Friends after the experience of Prelims 2016, I don’t think there is any need to highlight the importance of Current Affairs for CSE. So continuing the exercise started last year, here is a Question bank for CSE Mains 2016 with 3 questions per day. Keep writing! SET 1 [15/08] 1. An indispensable part of India’s... Continue Reading →
Primer For Prelims
With just a few days in hand for Prelims, dates in the calendar must be appearing deceptive. This is a phase where we often get confused and start losing momentum. Many of us who have worked very hard and smart till now suddenly lose steam at this juncture and eventually throw themselves out of the... Continue Reading →
Revisions
A friend with Psychology optional often keeps on telling me- If you don’t revise what you’ve read within a week, you forget 92% and remember only 8%. Well I am not sure about the factual accuracy of this statement but one thing is for sure: A lot of time, effort and energy go waste in... Continue Reading →
Approach for Geography Optional
Geography has traditionally been a very popular optional for CSE Aspirants. Mainly because of two reasons: a) You can get good guidance and study material at most places and b) It is considered to be a good scoring opportunity. Now of these two reasons, the first one stays more or less correct. But the second... Continue Reading →
Mastering Mains
If there is one stage of UPSC Civil Services Exam which decides your selection, that is the Mains examination. In the three stage pattern for UPSC CSE, Prelims is more of a weeding out exercise, where you have to just ensure to get across the cut-off line. Personality test or the Interview is a high... Continue Reading →
Important issues from Current Affairs for 2015 Mains
The Current Affairs question sets [Click here to open] tried to cover a broad spectrum of issues from current happenings. However there are some issues which are being discussed in the Government but they may or may not have found place in the news. Here are some issues which can be considered to be ‘happening’... Continue Reading →
Notes Making
Many aspirants are in constant confusion about notes-making. I personally have started notes-making many times just to end up tearing those pages. No doubt this leads to wastage of a lot of time. But you must remember that smart notes-making can help you study in a much better way. Let’s have a look at some... Continue Reading →
Essay Essentials
Essay can be a scoring paper if handled properly. Key factors for scoring good in Essay paper are selection of topic, sketching quick mindmaps, developing the essay theme skilfully and most importantly, preparing with a correct strategy.
Current Affairs Question Sets 2015
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 →
Ethics Case Studies: A Practical Perspective.
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 →
Expressions and Impressions 