8th Nov 2022, 1 pm IPS Shubham and Minakshi ma’am will be LIVE | Register below for the Anthropology webinar | Post-registration we will share toppers’ Anthro notes and will add to Anthro Telegram group
Anthropology is one of the most popular and high-scoring optional subjects for UPSC CSE. Rankers like AIR 1, Anudeep Durishetty have been taking this optional and clearing the exam.
Short and relatively static syllabus, easily covered and comprehended by both science and non-science grad students, and the time it takes to cover the syllabus (less than 3 months) make it a great optional.
However, there are various challenges that are faced by students.
Guidance is limited unlike other optionals like PSIR, geography, history, sociology etc.
Conceptual clarity and command over the answer writing are required, just mugging up will not help to score marks in this optional. This is ignored by aspirants.
Personalized mentoring is not available in this optional that’s why aspirants are facing difficulties with their answer writing and most of the time complete (ineffectively and insufficiently) the syllabus by self-studies.
IPS Shubham sir and Minakshi ma’am will be taking up Anthropology webinar
Through this webinar, we will clear all the doubts and guiding you in a strategic manner.
1st Nov, 5-8 pm | Get 87 paged Mains Answer Writing PDF document by Sumit sir FREE | Learn and master the skill of writing UPSC intros and conclusions | UPSC GS Paper 1,2,3, and 4 (ethics)
It’s well said that writing is an art. But, in the case of the IAS exam, Answer writing is a skill rather than an art. Every year lakhs of aspirants sit for the UPSC-IAS exam, but only 0.005% become an IAS/IPS. It doesn’t mean 99% of people lack knowledge. They lack the required skills that an IAS aspirant must have, that is to articulate the knowledge and information that they have.
Writing an excellent conclusion is more important than an introduction, since that’s the last thing an examiner reads before giving marks for your answer.
Sajal Singh, Senior Mentor Civilsdaily
While an introduction to UPSC Mains answer is as important as the Preamble is to the Consitution of India, it is the conclusion of the answer that can have a greater impact on the marks scored in a particular answer.
Answer copy of a UPSC topper. (AIR 4)
However, a perfect UPSC Mains answer balances all the elements including the intro and conclusion. And this is in itself a skill that must be learned and practiced.
CivilsDaily IAS is conducting a FREE webinar-cum-Masterclass focussing on these elements.
Webinar Details: Master Introductions and Conclusions for UPSC Mains Answers
Sumit sir and Ranadheer sir will be taking a LIVE webinar on coming Monday. Through a LIVE answer writing session, they will be teaching and helping you master the skills required to formulate amazing introductions and conclusions.
Webinar on 1st Nov, 5-8 pm – Tuesday
Session 1: Sumit sir will be taking LIVE Masterclass for UPSC GS Paper 1,2, and 3
Session 2: Ranadheer sir will join and take LIVE Masterclass for UPSC GS Paper 4 (Ethics)
Starting an Answer with crisp Introduction and Writing wholesome conclusions
How to approach a Mains question?
How to structure your answer! Where to insert bullet points! Where and how to insert charts, Etc. will such achieving points will be discussed.
Our step-by-step separate plans for GS papers’ answer writing and Essay writing with our Hall of fame toppers’ rule of thumb skills are also discussed.
How not to get lost in the word limit for unfamiliar questions. How to maintain ‘Accuracy’, ‘Brevity’, and ‘Clarity’ to every answer?
How to identify Opinion-based questions and Fact-based questions. And how not to wait for long for the answers to come out from your mind?
How to keep ‘Brainstorming, Outlining, Idea/Argument Placement, and Structuring’ within a stipulated time will also be thoroughly discussed in this masterclass.
How to construct your answers with a fitting intro. + Positive-negative combination in body and a well-balanced conclusion.
Clearing UPSC mains is an art of excellence & can be achieved even by improving 1% a day. All it wants are will and effort, methodical practice, and ultimate guidance.
Our step-by-step answer writing strategy enables you to justifynot only ‘how to care about the distinguishing answer framework’ but also ‘how to introduce and conclude the answer in mains’ and to develop templates for answers that you can recall at short notice. Here we will be focussing on the body of the Mains answer.
Register for the webinar. Submit your query and get Telegram group + access to FREE resources. Sumit sir will also share a special PDF with you post-webinar.
What The Hindu mentioned about Civilsdaily Mentorship
The Hindu has acknowledged the success rate of CD’s Smash mains Mentorship
Quora Digests:
Register for the webinar. Submit your query and get Telegram group + access to FREE resources. Sumit sir will also share a special PDF with you post-webinar.
To make this a holistic learning experience we have a special FREE preparatory package for you. Details below.
UPSC Prelims 2023 is scheduled for May 28th, 2023. That’s just 7 months away now. As an aspirant, even if you are a beginner you might have already started preparation, some of you are taking a repeat attempt after a failed one in 2022.
You must understand the criticality of time. The next 7 months are crucial. Everything that you do must be under a plan, a strategy.
Time isn’t the main thing, it’s the only thing
For beginners who are going to have 2023 as their first UPSC attempt, we know you are confused and have a lot of questions in your mind. Not only on the best sources, the best strategy but also on how to execute and go about it.
You might have consulted numerous websites on the internet regarding your UPSC 2023 preparation, but even then, you end up confused as they only address skin-deep theories about dos and don’ts, generic advice, and all.
To help you strategize we have planned a Masterclass by senior UPSC Mentor Parth Verma sir.
Key Takeaways of Masterclass with Parth Verma, Senior Mentor and Core faculty of Civilsdaily. Other than those mentioned above we will be discussing the following points:
1. Analysing the trend of UPSC and devising an evolving adaptive strategy.
2. How to cover the syllabus? The syllabus, not the books, must be completed. Focussing on the essentials first.
3. What are the best books to refer to? Based on a last 10-year UPSC-CSE paper analysis.
4. Recognize the UPSC requirement. What kinds of test series are useful? Which mock test series should be avoided?
5. Complete UPSC-CSE Preparation Timeline for a Working Professional
6. The skill of taking notes. What topics necessitate notes and which do not?
7. Working hard in the right direction vs. working hard in the wrong direction Is it possible to be successful solely by studying hard?
8. There are only two consolidated sources for current events. What exactly are they?
9. Revision techniques that are common, standard, and used frequently. What exactly are they?
Our senior most Civilsdaily’s Mentor and core faculty, Parth sir has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interviews four times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.
You will get a chance to discuss 1-1 with Parth sir in the Masterclass.
What The Hindu mentioned about Civilsdaily Mentorship
This is the right time for UPSC 2023-24 aspirants to focus on and start preparing for their optional if they haven’t started it yet.
PSIR is one of the most popular and high-scoring optionals that has produced many toppers in UPSC CSE. But what makes it a great optional, how to approach it in the most effective manner to cover max syllabus in the least amount of time, and at the same how to maximise score is kind of a secret that only toppers know.
CivilsDaily’s PSIR faculty Soham sir
Soham Mandhare sir will be taking up an important webinar-masterclass (FREE) to share strategy and roadmap to approach PSIR optional.
This webinar-masterclass is for all the PSIR optionals as we will be discussing not only the strategy and approach but how to add value to already existing knowledge or content that you have.
UPSC PSIR Optional Masterclass: 26th October, (Wednesday) at 1:00 PM.
Key takeaways:
1. Analysing the trend of UPSC PSIR optional and devising an evolving adaptive strategy. Pros and Cons of PSIR as an optional and what makes it a great optional?
2. How to cover the syllabus? The syllabus, not the books, must be completed. Focussing on the essentials first.
3. How to cover PSIR optional syllabus in 3 months (till Feb 2023) along with test series? Tackling PSIR Paper 1 and Paper 2 – Separate approaches for both papers.
4. Strategy and approach for the next 3 months for PSIR optional
5. How PSIR optional is important for GS papers as well? The overlap with GS syllabus and how to cover it? Balancing PSIR optional and GS part of the UPSC syllabus
6. The skill of taking notes. What topics necessitate notes and which do not?
7. How to add value to your PSIR answers?
8. Mistakes one should avoid while preparing for PSIR optional.
Click on the above button and fill up the form mentioning your preferred program. Only those who fill up the form can avail of the benefit of this offer.
(Imp) This 20% Off offer is only applicable till 26th Oct, 12 noon
Session concluded successfully | Register below to Get Zeeshan sir’s Tikdam PDF handbook, Video recorded session and access to the Immersive Learning Telegram group
Knowledge alone is not enough to clear UPSC Prelims. Elimination techniques alone are not enough to crack this exam. One needs both to clear UPSC Prelims from 2014 onwards. Since UPSC Prelims is the toughest exam out of Interview and Mains with over 10 lakh aspirants getting disqualified, it’s always better to think about increasing 20-30 marks with your existing knowledge using elimination techniques.
Why is it that with the same syllabus, the same study materials and similar syllabus and similar study materials, most candidates score differently? For some, just a reading of the Spectrum book is enough to answer all the Modern History questions, but for others, despite reading the same book they are still confused on the D-Day.
Common Sense is NOT Common.
If it’s about prelim exam performance, then aspirants fall into either of these four categories. Which category are you in currently?
1) Prelims score 0-40: They need to work on improving their knowledge and learn answering tricks 2) Prelims score 50-70: They have decent knowledge and decent answering tricks. 3) Prelims score 80-100: They have good knowledge but they need to develop answering tricks. 4) Prelims score 120+: They have excellent knowledge and know all the answering tricks.
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CivilsDaily’s toppers from Abhishek Saraf, AIR 8, and UPSC 2019 to UPSC 2021 toppers like AIR 28 Mourya; AIR 32 Anay and many more have benefitted from Tikdams.
Other than these thousands of CivilsDaily’s students have benefitted from these techniques.
So, what to do? Clearing Prelims is all about Knowledge + Answering Tricks (Tikdams). And while you are studying hard to improve your knowledge, Zeeshan sir will help you improve your answering techniques, for absolutely FREE!
Session concluded successfully | Register below to Get Zeeshan sir’s Tikdam PDF handbook, Video recorded session and access to the Immersive Learning Telegram group
This is your opportunity to learn the tricks that can help you score 120+ in your Prelims.
Smart hacks and tricks to eliminate options in MCQs
Solving MCQs with limited knowledge
Increase marks by 30+ marks in UPSC Prelims GS-1
Identifiers to select questions and apply Tikdams
Tricky topics where you can apply Tikdams
Tikdam PDF and recorded videos by Zeeshan sir
Open Q&A session with Zeeshan sir
Venue and Timing
Session concluded successfully
Date: 22/10/2022
Time: 7:30 P.M.
This was an online Masterclass (webinar).
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Current Affairs for UPSC is such a necessary evil that terrifies many aspirants for good reason. Aspirants feel that there is no single source to help them navigate this section & it all feels like one big haze. In such, confusion 90% of aspirants start to plan their own and start a separate current affairs preparation/strategy for UPSC Prelims and Mains. But current affairs is not a subject that we can filter out for objective types and for descriptive types separately.
They should be dealt with in an integrated manner rather than in a silos approach (covering CA for prelims and mains separately).
Following an integrated approach is an important UPSC skill that is lacking in many relatively fresher/beginner aspirants, and even veteran aspirants. Covering current affairs in such a balanced manner makes preparation effective, outcome-oriented, and simple.
Purnima ma’am will be taking up a special Masterclass to help you impart this skill and teach how to cover current affairs in an Integrated manner for UPSC 2023.
You will get an opportunity to talk and discuss 1-1 with Purnima ma’am. Register now.
1. Balancing Prelims and Mains wrt Current Affairs.
Approaching Current Affairs in an Integrated manner for UPSC pre+mains. Instead of covering current affairs in a silos approach, there should be a high level of interlinking and alignment towards both stages. Else it would be a wasteful approach.
2. Balancing Dynamic-Static part.
Linking Current Affairs with the Static part of the syllabus.
UPSC expects a candidate to be well aware of the implications and impact of a particular issue, that is currently in news, on various aspects of life, the state, society, etc. For this, we need to link it with the GS subjects and topics that explain the static part.
3. Following a selective and effective approach
Reading everything under the sun is a bad approach to dealing with Current Affairs. Following a selective and effective approach to cover CA is essential for success in UPSC in just one attempt.
4. Making notes, collecting info like case studies, examples, etc.
You have to cover a lot of things in Current Affairs for UPSC over the course of around 1 year. Organizing the information, facts, and data to be used in answers and solving MCQs or revision is a crucial skill one must have. We’ll discuss this in the masterclass.
5. Writing Daily mains answers and attempting prelims MCQs. (Best resources for this)
Reading and Organising current affairs is not of any use until and unless you know how to use that fodder. Thus writing daily mains answers based on current affairs and solving MCQs is really important. We will also discuss the best resources, freely available, in this masterclass.
6. LIVE doubt resolution and interaction with Purnima ma’am
A 1-to-1 Q&A session will follow the masterclass because you have questions and doubts that need resolution on a personal level. List down all your questions. We will tackle them in the masterclass/webinar
Aspirants, UPSC 2023 is around 8 months away and it is high time now to start Essay writing. A lot of aspirants delay it till the post-prelims phase, considering the weightage of this Exam (250 marks in mains), this is a poor strategy and a recipe for disaster.
Before you get into the Prelims 2023 zone, which will be from Feb, you must utilize the next few months (Oct-Feb) for Essay particularly.
An Essay is a ‘Written Interview’ in UPSC mains
CivilsDaily is pleased to launch Essay Essential Program 2023 and this time we have made it holistic for you. One of the changes is lectures, that Zeeshan sir will be imparting skills in Essay writing.
Two essays are given and have to be written in under 3 hours in 1000-1200 words. Each essay carries 125 marks for a total of 250
The essay paper is divided into two sections- Section A and Section B. Each section carries a choice of 4 essays, and the aspirants have to choose only one essay from each section.
The instructions in the syllabus are clear in what is expected from aspirants. And Aspirants are expected to keep their thoughts closely to the subject and arrange their ideas accordingly. It further states that credit is given for effective and coherent expression
The underline keywords are super important because, after content, these are the exact parameters on which the essay will be evaluated.
Essay writing is an important component of the Civil Services Examination (CSE), which tries to gauge the writing skills, knowledge, critical thinking, imagination, and creativity of the candidates. Particularly, in the UPSC CSE (Main), scoring well in the Essay paper, which is allocated a decent share of 250 marks, has become crucial to final selection into the coveted services like IAS, IPS, IFS, etc.
In the Essay paper, the UPSC demands certain attributes, which focus on “conciseness, relevance, and effective and exact expression” of the views presented, in an orderly fashion. However, the scenario may not be as simple as it appears. This segment is not easy to master, and getting a good score in an Essay has always been a challenge for the aspirants.
An essay is an organized piece of writing. This means that it consists of several paragraphs which are arranged in such a way that there is a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Although many say that practice makes one perfect, in the case of UPSC essays practice alone is not enough. To clear and get top rank in UPSC, certain things are required, like; Accurate basic structure, Body Keywords, Central idea of the thesis statement, Brainstorming, Adding elements, PESTLE analysis, Outlining the essay, Sticking to the word and time limit, fitting introduction and mark-leaving conclusion, Quotes, Etc.
And for a beginner, acquiring all these concepts, dimensions, and solutions required to solve is nothing but deep pain.
Writing a good essay can be very challenging and confusing. Time and again we’ve received many queries from students like:
Reviews provide additional points but don’t address the inherent shortcomings and deficiencies in my skills.
Will reading ready-made sample essays help me prepare for essays?
Don’t know how to start an essay, or how to organize one.
Can we do well in essays without practicing by re-using our GS paper knowledge alone?
Is there a universal format that I can stick to?
Content related- some suffer from information overload others from information deficit.
Importance of rough work for essays.
Difficulty in balancing time and quality in both topics.
That’s why we’ve invested a great deal of energy to create a program the likes of which are offered by no one else
Civilsdaily’s Essay Programs 2023
Civilsdaily’s Essay program is now complete with Essay Writing, Test series, evaluation, and 1-1 mentorship component.
There are two variants this time:
Essay Essential Program 2023 with lectures and 1-1 mentorship
Essay Essential Program Plus 2023 with lectures and Zeeshan sir’s mentorship
What are we offering and how is it unique?
What makes CivilsDaily’s program distinctive is – its process-driven approach. The process may have some common minimum steps for all but your individuality in the form of your essay writing is paramount. Here comes the role of a mentor with whom a reliable one-to-one discussion will certainly be a game-changer.
Not information-centric but rather an analytical and critical style of Essay writing. Our focus is on personalized attention in evaluation, execution, and course correction.
Essay writing and foundation-building lectures by Zeeshan sir
Zeeshan sir will be taking 15 lectures covering different themes and frameworks for UPSC Essays. These lectures will form the foundation of your content for the essay.
Zeeshan sir will also be discussing different frameworks for writing an Essay.
CEP Methodology:
Orientation Session – brainstorming, thesis statement, types of introduction, way to conclude, main body arguments, and their organization in your essay.
Pre-test discussion on the theme for building the arguments and content.
Post-test one-on-one discussion with an evaluated copy.
Highly relevant, precise, and thoughtful topic selection
Our research tells us there are 8 broad themes of essays being asked since 2010 – Economy, Polity, Women Issues, Education, Science & Tech, Philosophy, IR, Miscellaneous.
Social Issues- Women Issues, Social Movements, Class, Caste, Youth, Geriatric
Economy,
Political System and Governance
Human Development- Health, Education, Employment
Science & Technology- IT/ITeS, AI
Ethical, Abstract or Philosophical,
IR
Miscellaneous
An innovative methodology for reviews
Our biggest innovation lies in our review methodology. Specific portions of your essay will be highlighted with symbols to indicate issues in essay writing:
Fundamental Flaws like judgments/strong postures that you need to be avoided at all costs.
Appreciation for uniqueness.
Structure is not maintained. Issues with Language and expression.
General Suggestions for candidates.
Along with this, Zeeshan sir and senior mentors will also leave specific reviews on strengths and weaknesses.
We don’t want to merely suggest additional points that can be googled by the student or point out superficial flaws like not ‘sticking to the topic’. They don’t necessarily highlight the shortcomings in the essay. This adds very little value to students. We go much beyond that and help students fix major flaws in their essays.
10 parameters on which your essays are going to get evaluated
Comprehension of the Essay topic
Language and Expression of Essay writing
Structure and Organization of thought.
Objectivity and Biases. Balance of perception
Attitude whether a learner or judgmental
Focus and attention
Content, Knowledge, and information processing capability
Ability to forge links in an interdisciplinary manner
The simplicity of disposition
Observational Skills
Model essays with indicative structure and good essay copies
You will be provided with good essay copies to serve as sample answers. This is a better alternative than sample answers which are hastily written and at times not updated with the latest figures.
Students have an incorrect impression that going through a sample essay will somehow help them write better essays. This is incorrect.
To develop your competency in tackling different topics, you have to be able to come up with appropriate structures. This aspect of the program addresses this issue.
The expectation from you would be that you study the solutions in detail and try to address the shortcomings in your essays. Should doubts persist, we’re here to help.
One-to-one Mentorship and CivilsDaily’s handholding
This component of the program is the most important. Post-evaluation of your essay test you will get on a one-to-one discussion with senior mentors and in the case of Essay Essential Plus Program 2023 with Zeeshan sir. You will be discussing the topics in considerable depth, appropriate structure, pitfalls to avoid, etc.
Along with that, Sir will also discuss copies presenting different styles in which the essays could be attempted.
Habitat is our learning platform, here you’ll be given membership to an exclusive Essay group. This group will be administered by Zeeshan sir, Sajal sir, in-service officers, rankers, and other mentors.
For essays, you need multiple perspectives to understand a topic or an issue in its entirety. You need discussions; arguments; confluence, confrontation, and integration of ideas. Here, discussions will be facilitated by mentors and enriched by different viewpoints from peers. Moreover, you can ask and discuss any of your doubts with peers and Zeeshan sir.
Habitat discussions
Besides these, you will be given the following
Any additional material that we release for essays.
Notes and reference material including good articles, essays, etc. on Habitat group.
Program inclusion
8 FLTs before Prelims and 5 FLTs Post Prelims
Zeeshan sir’s lectures that will include – Orientation, Process building session, Content/approach building session.
Model essays
One-to-one mentorship
In Essay Essential Program 2023 by senior mentors
In Essay Essential Plus Program 2023 by Zeeshan sir
The UPSC 2023 bell rang as soon as the UPSC mains 2022 exam ended. UPSC 2023 exam date is already out and Prelims are scheduled for May 28th, 2023. That’s just 8 months away. Acknowledging the high unpredictability, an infallible strategy, and previous years’- based trend analysis is of utmost importance. If you want to crack UPSC with a rank in 2023, no random study, nor every chapter from every subject is required.
Reading and trying to memorize everything under the sun is a wrong and wasteful strategy.
UPSC is often called an UnPredictable service commission. To a certain extent, this might be actually true as UPSC is evolving year by year, making changes to both its pattern and the way it asks questions, leaving aspirants in the hall flummoxed.
Unquestionably this highlights the need to adapt to the demands and expectations of UPSC. However, a thorough trend analysis reveals that there are certain topics or themes that are more important than others.
Since UPSC has no defined solution, reading and trying to memorize everything under the sun is a wrong and wasteful strategy. We need to go extremely selective and smart, rather than following an ‘eat it all’ strategy when it comes to preparing for Prelims.
Santosh sir, Assistant Commissioner, GST and guiding light for Smash Prelims Program (success rate of more than 80%) will be in CivilsDaily’s Delhi center. He will give the 50 most important themes for UPSC prelims 2023.
CivilsDaily IAS is conducting a Seminar for UPSC Exam 2023 with Santosh sir and UPSC Rankers including IPS, Amol sir
The topic for the Seminar:
50 Most Important themes for UPSC 2023 Prelims for a sure shot 115+ marks? Insights and strategy by Santosh sir, IPS Amol sir and other rankers in the Seminar
(Detailed points and agenda below)
Date and Time: Concluded successfully
Masterclass on 6th Octoberber 2022 (Thursday) at 1 pm
Venue:
Offline – CivilsDaily IAS, Delhi center
(Address: 1 LGF, Apsara Arcade, Karol Bagh, near Metro station gate number 7, Delhi)
Online- Zoom link will be emailed to you.
(10% scholarship (FEE waiver) across all courses of CivilsDaily to Seminar attendees)
Post-seminar CivilsDaily will share a special Preparatory Package both for Offline and Online attendees.
You are also entitled to a personalized intensive mentorship session by a senior IAS mentor wherein you can avail a personalized study plan, schedule, and doubt resolution session.
Tavishi failed thrice in the Prelims before but after joining Santosh sir’s mentorship cleared Prelim 2022 in her 4th attempt.
This is for you if you are:
A UPSC beginner – confused about the syllabus, prioritizing subjects, making timetables & targets, or just getting started.
A working professionalor college student who will be attempting UPSC 2023 with a job. Facing a serious time crunch and mismanagement in UPSC preparation.
A veteran or aspirant trying to improve your rank in UPSC 2023 attempt.
Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.
This is going to be an interactive 1-1 session with Senior mentors and UPSC Rankers. You will get ample time and opportunity to discuss with Santosh sir and Rankers. These points will be discussed.
Trend analysis of past 6 years papers of UPSC Prelims by Santosh sir. Lessons to be learnt. ‘Pattern Analysis. UPSC is the most dynamic in nature. So, the most important step is to analyze the pattern of the exam. Find ‘Do’s & ‘Don’ts’. Here, also a mentor, only a mentor can show you the right direction.
Selective and smart study through UPSC trend validated topics and themes: 50 Most Important themes for UPSC Prelims 2023 that will guarantee your 115+
Strategy for UPSC Prelims 2023 for the next 8 months.
How do UPSC rankers pick specific and certain topics which are more important than the others? How to build a topper’s like thinking and how to cover the UPSC syllabus? The syllabus, and not the books, must be completed.
How to attempt Mock Tests! How to read & revise PYQs. ‘What to read & what not to read?
How to Understand the expectations of UPSC, and devise an evolving adaptive strategy for UPSC 2023 Prelims and Mains. If your strategy didn’t work, how to restrategize will also be elaborated. What should be your approach for the next 8 months even if you have just started the preparation? Strategy for next 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and like that, will be shared with you.
Last but not the least, apart from all the above discussion everyone joining the session can ask their doubts, fear, queries, Etc.
CivilsDaily’s mentorship: Acknowledged by The Hindu
Santosh Gupta sir heads this program
About Santosh Sir
Santosh sir has guided around 200+ rankers in UPSC 2021 exam and 600+ overall rankers have been mentored by him. Santosh Gupta heads the Smash Prelims program for CivilsDaily. He himself cleared UPSC Prelim 6 times with 120+ marks in every attempt.
Masterclass attendees will get a special FREE preparatory package for you. Details here.
UPSC CSE is considered the toughest exam in the world but the nature of the exam is such that it doesn’t require any specialized study in the major part of the paper (GS papers- both Prelims and Mains). It is believed that if the fundamentals are strong, it must take just one attempt to clear it.
This is evident from the trend of many first-timers, just out of college, being able to clear in the first attempt.
The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate’s general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio-economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers (in the mains)
From UPSC’s Official Notification
This highlights the necessity of building a strong foundation for the exam. Since current affairs constitute the bulk of the questions both in Prelims and Mains, and the rest of the questions from static concepts covered in standard books, especially NCERTs, you need to have a great command over these two.
You will get the opportunity for 1-1 discussion with Dimple ma’am
Dimple ma’am will be taking up a (FREE) Open to all Masterclass on 3rd October 2022 at 7:30 pm
..strong fundamentals can’t be built only by reading and reading. Do a comparative study with current affairs and brush NCERTs accordingly up. IAS 2023 will be yours.
Dimple, Senior Faculty @ CivilsDaily
UPSC Masterclass Details: 3rd October, (Monday) at 7:30 PM.
Important topics to be discussed in the Masterclass by Dimple ma’am, Senior Faculty @Civilsdaily.
Covering and focussing on Essential NCERTs and standard books. How to make a comparative study, how to maintain balancing revision, etc from both.
How to cover current affairs for Prelims and Mains? Current affairs are changing all the time so, how to cope with current affairs like toppers will also be discussed.
Making notes: Reflecting the beauty of current affairs, how to try to provide yourself with productive, knowledgeable, and integrated information about topics as broad as Indian society, foreign affairs, and Govt schemes, Etc.
The untold secret of ‘how & from where UPSC asks direct questions from NCERTs. Because of how thin they are but they are the ones who carry the solutions to all our problems.
How to build command over NCERTs is going to be another crucial point of this awesome session.
As per the changing pattern whether only CBSE NCERTs of class XI and XII are important or Tamil Nadu NCERTs also to be good to follow will be discussed elaborately.
Is UPSC asking more and more offbeat current affairs questions? If yes, how to deal with and what is the one-stop solution source to prepare for UPSC’s current affairs?
How NCERTs help us to comprehend whether a current affairs topic is important or not. How to build an impenetrable fundamental concept to make an ‘Intelligent Guessing’.
Along with NCERTs how many advanced reference books are actually needful?
Whether it is UPSC Prelims or mains, how to cover NCERTs, how to revise and memorize current affairs, etc. all very very important facts will be thoroughly discussed in this masterclass.
What you’ll get as a part of the Special Preparatory Package?
As a part of this Masterclass by Shubham sir you are entitled to these:
FREE Mentorship session with Senior IAS Mentor on strategy and approach for UPSC 2023
Samachar Manthan’s current week’s module and Mains Questions
Prelims Weekly MCQ PDF
Mains 250+ Value notes
Current month’s Monthly Magazine
Register for the Masterclass, we’ll email you the above content on registration.
Dimple Chouhan is a senior IAS faculty at CivilsDaily. She has been mentoring UPSC aspirants for 4 years now and has mentored 150+ aspirants to Prelims success.
You will get a chance to discuss 1-1 with Dimple ma’am in the Masterclass.
What The Hindu mentioned about Civilsdaily Mentorship
Habitat discussions
CivilsDaily’s mentorship: Acknowledged by The Hindu
Karishma Nair, AIR 14 was also CivilsDaily’s mentorship student
AIR 65, Pranav was mentorship student for UPSC 2020
