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U

PSC-PublicAdministrationExa

mPreparation-

Tips

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earAll,

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erewediscussso

megeneraltipsfo

rupscpublicadm

inistrationexam

p

reparation.Theexaminationisof3

steps-prelims/mains/

interview.Wearediscussingsomestrategyforprelimsandmains.The

p

relimsandmains

bothtestsyourco

nceptualaswellasfactual

u

nderstandingofthetopic.Prelimsis

multiplechoisequestionsandyou

n

eedtoanswer120questionsin120

mins(i.e2hou

rs-andyou

g

et1minforeac

hquestion).Main

sasksforsubject

iveanswersand

y

ouwillhavetoan

sweressaytypeq

uestions.

W

ithoutbeatingaroundthebushletsdirectlydealwithpreliminary

s

trategy.

T

hisisstrategyass

umesthesyllabusofcurrentUPSC

examination

p

attern(asofAug

2009).UPSCmay

changetheexam

patternandthis

s

trategymayhave

tobesuitablymo

dified.Wearetryingourbestto

illustrateeachand

everystuffwithc

learexamples.

S

trategygenerally

consistsofthefollowing-

Planning

Reading(QuestionsFirst)

Recalling

Revising?What

newthingsyoulearntwhilerevisin

g.

Explain

MaximiseYourE

ffortbyDiscussio

n

Concepts/Factualinformation

StudyTimetable--(InitiallyStudymoreLaterRev

isemore)

Micronotes/Memoryaids

RoughNotes

Daily1hoursolveQuestions.

Onesubjectcon

tinuously.

Mymemoryisn

otgood.

Buildaphysicalfitnessroutine.

Takeabreakto

havefun.

DoIhavetogo

Delhiforstudying


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A

ndyouneedtoch

angeyourplanonceyougetthegistofthe

subject.Thatmeansinitial2-to-3mo

nthsyoumakeon

eplantogetthe

A

BCofthesubject

andremaining3monthsexam

orie

ntedplan.Becoz

a

lmostallstudents

withnon-pubadb

ackgroundspendsinitial2-to-3

m

onthssimplystudyingthesubjectwithoutunderstan

dingthehead

a

ndtailofthesubj

ectandonlyafter

2-to-3monthsth

eystarttofeel

thesubject.Andon

ceyouFEELthesubjectplanningforexamination

w

ouldbeeasy.

Initialplanning

T

houghtherearen

ofixedsetofboo

ksthatcanguaranteeyouthe

successintheexam

ination-therearefewbookswhic

hyoushouldnot

m

issatanycostandtheyare-Youw

illstudythesyllabus-youneed

tobewellawareofthesyllabus.Soplswritethesyllabustwice.

PublicAdministration-byLakshmikanth(Inthisbook

author

hascombinedinformationfrom

mu

ltiplebooksfrom

thefam

ousinternationalpersonalitiesinpublic

administration.Sothisbo

okisapublicadm

inistrationnotes.

Andyo

uhavetohavethisbookatthebac

kofyour

hand.Thatmeantosayy

ouhavetobyheartthisbookword

toword

sentencetosente

ncelinetolineTA

KEMYWORD

FORIT

THEREISNOOTHERGO,YOUJUS

THAVETODO

IT.Soy

ouneedtohaveN

numberofrevisionsofthis

bookminimum

5times.)

PublicAdministration-byMohitBhattacha

rya-Thisisa

standardbookwellwritte

nwithslightlyhig

hlevelof

english

...awellresearch

edbook...givessolid

understandingofthecon

cepts)

Indian

Administration-b

yRajaniGoyalan

dArora-Book

whichs

pecificallydiscuss

esIndianperspec

tiveofpublic

administration...awellcomposedbookwhichalsogives

anidea

howyouneedto

writeanswerinyourmain

examin

ation.Iwilldiscussthisinmymains

answerwriting

techniq

uespart)

AdministrativeThinkers-byPrasadandPrasad.-This

booksgivesvarioustheo

riesofdifferentth

inkerslike

Taylor,Weber,MaryParkerFollettetc...allthetheories

areexp

lainedinplainenglishandeasytou

nderstand)

PublicAdministration-Spectrum

Series.


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PublicAdministration-AvasthiandMaheshwari

Organisationbehaviour

StephenRobins(onlytopics

mentionedinthesyllabus)

IndiaY

earBookofthecu

rrentYearpolitytopics.

Intheinitialplanningyouneedtoco

verthesebooks.

H

owtoreadthese

booksIwilldiscussthisinreadingsection.

P

lanning2ndphase

T

hisissayafter3months-youstartedstudyingpublic

a

dministration.Byt

histimeyouwouldhavegotABCofthesubjectand

h

aveanideaof'wh

atneedstobestudied'.Alsoyouwouldhavefound

o

ut-whichpartis

difficultforyouan

dwhichpartyou

cancomfortably

h

andle.Thisstagef

oranother1.5mo

nths.Bynowyou

wouldhave

spentaround4.5m

onths

P

laning3rdphase

T

hisisaround1.5monthsbeforethe

exam.Youshould

havecovered

a

lltheportionbyn

ow.Hereyouwillhavetotakemock

examsbetween

s

aymorning9:30to11:30because

pubadexamwillb

einthemorning

y

ouneedtogetusedtoexamtaking

inthistimeslot.Y

ouwillbedoing

o

nlyrevisionbyno

w...thereisnone

wbooksthatyou

aregoingto

studyatthistime..

.becausethatmaylessenyourconfidenceifyousee

somethingwhichyoudidntreadtilln

ow.Maybeifyou

getgood

q

uestionsyoucanhavealookattha

t.

Isthereanyidealp

lan?

N

oBecozUPSCexaminationissuchanexaminationwheretwopeople

followingsamestra

tegywillfindont

hedifferentsideo

fthelinecalled

success.sothereis

noidealplanwhichsuitseveryone

andhence...itis

a

trialanderrormethodtofindapla

nwhichsuitsyou.

R

eadingandRevising

U

PSCexamination

isdifferentfrom

a

llotherexaminationinIndiaand

e

speciallyoptional

subjectsaregoingtobereallytrick

y.Questionswill

b

ecometoughbecausethefouroptio

nsgivenwillbev

eryclose.When

y

oulookatthefirs

tinstancealltheoptionslookcorrect-thisisvery

d

ifficultsituationto

beinandtoselectcorrectanswer

inthisscenario

y

ouneedtobecrystalclearofyourconceptsandfacts

.Soyouneedto

b

ethoroughwithb

othconceptualas

wellasfactualinformation.You

n

eedtomemoriseFactualinformatio

nandshouldbea

bletoidentifies

therightanswerwhenyouareposed

with4verytrickyoptions.The


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xaminerwillbeplayingwithWORDShere.Soyouhav

etodolotof

revisionstogetthe

clarity.

I

wouldliketogive

anexample-whichprobablymake

sitclear-what

is

conceptualandw

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.IndiagotindependenceonAug

1

51947isafactua

linformation.NehruwasthefirstPM

ofIndiaisa

factualinformation

.But-from

what

Indiagotindepen

dence-arewe

reallyindependent

afterindependence-WhyNehrube

camefirstPM-

w

hatisthemeanin

gofindependence-howwegotindependence-

W

hybritishleftInd

ia-etcareconceptualunderstanding.Andwilldiffer

fromexpertstoexperts.

S

owhenyouarereadingthebooksmentionedaboveplskeeptwo

d

ifferentcolouredh

ighlighterwithyo

uwhenyouarereadingthebooks

-

useonetounderlinefactualinform

ationandother

tohighlightconcep

tualinformation.

Factualinformatio

nincludes-

b

ookswrittenbya

specificperson-quotessaidbysom

eone-

im

portantdates-importantcriticism

sbyadministrativ

ethinkers-

im

portantmileston

esetc

C

onceptualaspects

hastobeanalysedintermsof-Originalthought-

w

hogavethetheoryfirstAdvantageofthethought-disadvantageof

thethoughtCriticism

ofthethoughtPresentdayrelevan

ceofthe

thought(i.eisthe

thoughtstillrelev

antnowifsohow

itis

relevant)Hasthisthoughtbeenalreadysaidbysomeoneelseinthe

p

ast-ifsowhatsd

ifferentaboutthe

originalopiniona

ndthenew

o

ne.Comparisonof

differentthoughts

O

nceyouaredone

withhighlighting

factual/conceptua

linformationin

a

llthebooks-you

needtorightdow

nitintheform

ofmicro

n

otes..Thismicron

oteshelpsforrev

isingagainandag

ain.Andthis

m

icronoteshasto

beupdatedasand

whenyougetne

winformation.It

h

astobeeasilycarriablewithyouwhereyougo-and

wheneveryou

g

eteven10minsy

oushouldreviseit.Revisingismore

imptthan

reading.Whensolv

etheMCQsmost

ofthetimeyoufe

ellike-yeahI

h

aveseenthissom

ewhere-Ihave

readitsomewhere-butbut...

I

amnotablerecollectit-thishappe

nsbecauseyouh

aveonlyread

thesubjectbutnot

revisedit.Revisio

nisneededtoach

ievethe

clarity.Revisionhelpsyoutohittheb

ullintheeye.And

youmust

reviseallyouhave

readasforasthe

examinationisconsidered.Ihave

g

ivensomesample

notesbelowwhic

hhasbeenprepa

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4sizedpaperinm

iddleandwritten

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n

eedtorevisewhe

nyoueat/drink/a

ndwhenyoutrav

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metrotransit....if

youarehavingdifficulttorememberthefacts.Also

w

henyouarerevis

ingyouarebound

tofindoutnewthingsaboutthe

subjectandyoune

edwritedowntho

seinyourmicronotes.For

samplesofMininotes/Memoryaidsreferthesectionb

elow.

M

icronotes/MemoryAids

T

hesearethetools

whichhelpstore

viseandremember.Weare

a

ttachingsomesam

plesattheendo

fthisdocument.

E

xplainandDiscussion

W

henyoureadsom

etingtakesomet

imesay10minstoexplainwhat

youstudytoyourf

riends-youdont

getanyone-then

talktoyour

self.Sayitloudlyaboutwhatyourea

djustnow.Byexp

lainingyour

le

arningwillbedou

bled.Thisalsohelpsinyourintervie

w.(Remember

youneedtoprepar

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iseyoureffort.H

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portanttofindth

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iscussionandpreferindividualstudyalsoifyourdiscussionpartner

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them-itwillimpactonyourconfiden

ce.

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tudyTimeTable

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etusedtofollowingtimetable-

thisforadeterminedpersonwilltakearoundmonth.Butmanypeople

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illneverbeablet

osticktostudyhours.ButforUPSC

examination

youneedtobestayfocusedanditis

veryimportantto

sticktoafixed

a

ndconsistentstud

yhours.Itisalso

trialanderrormethod-you

m

akeatimetable-findoutifitisworkingforyou-if

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asicallyalmostallstudentsfallineitherofthesetwo

categories-and

youneedfindoutw

hichoneyoubelongto.Manystude

ntsfeel,

consistentanddaily10to12hourso

fstudywillbesufficienttoclear

theexam

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aily1hoursolveQuestions.

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skyourselfonesimplequestion-w

hatarepreparing

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dwhatyouneedtopractise-youn

eedto

p

ractisetotakeexa

m.sothereisno

betterwayofachievingthis

exceptbysolvingq

uestionsonadailybasis.Spendon

ehourevery

d

aytosolveMCQs-

whichwillactuallyhelptoimprove

your-thinking

speed-yourgoodguessingability-yourabilitytoelim

inatewrong

answers.

W

hilesolvingquestionsusethistrick

-whenyouselec

ttheright

answer-findoutw

hyotheranswers

arewrong.Iwillg

iveyousimple

exampleConsiderasamplequestion

below-

W

hendidIndiaGotIndependence?

A

.Aug15

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Jan26

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publicday.ItsnotOct2-becozits

thebirthdateof

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andhiandshastri-ItsnotJun5be

causeitswordenvironmentday.

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nesubjectcontinuously.

Forthisexaminatio

nyouneedtostu

dyvariousothers

ubjectslike

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eography,Economics,Polity,Scien

ceetcButyourop

tionalcarries

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20Questionsand

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eedtostudyingyouroptionalsdaily

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requireoneweekto15dayseach,t

ocomplete.Butstudyonesubject

continuouslythatm

eans-sayifyou

startwithPolity-

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p

olitytillyoufinish

itdontmixupthingsinbetween-likestudying

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olitytoday-geographytomorrowe

conomisdayafter

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doingthisevenify

ouarenotableto

completeallthesubjectsyouwill

beconfidentthatatleastIam

goodinwhateverIhave

studied.

R

oughNotes

I

hopemostofyou

arehavingscratc

hingsomethingw

hileyouread-

ordrawingafigure

tounderstandac

onceptormaking

somepoints

w

hichallofasuddenstrikesyou-th

isIwouldcallasroughnotes-pls

preservethosedatewise.Whichmayhelpyouatalaterdatewhenyou

backtrackyoureffo

rts.

M

ymemoryisnotgood

A

ctuallythisisamyth.Ifyouaskme

everyoneishavingagood

m

emoryandtheyw

illrememberwhatevertheyenjoyt

hemost.For

exampleifyouwatchamovieyouwillrememberitfor

alongtime

w

hy?becauseyou

wouldactuallyinvolveyourselfinthemovie.You

enjoythemovie.Yo

udevoteyourfullconcentrationto

movie.Soplsdo

noteverworrythatyoudonthavegoodmemory-ally

ouneedis

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terest-remainingthingswillfollow

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uildaphysicalfitn

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ussedmentallyit

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physicalhealth.Soplskeepatleast30minsofexercise

routine.Itcould

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xesyou.

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avefun

Plsremembertoweeklybreak.Break

isveryessentialbecauseit

energisesyourbod

yandmind.

D

oIhavetogoDelhiforstudying?

Thisdependsonco

upleofthings-yourresolvetostud

y-yournature

-

andofcourseyourfinancialstatus.T

hereisonlyonea

dvantageof

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vailabilityofstudymaterials.Andy

ouwillhaveand

gettoseepeoplew

hoarereallystud

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andmaygetsome

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otivationtostudy

.Butthereisaflipside-becozno

tallthepeople

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hocometoDelhiwillstudy-byloo

kingatthem

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ntbeundertheimpressionthatto

cleartheexam

youneedtobeinD

elhi.Offlateyoua

regettingallthematerialsthat

areavailableinDelhiinalmostevery

majorcities.But

Ifyouaskme

m

ysuggestion-ifyoucanaffordfinanciallyandifyou

aregoingfor

studyingthenplsg

otoDelhiandsta

ytherebutagain

thisisonlymy

opinion.

Ifyouarejoininga

nycoachingclass

B

eforejoininganycoachingclasses-

plsmakeyourselfawareofthe

subject-how?-byreadingthebookyourself.Anden

quireaboutthe

differentcoachingclassesavailable.A

stheroleofcoachinginstituteis

only25%.Therem

aining75%effortisyours.Asfara

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te

chniqueisconsideredanycoaching

classmaynotgiveyouanything

betterthanwhatIhavementionedh

ere.

B

URNINGDESIRE

Thisisakindofexaminationwhichy

oucantclearifjustwishtoclear

butthereshouldbe

aburningflameinsideyourself.Iam

directly

copyingbelowsometextswhichIreadsomewhere-

"

ThepathtothecovetedCivilServicesisfullofupsanddownsandis

a

highlyuneventracktotraverse.Beforetakingadecis

ionaboutCivil

S

ervicesasyourca

reer,itisexpedienttocheckupone

selfandremain

d

eterminedafterw

ards.Thefirststep

towardsyoursuccessisto

chooseyourgoalhonestly.ImeanyoushouldntchooseCivilServices

asyourgoalsimply

becauseyourfat

herormotherhas

adreamor

thereisapressure

fromyoursocialcircle.Itshouldco

mefromyour

h

eart.Thisexamis

notlikeIIT-JEEo

ranyother

E

ngineering/Medica

l/UniversityEntranceExamination.Itdemandsat

le

astoneandhalf-yearfulltimeprep

arationwithsoliddetermination,

w

hichispossibleonlyifthedesireforCivilServicesisb

urningyour

h

eartincessantly"

Lastbutnottheleast

C

learingtheUPSCexam

isnotevery

thinginlife.Ofcou

rseitsabig

th

ingbutthereare

muchmorethingswhichyoucanachieveeven

w

ithoutIAS/IPS.Re

membernoteveryonewhoclearIASare

successful...many

leaveIASjobbecausetheyfeelthe

irpoweris

limitedandsometim

efeelsuffocated

.

Yourpreparationsh

ouldgiveyoucon

fidencebutnotm

akeyouweak.If

youarenotableto

clear,youshould

developanattitudetodowellin

othersectoroflife.AndsuccessinrateUPSCisveryve

ryless.Soyou

shouldalwayshave

abackupplanin

yourmind.IfIdo

ntclearwhatdo

I

do.

A

ndrememberto

makeyourfirst

attemptthebestattempt.


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emoryAidtheimagesbelowgivesanexampleofn

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almosteverythinglikeleadership,authority,conflicts

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emoryAidInhistoryyouneedto

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hronoanexample

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