Your UPSC Dream Starts Now: Practical Guidelines for Aspiring Civil Servants

A good start for preparation is always an elusive point for any aspirant who dreams of becoming an IAS/IPS officer.

Even rikshawalas and book shop and Photostat guys in civil service hubs of India could give you gyan and mantra for clearing UPSC. And so do the institutes, 98.6 per cent aspirants are destined to fail in this exam every year. And still 15 lakhs prepare and 5 lakh appear every year in this exam.

Why only 33 per cent appear even after applying? The answer lies on the fear of missing the attempt and also fear of the exam itself for the lion share.

Why only 33 per cent appear even after applying? The answer lies on the fear of missing the attempt and also fear of the exam itself for the lion share.

Understanding the exam pattern

The notification of the UPSC exam has to be read clearly and concisely. This has to be done with extreme diligence, and to make sure that you are eligible to write the exam, in aspect of age, education, attempt, disability etc. be thorough with the exam pattern. And also, be conversant on the syllabus mentioned in the notification. You must have a hard copy of syllabus pasted on a cardboard and to be read daily without fail.

Zero down to an optional before starting preparation

Your optional subject is the important decision, to be fixed before writing the exam, nearly 6 to 7 months of meticulous preparations is required to tame a subject for the UPSC level exam.

Find your subject from the start itself, don’t go as many people takes a subject and says its scoring, it’s the comfortability and acceptance of subject and your love to the subject main points to keep in mind. You could take 2 or 3 choices and test your ability, of reading if you are confused, and in 2 months’ time you could zero to one.

Being motivated in the course of process is extremely important

Early stage motivation wear down as time takes the call, and self-control attribution in cognition is most important to sustain with the tear long process. Internal motivation is needed for that, irrespective of the environment giving you. There is only one platform where you could check your self-control parameter, curated for the UPSC aspirants, cognimentorias.com, click the link to reach the website and register the free test now.

Reading speed and UPSC Success

The skill that requires most in managing the vast syllabus and imbibing the knowledge and understanding requires speed reading, or the ability to ready around 450 words per minute skill, why should we need 45 words per minute is because the normal reading pattern doesn’t really activate the subconscious mind and also will not help in knowledge assimilation and reprocessing, which is very much required in the UPSC. The Cognimentor IAS platform has the world’s best reading speed analyser for the UPSC students.

Finding a place for learning alone

Being alone is the price we pay during the preparation, make sure you have a place where the energy is positive and you are comfortable and away from distractions.

Having few hobbies in-between is very important when you’re in the cave, because there is high possibility you may burn out.

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