@gargim Hi I am akankshaI am writing cohort 6 & anthro test series in sunya, although I haven't written mains , but I am a serious candidate & am looking for a serious candidate as well
Anthro test series in sunya 🙄 ye first time suna
Sir. Any other source you referred to for economics?
Sir ,Filhaal to itna hi kaafi hai 😂, Aap btaiye aapne kse kiya tha
Really 😲
@Rashmirathi acting so inncoent, steph mentioned you by name in his vdo.
🤔🤔
this may come as a little absurd question, but all my friends who've cleared prelims in the past, what has been the game changer for you? or what are some non-negotiables?@TomiokaGiyu @Tata @DM and everyone else.. I really need a perspective, consecutive failures at pre have been pretty hard
Non -negotiables -
1.Don’t run to much after xyz current affairs compilations (most of them claim that almost all questions were directly asked from them 😂) instead focus on static.If you don’t have hold over it you are not gonna make it
2.Stick to one source per subject,revise it multiple times (2,3 times doesn’t count as revision)
3. You must not get easy questions or questions directly asked from standard sources wrong .As it’s not the absurd questions or out of the questions but the direct questions which ensures if one is going to clear or not
4 .PYQS - not only try to solve them but make them your friends as only they will show you the right directions as what is important what’s not ,where you should dedicate more time ,where you should not ,how upsc plays with mind of aspirants .Although probability of asking questions directly from pyqs maye be 2-3 but themes get repeated,so does many options.
5.Solve test as they will be the one to show you where you stand ,what’s going wrong and what needs to be done .So they are like practice drills before final battle,where you practice every possible scenario so that you don’t get surprised on final day .Don’t focus on scores but on the process and progress with every test ( Numbers mostly lies as data in upsc questions)
5. You should be at your near prelims not before not after
6. Despite being studying after everything and doing everything,always be open to surprises so that you don’t get anxious in exam hall and be calm,composed and confident that you gonna fight till last question.
7 . Don’t neglect csat at any cost
Game changer -
1 . Practice ,practice,practice and practice.As we can go on revising and revising ,knowing almost everything but if we cant apply it there is no use of that knowledge
2. In mocks put yourself under pressure like if its full length try to finish it in 1.5 hr or half length-45 mins ( this is what i do )
3.Knowledge can be transferred but not the wisdom,that can only be gained through experiences so first of all be truthful to yourself accept your shortcomings and work upon them
Above learnings or strategy’s are what i have learned from my teachers@Neyawn ,special thanks and mention to @Sherkhan1428 for sharing this few years ago and many of my other friends
this may come as a little absurd question, but all my friends who've cleared prelims in the past, what has been the game changer for you? or what are some non-negotiables?@TomiokaGiyu @Tata @DM and everyone else.. I really need a perspective, consecutive failures at pre have been pretty hard
Non -negotiables -
1.Don’t run to much after xyz current affairs compilations (most of them claim that almost all questions were directly asked from them 😂) instead focus on static.If you don’t have hold over it you are not gonna make it
2.Stick to one source per subject,revise it multiple times (2,3 times doesn’t count as revision)
3. You must not get easy questions or questions directly asked from standard sources wrong .As it’s not the absurd questions or out of the questions but the direct questions which ensures if one is going to clear or not
4 .PYQS - not only try to solve them but make them your friends as only they will show you the right directions as what is important what’s not ,where you should dedicate more time ,where you should not ,how upsc plays with mind of aspirants .Although probability of asking questions directly from pyqs maye be 2-3 but themes get repeated,so does many options.
5.Solve test as they will be the one to show you where you stand ,what’s going wrong and what needs to be done .So they are like practice drills before final battle,where you practice every possible scenario so that you don’t get surprised on final day .Don’t focus on scores but on the process and progress with every test ( Numbers mostly lies as data in upsc questions)
5. You should be at your near prelims not before not after
6. Despite being studying after everything and doing everything,always be open to surprises so that you don’t get anxious in exam hall and be calm,composed and confident that you gonna fight till last question.
7 . Don’t neglect csat at any cost
Game changer -
1 . Practice ,practice,practice and practice.As we can go on revising and revising ,knowing almost everything but if we cant apply it there is no use of that knowledge
2. In mocks put yourself under pressure like if its full length try to finish it in 1.5 hr or half length-45 mins ( this is what i do )
3.Knowledge can be transferred but not the wisdom,that can only be gained through experiences so first of all be truthful to yourself accept your shortcomings and work upon them
Above learnings or strategy’s are what i have learned from my teachers@Neyawn ,special thanks and mention to @Sherkhan1428 for sharing this few years ago and many of my other friends
this is so extensive and super objective at the same time, will definitely use this advice for keeping myself in the right direction, btw how did you go about preparing current affairs? and also which book did you refer for PYQs?
For current affairs i was regular with newspaper (also referred to two of famous sources but was not of any use ) , for pyqs used disha publication(for 1995 to 2019) ,upsc simplified by IFS Sourav kumar
this may come as a little absurd question, but all my friends who've cleared prelims in the past, what has been the game changer for you? or what are some non-negotiables?@TomiokaGiyu @Tata @DM and everyone else.. I really need a perspective, consecutive failures at pre have been pretty hard
Non -negotiables -
1.Don’t run to much after xyz current affairs compilations (most of them claim that almost all questions were directly asked from them 😂) instead focus on static.If you don’t have hold over it you are not gonna make it
2.Stick to one source per subject,revise it multiple times (2,3 times doesn’t count as revision)
3. You must not get easy questions or questions directly asked from standard sources wrong .As it’s not the absurd questions or out of the questions but the direct questions which ensures if one is going to clear or not
4 .PYQS - not only try to solve them but make them your friends as only they will show you the right directions as what is important what’s not ,where you should dedicate more time ,where you should not ,how upsc plays with mind of aspirants .Although probability of asking questions directly from pyqs maye be 2-3 but themes get repeated,so does many options.
5.Solve test as they will be the one to show you where you stand ,what’s going wrong and what needs to be done .So they are like practice drills before final battle,where you practice every possible scenario so that you don’t get surprised on final day .Don’t focus on scores but on the process and progress with every test ( Numbers mostly lies as data in upsc questions)
5. You should be at your near prelims not before not after
6. Despite being studying after everything and doing everything,always be open to surprises so that you don’t get anxious in exam hall and be calm,composed and confident that you gonna fight till last question.
7 . Don’t neglect csat at any cost
Game changer -
1 . Practice ,practice,practice and practice.As we can go on revising and revising ,knowing almost everything but if we cant apply it there is no use of that knowledge
2. In mocks put yourself under pressure like if its full length try to finish it in 1.5 hr or half length-45 mins ( this is what i do )
3.Knowledge can be transferred but not the wisdom,that can only be gained through experiences so first of all be truthful to yourself accept your shortcomings and work upon them
Above learnings or strategy’s are what i have learned from my teachers@Neyawn ,special thanks and mention to @Sherkhan1428 for sharing this few years ago and many of my other friends
this is so extensive and super objective at the same time, will definitely use this advice for keeping myself in the right direction, btw how did you go about preparing current affairs? and also which book did you refer for PYQs?
For current affairs i was regular with newspaper (also referred to two of famous sources but was not of any use ) , for pyqs used disha publication(for 1995 to 2019) ,upsc simplified by IFS Sourav kumar
I've seen IFS sourav kumar's book sample and it looked promising, which when would you suggest disha or sourav kumar?
Sourav kumar
Is it feasible to prepare for mains in the time post prelims?
my optional will be done in a week. want to give more time to prelims for the fear of it.
kindly advice.@Neyawn @Rashmirathi
It depends on your preparation and priorities
Only three people active here 😢😢I'm equally surprised, with forum gaining popularity, the community seems to be getting more inactive.. it's the upsc contemporary of Karakoram anomaly
Others might be just reading your daily schedules and getting inputs from that 😅
As long as it is helping others, i don't see a problem :)
“zindagi yun hui basar tanha,
qafila saath aur safar tanha.”
Only three people active here 😢😢I'm equally surprised, with forum gaining popularity, the community seems to be getting more inactive.. it's the upsc contemporary of Karakoram anomaly
Others might be just reading your daily schedules and getting inputs from that 😅
As long as it is helping others, i don't see a problem :)
“zindagi yun hui basar tanha, qafila saath aur safar tanha.”
aapne toh apni 'royal entry' se puri thread mein jaan bhardi sirrr!
Bs purani yaadein taza karne aa jaate hai
Only three people active here 😢😢I'm equally surprised, with forum gaining popularity, the community seems to be getting more inactive.. it's the upsc contemporary of Karakoram anomaly
Others might be just reading your daily schedules and getting inputs from that 😅
As long as it is helping others, i don't see a problem :)
“zindagi yun hui basar tanha, qafila saath aur safar tanha.”
aapne toh apni 'royal entry' se puri thread mein jaan bhardi sirrr!
Bs purani yaadein taza karne aa jaate hai
Arrey ab nayi yaadein banane ka time hai aapka :)
All the best for the interview, make it big!
Thanks a lot 🙏🏻
This one for all great people here Koi hai yaha pr jiske saath open mock mein tragedy hogyi ho? Got into the sfg group despite that the ghost of gs has come back to haunt me :(@Rashmirathi can you please give some insights on this, needed some reassurance :/
Marks doesn’t matter that much , Go for test analysis and work upon your mistakes as it’s only December.Make sure that you don’t repeat this in April
At the behest of the Almighty! Though we are trying our level best to change the course of it. How about you? How was your interview? How could you not know that Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan was the court poet of 'Zafar', who eventually awarded him with various titles such as 'Dabir-ul-Mulk', 'Najm-ud-daula', 'Mirza Nosha'!
क्या सबब तू जो बिगड़ता है 'ज़फ़र' से हर बार
ख़ू तिरी हूर-शमाइल कभी ऐसी तो न थी..
See you back at the SFG, comrade! Best wishes!
“At the end of the day, the only thing that you truly can control is where you place your attention and where you place your effort” and if you are placing both of them in right direction you are on right track , you only just need patience and endurance to win this race , don’t give up till the last .
I am also doing good just taking some rest and also i knew about Ibrahim zauk he was the teacher and court poet of Bhadur shah zafar and Ghalib and zauk were contemporary, also there rivalry was very famous .Although at last Ghalib overpowered zauk but both were outstanding in there own way
Zauk
'ज़ौक़' जो मदरसे के बिगड़े हुए हैं मुल्ला
उनको मय-ख़ाने में ले आओ सँवर जाएँगे
At the behest of the Almighty! Though we are trying our level best to change the course of it. How about you? How was your interview? How could you not know that Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan was the court poet of 'Zafar', who eventually awarded him with various titles such as 'Dabir-ul-Mulk', 'Najm-ud-daula', 'Mirza Nosha'!
क्या सबब तू जो बिगड़ता है 'ज़फ़र' से हर बार
ख़ू तिरी हूर-शमाइल कभी ऐसी तो न थी..
See you back at the SFG, comrade! Best wishes!
“At the end of the day, the only thing that you truly can control is where you place your attention and where you place your effort” and if you are placing both of them in right direction you are on right track , you only just need patience and endurance to win this race , don’t give up till the last .
I am also doing good just taking some rest and also i knew about Ibrahim zauk he was the teacher and court poet of Bhadur shah zafar and Ghalib and zauk were contemporary, also there rivalry was very famous .Although at last Ghalib overpowered zauk but both were outstanding in there own way
Zauk
'ज़ौक़' जो मदरसे के बिगड़े हुए हैं मुल्ला
उनको मय-ख़ाने में ले आओ सँवर जाएँगे
Kahan se le aate ho itna gyan !-!
Kahan hai gyan abhi to khud agyaani hai
Keep going
Very beautiful lines from three of us movie-
Ek tamasha shor ka ,kal fir se jhela jaayega,
Ek pathar aas ka ,saans se thela jaayega ,
Kal to tabhi aayega ,jab aaj khela jaayega ,
Ab nikal kar raah pe ,hum aa chuke hai to suno ,
Jaayenge hum us nagar,jis tak me thela jaayega ,
Kal to tabhi aayega ,jab aaj khela jaayega ,
Laakh moti jeb me tu rakh le chaahe to ,
Aakhir to muuthi me ek dhela jaayega ,
Kal to tabhi aayega ,jab aaj khela jaayega
You all will do great 😊 Have faith on yourself
I am unable to even look at laxmikant.Just unable to.
This is my 4th prelims.
2021- 55 marks.(6-7 polity questions wrong)
2022- 76 marks (3 wrong)
2023- 80-85 marks.. from coaching keys.(2 wrong..charter act and schedule area)
But still I am not at all able to read polity..more importantly unable to see laxmikant.
Kya Kiya jaye?
If you are not able to go through laxmikant you can follow any of these strategies-
1. Can watch videos on youtube (of specific topics)
2.Can solve tests sectional and full lengths of polity it will help you to go through all the important topics
3. Can follow any book which gives summary of laxmikant ( i think forum has released a red book on this)
I am not a expert but these are my observations
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How’s your preparation going on and sfg ??
Heyyy, how have you been?
Yaar sfg + csat + pyq + mapping + FLT + Revision + other coaching sectional + CA class, bhot overwhelmed, your inputs needed! Kaise manage krein yeh sab, considering I've 2-3 attempts ka experience what would do you suggest? So sorry I bombarded you with these questions xp
Hi
1.Stick to sfg level 1&2 fir sectional avoid other coaching institutions test ( as doing one thing but doing it throughly and religiously matters)
2.For csat-do it when you get bored of studying gs ( it depends on how you fare in it ,if you are not good at it do it properly)
3.For pyqs don’t give dedicated time -do it in your free time ,don’t only try to solve them do there through analysis as it will help you to understand how upsc thinks and ask questions
4.FLTs - first sort out how many you will give and then fix the interval at which you will be doing it like after ever 3,4,5 day as per your strategy
5.CA classes do them offline and revise one time after going to room and one time coming to next class
6.Same goes with revision can give one day a week to revise all the test you did in that week
Hope it helps (these are my learnings and observations so take it with pinch of salt )
Keep going as said -
वह पथ क्या पथिक कुशलता क्या..
जिस पथ में बिखरें शूल न हों
नाविक की धैर्य-कुशलता क्या…
जब धाराएँ प्रतिकूल न हों ।
As our best comes after facing the unfavourable circumstances as they help us to get out of our comfort zone
» hide previous quotes4/3/2024
SFG Test 1 analysis
SFG Test 2 prep
Geography PYQ
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Economy 20 pages
CA class
How’s your preparation going on and sfg ??
Heyyy, how have you been?
Yaar sfg + csat + pyq + mapping + FLT + Revision + other coaching sectional + CA class, bhot overwhelmed, your inputs needed! Kaise manage krein yeh sab, considering I've 2-3 attempts ka experience what would do you suggest? So sorry I bombarded you with these questions xp
Hi
1.Stick to sfg level 1&2 fir sectional avoid other coaching institutions test ( as doing one thing but doing it throughly and religiously matters)
2.For csat-do it when you get bored of studying gs ( it depends on how you fare in it ,if you are not good at it do it properly)
3.For pyqs don’t give dedicated time -do it in your free time ,don’t only try to solve them do there through analysis as it will help you to understand how upsc thinks and ask questions
4.FLTs - first sort out how many you will give and then fix the interval at which you will be doing it like after ever 3,4,5 day as per your strategy
5.CA classes do them offline and revise one time after going to room and one time coming to next class
6.Same goes with revision can give one day a week to revise all the test you did in that week
Hope it helps (these are my learnings and observations so take it with pinch of salt )
Keep going as said -
वह पथ क्या पथिक कुशलता क्या..
जिस पथ में बिखरें शूल न हों
नाविक की धैर्य-कुशलता क्या…
जब धाराएँ प्रतिकूल न हों ।
As our best comes after facing the unfavourable circumstances as they help us to get out of our comfort zone
wow, i feel so enlightened, i'll chart a proper plan to incorporate these.. much needed words of wisdom and motivation _/\_
all the best for your results!!
Thanks ☺️ and best of luck
@Rashmirathi what you doing for csat?
Will be solving pyqs and some flts
@Rashmirathi okayy Thankyou!
Hi
This is what i will be doing ,not recommending to you 😊 if you are not good at csat plz do watch videos and anything you can do ( it’s becoming tougher and tougher so plz be prepared,otherwise wasting one attempt because of csat hurts a lot )
@Rashmirathi I'm not good at CSAT and already lost my 2 attempts bec of CSAT that's why asking, what best works for CSAT....now doing pyqs and some you tube sessions for Quant..
Replied in your dm 🙏🏻
@lovee712 I typed a long msg and sent that day only 😂😂 ab I don’t know if there is any glitch with the dm’s
Hello, everyone! Hope you are doing well.
Struggling to build momentum these days and decided to get back to this thread for a while.
Targets for 16/03/2024 :
- Newspaper
- Work on geography mapping and revise NCERTs
- Analyse SFG mistakes of geo
- Log at least 8 hours (with decent focus study) on YPT today
Welcome back glad to see you back after so long
Hello, everyone! Hope you are doing well.
Struggling to build momentum these days and decided to get back to this thread for a while.
Targets for 16/03/2024 :
- Newspaper
- Work on geography mapping and revise NCERTs
- Analyse SFG mistakes of geo
- Log at least 8 hours (with decent focus study) on YPT today
Welcome back glad to see you back after so long
Thanks for the warm welcome! Glad to see you too. Just got a bit overwhelmed with the whole exam cycle but was missing coming here. So, eventually had to come back :)
Keep going 🙌
