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Civil Services Examination is very tough not only in terms of vastness and
effort it demands but also time is a major factor the exam process tales about
an year to complete.To stay motivated for an year and study daily needs lot of
determination and dedication.
First you might have heard many things and opinions about this exam,please
put it all aside while you read this post. Start reading with a fresh mind
without any prejudices or stereotypes clouding you .Thank you now read on
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4.5 GS Paper 1
4.5.1 Suggested Book List for GS 1
4.6 GS Paper 2
4.6.1 Suggested Book List for GS 2
4.7 GS Paper 3
4.7.1 Suggested Book List for GS 3
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4.8 GS Paper 4
5 Interview test
6 Toppers:
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6.2 Toppers Interviews: their journey struggle & success Mrunal
6.3 Downloads and Miscellaneous
7 Email Updates
To get an idea numbers are approximate : this year 4,50,000 members wrote
Prelims out of which 17000 are selected to write mains from 17000 only 3000
will be called for interview.From 3000 around 1200 will be selected.
That is the toughness and competition you are going to face,also always
remember your real fight is always with the top 3000 people who clear at all
stages try to be in that group all the time it will help you stay focused,also if
you rest you rust.
Notification :
CIVIL SERVICES EXAM, 2014 ( English / Hindi ) * Last years notification
Education Qualification :
Indian, Graduate any degree no minimum percentage. Read Notification
clearly for all such doubts.
before
AFTER
attempt limit
4+2 = 6 years
age limit
30 years
30+2=32 years
OBC
before
AFTER
attempt limit
7+2=9
age limit
33
33+2=35 years
SC /ST
before
AFTER
attempt limit
unlimited
unlimited
age limit
35
35+2=37 years
PH candidate
from
attempt
limit
before
AFTER
7+2=9
PH from
General PH:
General/OBC
30+12=42 years
category
age limit
40
attempt
PH from SC/ST
category
limit
age limit
unlimited
40
unlimited
SC/ST PH: 35+12=47
years
This is not yet fully official but for 2015 notification these will be the ages,Till
PHYSICS
Chemistry
Biology
4, 13, 14 & 15
5&6
1,2,10; 11 & 12
11 to 16
3 to 6
2, 8, 9 & 10
8 to 12
1 to 4
5,6,7 & 13
10
10, 12 & 13
1 to 5
6 to 11
11
1,5,8
1,14
2 to 5
12
15
14,16
4,5 then 7 to 16
CSAT Paper 2:
Cracking the CSAT Paper 2 : Solved Papers 2014 2011 & 10 Crack Sets
Career launcher previous papers.
These two will be more than enough if you practice perfectly, again who can
define perfection? If you read the above books like you mean it and
Join career launcher test series and write all tests sincerely you will surely
clear prelims 2015.
But most people despite of doing all things mentioned above panic in the exam
or afraid of maths, I was scared to death by maths but doing few hours of
maths practice every day of very basic models from Rajesh Verma book I can
say that it helped me a lot.
Cut offs
Combined for both papers so out of 400 you must get:
category
2011
2012
2013
GEN
198
209
241
OBC
175
190
222
SC
165
185
207
ST
161
181
200
2013 Topper
score
Gauravs score
Compulsory English
300
300
Essay
250
135
GS1
250
85
GS2
250
63
GS3
250
88
GS4
250
102
Optional.PAPER1
250
134
Optional.PAPER2
250
162
1750
769
Papers in Mains
List of Optionals
Following is the list of optional papers one can choose from, any one subject
can be selected including Literature , Popular optionals are Anthropology,
Public Administration, Geography, Sociology, Literatures, .etc.
Click on the link for respective question paper.
Optional Subjects for Main Examination
Agriculture Paper I
Agriculture Paper II
Science Paper I
Science Paper II
Anthropology Paper I
Anthropology Paper II
Botony Paper I
Botony Paper II
Chemistry Paper I
Chemistry Paper II
Economics Paper I
Economics Paper II
Geography Paper I
Geography Paper II
Geology Paper I
Geology Paper II
History Paper I
History Paper II
Law Paper I
Law Paper II
Management Paper I
Management Paper II
Mathematics Paper I
Mathematics Paper II
Philosphy Paper I
Philosphy Paper II
Physics Paper I
Physics Paper II
Relations Paper I
Relations Paper II
Psychology Paper I
Psychology Paper II
Sociology Paper I
Sociology Paper II
Statistics Paper I
Statistics Paper II
Zoology Paper I
Zoology Paper II
Assamese Paper II
Bengali Paper I
Bengali Paper II
English Paper I
English Paper II
Gujarati Paper I
Gujarati Paper II
Hindi Paper I
Hindi Paper II
Kannada Paper I
Kannada Paper II
Manipuri Paper I
Manipuri Paper II
Maithili Paper I
Maithili Paper II
Malayalam Paper I
Malayalam Paper II
Marathi Paper I
Marathi Paper II
Oriya Paper I
Oriya Paper II
Punjabi Paper I
Punjabi Paper II
Sanskrit Paper I
Sanskrit Paper II
Santali Paper I
Santali Paper II
Tamil Paper I
Tamil Paper II
Telugu Paper I
Telugu Paper II
Urdu Paper I
Urdu Paper II
Paper II
Paper III
Paper IV
Bengali
Bodo
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Maithili
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Manipuri
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Konkani
Sindhi (Devanagari)
Sindhi (Arabic)
Choosing an Optional
People often have many criteria to choose the optional. Some of them are
Scoring optional: People think some optionals are more scoring than
others.. Dont know what to say on this. Every year UPSC changes the
optionals it favours / punishes, so u never know whether the scoring
optional u took may end up in the butchering list of UPSC next year..
Overlap with GS: Pubad le lo, GS ki bhi taiyyari ho jaayegi Nothing could
be more dangerous than this attitude.. coz if we dont like pubad, and still take
it, then we anyways wont be able to study it well enough and not only will we
screw the pubad portion of GS but also additional 500 marks optional. We only
amplify our weakness by this attitude.
I believe an optional must be chosen out of our strength. When I took
economics, many people advised me against it saying economics is technical,
not scoring etc. etc. But I knew economics was my strength doesnt matter if
no one has scored 400/600 in economics so far, I know I would score it (as per
the older marking scheme). When UPSC is giving us 500 marks to play by our
strength, why should we pick anything else? These are our marks and let us
score the maximum out of it. And of course, such a strength can only develop
when we have deep interest and luv for the subject.
Essay:
After seeing the results of last mains no one can deny that Essay has become a
very crucial paper, more crucial than ever before. CSM 2014 essay paper no
requires a candidate to write two essays around 1200 words each. Regular
reading of books, newspapers and Yojana will help a candidate accumulate lot
of points.
Some are gifted writers but to majority of us that art comes only with rigorous
practices. And writing in the exam hall is a completely different story. Gaurav
Agarwal wrote a post on How to improve Essay Writing for UPSC Mains? .He
also listed his past experience and what mistakes he committed.
GS Paper 1
Indian Heritage and Culture, History
1. Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature
and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
2. Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century
until the present significant events, personalities, issues
3. The Freedom Struggle its various stages and important contributors
/contributions from different parts of the country.
mains geography but selective reading will help you in both mains and
Prelims.
Society: NCERT books and Newspapers will do.
GS Paper 2
Constitution
1. Indian Constitution historical underpinnings, evolution, features,
amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
2. Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries
3. Parliament and State Legislatures structure, functioning, conduct of
business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
Polity
1. Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and
challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers
and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
2. Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms
and institutions.
3. Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the
Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government;
4. Pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the
Polity.
5. Salient features of the Representation of Peoples Act.
6. Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and
responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
7. Statutory, regulatory and various quasijudicial bodies
Social Justice
1. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors
and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
2. Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs,
SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional
and other stakeholders
3. Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and
States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws,
institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of
these vulnerable sections.
4. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services
relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
5. Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
Governance
GS Paper 3
Economic Development
1. Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources,
growth, development and employment.
2. Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
3. Government Budgeting.
4. Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different
types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and
marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e
technology in the aid of farmers
5. Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum
support prices; Public Distribution System objectives, functioning,
limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security;
Technology missions; economics of animalrearing.
6. Food processing and related industries in India scope and significance,
location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain
management.
7. Land reforms in India.
GS Paper 4
This paper will include questions to test the candidates attitude and
approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem
solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with
society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these
aspects. The following broad areas will be covered.
Ethics
Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences
of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and
public relationships.
Human Values lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders,
reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational
institutions in inculcating values.
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought
and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality
and nonpartisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy,
tolerance and compassion towards the weakersections.
Emotional intelligenceconcepts, and their utilities and application in
administration and governance.
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
1. Public/Civil service values & Ethics in Public administration: Status
and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and
private institutions;
2. laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance;
3. accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral
values in governance;
Ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
Probity in Governance:
1. Concept of public service;
2. Philosophical basis of governance and probity;
3. Information sharing and transparency in government,
4. Right to Information,
5. Codes of Ethics,
6. Codes of Conduct,
7. Citizens Charters,
8. Work culture,
9. Quality of service delivery,
10. Utilization of public funds,
11. Challenges of corruption.
Interview test
The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a
record of his/her career. He/she will be asked questions on matters of general
interest. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the
candidate for a career in public service by a Board.
On a personal note a guy who reached this stage will not read this post. So
more on this section later. If you get a Interview call Go to Delhi, Old Rajendar
Nagar near Karol Bagh Metro, And get some professional help, as institutes
there will bring retired bureaucrats and others who will help you a lot.
Toppers:
Toppers Blogs
Supreet Singh Gulati (2008 IAS Rank-2)
Bijay Ketan Upadhyay (2008 IAS Rank-5)
Shubra Saxena (2009 IAS Topper) Public Admin
Prasanth Reddy (2009 IAS Rank-64)
Prakash Rajpurohit (2010 IAS Rank-2) Maths and Electrical Engg
Anay Dwivedi (2010 IAS Rank-5) Public Admin
Abhijeet Agrawal Rank 24 IAS Physics and Chemistry
Tanvi Sundriyal (2010 IAS Rank-6) Sociology and Public Admin
Garima Mittal (2010 IAS Rank-8) Sociology and Psychology
Rashmita Panda (2010 IAS Rank-13) History and Public Admin
Prabhjot Singh (2010 IAS Rank-16)
Ghanshyam Thori (2010 IAS Rank-25) Geography and Psychology
Rajiv Ranjan Singh (2010 IPS Rank-191) Sociology and Public Admin
Kashish Mittal (2011 IAS Rank-58)
Prince Dhawan (2011 IAS Rank-3) Public Admin and Electrical Engg
Gaurav Agrawal (2013 IAS Rank-1) Economics
Rahul Pandey (AIR-52 CSE 2013) Public Admin
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DEBABRATA MISHRA June 15, 2015
helpful
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Thanks
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paper section you can change the date and access. or you
can access our Suggested articles archive.
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Yes you can, but start with Ncert books and your optional
subject.Also read News Paper daily , they all play major role.
First see old papers both mains and Prelims it will give you
over all Idea of what kind of questions are coming, what is
the standard and depth UPSC is expecting. Depending on
that you can follow.
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hi, a good news for students of hindi medium. ramesh singhs economy
book in hindi version is come. 7 th edi, come
buy it from-http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/9339222717?
psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=A3HKLOB57IFCW2
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hi, Frankly no one can choose it for you , But best suggestion
will be choose the subject you love, If you are engineer and
very good at maths choose it, if You are CA choose
commerce, If you are good in your mother tongue choose it
as literature optional.
If you are not comfortable with any of the above, choose
among sociology-anthropology-geography-pub ad as these
are most popular subjects and availability of material and
coaching is more.
See the syllabus of each optional you short listed, previous
question papers, and talk to any one in service or seniors.
Above all choose the subject you love and are comfortable
in , because you have to be very good in optional to get good
score. Hope this helps
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hii read all the information thanks for the valuable information. i
have only one doubt that in the mains examination the optional
subjects are 2, from which category we have to select the two
subjects,weather one from the optional subjects category and one from
literature category or only one subject from both the categories.plz give
me full information about it as i am new aspirant.
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HI, for mains now there is only one optional. not two
according to new pattern. You can choose as per your
interest, or educational back ground or availability of
coaching etc.
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hello sir
with a great dilemma as to new news of age limit i am 30 i hve given
2011 and2015 year exam general category 4 attempts exhausted will i
be able to give exam in 2016 i read it in 2-3 places please clarify.
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hello sir
with a great dilemma as to new news of age limit i am 30 i hve
given 2011 and2015 year exam general category 4 attempts
exhausted will i be able to give exam in 2016 i read it in 2-3
places please clarify
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most useful ready recknor as well as good guide for the aspirants of
civils
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