Trying to do something exceptional. As long as you are comfortable with properly revising the whole material before the exam, it doesnt matter how you make those notes. sir how much time you think ideally to complete syllabus if fresher along with optional.so that we can plan accordingly.thank you so much for ur wonderful article sir. I Spoke with my parents and they warned me against it. A Brief History of Modern India- Spectrum Publications, Indias Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra (Read selectively for topics not covered in the Spectrum book). sir how to choose optional ? Or the compilation available? Can you please explain in detail as to what did you do for diagrams and maps? Sir, from which institute u prepare for cse ? Thanks. sir ,we should read all the 2nd arc report ? Hi, here is my appropriate suggestions as an aspirants like you. Highest Scoring Optional in UPSC: List ANUDEEP DURISHETTY AIR-01 2017; AMIT KUMAR AIR-91 2018; ANU KUMARI AIR-02 2017; UPSC Prelims Answer Key; UPSC CSE Final Merit List; Basic Information. And this is where theyll trap you, be careful. Hello Anudeep Sir, Firat of all my heartiest congratulations for your extraordinary success. My Mentor, you are An Inspiration ?? It will leave your HOPELESS AND HELPLESS rendering your all EFFORT USELESS. 5. Looks fine. This skill builds over time. Thanks a ton sir! Anudeep Durishetty Post author. Your complete guide to UPSC General Studies (GS) preparation in Civil Services Mains Exam. Im going to write mains in my mother tongue. Every time I read your blog I can literally listen you. Anudeep Durishetty Post author. Chahal Academy Anudeep Durishetty IAS Complete Hand Written Notes PDF [AIR 1] GS Score Weekly Current Affairs April 2020 Week 2 PDF. 5. Anudeep Anna, is neccesary to study NCERTs like geography, history,economics etc from 6th to 12th or any particular standards are enough? can you please provide link of your Evernote .it would be very helpfull. Hi Sir, I am also a student of BITS PILANI, currently in my 3rd year.I aim for UPSC but I am really confused that whether I should prepare directly for this exam or go for a job and then prepare for this service.Please guide me regarding this. Can you plz give suggestion if I write offline? Along with these books, get a printout of the syllabus and read it carefully. Thank You so much.?? The SM material is of 50+ pages every week. The only way to overcome it is to practice enough before the final exam. Evernote. Presently,my family is financially not at all stable. IAS PREPARATION TIPS FROM INSIGHTS Hi.. Anudeep sir.. sir I have some doubts in paper 2 and paper 3. I hope aspirants who are struggling with answer writing find them useful. New year New topper sir , but we wont forget you till we die, Sir, do we have to memorize or just read standard books. , Sir, how to incorporate notes online for static part or those that we read from hard copy notes/ books. OR should we directly write affect of Chinas economic policies and trade surplus in the body part and write just one line intro and one line conclusion. Many many congratulations sir ! Prime Minister talking about $5 trillion economy is news. Thank you sir. So for instance, World History is very important and questions will definitely be asked every year. This post is as good and helpful as your posts on anthropology. Money might come back again, but TIME? Luck doesnt matter , but hard work does . Do your research for a day, decide on your sources, and stick with it. Anthropology Sir I am doing my graduation . PRS India is an excellent resource for all the latest legislation in the offing and The Hindu for policy criticism. So can you please suggest me whether Ive to join a company and prepare paralelly for upsc(is it possible) or do you want me not to join company to focus only on the upsc whole year. I am 18 years old as of now and currently in the second year of my college persuing B.Com (H) . Sir please tell me when to start answer writing?,I have started a month back,when should I start writing please sir,please reply.I am targeting 2020, Sir if possible, then please share your IR, Economy, modern history notes Its a humble request to you sir These will be veru helpful for us. Or somthing else to read for history. Preparing for Current Affairs in UPSC Exam, Explained Please see. Anudeep Durishetty Could I take engineering service or UPSC exam? Thanks a lot sir for such a lucid description of your strategy. sir there is a query regarding current affairs .if I am making daily notes of current affairs from a website then whats the point of reading monthly compilation better i can revise my daily notes which i had made .but if i have to read monthly magazine for revising current affairs then whats the point in making daily notes which i cant use in my revision. It took me considerable amount of time to realise that the course is not as per the demands of UPSC. is Theams of Indian History important ? Even if you only have a vague idea, write those generic points. Hello sir!! SIR Meeru chestuna ee help ki chala thanks sir ye okka topper ni nenu chudaledhu sir intha baga help cheyyadam 2014 toppers nundhi chusa ye okkaru blog lo intha information pettaledu telugu vallalo and nenu oka req chesthuna sir manam intha chaduvu tham kani naku antha ga gurthu undadu sir chadivinadhi ratri chadivithe malli podduna revise chesthe thappa naku gurthu radhu alanti mind nadhi meeru konchem memorise kosam tips chepithe nenu konchem benefit pondhutanu sir plz naku asalu spectrum book chaduvutunte history lo yem ardham kavadam ledhu kani naku oke goal undhi sir civils guarantee ga kottali ani nenu yentha time ayina chaduvutha kani gurthu undadhu plz sir naku ee okka goal undhi plz na comment ni detail ga explain cheyyandi plzzzsss????????????????????????????????? On Thu, 31 May 2018, 11:22 p.m. Anudeep Durishetty, wrote: > Anudeep Durishetty posted: Here are my marksheets for the Prelims and > Mains of Civil Services Exam 2017. GS Score Weekly Current Affairs April 2020 Week 2 PDF. I feel that it depends on your area of interest. Note: My book,Fundamentals of Essay and Answer Writing is out now! God bless you sir. I have read all your replies. conquer GS in UPSC Mains, Explained Theyll sugarcoat you and trap you into buying their courses. Search that topic and add upsc. Download link is given at the end. Please mention the name of the book in your reply. May I know why you have opted Anthropology as optional, rather than Mathematics. Whats the difference? Today I saw this blog and all the very very best for your endeavors, Sir.. can you please help me to find out anybody wrote English as their mains optional & which books for reference. 2. Prepare crisp and clear definitions of technical terms such as cybersecurity, terrorism, organised crime, money laundering, left-wing extremism etc. I answered this query elsewhere on the blog. 3. To succeed in this exam, the source of material is not important. TEST SERIES: I have not written any major tests except for few Practice Tests. Sir, my query is regarding Bipin Chandra book, as you have also stated it for selective reading and even I too find it little ambiguous as therere lots of facts in one page only. Upto wich month do we have to read newspaperas and current going news for mains and for respectively. Hi Anudeep, Could you please release the answer writing chapter from your upcoming book before Mains 2019 starting from 20th September. Dear sir, please tell me where can i buy upsc related text books, especially brain tree anthropology material in HYDERABAD. Thank you for taking out your time to write this article.? I just go throughing your notes, you are maked extensive notes but time concern i cant even read your notes (like geography notes) I think i feel very difficult to read this much facts. Again Thanks a lot sir, Is it by going through the text, highlighting important points & then copying down. Anthropology Optional It doesnt matter how many volumes of current affairs material you have studied, at the end, on the exam day, youll have to write 250 words at max. Mr. Anudeep, what about bilateral relations? Sir I started preparation on June 2021.. but still confused on how to remember the topics what I read.. and confused in current affairs that how to link with gs papers.. sir please help me to solve this. But ur post makes me happy..chala days nunchi waiting e post (how to conquer gs) kosam , actually nenu plan chesukuna mimalni meet avdam ani phoenix event lo, just to know -(when ur going update this gs strategy) Luckily its happened today .. Once again thank a lot Anna..!! If youre a seasoned aspirant, you are going to find new tools to further refine and dramatically improve the quality of your answers. And just as I had mentioned for GS-2, statistics and committee reports are very important. Congratulations for your success anna:) Please help me with my doubt about current affairs in mains exam bro. Anudeep sir, I want to know that should I also refer to Bipan Chandras History of Modern India along with Spectrums modern India. Is your book available in Hindi also, sir? The first article primarily talks about my booklist and the basic approach I followed. Your answers are all that he has to judge you. Remember that. sir for which topics or subject online notes are required as offline notes are also neccesary for some subjects . Thank you? Chahal Academy What are the topics to be covered in it and to what extent. Sir how to revise All monthly current affairs magazines in last months of Prelims and mains exam? I think Im going too slow A for covering Geo 1 single book M taking 4 to 5 days As my tym Is also going in coaching But I take my coaching as direction.. Sir, Can you upload your copy of GS1, please? Plz suggest what shld I do now.wholeheartedly upsc 19 and leaving all other xm or..I think upsc wants one yr full dedication which I didnt give till now. For instance, take this. It really feel so overwhelming that successful aspirants like you are trying to help out others alot. Anudeep possesses a rare ability to express the most complex and abstract of concepts in easy to understand manner. Regards, Priyanka Das. Its not that difficult, really. And for answer writing, I would suggest you to go with Insights IAS Secure or IAS BABA TLP. Sir, i started my preparation this year presently iam appearing b.tech 2nd year.. How are you sir??? Hi sir, as now Im a college student,Im not able to spent much time in reading news papers due to the semester exam pressures n all..is it okay to follow current affairs.com,a monthly journal,as a substitution of daily news papers? Hi Anudeep !!! Haha, I am a big fan of that series. Any advice for arriving at a balance here? In this article, we will go through guidelines to effectively prepare current affairs for UPSC Civil Services Exam Prelims and Mains. Sir bhut se log bolte h ki Hindi medium ke candidate ka selection bhut kam hota h agar hota v hai to rank bhut jyada aata h yahi soch kar ham preparation start nhi kar pa rahe h bhut sare teacher YouTube par bolte h aur bolte h ki jo General h uska rank kam aayega tavi ias milega plz sir kuchh solutions bataeye. Thanks alot Sir, for such a valuable information. Sir Hope that you must be fine and you respected family by grace of almighty God. Hello sir, First of all, Congrats for your success! So yeah, the title is inspired from Vox. If you want to crack govt exam then you need proper guidance and proper classes for that you may visit:-, Thank a lot sir as i do not have any guidance your blog helps a lot to me , Unable to get through the link that has been provided for this particular book-, I prepared entirely for this topic from this outstanding book: Download . Itll give you a good perspective of whats important and whats not. No. But if you have the confidence, zeal,passion, determination to become IAS you will definitely become . Sir, Which institutes GS Test series is the best for practice? BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY IT, SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GET COACHING FOR YOUR OPTIONAL SUBJECT OR BUY STANDARD TEST SERIES (VISION IAS, INSIGHTS IAS, FORUM IAS, other reputed institutes) 3. Really I feel happy. Not realizing the word limit in Mains. I cant seem to find it on the internet now. Money might come back again, but TIME? Or has it lost its sheen as a CSE source? Thank you very much for sharing and helping UPSC aspirants. This post is as good and helpful as your posts on anthropology. Please suggest a source thay would suffice this topic. Can diagrams/flowcharts be incorporated in essays? Apparently the notes are too detailed and too vast that its not directly in line with the demands of new pattern. The courses might have helped veterans in Quality Enrichment because of the individual attention given to them to claim their ranks in FUTURE. Sir i am upsc exam prepare in tamil so which ever idea pls i am 1 attempt clear for. Thanks a lot Sir for sharing this Mains strategy.I have attempted 2018 prelims bit couldnt cleared it.Now Im preparing for 2019.So I want to practice answer writing and want to take mains test series. Sorry about that. Marks of IAS Toppers [Subject-Wise Marks Of IAS Toppers 2013 Or just the contents of the articles of the newspaper, copied and pasted without any changes made. Can we use gel pen(black/blue) OR bollpoint pen for mains answers? Its really frustrating bro. Same old Story. Since I have time, I felt I should write mains mock tests so that i could revise my subjects at least twice before prelims. Please check Optional tab on this site. You will be able to tell if you like the subject and whether you can take it up as optional. GS-IV can be confounding. Pick up Ember and Ember and read it for a week. Sir i am upsc aspirant and have no guidance sir i want to talk to u pls sir. Cram latest statistics pertaining to health, employment, women, education, poverty etc. And do refer to the book I suggested in this post. So please dedicate enough time to it, whether you are giving a mock test or the actual exam. In case if you find good coaching material for these topics, thatll do as well. My fitness improved and I felt great. Nope. I always found time limit a better indicator to tell you when to stop. I Spoke with my parents and they warned me against it. The 2018 IAS Topper came close with 1120 marks. He is a treat to read. Without it, you will not be able to recollect whatever you may have read. Can you mention the name of the book you used for International Relations ? It contains every important aspect. Search Here. Yojana This will be best demonstrated by the actions you did or some other personalised/ real-life examples you quote. TAKEAWAY: 1. For questions on border security, draw India map to illustrate. The book list wherever I had mentioned is the complete list I referred to. Not surprising. Hello sirhow did u make notes for current affairs? Immense positivity I get. does it really help? Also, sir what should be the range of marks in mocks to know that performance is at UPSC level? As you too prepared while working. Thank you and wish you an outstanding career in the civil services. Referring to Sustainable Development Goals, Preamble, DPSP is also another good way to end your answers. You may also check STUDY IAS YouTube channel as some of the videos are brilliant for conceptual understanding. 2nd ARC reports: Ethics in Governance, Promoting E-gov, RTI, Citizen-centric Administration, Personnel Administration. Issues focus on ideas. I had a conversation with their Team Representative asking the details of Samachar Manthan. Hi Can u please clear my doubt In interview is it necessary to be brush up with our graduation tooooo. Its a comprehensive guide that helps you write better Essays and Answers in the UPSC Mains Exam. Regards, Hi sir, My question of wonder is I couldnt find in syllabus about ancient and medivial history. When I made the announcement, I had not written a single word or a sentence for the book. Respected sir , You had written few notes compared to other toppers. I wouldnt suggest it becasue: Reading newspaper gives a good summary of whats happening, and it becomes that much easier to read the daily compilation later. any suggestion to cover them ?or is it just ok to focus only the last one year current affairs.you reply would help me a lot:). Try this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17AXZ3f0VYVELFxOy0vN_Qtr6tEQC7jFw/view?usp=sharing It should work. Reflect on your childhood, school life, college time, professional career etc and glean examples that are simple, unpretentious and at the same time bring out your ethical values clearly. It seems that you dont respect others and have very little understanding of what respect actually means. The highest marks ever scored in the UPSC exam were by Anudeep Durishetty, the topper for UPSC 2017. If you had done your prelims preparation for this topic well, that is good enough. I wanna Get It..Just one Information . Brain Tree Anthropology Optional Material Part 1 PDF; PMFIAS Geography 2019 PDF; Ethics Complete Notes by Baliyan PDF; Art and Culture Notes by Civils Daily; GS Score Guidelines for Ethics Case Study Analysis; Vision IAS 2018 Essay Modules [Complete] Vision IAS Mains 2018 Value Added Materials [Complete] Vision IAS International Relations 2018 PDF Note: This is a free chapter from my book, Fundamentals of Essay and Answer Writing. You are doing a very good job for us. 01 Oct 2022 , Question of the Day - chahalacademy.com Marks of IAS Toppers [Subject-Wise Marks Of IAS Toppers 2013 Really happy to know that you are finding posts useful. He was absolutely shattered by his marks and blamed almost everyone except himself for his defeat. Choose as per your liking. Thank you! The first one primarily talks about my book list and the basic approach. In Anthropology, he scored 318 marks. May I know why you have opted Anthropology as optional, rather than Mathematics. Just from your own place itself? I have attempted this year prelims but couldnt cleared it.Now I have started preparing for 2019.I have started writing answers and want to join mains test series. Thanks Sir and Congratulations . Any comprehensive material of a coaching institute will be sufficient for this (I referred to Vajiram printed notes). Here are my marksheets for the Prelims and Mains of Civil Services Exam 2017. The only thing I was not able to figure out was the demand of the keywords used specially in gs2 please do explain them in your blog. Reply me sir i am totally zero on this knowledge . No words to explain your kindness , Thanks a lot Anudeep ji for motivation and valuable information ! 3)similarly for science and technology suggest me a text book or any compilation material. Start writing tests that deal with particular sections rather than comprehensive syllabus. On Thu, 31 May 2018, 11:22 p.m. Anudeep Durishetty, wrote: > Anudeep Durishetty posted: Here are my marksheets for the Prelims and > Mains of Civil Services Exam 2017. For a 15 Marker it is 250 Words and for a 10 marker it is 150 words. Sir Im starting my preparation for upsc right now Im a beginner you mentioned some sources of NCERT 11th and 12th for history and geography for basic foundation is this ok or else i should read 6th to 10th ncert for history and geography??? One of my IRS friends who had Anthropology optional suggested that Muniratnam notes are more in the mould of old pattern, when UPSC used to ask 60 markers. Many aspirants commit one fundamental mistake: they read and revise, over and over, but never practise. Sir I graduated in BA, I took coaching only for paper 2 last year So should I take coaching for anthro this year or aftrr prelims Pls reply, Hii annaya congratulations Essay,ethics and GS mains answer writing structure chepputhara Ela rayaloo please. The point of this article is to convince you that those fears are unfounded. After convincing them and taking them into confidence and trusting Civils daily (which I should have never done), I joined in their UAP. Right now I am 24 year old and get govt job in my state as junior civil engineer but still I am not appointmented, it will take another 6 month. I have never found such a detailed and simple strategy especially your world history notes ? Coaching Institutions Materials By this time, I had already begun studying Anthropology (my Optional subject), so he naturally assumed that I should be able to handle such basic Read More . Respected sir you are so kind and generous . Id buy them out of excitement, keep them safely on my desk, never to reopen again for lack of time. Hello, sir I am b. SC third yrs student. Havent written any GS 1 tests in my test series. He is a treat to read. Just curious please dont mind. Sir can you do a blog post on Public Administration too? Regarding current affairs, we often hear from toppers to read from PIB & PRS sites sir. I never made any hand-written notes for current affairs. 1.1 Indian Read More , Note: On Anthropology, there are a total of three blog posts, of which this is the second one. I referred to only that book which I mentioned in the post. It gives us the motivation, confidence, and courage that we can also crack upsc. I wish to meet you Once. ANUDEEP DURISHETTY AIR-01 2017; AMIT KUMAR AIR-91 2018; ANU KUMARI AIR-02 2017; UPSC Prelims Answer Key; UPSC CSE Final Merit List; Basic Information. Around 9 minutes for a 12.5 mark question. This translates to 40 marks in the initial 30 minutes. Thank you for your notes. Id make a mental note of important recurring issues. IAS PREPARATION TIPS FROM INSIGHTS Congratulations sir for your success, sir I think the book list shared by you is amazing, thank you sir for sharing your book list with us. Congratulation on the coup. Congratulations on the feat ! Sir I have a huge confusion about should I learn all the figures and % mentioned in the geography ncerts.? I find difficulty in recollecing the points after reading solution booklets. In paper 2 NGOs, Shg, stakeholders, how can cover this. Nothing new to add. That would really give us insight on how to make notes and organize and also your notes would help us supplement our own material. Sir. If it doesnt, use the internet to find quality content and make online notes so that you have complete understanding of each issue. Give adequate time for revision. A mere thanks is too little in front of your effort for the aspirants like me who is deprived of good coaching as in west bengal thee is hardly any coaching institute here. By the way Congratulations for your success. In GS papers, map of India is your most effective tool for illustration. XD Useless. GS test series at ForumIAS academy and none for Anthropology. And Cherry on the cake, it is blatantly copied from free articles and Magazines of Drishti IAS website. Daily Current Affairs Quiz what should be the approach regarding taking notes? how to develop my writing skills ??? Just before GS-4, you would have had written three stressful GS papers that would put your body condition under severe mental and physical strain. The all standard book u mentioned is sufficient or we require some coching material also for preparation if yes so which should I purchase, because I am preparing by own. Sir I will achieve the civil service in 2026 by your inspiration. Around 100 mentees. i have inspired so much from your story sirThank you for sharing with us sir.. Let me give you a couple of examples. How to Ace Anthropology Optional Can anyone else reply please if he/she knows? I want to start preparing for UPSC but I am little confuse and nervous as i will not be able to take coaching and further have no support from the family too. Ive answered this elsewhere in one of the comments. I had also written previously about theEssay preparation and Essay writing. So, now lets talk about UAP that is THE ULTIMATE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME of Civils Daily This is going to be a very detailed post, so brace yourselves. _ Thank you. Sometimes, it also crosses 70. And YES, you are working on a Guiding book for the aspirants ! What sectors to focus on and what steps should the government take? Daily Current Affairs Quiz Call us @ 08069405205. This is the third and final one among the series, and it deals with topic wise detailed plan for Anthro Paper II. It will be great help if u share that too.. Yojana magazine help UPSC Student to improove their current affairs.Yojana is a monthly magazine pdf journal devoted to the socio-economic issues.Yojana Magazine pdf is in English as well as Hindi for free download. If all life started with one simple organism, how did so many complex species evolve? Through effective planning and adequate practice, anyone can conquer it. They give 10 questions every week and they are pretty random and not on the lines of the UPSC again. I have no words to say about sir.. Thank you and wish you an outstanding career in the civil services. In simply, i have to say that for you is you are my destiny what i should acheive in my life. Like perfect notes, perfect answers are a myth. They replied saying yes, it is limited programme. This first article primarily talks about my book list and the basic approach I followed. Sir i want to write in telugu medium can you give me information of best telugu materials and handwritten notes for prelims&mains. So, can u suggest us how to improve vocabulary sir. The problem just doesnt end with that. Your focus now must be on getting conceptual clarity. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Art and Culture requires a ton of memorisation and theres really no shortcut to mastering it except through multiple revisions. Thanks. Yes UPSC is not for me. (Many toppers have recommended it.). Thank you are detailed view of syllabus and tips. AIR 26 Anjali S had English as her optional. I feel I dont have enough content. Search. Thank you. Anthropology Optional MOTIVATION: My UPSC Journey- From Despair to Destiny, Anudeep Durishetty, Rank 1 UPSC CSE-2017; VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IAS MAINS STRATEGY BY Dr Bilal Mohi ud din Bhat IAS 2017 RANK 10 IFS 2013 RANK 23; ANTHROPOLOGY STRATEGY: By Anudeep Durishetty, RANK-1 UPSC CSE-2017 How to Ace Anthropology Optional: Topic Wise Hello Sir.. ITS A MUST NEEDED ADVICE . Thats enough. So whether you start with 10 markers or 15 markers or 20 markers, aim to finish questions worth 40 marks in the first half-hour and then repeat this process. It will be very beneficial for us. TAKE AWAYS: 1. Need your blessings along with your good wishes to get the success in UPSC,though I am not a brilliant boy as like you sir.But I have the desire to do the same. Please reply jai Hind. All these materials can come around 400500 pages, every month, mind YOU. And is this authentic. It should look something like. ( 3 advice for UPSC aspirants) till today when i find myself stuck i watch that and start studying with aim to focus on NOW.thank you so much.words r not enough to express my grattitude. UPSC Marksheet Everyone says UPSC is all about luck or any exam is all about luck. Even in notes your writing is exceptional, thanks a lot sir..ur a great personality..rare combination of humbleness and talent. Ive reported the account and Twitter removed the account. It would be of great help if you can upload the same. I decided to do away with writing tests for few weeks as I was busy with my academics. 2. So, if we would have to calculate, 4 weeks a month, 450 = 200 pages.