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Mains & Interview preparation: sources

MAINS -WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION I started with what I couldn't read during my prelims preparation. Ethics - Luqman ias notes and workbooks available in market.              Gs score ethics workbook              Help from sociopolitical philosophy.              Gs score -personalities              Vision ias ethics notes free on internet.               Questions on ethics in various test series hardcopies . World history- Balyan notes available in market.                          Visionias world history pdf free on internet. Meanwhile I also started revising my optional-MEDICAL SCIENCE Prepared notes from standard text books and also took help of the notes prepared during medical college days Focus was on topics given in syllabus  Went through previous question papers. The syllabus is vast, questions hardly get repeated and we cannot ignore any part of syllabus. Judicious use of flow charts and diagrams.        Learning after giving exam of Medical science- Focus on a

Prelims: sources

                                  Dr. Rehana Bashir                                   UPSC CSE 2018 , AIR -187                                   Optional- Medical Science                                   Hobby- painting and sketching                                                                                                               I took the decision to prepare for civil services during my internship. Since I had studied well during my medical college days, I knew that my optional subject was already ready. I only needed to revise it. Therefore my major focus was on general studies and c-sat. Since we, as medical students, are not in touch with general studies (not when one is already preparing for civil services during college days ), everything we study feels new and tough. PRELIMS PREPARATION I started with Arihant Gk book. It has concise topics covering history, polity, economics, geography, environment, science and technology, current affairs. It helped me w