There’s a chapter you have left on the backburner – probably it’s one on the endangered flora and fauna and you had promised yourself to cover it as soon as you could. And there’s an optional subject that you needed to quickly revise on lest you forget the basics – after all IAS prelims… Continue reading How to Make Yourself Study When You Just Don’t Want To

Pre 2011 1. The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a “U” turn in its course to flow into India. This “U” turn is due to  (a.) Uplift of folded Himalayan series (b.) Syntaxial bending of… Continue reading UPSC Prelims Geography Trend Analysis: Part 5

As of now, out of the 1,000+ registered aspirants, 761 have attempted the Full Length Tests offered by Civilsdaily at prelims.civilsdaily.full.length.tests   Full Length – Prelims 2016 from Civilsdaily With almost a 100% certainty, we can assure that students who consistently improved their scores and hovered around 95+ marks in these FLTs should sail through the Prelims… Continue reading Attempt the CD’s Full Length Test Series – Don’t worry about the price

Pre  2012 1. Consider the following factors:(2012) Rotation of the Earth Air pressure and wind Density of ocean water Revolution of the Earth Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4 Rotation of earth –… Continue reading UPSC Prelims Geography Trend Analysis: Part 4

source Hello All, So finally even the FLTs are over and now it’s a matter of days before you implore the unrelenting examiner to hand over the question booklet to you while still trying to adjust in the small chairs. 🙂 Anyway, let’s get down to the final business. After Dr. V’s Art of MCQs… Continue reading The Last Mile!

Pre 2013 1. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Abyssinian Plateau : Arabia Atlas Mountains : North-Western Africa Guiana Highlands : South-Western Africa Okavango Basin : Patagonia Atlas mountain easy question, was also in news related to terrorism and coup in Mali/ sahel region Abyssinian plateau is in Ethiopia (in Africa) (… Continue reading UPSC Prelims Geography Trend Analysis: Part 3

What’s this? Discussion blog page for those who just attempted FL#4. Discussion is open for any question which you had a doubt about, brainstorming on ways to arrive at a particular answer, any other interesting tit bit that you may share etc. Where are the prelims mocks held? Go to the link and start attempting the mocks.… Continue reading Open Discussion for Full Length Mock #4

Pre 2014 Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms? Continental drift Glacial cycles Select the correct answer using the code given below. 1 only 2 only Both 1 and 2 Neither 1 nor 2 Common sense. Continental drift would mean some animals would be stuck to one continent, others on… Continue reading UPSC Prelims Geography Trend Analysis: Part 2

source If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse. You attempt the mock test and you see a question on Indian Classical dance which you think is an easy sitter but you just can’t seem to recollect. You feel… Continue reading Stop your Monkey mind and start nurturing your Ox mind

In the geography portion, you just have to stick to basics. Basics meaning class 11 and class 12 geography esp. Physical geography and geography of India. If you have done that, you would be able to solve 75% of the questions easily. Study physical geography well, because it is conceptual and therefore will not fail… Continue reading UPSC Prelims Geography Trend Analysis: Part 1

Four quick points before solutions and analysis This is the solution and analysis of geography questions from CAPF 2016 conducted by UPSC couple of weeks back. Focus on doable questions <and most of the questions are doable without too much mugga> Almost all the questions can be solved after reading NCERT physical geography and geography… Continue reading CAPF 2016 Geography Solutions and Analysis

We have had 3 rounds of AQAQ before. Let’s have a dinner table conversation again. This would be the final one before this year’s prelims exam. AQAQ Round 1 AQAQ Round 2 AQAQ Round 3 This time we will try to keep it most practical.  source Do just one thing: Tell us about a topic/ theme which… Continue reading Ask a Question, Answer a Question – Round 4

source Hi, I just need to say this to boost my motivation level (can help others too). As the prelims is approaching, i’ve more apprehensions about getting through it. And this is after the fact that I’ve studied not less than 5 hours a day (EVERYDAY without fail) consistently  for more than a year. Test… Continue reading This is the mark of a serious aspirant

Every year, we try to read the UPSC examiner’s mind to position our preparation on the right track and more often than not, the said examiners do allow us a window to take a detour through their mind and marvel at the beauty of the art of crafting questions by them. And the beauty lies… Continue reading Learn from your mistakes BUT don’t slack off while you attempt