UPSC fundamentals that all aspirants should know…

As aspirants, we often forget to focus on the fundamental things we need to know about UPSC. I am not going to give you any strategies or steps in this short write-up, but simple advice on why you need to get back to the basics if you want to excel in UPSC. First, you...

How to Read Effectively for any exam? 8 Steps.

Reading well is the key to success in any exam. Even in general if you are a good reader, it helps! 📚 As an aspirant, I used to give a lot of time to developing little ways to enhance my learning techniques. Hopefully, these will help you to become a better learned as...

How to study current affairs for prelims?

I am going to tell aspirants four major things they should focus on while studying current affairs for prelims: Sources How to study these sources? Make notes or not for current affairs? How to solve and study previous year questions for current affairs… Sources...

My Study Techniques: Part One — Checklists

Hey there, I think you might be here thinking almost the same questions I used to have when studying for UPSC. How to simplify my studying process? How to cover such a massive syllabus load? You must have noticed there is so much to study for UPSC. Prelims, Mains,...

What is UPSC looking for in Mains?

Great question for UPSC CSE aspirants! No one can ever for sure know what the examiner is looking for. However, it can be understood to some extent from many topper copies available out there, and the known fact that UPSC invites top professors to evaluate answer...

Booklist and Sources for UPSC

Deciding what to read keeps most aspirants (even when I was preparing) pretty confused about this exam. A prudent selection of sources for prelims, mains and interview is a must right from the beginning. Here is what I mostly referred to during the process: Prelims:...