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Hello guys, Before we have the mentors take the centre stage and shower the solutions all over the place, we open the floor for the junta-janardan. There are 2 possible mental stages for the onwards journey. Pick one & enjoy the rants!        

The ONLY book I’ve read for Economy part in GS Paper III is the Macroeconomics – NCERT. Many people have been asking me about how to prepare for Economics. So, here it goes. For the GS Paper III, you don’t need to be an economist to answer the questions that are being asked. You need…

Dear All, By now, you must have been through with your readings and revisions. Now it is time to relax and allow your mind to calm down so it can function optimally on the D-Day. A fatigued mind is the last thing you would want on Sunday. After the humdrum, here are some last minute…

  I have been asked this question many times and some people keep asking me which optional is better and why. In this post I’ll try to address these issues. To begin with, I strongly believe that UPSC is extremely fair and free from any bias. Every year you’ll find people getting selected from every…

Of late, many people have been asking me about how to prepare for the Prelims. Before I begin, I would like to share my own personal experience with the Prelims 2014. Coming from an engineering background, I found Paper II to be extremely scoring. I used to solve 1 question paper of Paper II everyday…

I started reading studying newspapers from 1st November 2013 and I didn’t miss even a single day till 13th December, 2014 (Mains started from 14th December, 2014). I restarted the newspapers again from 1st Jan, 2015. I feel that one year of newspapers reading studying before mains would suffice (this is purely my personal opinion). The reason…

Without further ado, here we go!   Enviro and Biodiversity have varied level of difficulty level topics. Let’s make a scheme and see how you can approach them. Most read books –  Environment Studies by Erach Barucha Environment & Ecology – Majid Husain   Biodiversity [4 sub topics] Introduction for ecology and functions of ecosystem [Easy]…

This personal blog is a part of an ongoing series – Target IAS 2015 & Beyond. Satish has been an integral part of the core team which laid down the foundation of Civilsdaily – an initiative to simplify News for IAS Prep.  His earlier posts can be found at – How to prepare for current affairs – An introduction Target Prelims 2015 –…

I am giving a broad sketch on how to approach these 2 very crucial topics for Prelims. Take it with a pinch of salt and feel free to ask me specific queries (restricted to CSE Prelims).   The market is full of fear psychosis and there are so many books/ study materials But I will try to…

Why should one make current affairs notes for IAS Prep? Current affairs are important in every GS paper and also in few optionals. In essay paper, through current affairs we can show our contemporary awareness. In GS paper 1 Indian society part, geography most of questions need current affairs to substantiate your answers. Whole of GS…

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