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Now that #UPSCPrelims2023 is done & dusted, it’s time to head back into the preparation mode with renewed vigour & determination.
Irrespective of the results, if you’re giving this or the next #UPSC attempt, it’s time to prepare for Mains. How to ace the mains?
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Irrespective of the results, if you’re giving this or the next #UPSC attempt, it’s time to prepare for Mains. How to ace the mains?
A thread 🧵:
1. Read the #UPSC notification.
Didn’t expect that, did you? They clearly mention the demand of the exam. “The main exam is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory.”
Didn’t expect that, did you? They clearly mention the demand of the exam. “The main exam is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory.”
2. Approach to Study?
“The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyse.”
Focus on understanding an issue in all its facets, the context behind it, & know how to interlink & analyse it from multiple dimensions.
“The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyse.”
Focus on understanding an issue in all its facets, the context behind it, & know how to interlink & analyse it from multiple dimensions.
3. Do you need to be proficient in every topic?The answer is a resounding NO!“The questions will test general awareness which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services.”There’s no need to memorise lots of information about a topic with specialised study. Be a Generalist!
4. Your next best guide? PYQs! Studying #UPSC previous year questions enables one to better understand the demand, the prevalent trends, language used & intricacies involved.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”-
Sun Tzu
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”-
Sun Tzu
5. Your constant companion?
The syllabus copy of-course! Take a print out, read & understand it thoroughly. This will guide you on how to interlink topics,give ready-made dimensions for answers & essays,ensures you know what is relevant & what deserves your focus while studying.
The syllabus copy of-course! Take a print out, read & understand it thoroughly. This will guide you on how to interlink topics,give ready-made dimensions for answers & essays,ensures you know what is relevant & what deserves your focus while studying.
6. Practice is key!
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”-Aristotle
Start writing-write terribly,make mistakes,learn. You will only get better at it if you practice.Don’t wait to finish the syllabus to start- will never happen.Start now
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”-Aristotle
Start writing-write terribly,make mistakes,learn. You will only get better at it if you practice.Don’t wait to finish the syllabus to start- will never happen.Start now
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