As per the official UPSC Exam Calendar, Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2019, which is objective type, will be conducted on June 02, 2019, i.e. Sunday, while the Main written exam will start on September 20, 2019 (Friday). Read more »

As per the official UPSC Exam Calendar, Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2019, which is objective type, will be conducted on June 02, 2019, i.e. Sunday, while the Main written exam will start on September 20, 2019 (Friday).

Often candidates find UPSC Civil Services Examination extremely difficult to pass. The primary reason for this fear is not lack of hard work or potential, but of right strategy and a smart approach. You need to have a proper plan for it. Some of the effective tips are as below:

• Keep a positive mindset and practical strategy. You don’t need to know everything under the roof. Keep your sources limited and trust them.
• You need to know the nature of the UPSC exam. What to focus on and what not to. Understand your exam syllabus quite thoroughly. For instance, Modern India, Environment, Polity has constituted 35-40% of the GS question paper in 2017 and 2018 Prelims. Thus, focus on these parts of syllabus has to upright.
• The nature of the exam has become more dynamic but the syllabus remains the same. Therefore, it is advisable to be well prepared in understanding the basics i.e. fundamental NCERTS and standard books.
• Smart work will compliment your preparation. Newspaper is the most essential part of your preparation and not to be missed. Read newspaper regularly. You should workout intellectually by connecting news with syllabus and frame question and responses relevant to it.
• There are no prelims only, mains only preparation. It is an integrated process from preliminary right till the interview. Thus, an integrated approach is mandatory. Also changing nature of the questions requires candidates to be more analytical which is only possible through a comprehensive reading.

Also, Practice a lot, Solve last 10 years prelims papers. As it will help you analyze your approach to answer a question, reduce anxiety, controlling nerves and pressure.