TOP UPSC CSE PREPARATION TIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATES

First, there are a few things to keep in mind during each phase:

• The UPSC does not require specialists in each of the subjects mentioned in the syllabus but requires future public servants to have general knowledge of the topics covered in the syllabus.
• We have all experienced the natural tendency to compare ourselves with others. When you start something new, never compare yourself with others, especially the successful ones and those who have been doing it for a long time.
• If one exceeds the mark pattern obtained by students who have excelled in the prelims or senior phase you will find that 55-60% marks can make you do well in the prelims category and 50% marks in the main test with a decent interview performance can bring you the best position in the final list. It does not need rocket science to understand that to get a 50% mark does not require some kind of expertise.
• Believe in yourself: try, try and try again until you succeed
• Find the reasons for failure: no one is perfect. focus on both strengths and weaknesses (many aspirants focus on their strengths). Perform a careful analysis of the results of the test series and work on the weaknesses.
• Be in good shape
• Be patient: time cures all difficulties and hope is a good ointment
• Self-esteem
• Never give up: nothing is impossible, problems are part of the journey that will be solved in the end
• Acknowledge your success
• Follow a simple / simple method: Jump to IAS using the appropriate course plan.
• Stay consistent. It is not like doing hard work for 6 months and then doing nothing. Maintain balance in all areas of life – do not overeat or exercise excessively. Maintain a balance between the vertical and dynamic parts of the syllabus.
• Don’t believe in gossip: don’t let things get you down and distract you. Focus only on the preparation and not the other.
• Read from limited sources and review a limited set of books, notes prepared at least 3-5 times.
• Don’t procrastinate: Many who want to study plan carefully and set monthly, weekly, and daily goals. But, because of procrastination they can’t get rid of it. It leads to the collection of topics to be discussed. It leads to depression and skipping topics and eventually giving up.
• Do not let fear of failure prevent you from doing something. Winners do not allow fear to interfere with their preparation.
• Attitude: UPSC CSE is not for the ‘weak’. Stay motivated and stay hungry.
• Cover the basics first, then go to the middle level, and if only the middle one has been cemented, upgrade things.
• Don’t ignore the body: keep exercising, keep physically and emotionally fit, pursue your hobbies / passions.
• Remember that when you work hard, you will have great luck.
• Lastly, accept the strong truth — that in this test there are only 2 things — one will succeed or fail. Before embarking on a journey, one should be prepared to deal with any unexpected situation / difficulty / danger. Hard times, failures, hardships are inevitable. No matter how strong or powerful you may be, difficult times will come.

Aspirants who are confused about how to start preparations for the UPSC should follow these points:

• Firstly, one should understand the process and pattern of examination.
• The syllabus of the examination should be imbibed by referring to it daily. An accurate understanding of the nature, clarity, and scope of the syllabus is crucial for good preparation. It helps in understanding what to read and what not to read.
• After this one should thoroughly read the past five years’ question papers of both preliminary test and mains examination. This will give a direction to the candidate that what one should focus upon while reading such a vast syllabus.
• Before you start your preparation, a smart strategy needs to be scripted keeping in mind the details of each step that you have to go through.
• Then choose the right study material. If one thinks that he/she needs to read hundreds of books, browse tens of websites and prepare notes from five newspapers and ten magazines, this is wrong. The exaggerated actions are neither practical nor necessary to clear CSE. Even if an imaginary person does all what is stated above, there is still chance that he/she not clear Prelims/Mains. So what matters is not the quantity of materials one had gone through, but the quality of learning and revision done.
• Instead of rigorous studies, studying smartly is the ideal way. What does studying smartly mean? Few easy-to-implement tips to study smart for UPSC Exam:
• Learn in multiple ways
• Read multiple subjects in one day
• Avoid multitasking
• Take handwritten notes
• Learn by association
• Revise periodically
• Simplify the information
• Practice tests
• Know what to filter
• Read textbooks effectively
• Don’t cram, understand
• Read important information out loud
• Reward yourself
• Take a break and make those breaks happening but in a way that one gets back to preparation with double the zeal and enthusiasm.

Key Ingredients for success in a nutshell:

1. Build your own strategy and take the best out of everything available around you.
2. Evaluating oneself in course of preparation, understand your strengths and weakness; work over it.
3. Hard work is the ultimate key for success. This is the only thing we can bank upon throughout the journey.
4. Keep calm, be persistent in your goal and always believe why you want to be a Civil Servant, keep remembering that in your tough phases, this way you will not only cross it but you will with flying colors.
5. Self-Belief: whenever you feel low, talk to your parents, mentors and well-wishers, try to get positive vibes from them.

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