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Firstly sincerest apologies for posting detailed strategy for Civil Engineering so late. I am no authority on Civil Engineering but due to requests from aspirants, I decided to go ahead. I freezed my optional subject almost year after my graduation. So it wasn’t easy as I didn’t have my notes (Well who makes notes in… Continue reading [Optionals Strategy] How to prepare for Civil Engineering – Paper 2

Dear Reader, The Chinese Yuan was devalued so suddenly, it was almost filmy in its implementation. Here’s my filmy take on a “Bahubali of a Devaluation” that appeared in the Hindu Business Line today under my column “Tweakonomics.” You can also read the column directly at http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/yuan-a-lens-eye-view/article7583325.ece Enjoy! ——————————————————————————————————- It’s official. So impressed is the… Continue reading The Bahubali of a Devaluation!

Prelims is over and I am sure many of you who are reading this will clear that stage. Don’t be too happy about it. it is just one small step towards a bigger goal. The goal to contribute towards society. The goal to bring positive change in people’s lives (Mind you, your goal is not… Continue reading Targeting Mains

Look around the papers and see how beautifully UPSC integrates the current affairs in the paper under every section apart from, probably, History. Here's what we propose for UPSC Mains.

Read the syllabus, again. Have a well chalked-out plan and execute it. We can and we will hold your hand to success. The Mains strategy should be out by tomorrow. Let's get cracking!

    We started thinking about Civilsdaily sometime in early January. We were talking to a friend of ours who was appearing for the civil services examination this year and among other things, he was complaining about how hard it was to connect the news items together and understand a story in full. A lot is lost among… Continue reading The Art of Reading Newspaper & How Civilsdaily Got it Right

If you are preparing for competitive exams, it is important to know what to study. But sometimes it becomes more important to know how to study. Just keeping yourself immersed in books might not work. You need to follow few good studying ethics to get meaningful results. Small changes in your habits can take you… Continue reading Tips to Make Your Study Sessions Effective

Today morning, the RBI gave in-principle approvals for payment bank licenses to 11 out of 41 applicants. While there are some big names there such as Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Nuvo, Vodafone and Airtel, the most humble name in the list was the one with maximum connect to the objective of financial inclusion. Indian Postal… Continue reading Making the “Most” out of Indian “Post” Office Payment Banks

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF)? 1. NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government 2. NIF is an initiative to strengthen the highly advanced scientific research in India’s premier scientific institutions in collaboration with highly advanced foreign scientific institutions.  Select… Continue reading UPSC CSE Prelims 2015 – S&T and Misc.

  As I came in from my walk yesterday, I saw some little girls playing their usual, chirrupy games… Ring-a Ring-a Roses Pocket full of posies Atishoo! Atishoo! They all fall DOWWWWWNNNNNN!!! There was a great amount of scuffling and giggling to make sure that one sits down before the others. A competitive, let-me-fall-before-you-do game.… Continue reading Nursery Rhymes, SDRs and Devaluation of the Yuan