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Click to fill the form: Samanvaya for IAS 2021

5 minutes, or 10 minutes, no more than that. That’s all the time we will need to get to know each other before we start talking about your IAS Preparation strategies.

In the lockdown season 1, 2, 3, we talked with more than 1300 candidates who are preparing for IAS 2021. Here’s what we helped you with:

1. Working Junta? If you are preparing for IAS 2021 and working simultaneously, we can help you design a timetable that fits right in your hectic schedule.
2. First-time prep? If you are in last year of college or thinking of dropping a year and preparing for IAS 2021 full time, we can help you pick the right books and craft a practical & personal strategy

You just have to take 5 minutes out and fill this form: Samanvaya For IAS 2021

Once done, we will call you within 24 hours or so.

What happens when you fill this form? How does a call help you?

1. Identifying your weaknesses

Over 80% of students who claimed to have revised NCERTs twice were unable to answer basic questions. Many were not comfortable with at least 1 GS subject and Optional. Many struggled with ‘What went wrong’ after 2-3 years of hard work. Our mentors will provide free preliminary assignments so we can assess your preparedness and suggest accurate strategies.

2. Strategy and study plan discussions

Over 90% of students couldn’t stick to a plan. Study plans and strategies are iterative in nature and we want to help you with that. Many are unable to perform in tests despite preparing hard. This could be due to a variety of factors – lack of adequate prep, jitters in the exam hall, inadequate revision, lack of practice of test series or just a bad day at work. Tell us what you think went wrong and we’ll figure out a way to get you over the line next time.

3. Helping you understand the exam better – which books to read, different approaches, etc. Over 60% of students we talked to did not find NCERTs relevant and saw no point in being thorough with them.

4. Lack of motivation

We have all had those days when it’s been hard to motivate ourselves to hit the books and just study. It happens to the best of us sometimes and for some of us, it happens more frequently. And it is understandable, Civil Service preparation is a long and often lonely process. Every aspirant, from toppers to those who have quit have been overwhelmed by this process at some point in time. Working alone is monotonous and helps you keep motivated by ensuring you are actively and passively studying every day. Focused telegram groups to foster discussions.

Click to fill the form: Samanvaya for IAS 2021

Click to fill the form: Samanvaya for IAS 2021

5 minutes, or 10 minutes, no more than that. That’s all the time we will need to get to know each other before we start talking about your IAS Preparation strategies.

Last week we chatted with about 850+ aspirants via our Samanvaya outreach – 65% were full-time aspirants and 35% were preparing for it along with their job. Here’s what we chatted about:

1. Working Junta? If you are preparing for IAS 2021 and working simultaneously, we can help you design a timetable that fits right in your hectic schedule.
2. First-time prep? If you are in last year of college or thinking of dropping a year and preparing for IAS 2021 full time, we can help you pick the right books and craft a practical & personal strategy

You just have to take 5 minutes out and fill this form: Samanvaya For IAS 2021

Once done, we will call you within 24 hours or so.

What happens when you fill this form? How does a call help you?

1. Identifying your weaknesses

Over 80% of students who claimed to have revised NCERTs twice were unable to answer basic questions. Many were not comfortable with at least 1 GS subject and Optional. Many struggled with ‘What went wrong’ after 2-3 years of hard work. Our mentors will provide free preliminary assignments so we can assess your preparedness and suggest accurate strategies.

2. Strategy and study plan discussions

Over 90% of students couldn’t stick to a plan. Study plans and strategies are iterative in nature and we want to help you with that. Many are unable to perform in tests despite preparing hard. This could be due to a variety of factors – lack of adequate prep, jitters in the exam hall, inadequate revision, lack of practice of test series or just a bad day at work. Tell us what you think went wrong and we’ll figure out a way to get you over the line next time.

3. Helping you understand the exam better – which books to read, different approaches, etc. Over 60% of students we talked to did not find NCERTs relevant and saw no point in being thorough with them.

4. Lack of motivation

We have all had those days when it’s been hard to motivate ourselves to hit the books and just study. It happens to the best of us sometimes and for some of us, it happens more frequently. And it is understandable, Civil Service preparation is a long and often lonely process. Every aspirant, from toppers to those who have quit have been overwhelmed by this process at some point in time. Working alone is monotonous and helps you keep motivated by ensuring you are actively and passively studying every day. Focused telegram groups to foster discussions.

Click to fill the form: Samanvaya for IAS 2021

Click here to fill the Samanvaya form for IAS 2020-21, tell us about your preparation. 

“I was never serious but I cleared the exam”.

“Truth be told, I didn’t study Laxmikant and still got through”.

“UPSC is just like university exams. All the hype is unnecessary”.

Every once in a while, we have been forwarded topper talks where casual claims like the above are made. Though unintentional, they end up harming the aspirants preparing for the exam right now.

Click here to fill the Samanvaya form for IAS 2020-21, tell us about your preparation. 

There are 2 factors at play – the level of competition and the format of the exam.

1. As you can see from 2012 to 2014, approx 4L new aspirants ( close to 80%) were added. This increased the competition substantially.

2. 2015 saw changes in the exam format. CSAT became a qualifying paper. Meaning its marks were no longer added to the final prelims score. CSAT paper certainly gave an edge to engineering, MBA students who were used to solving such questions with more accuracy and speed.

But with this paper gone, students from all backgrounds stood at an equal footing. No one having an inherent advantage over the other. The GS focused prelims paper made the mains competition very intense.  

3. 2017 saw fundamental changes in the way the questions for the prelims paper were designed.

• The number of direct, straightforward questions came down. These questions used to be directly lifted from the base books.
• Many questions were unpredictable and not for conventional materials that you would read.

As a result, a lot of students who were reaching the interview stage started struggling with prelims.

And this format has been continuing till now – 2018, 2019, and will most certainly continue in 2020.

More often than not, our students suggest strategies that they’ve discussed with a distant friend or cousin who cleared the exam before 2015 (at times their uncles who cleared the exam in the 90s).

Very simply put, the competition is intense leaving lesser scope for errors. 

From the above analysis, it is clear that aspirants from a different era had altogether different concerns and challenges.

Someone who prepared/cleared the exam before 2015 might not appreciate how difficult and tricky prelims have become. Students who didnt focus their prelims attempt

And they might not have a nuanced understanding of what the exam requires today, the importance of making notes, etc.

We always recommend students to consult people who have appeared for the recent 2-3 prelims. Because they are well aware of the most recent trends.

Our team has the largest repository of best practices and knowledge that has been accumulated over the years. Our programs provide the best support that will give you a fighting chance to clear the exams.

Click here to fill the Samanvaya form for IAS 2020-21, tell us about your preparation. 

Register here for Nikaalo Prelims 2020 – FLTs

Friends,

First of all, thank you for making Nikaalo Prelims a huge success.

We are pleased to announce the 4th edition of our popular test series which has now been integrated with Nikaalo Prelims program. 

This test series has been launched on a special request by our super focussed and dedicated Nikaalo Prelims group members and past students. 

Highly optimized, remarkably relevant, and really comprehensive it is a power pack.

 1.  8 GS papers + 3 CSAT papers (check the schedule below)  

2.  An in-depth discussion on Special telegram group (exclusive).

3.  High-quality Nikaalo Prelims handouts.

4.  All India ranking.

First four tests are theme-based: 

They will cover – Union Budget, Economic Survey, India Yearbook, Schemes, Acts, Organisations and Institutions (national and international).

Covering this part is a pain. We know. But there is no other way. We will help. 

Around 50-55 questions are expected in the UPSC Prelims from these sections. Preparedness in this section will ensure your success in prelims. It can actually decide if you are writing Mains 2020 or not. 

Four full-length, full syllabus tests:

Based on UPSC paper our FLTs will rigorously test your preparedness and point out weak areas. It will give you necessary reflection, direction and confidence for the actual battle.

Prepared by our team, these papers closely resemble an actual UPSC paper.

All important and probable questions for UPSC Pre 2020 are going to be covered in our tests. 

Read about our innovation-Question Tagging

CSAT

3 Full-length CSAT papers based on latest UPSC CSAT paper.

What our students have to say about the test:

Post-test

1. All India ranking – released on the next day of the test
2. Nikaalo Prelims handouts – comprehensive, simple and precise 
3. Detailed discussion and analysis on a Special Telegram group (on mentioned dates in the schedule).

Register here for Nikaalo Prelims 2020 – FLTs

How to enrol? 

• Fees for the test: Rs 500 + Taxes
• Click on the following link: https://bit.ly/2wIEKt8

Note- This is a limited time offer.

Schedule:

*First test was the Open test.  Discussion on other tests will happen on the scheduled dates only, on a separate Telegram group.

Stay safe. Stay strong. Keep studying.

(Get registered now!) Nikaalo Prelims- All India Open Mock Tests 2020

(The first test is on 12th April 2020)

You are studying hard. Others are too. 

Then why aspirants are unable to clear the pre cutoffs? Many of them are UPSC veterans, some already in-service officers and some who had just appeared for the interviews. 

No, we aren’t going to talk about what, how, and from where to study. You know it very well.

We are going to go deeper. (Pie chart alert)

The questions in GS paper are of varying difficulty level, from different subjects and topics, some are straight forward and some are quite complex with varying levels of interlinkages and interconnections.

Nikaalo Prelims TELEGRAM group (Join here).

We will take you behind the scenes where question papers are made at Civilsdaily. 

Today we will discuss one of Civilsdaily’s innovation Question tagging, to explain how our mocks resemble very closely to UPSC papers.

Tagging helps us to ensure:

1. Balanced coverage of static and current affairs.
2. Optimum difficulty level.
3. Relevance to UPSC syllabus and pattern.
4. Coverage of important themes.

In short, we tag questions based on different parameters. We do it at different levels.

For example, from our first Open Mock test (on Government schemes and policies) we are going to discuss 4 of them:

1. Question type.
2. Difficulty level
3. Ministry wise
4. Subject or domain wise.

In our first Nikaalo Prelims mock test we have used three variants of questions: 

1. Normal questions are straightforward questions. They are relatively easier to solve. 
2. In Consolidated questions, various facets of the same scheme are asked in the question. 
3. While in Comparative questions different angles of two or more schemes are discussed and asked.

Not all questions are on the same difficulty level in UPSC. We usually tag questions on 7 levels of difficulty. In the first open test, we have used four levels of difficulty (levels 2 – 5). 

Here difficulty may arise due to lack of basic or deeper knowledge of the scheme, making linkages between other schemes or eliminating the options.

Scope of operation of GoI is wide. There are schemes and policies related to every ministry. While preparing, students tend to focus on a few important ones. 

Have a look at the diversity of the ministries and departments in the above chart. All important schemes have been touched upon. We made it sure.

Every scheme or policy by the GoI or State govt can be classified under a particular topic from the UPSC pre syllabus. We have made further classification but for the sake of demonstration broad one has been used here. 

This was just one aspect as to how we make sure our mock tests are:

1. Relevant to your needs.
2. As per expectation of UPSC
3. Testing your knowledge and understanding at various levels

(Get registered now!) Nikaalo Prelims- All India Open Mock Tests 2020

We will share other behind the scenes as well till then buckle up for 12th April 2020

Click to fill the form: Samanvaya for IAS 2021

5 minutes, or 10 minutes, no more than that. That’s all the time we will need to get to know each other before we start talking about your IAS Preparation strategies.

Last week we chatted with about 269 aspirants via our Samanvaya outreach – 65% were full-time aspirants and 35% were preparing for it along with their job. Here’s what we chatted about:

1. Working Junta? If you are preparing for IAS 2021 and working simultaneously, we can help you design a timetable that fits right in your hectic schedule.
2. First-time prep? If you are in last year of college or thinking of dropping a year and preparing for IAS 2021 full time, we can help you pick the right books and craft a practical & personal strategy

You just have to take 5 minutes out and fill this form: Samanvaya For IAS 2021

Once done, we will call you within 24 hours or so.

What happens when you fill this form? How does a call help you?

1. Identifying your weaknesses

Over 80% of students who claimed to have revised NCERTs twice were unable to answer basic questions. Many were not comfortable with at least 1 GS subject and Optional. Many struggled with ‘What went wrong’ after 2-3 years of hard work. Our mentors will provide free preliminary assignments so we can assess your preparedness and suggest accurate strategies.

2. Strategy and study plan discussions

Over 90% of students couldn’t stick to a plan. Study plans and strategies are iterative in nature and we want to help you with that. Many are unable to perform in tests despite preparing hard. This could be due to a variety of factors – lack of adequate prep, jitters in the exam hall, inadequate revision, lack of practice of test series or just a bad day at work. Tell us what you think went wrong and we’ll figure out a way to get you over the line next time.

3. Helping you understand the exam better – which books to read, different approaches, etc. Over 60% of students we talked to did not find NCERTs relevant and saw no point in being thorough with them.

4. Lack of motivation

We have all had those days when it’s been hard to motivate ourselves to hit the books and just study. It happens to the best of us sometimes and for some of us, it happens more frequently. And it is understandable, Civil Service preparation is a long and often lonely process. Every aspirant, from toppers to those who have quit have been overwhelmed by this process at some point in time. Working alone is monotonous and helps you keep motivated by ensuring you are actively and passively studying every day. Focused telegram groups to foster discussions.

Click to fill the form: Samanvaya for IAS 2021