Why People Fail to clear Mains? And how not to repeat it next year.

It usually takes the morning after, for the Mains results to sink in. Sometimes, between 3 to 5 days –  when you actually are able to fully realise the implications of what just happened when UPSC released that damn PDF  on their website that did not have your roll number. And then you cry. Sometimes… Continue reading Why People Fail to clear Mains? And how not to repeat it next year.

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The Last Miles to Mains – Making the most of your time

Darius, the Persian Emperor, fallen to the Greeks, and in his death bed, tells his son Xerxes. “Only the Gods can defeat the Greeks.” For days Xerxes mourned until one day, Artmesia[1]  tells Xerxes Your fathers words were not a warning, but a challenge.If only the Gods can defeat the Greeks, you could be God… Continue reading The Last Miles to Mains – Making the most of your time

Fighting Depression in times of the Pandemic & Civils Examination

  The COVID-19 pandemic, the consequent delay in exam calendar, and finally the proximity to the exam has wrecked havoc with preparation of several people. This is the point of high anxiety. Exam pressure. Feeling as if we have done nothing. Everything we have studied suddenly looks new. Especially for those who have been preparing… Continue reading Fighting Depression in times of the Pandemic & Civils Examination

The Last Week before Prelims – Performing on the D Day

I envy ants. I saw one yesterday, stealing my food. It picked up a large, fully cooked grain of rice, through an insurmountable wall that separated my workplace from my colleague’s. Halfway through its journey, the rice fell. A lot of other ants passed beside it, pretending that nothing happened. But this one, did not.… Continue reading The Last Week before Prelims – Performing on the D Day

[Video] The Housewife from Haryana who became IAS – The Story of Pushplata, IAS Rank 80

Some stories need to be told, more than once. And this story is more important to us, than anyone else’s – because we want our readers to know how it is – to prepare for the examination with responsibilities. Meet Pushpalata, the housewife from Harayana – a mother of five, a wife, a daughter in law… Continue reading [Video] The Housewife from Haryana who became IAS – The Story of Pushplata, IAS Rank 80

Mains ( And Prelims ) Marksheet : Getting the Closure out of your Marksheet

Yesterday was an important day for those people who appeared for CSE 2017. The UPSC, albeit reluctantly, came up with the marks-sheet of those who wrote the Civil Services Examination 2017. This is one is for those of you who made it. And those of you who did not. We often try to find patterns… Continue reading Mains ( And Prelims ) Marksheet : Getting the Closure out of your Marksheet

MOTIVATION : For friends who did not make it, By Sachin Gupta, IAS Rank 3

by Sachin Gupta, AIR 3, CSE 2017 Finally UPSC results are out on 27th of April 2018, many have secured rank but many have not been able to make it into the list. Again, the race against time has started to crack this exam. I have been in this situation in last three years and… Continue reading MOTIVATION : For friends who did not make it, By Sachin Gupta, IAS Rank 3

Last 40 Days : Assessing your Performance in Simulator Tests/ Any Other Test Series

This article is written with the purpose of providing some feedback to Candidates writing the FourmIAS Simulator Tests, but aptly apply to Candidates appearing for any other test series too. Dear Friends, We are done with four Simulator Tests so far. We have been going through the performance of each one you after every test,… Continue reading Last 40 Days : Assessing your Performance in Simulator Tests/ Any Other Test Series

[Video] Answer Writing for CSE / IFoS Mains 2018 : Learn from the Toppers | IFoS Rank 9, 18, 19

It is said that toppers don’t do different things. They do the same things differently. And probably over and over again, before they become Toppers. We got Rank 1, Rank 6, Rank 9, Rank 18, Rank 19 – all IFoS Officers together and asked them what they did for answer writing for Mains. Because it… Continue reading [Video] Answer Writing for CSE / IFoS Mains 2018 : Learn from the Toppers | IFoS Rank 9, 18, 19

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