keys....The very thought that what if I lose marks in the actual UPSC exam, not because of factual errors, but because of interpretation issues, is making me anxious.
Especially after scoring at the edge in consecutive prelims 🥲
Tina1997,Philosopher94Yeah most of Mrunal's solutions are corrected to make them consistent with the Official key, but this fear of "what if they didn't" is a constant fear.... So wherever possible I keep the official keys opened alongside@BNA1991 check Mrunal ka website, usme generally updated hote hai PYQs with the official ans key in my exp.
D7,SiddharthJohriNo bro... I download the official keys directly from UPSC... It is time taking, but I didn't find any institute that gives us the correct key as per UPSC...@BNA1991 Do you have the compilation of official keys at one place ? If so please share it! or point me in the right direction to find it! Thanks
bloom56,Exurb1a
MH_Vision_Offical.pdf .. this is supposedly made from UPSC key. But i haven't verified it yet as i'm not able to get the official keys from the UPSC site. Can you verify it for the controversial questions with the keys you have ?! If it is really so then set scene it is! BNA1991,can anybody clarify when exactly was the call for partition of india into Pakistan was made by the muslim league ( i thought it was the lahore session of 1940 but the solution confused me more)(Q34)
also does anyone have alistof all imp resolutions/changes made by muslim league leading to partition ?
No bro... I download the official keys directly from UPSC... It is time taking, but I didn't find any institute that gives us the correct key as per UPSC...@BNA1991 Do you have the compilation of official keys at one place ? If so please share it! or point me in the right direction to find it! ThanksI found errors even in Mrunal's PYQ book also...FOr example, today's question on QIM... the answer as per Mrunal was 'a' if I remember it right....
I have found multiple mismatches in Polity PYQ's too in Mrunal's! Post that, even I started crosschecking with the official keys if my gut tells the key in mrunal's is wrong! But today my gut and mrunal were both wrong regarding that QIM :( [My gut still feels Mahatma Gandhi is the leader of the movement :p ]
sstarrr,I got the new edition of Mrunal sir's PYQs by Disha Publications... The new edition specifically mentions that their keys are updated with the official keys. I checked a few PYQs where there was inconsistency in most keys. This book has corrected them.No bro... I download the official keys directly from UPSC... It is time taking, but I didn't find any institute that gives us the correct key as per UPSC...@BNA1991 Do you have the compilation of official keys at one place ? If so please share it! or point me in the right direction to find it! ThanksI found errors even in Mrunal's PYQ book also...FOr example, today's question on QIM... the answer as per Mrunal was 'a' if I remember it right....
I have found multiple mismatches in Polity PYQ's too in Mrunal's! Post that, even I started crosschecking with the official keys if my gut tells the key in mrunal's is wrong! But today my gut and mrunal were both wrong regarding that QIM :( [My gut still feels Mahatma Gandhi is the leader of the movement :p ]
Tina1997,I got the new edition of Mrunal sir's PYQs by Disha Publications... The new edition specifically mentions that their keys are updated with the official keys. I checked a few PYQs where there was inconsistency in most keys. This book has corrected them.No bro... I download the official keys directly from UPSC... It is time taking, but I didn't find any institute that gives us the correct key as per UPSC...@BNA1991 Do you have the compilation of official keys at one place ? If so please share it! or point me in the right direction to find it! ThanksI found errors even in Mrunal's PYQ book also...FOr example, today's question on QIM... the answer as per Mrunal was 'a' if I remember it right....
I have found multiple mismatches in Polity PYQ's too in Mrunal's! Post that, even I started crosschecking with the official keys if my gut tells the key in mrunal's is wrong! But today my gut and mrunal were both wrong regarding that QIM :( [My gut still feels Mahatma Gandhi is the leader of the movement :p ]
In fact, I saw today's QIM question in Previous edition. The answer given was a.But the latest edition mentions the correct answer as b.So I think these people have revised it with official keys....
Which edition is this
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/9355640005/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1I got the new edition of Mrunal sir's PYQs by Disha Publications... The new edition specifically mentions that their keys are updated with the official keys. I checked a few PYQs where there was inconsistency in most keys. This book has corrected them.No bro... I download the official keys directly from UPSC... It is time taking, but I didn't find any institute that gives us the correct key as per UPSC...@BNA1991 Do you have the compilation of official keys at one place ? If so please share it! or point me in the right direction to find it! ThanksI found errors even in Mrunal's PYQ book also...FOr example, today's question on QIM... the answer as per Mrunal was 'a' if I remember it right....
I have found multiple mismatches in Polity PYQ's too in Mrunal's! Post that, even I started crosschecking with the official keys if my gut tells the key in mrunal's is wrong! But today my gut and mrunal were both wrong regarding that QIM :( [My gut still feels Mahatma Gandhi is the leader of the movement :p ]
In fact, I saw today's QIM question in Previous edition. The answer given was a.But the latest edition mentions the correct answer as b.So I think these people have revised it with official keys....
Which edition is this
Tina1997,DauminashunSiddharthJohri,
@SiddharthJohri Yes. Check your DM
Hey buddy, can you DM me the same as well. Thank you!
Sorry I am bothering you all but i am really not satisfied with my scores in SFG. It really showed me the mirror that I am lacking in lot of areas. I am working hard doing things religiously and following the schedule. I am unable to find out what is going wrong after putting a lot of hard work. My confidence has taken a dip and i am having sleepless nights struggling with my self.
any suggestions what can I do to improve myself ?
MGNFtoSprint,
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