Mains & Interview preparation: sources

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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 anatomy and increasing writing speed.



GS1, GS2, GS3-  
  •                          IAS parliament mainstroming
  •                          Visionias mains 365
  •                          Gk today
  •                          Focus on syllabus and relevant search using google.
  •                          Test series - visionias, gs score, insights
  •                          Visionias class handouts free on internet.
  •                          Insights mains exclusive
  •                          Yojana gist
  •                          Ncert gist
  •                          Iasbaba important topics for mains
  •                          Books that referred to for prelims
  •                          Polity- M.Puri notes




Essay- book-  151 essays by SC Gupta
                       Ias4sure essay marks booster
                       Googling various quotes in free time ,esp. motivational ones.
                       Insights monthly editorial compilations

Second ARC report-multiple revisions


For compulsory language paper,  chose Hindi, practiced it every morning , spent half an hour writing in Hindi . Book- class 10th Hindi grammar book




INTERVIEW PREPARATION

As it is said, our interview preparation actually starts from the day we decide to prepare for exam.
Personality develops as the years pass by. My recommendation would be to make friends that bring the best out of you, to stay cheerful, to see good in everything, a general positive outlook, to read good books, having rational discussions, learning from mistakes, frequently remembering why you started preparing, learning to respect others opinion and at the same time , making sure that our own opinion is rational and forwarded in the best manner.

went through the previous year's transcripts by vision ias. We should be well versed with our DAF.

kept reading local newspaper and the Hindu.
kept reading vision ias monthly, compilations regarding important topics.
found that interview preparation is very important and comparatively tough and  a lot of improvement  is required so as to give a balanced opinion and take a stand when required.

My interview score- 206.















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