Abhijit Raut's Blog
In India there are two major quadrennial phenomena: Kumbhmela and Football fever. We are a Cricket-crazy country where only FIFA World Cup makes us go crazy for soccer. No wonder the marketing minds try to use this opportunity for promotions. During 2014 FIFA WC, this particular brand had left no stone unturned to encash the... Continue Reading →
So here we stop with this exercise. I hope these 61 question sets have acted as trigger for your Current Affairs preparation. And I reiterate, use your Current Affairs inputs wherever possible in the exam to fetch good scores. Meanwhile you can look into the topics in the following link which are currently being in... Continue Reading →
For every place there is one location which offers you solace and solitude, away from the hurry and flurry of the world. For Sangli-Miraj, it is Krishnaghat of Miraj. In my opinion, it is the most peaceful and scenic locale of the twin cities. The balmy wind and serene ambiance here make the early mornings... Continue Reading →
From the experience of CSE Mains since 2013, one can say that GS IV or the Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude paper offers more scoring opportunities than the other three GS papers. The reason is that a well thought and well presented answer for a case study question can fetch more than 50% marks. Since almost... Continue Reading →
‘Who on this earth is calling me at this forbidden time?’ I muttered in half sleep. The phone was vibrating for a long time. I tried to ignore but finally those vibrations succeeded in shaking my conviction to ignore the incoming call. Eyes half open and spectacles out of my reach, I tried to... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, many CSE aspirants have complimented the articles on this blog about CSE preparation. This was not really a professional guidance or an expert opinion. I just tried to address some issues which I found troublesome. These articles were written as per the demand of situation and time; and hence they were not in... Continue Reading →
CSAT has become an issue of national debate in the recent times. It is now a word so commonly occurring in news that many people outside the UPSC CSE world equate CSE with CSAT. Frankly CSAT has brought a lot of changes in CSE. Most importantly it resulted in a uniform Prelims question paper, and... Continue Reading →
We all very well know that Mains is the most crucial part of UPSC Civil Services Examination. This is the part of exam which decides your result majorly. And given the miserly nature of UPSC in giving marks, even 1 or 2 marks in UPSC can make a great difference in result. So it... Continue Reading →
The Detailed Application Form or the DAF for UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination is perhaps more important than any other document for an aspirant. However many of us fill it casually and half-heartedly. And this haunts us later on at the time of interview or service allocation or cadre allocation. In this regard, here are... Continue Reading →
Let’s get this straight-forward. UPSC Civil Services Examination is an exam of questions and answers. Nobody is really interested in where you did coaching, which books you referred, how many hours you studied, what was your study method etc. etc. etc. All that matters is the quality of your answers. And since Mains examination is... Continue Reading →
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