Guys, in this edition of Unherd, we have AIR 30 Divyanshu Choudhary to share this journey for UPSC preparation.
He did his engineering from BITS Pilani and given went for MBA from IIM Calcutta. He left his lucrative private job to pursue a career in Civil services.
This success came at the cost of a lot of hard work. Despite having COVID 3 months prior to Prelims, he did not lose his focus.
Starting with a dream and ending with its reality, is very much possible if you trust yourself, work in a direction with a focused plan of action. He is one such example for us too at Civilsdaily IAS.
Let’s hear more from the winner himself in the video.
Hello Aspirants of Prelims 2021, are you fully prepared for prelims? Do you know how to perfectly utilise two hours of paper to qualify prelims? Do you know how many rounds you should go to solve the paper? How to handle pressure and remain confident during exams?
Santosh Gupta sir discusses here not only exam pressure but also how many rounds you should go and how to best utilise time for a perfect score of 130+ from his own experience of getting 130+ in his all 6 attempts in prelims.
How to avoid silly mistakes, watch this video of him. It is most important for all of you appear for prelims 2021:– https://youtu.be/AfavQ_6ne7Q
About Santosh Gupta sir:- Santosh Gupta sir has scored above 140 twice in UPSC prelims and always 130 plus in all 6 attempts. He wrote all 6 mains and appeared for Interviews 3 times. He has qualified UPSC EPFO and BPSC 56-59th also.
He has been teaching and mentoring UPSC aspirants for the last 5 years with tremendous interest in environment and ecology and Polity.
Divyanshu Nigam, Rank 44 in CSE, 2020. Did his B.Tech from BITS Pilani in Chemical Engineering. A thorough reader and interested in Reflective journalism. Let’s see some of the key points of this interaction and how Civilsdaily helped Divyanshu in his journey.
Let’s hear more from the winner himself in the video.
Guys, we have AIR 17 Sarthak Aggarwal who has yet again proven his abilities in UPSC 2020. He has had a phenomenal academic history coupled with some great post academic work assignments. But these nonetheless lucrative job opportunities didn’t let Sarthak defocus for a moment. Like everyone else, he too had to navigate the ominous developments in the form of distractions, bad days, despair, needless comparisons, etc., in addition to chart out a course plan for successful coverage of UPSC IAS syllabus. From his marathon one after another success over the years, one thing is clear. Starting with a dream and ending with its reality, is very much possible if you trust yourself, work in a direction with a focused plan of action. He is one such example for us too at Civilsdaily IAS.
Let’s hear more from the winner himself in the video.
Maintaining consistency is one of the biggest issues faced by IAS Aspirants. Streak’s initiative is to help Aspirants in their day-to-day preparation. You can follow the monthly, weekly, and daily timetables and continue this streak until you find yourself on the final list.
UPSC PRELIMS-2021 || Current Affairs Based Most Probable Questions on History – by Sukanya Rana
Q1) Consider the following statements with respect to Pulakeshin II
He was one of the greatest Kings of Satavahana dynasty in the 3rd Century B.C.
His military achievements were described in the famous Aihole Prasasti or Inscription.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? a. 1 only b. 2 only c. Both 1 and 2 d. Neither 1 nor 2
Q2) Trirashmi Buddhist Cave complex is located in which of the following states?
a. Karnataka b. Uttar Pradesh c. Maharashtra d. Madhya Pradesh
Q3) Consider the following statements with respect to Jhanda Satyagraha
It focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag through the defiance of laws prohibiting the hoisting of nationalist flags.
The first Jhanda Satyagraha was held in the city of Nagpur in 1923 and later spread to many other parts of India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? a. 1 only b. 2 only c. Both 1 and 2 d. Neither 1 nor 2
Q4) Select the recommendations of the Nehru Report from the following?
Creation of a Supreme Court.
Equal rights for men and women.
Living wage to workers.
Creation of provinces along religious lines.
a. 1 and 2 only b. 1, 2 and 3 only c. 3 and 4 only d. All the above
Ravi Kumar is from a small place in Alwar, Rajasthan. He is young and dynamic. Fresh out of IIT Roorkee, he successively cleared two UPSC Civil Services Exams. On the first attempt he managed to obtain AIR 770 and in the second one he finally got himself the coveted job of an IAS officer ( AIR 84 ).
He was inspired to become a civil servant right from his college days and started investing a significant amount of time towards preparation, ignoring what many of his classmates were doing at that time.
During this interaction, Ravi speaks about his inspiration, hardwork, distractions, managing stress and his evolution under the guidance of CivilsDaily over the last couple of years.
His optional is Geography, we will also try to explore the areas many aspirants find it difficult to get over. Whereas he leverages all his previous knowledge and skill to get more marks.
Guys, let’s hear more from Ravi himself and try to learn what a common aspirant learns in this quest to cross the threshold.
Maintaining consistency is one of the biggest issues faced by IAS Aspirants. Streak’s initiative is to help Aspirants in their day-to-day preparation. You can follow the monthly, weekly, and daily timetables and continue this streak until you find yourself on the final list.
Maintaining consistency is one of the biggest issues faced by IAS Aspirants. Streak’s initiative is to help Aspirants in their day-to-day preparation. You can follow the monthly, weekly, and daily timetables and continue this streak until you find yourself on the final list.
Vaibhav cracked Mains in the first attempt but only barely! With very few marks in GS, he joined Civilsdaily’s Mentorship Program for 2020 for his second attempt and the results were clear – he secured 25th rank in UPSC 2020. Vaibhav is an IT BHU graduate, school cricket captain, 7th ranker in All India Science Olympiad, a former employee at Samsung R&D and current Rank Holder for UPSC 2020.
Guys, let’s hear more from Vaibhav himself and try to learn what a common aspirant learns in this quest to cross the threshold.
Maintaining consistency is one of the biggest issues faced by IAS Aspirants. Streak’s initiative is to help Aspirants in their day-to-day preparation. You can follow the monthly, weekly, and daily timetables and continue this streak until you find yourself on the final list.
