This is a part of Unbreakable Mains 2023- FREE Initiative for UPSC Mains 2023 Candidates (Telegram Link below) Click here for the PDF
We understand the challenges of collecting and organizing important data, facts, and figures from various government reports, commission reports, and surveys. We’ll be sharing theme-based PDFs, exclusively curated to save you time and streamline your preparation process.
The data and facts in these PDFs will be super useful for UPSC 2023 aspirants in GS Mains Answers, Optional, and Essays. This is also a must to study for UPSC 2024 Prelims aspirants.
We will share more PDFs in the Unbreakable Mains 2023 Telegram group
With little more than a month remaining for UPSC mains 2023, it’s time to shift gears and make every mark count! Unbreakable Mains 2023 by Civilsdaily IAS is an initiative designed to help you improve your marks, enhance the value of your answers, and secure every single point in the UPSC mains examination.
By the way we are conducting LIVE Answer Writing sessions in Unbreakable Mains Telegram group
Do you have any Mains-related doubts, queries, or questions?
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Our goal with “Unbreakable Mains PDF” is to assist you in:
Maximizing the use of the limited time available,
focused approach for improving your answer writing skills
enhancing your marks and
writing value-driven Mains answers.
To help you achieve this, we have meticulously compiled theme-based PDFs filled with organized and important data, facts, and figures sourced from various government reports, commission reports, and surveys. These comprehensive resources will empower you to strengthen your answers, impress the evaluators, and secure those crucial extra marks.
Student first, always first: 14-16th August Independence Day – Flat 20% Off on Mentorship Programs for UPSC 2024-25
As we celebrate the 77th anniversary of Indian Independence, we’re inspired by the theme “Nation First, Always First.” This theme resonates deeply with those who are preparing to enter India’s esteemed administrative services.
At Civilsdaily IAS, we recognize your zeal to serve, the desire to be a change maker, and the commitment to put the nation above all. With the UPSC Prelims 2024 exam just 10 months away, the time is now to align your preparation with your goal of cracking IAS in this attempt.
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This Independence Day, align your dream with the nation’s ethos and the pressing demands of UPSC 2024. Our special offer is a pathway to a future where you lead with integrity, dedication, and a commitment to “Nation First, Always First.”
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The countdown for UPSC 2024-25 has already begun, and with every passing day, the competition is getting fiercer.
While you’re still picking up standard books like Laxmikanth for Polity, reading newspapers daily in the name of doing current affairs or just enrolling in coaching classes, many repeat aspirants/rankers will be giving attempts, many have made serious progress. The gap is widening, and the clock is ticking!
Aspirants, just 10 months are left for UPSC Prelims 2024. And if you haven’t started yet, even if it is going to be from scratch, today is the best time to start.
Soham Mandhare, IPS
Feeling lost or stuck? Don’t worry, you’re not alone, and catching up with others is not only possible but promised!
Let’s welcome Soham Mandhare, IPS and Civilsdaily’s Super Mentor, who cracked UPSC twice. He’ll tell you how to get ready for the next 10 months for UPSC Prelims 2024 and if required, how to start from scratch.
Soham Mandhare was also a Civilsdaily’s mentorship student under Sajal sir.
Whether you’re just starting, want to move faster, or find and fix what’s holding you back, Soham will help you race with the best.
Topic: Starting UPSC Prep from Level ‘0’ and next 10-month detailed blueprint for UPSC 2024 Prelims
Date: 14th August 2023 (Monday)
Time: 7:30 pm Onwards
Zoom Meeting Link will be sent via your registered email address.
From Level ‘O’ to LBSNAA
Who should attend this webinar?
Aspirants who want to crack a top-50 rank in UPSC 2024-25
Aspirants gearing up for UPSC 2024-25, be it college students, working professionals, or candidates who are at the very onset of their journey.
Aspirants who have just begun their UPSC journey with standard books but lack direction.
Enrolled in UPSC coaching but are yet to start serious, effective preparation.
If you have already started but want to gain momentum and find gaps in your preparation.
Those who attempted UPSC 2022-23 but couldn’t make it through and aim to make critical improvements for a stronger comeback in 2024.
What you should expect in 1-1 LIVE with Soham Mandhare sir?
How to start UPSC 2024 Preparation like a topper and take level ‘0’ advantage?
Getting a situational awareness wrt your UPSC Preparation. Where do you stand currently, what do you have to do now, and how to go about it?
Understanding UPSC’s current expectations, recent trend, and pattern shifts seen in 2023’s Prelims paper.
Avoiding a random one: How to select the right NCERTs/subject or topic to start preparation and build a strong subjective foundation for both Prelims and Mains.
What is the easiest and most effective way for all background aspirants to complete the UPSC syllabus?
How to divide your time for Daily newspapers, NCERTs, Advanced books like M. Laxmikant etc?
How to make notes current affairs and GS and update later by removing redundant information?
How do you start your Optional Subject? and in how many months do you have to finish it?
How to pick conceptual subjects first and finish them one by one by December 2023
How to start minor subjects as soon as the conceptual subjects are finished?
How to focus on only Prelims after December 2023 and revise by following 60, 45, 25, and 15 rules.
How to stick to the bare minimum sources so that your revision will be maximum?
Complete UPSC-CSE Preparation Timeline for a Working Professional and college aspirant
The session will cover a 10-month Phase-wise blueprint for UPSC 2024 that will incorporate a 5-phase plan.
We’ll be sharing a personalized study plan after the webinar
Post-webinar you will get your Personalized 10-month study plan, important PDFs, timetable framework, and mentorship session.
Based on your UPSC prep situation (working aspirant, full-time aspirant), your learning style, previous attempts, and other such factors, we will be preparing and sharing a personalized PDF study plan for you.
GS feels like a massive, insurmountable mountain with 1000 marks spread across the four papers in Mains. Polishing your thoughts is essential for success, and to keep up with the hands of the clock, practice, and practice are the only things that matter the most to an IAS aspirant.
What should be your motto to clear UPSC Mains?
The simple answer is writing more tests, Doing more practice, and improving answer writing skills, for fetching better scores.
Replicating 85% Success Rate of Mains 2022 and 2023 results
Civilsdaily had a great 2022 and 2023 Mains session. With 85% of the questions in UPSC Mains were directly/indirectly from our previous MEP tests. And after receiving feedback from nearly 1000+ of our successful UPSC candidates, we decided to increase the number of tests this time.
Super 50 MEP is mentor-guided, and Rankers directed Mains Answer Writing and Evaluation program. With just 50 students per batch this is aimed at imparting answer writing skills, filling critical gaps for mains, and undergoing rigorous practice for a 430+ score in UPSC 2024.
Super -50 is your solution to low confidence wrt Mains Answer writing. You shouldn’t procrastinate and instead deliberately start answer writing, learning the skills and techniques right now.
This program will ensure comprehensive and intensive prep for GS Mains papers. The focus is on making students understand the requirement of the Mains Question, and its elements, using information and imparting answer writing skills for that.
With just a couple of months to UPSC mains this is the right time to get into mains answer writing mode.
Your knowledge is tested through your answers: If you have not learned the art to articulate your thoughts on paper, then that’s a disaster waiting to happen. Studying and writing answers is a symbiotic relationship and one reinforces the other.
Helps you retain concepts, facts, and figures.
Learning the trick to formulate the structure of the answer.
Helps to revise things and learn new things not covered by conventional books.
Improves your writing speed, and handwriting.
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Know-How Our Mains Test Program Stands Apart?
1. Personalised 1-1 Mentorship to correct you at each step
We believe in personalized individual attention. A one-to-one discussion with your Mentor will not only highlight your weaknesses but will also help in tracking your improvements over the subsequent tests. It will also ensure consistency, continuity, and progressive improvement.
Students usually get swayed by only seeing the theme of the question. The question is not about electoral bonds only. Many aspirants write everything they know about electoral bonds. You need to first mention how it will cleanse India’s electoral system. After that, link it with democracy. How it violates key features of democracy like transparency, accountability, and a level playing field. Writing only Pros and Cons will not fetch you marks.
Just schedule a call with our mentor to clear all your doubts and queries.
2. Our performance review system ensures your progress is being evaluated and measured
After every test we prepare and update your performance on two levels: one by the evaluator – who actually checked your test answer copy, and at the second level by Mentor.
We evaluate and review it on the basis of gaps that you have to overcome and there are four such gaps identified by Sukanya ma’am:
Knowledge gap
Value addition gap
Structure gap
Representation gap
3. Quality standards of questions in our test series
Our Test series questions have consistently proven to be similar to UPSC standards.
The whole syllabus will be divided into portions like history, economics, and geography. The other 12 tests will be spread over 8 months. This will ensure that your basic static preparation happens continuously alongside your Mains answer writing program. Killing two birds with one stone!
Enroll here for Super 50 MEP | Register to book your FREE 1-1 session
36 Tests: 24 sectional + 12 FLT – We are adding 12 extra tests from our test series – to practice sectional subjects better
1-on-1 mentorship after every test
Lecture sessions with IAS-IPS Rankers – Exclusive for students of this test series, we’ll have IAS-IPS rankers like Areeba (AIR 109), Shubham, IPS and Soham (AIR 267) take LIVE sessions with students on answer writing skills, strategy building, conceptual clarity, doubt resolution and more of such topics. This will ensure that you are learning from the best and keeping up to date with the latest Main trends.
Monthly webinar session with Sajal sir to discuss Mains strategy.
Performance Review report – New feature added for this series.(Check here)
Civilsdaily’s hand holding: Interact with peers on strategies to improve your Mains writing. You can also contact mentors like Sajal sir, Sukanya ma’am, Rahul sir, and Parth sir. They all have interview-level experience, so utilize their experience to your benefit.
High-value Mains Content:
Mains Value added material: 250+ Most Probable Topics
Sajal sir’s High-Value Mains Toolkit PDF
Documents on the latest and most relevant Case Studies, data
Best answer writing practices PDF
Civilsdaily magazine: Your current affairs will be covered with access to our 1-year subscription.
It happens under a team of experienced Civilsdaily faculty. Questions framed are from the most important UPSC relevant themes and papers are based on the latest pattern of UPSC.
Our questions specifically state:
Whether they are straightforward or thought-provoking/analytical.
Whether they have subparts.
Why this question – similar to previous year’s questions, the importance of the theme, etc.
CD Innovation – Red highlight – to let you know about the necessary and innovative points.
2. One-to-One Discussion
We believe in personalized individual attention. This is the biggest reason why you should join our TS. Students can schedule a call within 2 days of receiving their checked copies.
A one-to-one discussion with your Mentor will not only highlight your weaknesses but will also help in tracking your improvements over the subsequent tests. It will also ensure consistency, continuity, and progressive improvement.
3. Answer Checking
Our evaluation focuses on multiple dimensions and parameters like structure, flow, presentation, contextuality, relevance to question, analytical excellence, and cross-domain inter-linkages than simply on superficial, memory-based lapses.
More than just simply providing information, our model answers cover all the aspects of a question and provide enriching points to the student. They also include:
For ‘thought-provoking/analytical’ type of questions, we’ll provide the best way to approach them.
Alternate introductions
Subheadings and categorization to enhance readability and answer structure.
Colour coding for main arguments, reports, data, scholars, etc. OTB – Out-of-the-box points for additional marks
5. Civilsdaily’s Handholding
You’ll be assigned to a special group on Civilsdaily’s Habitat, there you can interact with different mentors like Sajal Sir, Sukanya Ma’am, Parth Sir, Rahul sir, and others.
6. Value-added material
Current affairs magazines – Civilsdaily’s Magazines are the best in terms of comprehensive coverage, superb design, and high readability.
Listicles and other relevant study material – Supplementary content provided will help cover multiple related questions.
Civilsdaily’s Mains Team Guided 250+ Rankers in UPSC 2022
Abour Sukanya Rana, Mains Program Head:
Sukanya Ma’am has firsthand experience of 4 mains and 2 interviews with UPSC. In 2019, she scored 140 in ethics. She has also appeared in the State PCS interview. Before she worked as a Probationary officer at Canara Bank. Now at Civilsdaily, she heads the Mains program and is engaged in a core team of Civilsdaily.
As per need, we will also involve our Civilsdaily core mentors like Swatantra sir, Parth sir, etc.
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Essay writing is a crucial component of the UPSC Mains examination. This is a paper where the candidates’ expressive and analytical skills are put to the test. The topics provided in the essay paper can range from socio-economic issues to philosophical and abstract themes. Tackling such broad and diverse themes can be challenging, especially when it comes to philosophical and abstract topics.
A great UPSC essay starts with brainstormed random ideas, disjointed facts…chaos, formulated into a ‘blueprint’. That’s the first step before you actually start writing it.
We are delighted to announce that Zeeshan Sir, our esteemed Essay Program Head, will be conducting a comprehensive session on mastering the nuances of philosophical essays in UPSC Mains and aiming for a stellar score of 150+
Feedback on Zeeshan sir’s mentorship by AIR 65, Pranav (from Quora: https://qr.ae/pvH4yA)
Known for his profound expertise and effective teaching methods, Zeeshan Sir has been a guiding beacon for countless UPSC aspirants. His mentorship has proven instrumental in the success of over 56 UPSC 2022 rankers, who vouch for his insightful understanding of the subject matter and his ability to convey complex ideas with clarity and precision.
Why abstract and philosophical essays are a pain point for UPSC aspirants?
Abstract and philosophical essays are often seen as challenging due to their broad and interpretative nature.
Unlike socio-economic topics, philosophical topics do not have a fixed set of facts or data that can be directly included in the essay.
These essays require the candidates to demonstrate their critical thinking skills, ability to make abstract connections and articulate their thoughts coherently.
In our interaction with almost 2500 UPSC aspirants over the past couple of months, it was revealed that time management and staying consistent presented major challenges to their UPSC preparation.
Time management and consistency is about established process and system
Those who crack it, aren’t superhumans. They are individuals, like you and me, with a consistent routine, unwavering self-discipline, and an undying commitment toward their goal. They are the ones who have decoded the science of staying on course despite life’s innumerable challenges.
Prabhat Singh, CivilsDaily’s ranker mentor, and an IRPS officer, cracked UPSC CSE twice. He was able to make it into the list in UPSC 2019 and UPSC 2021. And he did it with a full-time job both times. Prabhat will be LIVE on 10th August 2023 at 7:00 pm for a one-to-one session on Time Management Strategy for UPSC 2024-25
You are struggling to maintain a consistent study schedule.
You’re finding it challenging to stay disciplined amidst distractions.
You’re a UPSC beginner – confused about the syllabus, prioritizing subjects, making timetables & targets, or just getting started.
You’re a working professionalor college student who will be attempting UPSC 2024-25 with a job. Facing a serious time crunch and mismanagement in UPSC preparation.
You’re a veteran or aspirant trying to improve your rank in UPSC 2024 attempt.
You’re seeking proven strategies to streamline your UPSC preparation and need guidance on staying committed to your IAS goals in the long run.
“Consistency transforms ordinary efforts into extraordinary achievements.”
Prabhat Singh
So, come join us and uncover the skills necessary to be a part of that 1% for UPSC 2024. Register now for the webinar and take your first step towards achieving your IAS dream!
What Can You Expect to Learn in This Webinar?
In this interactive session, you will:
Understand the crucial role of consistency and time management in UPSC preparation.
Staying consistent for self-study.
How to restart after a break (days, weeks, months) and how to use breaks in your preparation? The ideal number of breaks.
Common distractions and how to avoid them?
What are the practical methods to maintain regularity in studies? Tips to sustain the fire and passion for studies.
How to prepare a 12-month-long study plan that is flexible and adaptable as per your changing preparation situation?
Making measurable targets, putting in place a consistent system
How to prioritize and balance Prelims-Mains; Current Affairs-Static-Optional part of the preparation?
Learn strategies to maintain a steady study routine amidst life’s daily challenges.
Gain insights into the best practices followed by successful UPSC Toppers.
Have the opportunity to ask your questions and doubts about UPSC preparation.
CivilsDaily’s FREE Masterclass package
Post-webinar we will share important PDFs, timetable framework, and notes.
Samachar Manthan Current Affairs Module for FREE
Prelims and Mains 2024 Toolkit
We will also schedule your 1-1 detailed mentorship call to help you prepare your self-study routine.
Did you know that even after meticulously covering the syllabus and acing test series, many students find themselves just a few marks away from UPSC success? Surprisingly, around 99% miss out on the final selection due to some elusive yet critical preparation gaps. Identifying and filling these gaps becomes crucial to secure your success.
As we enter the peak time for UPSC 2024-25 preparation, this session is the perfect platform for you, aspiring civil servants to gain valuable insights, guidance, and strategies for their journey ahead.
Are you weary of being engulfed in an ocean of pertinent and less pertinent news pieces while preparing yourself for the UPSC examination? The perpetual challenge of pinpointing where to direct your focus and perpetually striving to navigate through an endless stream of information to decipher what truly matters for the UPSC CSE.
Well, it’s time to say goodbye to the confusion, unawareness, and ignorance surrounding current affairs. Say hello to Samachar Manthan, a program that will help you build a solid command of your newspaper reading and current affairs analyzing skills.
Top Rankers of UPSC 2022
We’ve just launched a new batch of Samachar Manthan
Yes, you heard that right. Our flagship program is back, and it’s better than ever before. We’ve got a whole new team of UPSC current affairs experts senior mentors, fresh perspectives, and a ton of exciting new features to make your current affairs preparation journey smoother and more enjoyable.
A comprehensive weekly lecture series covering all the relevant current affairs topics, with a focus on interlinkages and analysis
A set of the most well-designed and comprehensive notes you’ll find anywhere
A weekly mains test with 10 questions to help you develop your writing skills and learn how to be precise
Answer review to help you master the art of answer writing, with a set of 20 answer writing techniques that are the industry standard
Monthly prelims tests with 100 questions that cover all the important terms in the news, and help you develop the Tikdam technique of smart guessing
And last but not least, membership to the exclusive Samachar Manthan group, where you can ask us anything, anytime, and get access to 24×7 Q&A, discussion, and mentorship.
Why Samachar Manthan is unique and different:
Samachar Manthan includes important phrases and quotes which can be used to enrich your answers writing for GS Mains
Pre-made handy points for questions. you can directly use these points in your IR answers
Recent Case Studies and Examples to enrich your Answers
According to the changing trends of UPSC Prelims, Last minutes quick revision tables
Samachar Manthan Lectures include current and contemporary affairs for the last 2-3 years.
Let’s talk results
87% of UPSC 2023 Prelims Questions were from CivilsDaily’s Current Affairs Test Series
100+ rankers vouch for the efficacy of Samachar Manthan, a result-oriented Current Affairs program
Samachar Manthan registered the highest turnout of UPSC rankers from any Current Affairs program available in the market
And if that’s not convincing enough, just watch the video below of AIR 2 Jagrati Awasthi, 49 Abhijit Ray, and many more, who will vouch for the efficacy of Samachar Manthan.
Schedule a FREE call to know how to cover the current affairs backlog for UPSC 2024 Prelims & Mains. We will be sharing a personalized strategy and timetable for you as per your UPSC preparation situation.
Click & schedule a 1-1 call with senior IAS faculty for strategy
But wait, there’s more! If you sign up now, you’ll get access to a ton of bonus features, including:
Weekly current affairs quizzes to help you test your knowledge and retention abilities
Expert guidance on how to interlink current affairs with the static syllabus
Tips and tricks to help you cover current affairs more efficiently, without sacrificing your overall preparation schedule
And so much more!
Experienced Faculties
The current affairs team has just one purpose- Making current affairs prep effective, simple, integrated and wholesome.
UPSC’22 Ranker, 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.
Sudhanshu sir has 8 years of experience in Ministry of Defence and has been mentoring students for 4 years now.
We have Venus ma’am and Jatin sir in Samachar Manthan team as well who have been teaching and mentoring UPSC aspirants for 3 years respectively.
To ensure an integrated preparation and a syllabus-centric approach to current affairs, Samachar Manthan, CivilsDaily’s flagship Current Affairs program for the UPSC-CSE exam has launched the second batch.
Because Samachar Manthan is a weekly current affairs program, we will design it for you to cover multiple weeks of current affairs in a single week. For example, Week 1 (the first weeks of June 2023) will be paired with SM Week 39. (current weeks).
Schedule a FREE call to know how to cover the current affairs backlog for UPSC 2024 Prelims and Mains.
Schedule a FREE call to learn how to cover the current affairs backlog for UPSC 2024. We will be sharing a personalized strategy and timetable for you as per your UPSC preparation situation.
6th August @ 1:00 pm | Structured and Integrated approach to UPSC current affairs with AIR 50, IAS Abhijit Ray | Click below and register for the session
Are you tired of spending hours reading newspapers/monthly compilations, making notes, and watching countless current affairs videos on YouTube, only to feel unfulfilled and frustrated with your current affairs preparation at the end of the day? It’s a common struggle for many UPSC aspirants, and we understand the challenges you’re facing.
Abhijit Ray, Civilsdaily’s student and now an IAS (2022 batch), Rank 50, too faced the same issues. But he was able to unravel this mystery and develop a unique approach that made all the difference.
Abhijit’s Clarity with Rankers webinar will delve into the world of current affairs and decode what UPSC really expects from aspirants. Abhijit’s unique strategy is simple, effective, and outcome-oriented, designed to make a real difference in your preparation journey.
I want to share my UPSC current affair approach which was wholesome, integrated, simplified and minimalistic.. you don’t need to spend countless hours and waste your time-efforts..
Abhijit Ray, IAS
Details
This session will be held in online mode.
Date: 6th August 2023 (Sunday)
Time: 1:00 pm Onwards
Zoom Meeting Link will be sent via your registered email address.
Who should attend this Clarity with Ranker session?
This webinar will benefit:
If Current Affairs seem to take up 4-5 hours of your time and still keep your prep unfulfilled
Aspirants gearing up for UPSC 2024-25, be it college students, working professionals, or candidates who are at the very onset of their journey.
Those who attempted UPSC 2022 but couldn’t make it through and aim to make critical improvements for a stronger comeback in 2024.
Candidates still trying to wrap their heads around the patterns, syllabus, and expectations of UPSC with respect to Current Affairs.
Aspirants who are sure to clear UPSC Prelims 2023 and want to fill critical gaps in their Mains’23 Answer Writing prep.
Aspirants who are not able to decipher the pattern and changing trends of UPSC Mains.
What should you expect?
In this interactive session, you will learn not only how to cover current affairs and the best sources, but also how to collect-analyse-organize-utilize-revise current affairs.
How to cover daily current affairs in just 1.5 hrs along with notes and answer writing? Important especially for working professionals and college-going aspirants.
How to link Current Affairs and GS Static parts in UPSC Preparation and particularly for UPSC answers? Integrating content in your answers for a toppers’ level answer.
How Current Affairs can help beat the unpredictability of UPSC paper, especially Prelims?
Effective note-making techniques that are tailored to UPSC current affairs.
Best, authentic, minimum source of current Affairs for UPSC-CSE prelims & Mains Preparation. Do’s & Dont’s, How to remake ‘Recognition of information’ into ‘recall, analyze & express’
Issues in Current Affairs coverage-
What to read and what to ignore?
What are the sources?
How much time should be devoted to Current Affairs?
Can newspapers be a substitute for monthly magazines?
How toppers make their current affairs notes?
How to integrate CA into Mains answers
Daily, weekly coverage vs monthly coverage
Subjects, directly and indirectly, dependent on UPSC Current Affairs
What is the difference between ‘Opinion-based current affairs’ & ‘Current issues with Fact-based’ questions will also be discussed thoroughly in this webinar.
What are the common Blindspots and Loopholes in the preparation for Current Affairs that are faced by most of the aspirants?
How to have a comprehensive analysis covering all the relevant current affairs topics, with a focus on interlinkages, answer writing, and retention of information?
The significance of a 430+ GS mains score cannot be overstated. It not only ensures your selection in the UPSC exam but also puts you in the league of top rankers. However, many aspirants miss out on this crucial aspect of UPSC mains preparation. They start answer writing too late, lack the right approach, and fail to integrate their mains preparation with prelims.
But Kunal Aggarwal cracked this code early on, thanks to the strategic interventions of his mentor, Sajal Singh sir. With Sajal sir’s guidance, Kunal consistently scored 430+ in every UPSC Mains he wrote, a feat that speaks volumes about the effectiveness of the answer writing techniques and strategies he followed.
In the Mains exam hall, it is all about execution. UPSC Toppers focus on certain fundamental principles and they follow them firmly and perfectly.
Sajal Singh sir
Join our exclusive webinar with Kunal Aggarwal, IRS, who cracked UPSC multiple times with ranks of 130 and 211, scoring a whopping 430+ in GS mains each time! Kunal will share the secret techniques and practical strategies he employed during his UPSC mains preparation and answer writing practice that led to these outstanding scores.
Who should attend this Clarity with Ranker session?
Aspirants who are sure to clear UPSC Prelims 2023 and want to fill critical gaps in their Mains’23 Answer Writing prep.
UPSC 2024-25 aspirants who’ve already started Answer writing from scratch but can’t understand what should be the best maiden approaches.
Aspirants who are struggling with time management for Mains Answer Writing
Aspirants who are not able to decipher the pattern and changing trends of UPSC Mains.
Aspirants who are enthusiastic to Score 440+ in IAS Mains 2023-24
UPSC 2023-2024 aspirants who want to be Mains ready with minimum study sources.
What should you expect?
Kunal will be discussing:
Proven strategies to score 430+ in UPSC GS mains
Techniques for effective answer writing practice and the right approach to mains preparation integrating it with prelims preparation
Making a timetable and studyplan for mains exams
How to avoid common mistakes in mains answers
Insights into Kunal’s success story and his journey to cracking UPSC multiple times
Kunal will dive deep into specifics of Answer Writing as well and will discuss
Identifying and tackling directive words and tail words in the Mains Question. There are more than 30 directives and you must answer according to that only. We will discuss how to approach an answer wrt to these directives
When, where, and how to use diagrams, flowcharts, tables, etc? It is a common notion that more diagrams = more marks, but this is not true. You must draw diagrams/flowcharts to address certain parts of the question only.
Understanding the core and non-core parts of the questions. There is one part of the Mains question that is directly asked and is an obvious question. The non-core part at times might not be obvious but you must address that.
How to use anecdotes, facts, data, examples, and case studies? – even using the most common ones in the most impactful manner, in such a manner that it fetches you more marks
How to answer a question with limited content or knowledge? Basically – Bouncer/googly questions. Keywords in question: Kunal will thoroughly explain what each keyword means. Analyzing critically is different from explaining or elaborating. So, how to read the question carefully and then start answering?
How to complete the mock and UPSC Main paper in 3 hours? And what should be the correct sequence of answering sections in the Mains paper? This is very essential to maintain your speed as well as consistency in your thinking process.
Making a trade-off between quality and quantity in your answers. You might now be able to recall every info for all the answers.
When to write answers in Paragraph form and when to write in heading, subheading, and points? What should be the ideal length of a sentence, paragraph, and number of points?
What should be the strategy for UPSC 2023 Mains aspirants especially for the last 45 days?
About Kunal Aggarwal
Computer Science graduate from IIT Hyderabad
Worked for Goldman Sachs in the past
AIR 130 in UPSC 2019 and AIR 211 in UPSC 2018 exams
IRS and currently posted as an Assistant Commissioner, IT
Optional subject: Political Science and International Relations (PSIR)
Civilsdaily’s mentorship student under Sajal Singh sir
