🦉 UPSC Fundamentals
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
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:...
IAS preparation in one year
There is a misconception that IAS exam cannot be cracked in one attempt and takes years to do so. It is doable in one year, given your prep is systematic, dedicated, focused and smart. Of course, for all this you have to work hard. I will share my personal strategy to...
My functional timetable after mains
This is one of the time tables I used after prelims. I also did this planning on paper. This is the digital portion. Link: UPSC Goals
Article 74(1): The cookie jar for legislative sins
The legislature should not be enticed to put its hand in the cookie jar of the executive; after all, this behavior can only become addictive, and potentially hazardous to the health of our democracy. The separation of powers doctrine is held sacred across...
My Environmental Science / Ecology Notes
I used the attached notes for my prelims Env. Science/ Ecology preparation. Additionally I used Shakar IAS notes as well. Hope these help 🙂 Ecology Notes Manuj
GS 2 Notes with tips on how to study and write answers.
Hi guys, I scored 111 in GS 2 this year and have consistently scored well previously as well. Hope that my notes can be of some help on how to tackle this paper. Good luck 🙂
GS 2 (Mains) Strategy –> answer writing and sources
I have got 111 in GS 2. This has made quite a difference in my rank. GS 2 is quite a dicey paper but a certain strategy can yield very high marks as UPSC is probably looking for certain way of answering in this paper. One thing was sure that I prepared thoroughly for...
My Mock Test Series Copies
GS: GS TEST IV CHECKED COPY GS TEST GS TEST 9 CHECKED COPY GS TEST
Management Optional Video — Quantitative Methods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZlTx9CF5yI&t=7s
Management Optional Video
Hi everyone -- this is a sample video in the lecture series on management optional modules. This is for the topic Evolution of Management thought in the first module -- MFP in Paper I. I have provided full information in other videos as well about the course. More to...
Mains Strategy After Prelims
Hey everyone -- I have made a video about this. Some tips on management optional also added. More on answer writing will follow. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9O6L1Iu0wE&feature=youtu.be
Books for Management
Hey everyone...this is part of my video (link below) Hope it helps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JND1Vlxi8Cw
Management Optional
Hello everyone, Many of you have been asking me to provide some feedback and my strategy for the management optional. Management appears to be a mysterious optional for even many top MBAs. The reason being, relatively low marks, less people in top 100 (I am the first...