IAS Rank 6. 1 Milind Bapna No Coaching, Anthorpology,B. Com,3rd Attempt. Candidate Profile. Education. Introduction. Style of Preparation and notes making. Prelims CSAT Paper 1 General studies. Prelims CSAT Paper 2 Aptitude. How To Crack Iit Without Any Coaching Definition' title='How To Crack Iit Without Any Coaching Definition' />Prelim accuracy. Mains Compulsory language paper. Mains Essay. General Studies Mains paper 1. General studies Mains paper 2. General studies Mains Paper 3. General Studies 4 Ethics, Integrity, aptitude. Mains answer writingMains Optional Subject. Before the interview. During the interview. Career Backup. Views on UPSC reforms. Q. Any other things that you wish to elaborate on above table With so many discussion portals and online forums, make sure you dont spend your precious time. CPC Exam Practice Test Questions And Answers For Medical Coder Certification Learn how to prepare for CPC exam by AAPC to become a certified medical coder. Insecurity about profile. Internal Motivation. Struggle of a Senior player. Struggle of Working professional. Grand wisdom. Credit Friendsfamily. BOGUS Marketing Propaganda. Candidate Profile. Q. Details. Name. Milind Bapna. Rank in CSE 2. Roll No. 0. 20. 23. Age. 26. Total attempts in CSE including this oneThree. Optional Subject. War Commander Instant Upgrade Hack. Anthropology. Schooling Medium. English. College Medium. English. Medium chosen for Mains answers. English. Medium chosen for Interview. English. Home towncity. UdaipurRaj. Work experience if any. Currently working as Manager, Central Bank Of India 3 yearsDetails of other competitive exams, including successfailures. Selected in IBPS PO, GMATShortlisted for Oxford, Kellogg MBAsDetails of coaching, mock tests, postal material for any competitive exam if usedNo coaching, total self study. Although a few interview mocks. Service preferences Top 5IAS, IPS, IRSIT, IRSC CE, IFS. Top 5Raj., Gujarat, MP, Haryana, Maharashtra. How To Crack Iit Without Any Coaching Definition' title='How To Crack Iit Without Any Coaching Definition' />Insights Weekly Essay Challenges 2016 Week 08. Archives. 21 February 2016. Write an essay on the following topic in not more than 10001200 words. Reservation in India Do we still need a reservation or quota system in India What has led to the formulation of reservation system in IndiaThe deep rooted caste. Education. Educationfill the details here in class 1. Graduation course and Commerce 7. Name of college, city, passing out year. MLSU, Udaipur. Post graduation. Business Law, NLSIU Bangalore. Any other professional coursesHobbies Extracurricular achievements. Swimming, Gym etc. Introduction. Q. Tell us something about yourself, your family, when and why did you enter in this field of competitive exams Hello friends,I am a native of UdaipurRaj., a very beautiful city and and currently working as a banker. Initially I never thought of making a career in civil services, as I always wanted to do an IVY league MBA and enter investment bankingprivate equity sector particularly the top wall street firms but soon I realized a career as an IAS would give me more diverse options, a good work life balance and most importantly working in a capacity where one can do something for the society and the nation, which a monotonous high paying corporate job will never provide. In my last attempt also I reached interview stage and missed by a whiskerhighly disappointing times and in this attempt I improved on my weak areas and secured a good rank. Electronic Vs Paper material. Q. In recent times, there is spur in electronic material blogs, sites, pdfs, RSS feeds. Many aspirants feel bogged down by this information overload. So, how do you balance this i. Books, newspapersMy mantra is KEEP IT SIMPLE. Read from limited sources, revise more and have a sense of self belief that whatever you are reading is enough. Generally most aspirants keep on buying new materials like fresh green vegetables on everyday basis and end up leaving all of them, this should be avoided. Typical day in your Online lifeOnline life. Answer. Daily hrs spent on online platforms for predicting cutoff syllabus change age attempt limit change and other peripheral bolbachchan related to civil services. We are here, just to clear this exam and leave this vicious cycle, thats it. Doing R D on these trivialbeyond control issues, does more damage than to benefit someone. Daily hrs spent on whatsapp and telegram studygroups. No whatsapp, fb during prep. For UPSC mains one need to supplement their every day Newspaper reading with certain books to have a deep insight over varied topics that are now part of the new. Daily hrs spent on online for exam prep. Primary Device for online study desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile. Laptop. Q. Any other things that you wish to elaborate on above table Use of internet can go both ways, it can do more harm than good too. So rather than wasting time on online forums and watching inspirational videos whole day, one should spend time on learning useful for the exam. Style of Preparation and notes making. Q. What is your style of preparation and notes making I continue making notes no matter what Im reading, I just read multiple times but dont maintain notes, I make mindmaps on computer, I use xyz software etc. I am a lazy person, so I generally maintained notes of just my optional subject and some very important topics only. This varies so just do what suits you the most. Prelims CSAT Paper 1 General studies. Topicstrategybooklistcomment. History Ancient. Old NCERTHistory Medieval. Old NCERTHistory Modern Freedom StruggleTMH GS Manual. Culture and society. GK Today Compendium, CCRTPolity theory currentLaxmikanth. Economy theory currentMrunal, Sriram Eco. Science theory currentPT 3. Environment theory currentMrunal, Shankar Env., PT 3. NCERTgeography India. NCERTgeography world. NCERTother nationalinternational current affairs. PT 3. 65. Schemes, Policy Filler Stuff. Anything I got on internet. Q. Candidates are complaining that compared to earlier years, Prelim 2. GS paper was very tougher, Tickmasters 9. Guessmaster giri and E learning materials had limited utility. What are you views and wisdom on all theseEvery year a new pattern comes out and online forums start debates on future course of UPSC exam pattern etc. Just keep on reading and learning whatever good source you have. It doesnt matter what and from where you are reading, what makes the difference is on exam day what you can recall and deliver there. Q. Suppose, If you had to prepare for Prelims 2. I would never ever do selective study on basis of useless R D on future papers. Will go through everything from current affairs to core syllabus. Prelims CSAT Paper 2 Aptitude. Topicstrategy booklist. Maths. TMHReasoning. TMHComprehension. TMHDecision Making. TMHQ. In the recent two prelims 2. Candidates struggle even to finish the paper II. Kindly provide some words of wisdom Not completing the paper is totally NON NEGOTIABLE. You have to attempt each and every question no matter what because the range of scores is very limited, one cant even afford to loose a single marks here in this highly subjective exam. So, work on your writing speed. Completing the paper is the best answer writing tip I can give to anyone. Prelim accuracy. Q1. Did you attend any mock tests Never joined any test series but downloaded papers from internet and attempted them in exam conditions. Q2. Approximate no. Prelim 2. 01. 6attempted Q. ExpectedOfficial score. GS9. 87. 81. 42. 6. Mains Compulsory language paper. Compulsory language paper. Your preparation strategy booklist English paper. Leftyour regional language. Hindi left. Q. other observations tips comments on the length difficulty level of compulsory language papers in CSE 2. One can go through past year papers. Mains Essay. Q1. How did you prepare for the essay paper No specific prep., just maintained a quote book and dumped everything from it in paper. Q2. Which two essays did you write and What key points did you include in it Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare. Cyberspace and internet Blessing or curse to the human civilization in the long run. Easy to write 1. 50. Try to make a flow chart before writing and have a wider approach rather than a deep one. Mostly wrote what I read for my GS prep. General Studies Mains paper 1. Topic. How did you prepare Culture. GK Today Compendium, CCRTIndian history. Indias Struggle For Independence, TMH GS Manual. Norman LewisSelectivepost independence India. India after independence SelectiveIndian society. NCERTSrole of women, poverty etc. Indian society do communalism, regionalism, secularism. Leftworld geo physical. NCERT, Mrunal. org, GC LeongSelectiveresource distribution do factors for industrial location do earthquake tsunami etc do impact on flora fauna do General studies Mains paper 2.