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UPSC CSE 2025 Related Discussion

As I couldn't find a group for everyday target tracking for cse'25 aspirants, here is one I created.

DM,Ayushi7and37 otherslike this
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Have Been Following this forum blog for many days and even years you one can say.

I am blank after 30th September as i am not able to focus on my study.

I am a Government Employees new into my job still settling into it and not in a mood to do worl that is assignes even 1% of it

Work environment is also not that good as state govt level C job.

I was studying in good way but something happened and lost the overall rhythm and still not able to come back.

Reading newspaper and solving mcqs is the bare minimum i am doing.  i was doing mains answer writing sincerely but idk how i lost the track of it.

Just confessing that i am stuck and couldn't come out of this lathergy.

I have joined forum Mgp as this being my last attempt. And given 4 test already.  

Neyawn,CRISPRCas9and4 otherslike this
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Guys some of my friends and seniors started personalised coaching in UPSC with help of AI and gamification techniques.


This helps in being consistents, competing with peers seeing leader board scores etc..
They are also conducting an online session for better guidance to aspirants preparing for 2026 via their SUPER FOCUS group !


Today they are conducting an online session at 10PM to discuss and help Professional working aspirants to create their own timeline , schedule etc...
So feel free to join the session and make the most out of it ! (details in next post)




PS : Admin@Neyawn helping some of our friends, kindly dont ban from the group.
Infact we would be very glad if you can look into their product and give your feedback.

Here is the main product SuperKalam: Your Personal Super Mentor

you can get summary of the Hindu daily as per UPSC Pov
Get model answers for any random question you think in UPSC format
get your answer sheets corrected as well

They are using AI to create Essay and GS model answers, Correct papers just by uploading pdfs etc..


Please let us know your view :)


If any inconvenience can DM and will do the needful

tedmosby,TheNishkaamAspirant
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We know many of you are struggling to manage your job and UPSC preparation side by side - we know how it feels but trust us it's doable 💪


⚡️ Join us tonight for a LIVE AMA: "Balancing Work and UPSC" where we’ll help you with:


- Time management tips that actually works


- Staying consistent despite a busy schedule 


- Smart strategies to cover your syllabus along side your job 🎯


✅ Register for this FREE AMA session tonight at :   https://lu.ma/5gq1uqg1

If you register and couldnt attend the sessions, you will still get the audio / video notes of this session

tedmosby,
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TheNishkaamAspirantsaid

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Back to uni, but missing classes today to finish off backlogs. 

1. Revise entire geo covered till now

2. Finish notes and answer writing for Mill

1- 70% done, 2- done w notes, answers remain

Everytime I get serious and regular in prep, i somehow begin to lose sleep. Everytime. 

I don't feel like going to the dept today either. 

The targets- 

1. Finish geo revision 

2. Mill answers 

3. Make a broad plan for mid-Oct-Nov phase 

happySisyphus,
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On a side note, how much prep does one need for SFG entrance? @Neyawn @DM  and others? 

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Chief Sagesaid

Have Been Following this forum blog for many days and even years you one can say.

I am blank after 30th September as i am not able to focus on my study.

I am a Government Employees new into my job still settling into it and not in a mood to do worl that is assignes even 1% of it

Work environment is also not that good as state govt level C job.

I was studying in good way but something happened and lost the overall rhythm and still not able to come back.

Reading newspaper and solving mcqs is the bare minimum i am doing.  i was doing mains answer writing sincerely but idk how i lost the track of it.

Just confessing that i am stuck and couldn't come out of this lathergy.

I have joined forum Mgp as this being my last attempt. And given 4 test already.  

This is the worst time for anyone preparing for Civils. Both exam and result are far far away. Nearness to exam brings the much needed sense of urgency.

Where are you located?

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

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@Neyawn I am in Sidhi A District of Madhya Pradesh. 
This is my Work Place also.


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Finished #1, and 50% of #2. Targets for today -
1. Finish remaining optional portion
2. Start optional topic 2
3. Ethics case studies


Done with all targets. Targets for today -
1. Ethics handouts
2. Optional topic 2 (contd.)


Finished both targets. Targets for today -
1. Optional topic 2 (contd.)
2. August current affairs


Finished both targets. Targets for today -
1. Optional topic 2 (contd.)
2. August CA note-making


Finished #2, partially finished #1. Targets for today -
1. Finish yesterday's optional portion
2. Optional part B topic 1
3. Essay practice


Finished #1, didn't do #2 and #3. Targets for today -
1. Finish optional topic 2
2. Start part B topic 1
3. Essay


Finished #1 and #2, #3 left. Targets for today -
1. Do optional part B topic 1
2. Revise topic 2

Will brainstorm essay and ethics PYQs tomorrow onwards.

Finished both. Targets for today -
1. Finish optional part B topic 1
2. Collect essay anecdotes, see topper copies
3. Ethics PYQs


Finished all. Targets for today -
1. Optional part B topic 2
2. Essay brainstorming
3. Ethics PYQs


Finished all targets. Targets for today -
1. Optional mini test
2. Essay practice test


Finished #1, shifted #2 to weekend. Writing 2 tests on the same day is perhaps a bit too ambitious for now. Targets for today -
1. Optional topic 3
2. Ethics PYQs
3. Essay - see topper copies


Finished #1. Took an impromptu break, so #2 and #3 unfinished. Targets for today -
1. Finish optional topic 3
2. Finish yesterday's targets


Impromptu break turned into impromptu back pain, derailing the weekend. Targets for today -
1. Finish newspaper backlog
2. Cover weekend backlog


Finished #1, #2 pending. Targets for today -
1. Cover weekend backlog
2. Cover CA backlog
Also thinking of joining AWFG for revising GS 1-4 and answer writing practice. Anyone else considering joining?


TheNishkaamAspirant,
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TheNishkaamAspirantsaid

On a side note, how much prep does one need for SFG entrance? @Neyawn @DM  and others? 

More specifically, how should I prepare? I gave attempts in 2021 and 22, failed pre both times, and was on break from this prep since Jan'23. I am currently in the second year of my masters, and re-started prep in September. I am currently focusing on subjects that I was particularly weak at– geography, environment, science & tech. I am taking classes for these, but finding it hard to manage time, and confused whether I would be able to revise other core subjects before SFG entrance. I am also yet to begin with current affairs. 

How should I go about my prep– any guidance would be useful. I want to enroll for SFG because no other program offers such rigourous practice for pre. But at the same time, i am worried I might not clear it's entrance because I have been out of touch since long.

@Neyawn please guide sir. 

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Finished #1, and 50% of #2. Targets for today -
1. Finish remaining optional portion
2. Start optional topic 2
3. Ethics case studies


Done with all targets. Targets for today -
1. Ethics handouts
2. Optional topic 2 (contd.)


Finished both targets. Targets for today -
1. Optional topic 2 (contd.)
2. August current affairs


Finished both targets. Targets for today -
1. Optional topic 2 (contd.)
2. August CA note-making


Finished #2, partially finished #1. Targets for today -
1. Finish yesterday's optional portion
2. Optional part B topic 1
3. Essay practice


Finished #1, didn't do #2 and #3. Targets for today -
1. Finish optional topic 2
2. Start part B topic 1
3. Essay


Finished #1 and #2, #3 left. Targets for today -
1. Do optional part B topic 1
2. Revise topic 2

Will brainstorm essay and ethics PYQs tomorrow onwards.

Finished both. Targets for today -
1. Finish optional part B topic 1
2. Collect essay anecdotes, see topper copies
3. Ethics PYQs


Finished all. Targets for today -
1. Optional part B topic 2
2. Essay brainstorming
3. Ethics PYQs


Finished all targets. Targets for today -
1. Optional mini test
2. Essay practice test


Finished #1, shifted #2 to weekend. Writing 2 tests on the same day is perhaps a bit too ambitious for now. Targets for today -
1. Optional topic 3
2. Ethics PYQs
3. Essay - see topper copies


Finished #1. Took an impromptu break, so #2 and #3 unfinished. Targets for today -
1. Finish optional topic 3
2. Finish yesterday's targets


Impromptu break turned into impromptu back pain, derailing the weekend. Targets for today -
1. Finish newspaper backlog
2. Cover weekend backlog


Finished #1, #2 pending. Targets for today -
1. Cover weekend backlog
2. Cover CA backlog
Also thinking of joining AWFG for revising GS 1-4 and answer writing practice. Anyone else considering joining?


Done with #2, partly done with one. Target for today -
Finish weekend backlog


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targets for today

1 till ww

2 class rev

3 answers

Neyawn,
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hii does any one knows about any mains simulator that happens around jan end or feb - like the vision's parikshan happening right now but its in october and november - not yet ready to write a full length mains.
clueless little kid.
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happySisyphussaid

hii does any one knows about any mains simulator that happens around jan end or feb - like the vision's parikshan happening right now but its in october and november - not yet ready to write a full length mains.

tag someone from the team, I guess they will be able to help you out.

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AdiTeasaid

targets for today

1 till ww

2 class rev

3 answers

1 completed some part, 

2 could only revise sci, 3 not done

efficiency issue

targets for today

1 ww

2 class rev any how

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France boasting about the origination of liberty in their revolution - isn't the strict restriction on display of religious symbols in public an attack on individual liberty? - coudn't find many articles on this. Views?
clueless little kid.
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Many perspectives by political thinkers on this. The primary idea is that a country's laws are most often defined by their specific histories. In this case, French Revolution was inspired because of the corruption of the Church and the increasing wealth of the clergy class. The idea of separation of "church and state" (or their idea of secularism) is very much a consequence of the rigid power structures in favour of religious institutions that went onto encroach upon personal liberty of individuals.

The country sees the separation of church and state (or the restriction of religious symbol in public) as the way to protect individual liberty (or to put it another way - protect the state from the influence of religion and hence carry out its job as a non partisanship law making/protecting body)
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@happySisyphus If you're interested in exploring it academically, Machiavelli was the first proponent of it. John Locke is a popular thinker who is primarily associated with this church-state separation.
If you wish to go even further back, the Ancient Greece had Aristotle who is considered amongst the first political philosophers to advocate this idea.

Ofcourse, this is not to say that the ground realities in France are exactly this. There are multiple contradictions and overlap of religion with public spaces. Then there's the common argument of "positive secularism" (allow display of religious symbols in public and a celebration of it) that the country routinely brings up for discussion. 
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Can anyone give a feedback regarding GSAP course?
How much helpful is it regarding preparing the content for mains?
How much can we rely on GSAP for Mains?
How is the course overall ?
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This week has been chaotic.

targets for today

1. sci lec + revise fully

2. env revise + check mains 

3. complete optional target for the week


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Hi@Neyawn I had written a mail to you on ravi[at]forumias[dot]com recently, with the subject line "Seeking Guidance from Ayush Sir regarding FRC-5" 
Could you please guide me? Thank you!

noob hu
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