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Hi Future IAS officers/ UPSC toppers :) One of the big reasons for not getting selected in prelims is because of negative marking,  which can be easily avoided following these tips : #1 Attempt the areas/sections which you are most confident about or have been prepared very well. #2 When in doubt answer the first option which came into your mind,  most of the time what we recall is what we have read,  heard or seen so its a kind of flashback and the confusion start when we ignore it and contemplate with other options. #3 Do not try to just increase the number of questions by attempting it vaguely,  this is what costs most of the aspirants in loosing the year. #4 Try to make sure that even after negative marking is done,  your correct answer score should be around 70%  to be on the safer side. This can be done by practising enough mock test papers and previous year papers. #5 3S' s Study paper pattern(types of questions  and their gravity) Self ...

Hi friends, Nowadays there is this trend of online test series and most of  the students are also going for it,but is it really useful in your IAS preparation ,thats is the question. Online tests can be given at one's comfortable timing and also at home on sofa and the best part it can be reset also,so there is no discomfiture,students are getting everything at their leisure,but will it be useful for you on the actual test day???? When one gives an offline test,one has to reach the exam centre,he has to prepare his time table as when he/she has to leave home to reach there,how much time it will take,he/she also has to carry black ballpoint pen,writing pad and when one reaches the venue,one has to search for his seating arrangement. The above exercise gives one an actual experience of how he/she will have to go about during his/her actual exam so one prepares mentally and the chances of missing venue,reaching late,forgetting pen etc will not be there. Online exam given on...

Hi Friends, Check out http://www.upsc.gov.in/ for notification last date for filling the forms is 5th Mar 2012. This time there is online submission of forms so check out the details all d best for prelims Regards  Triumph IAS Academy

Hi Friends The following is the booklist that will help you crack CSAT 2012 1) Pearson CSAT Manual - its especially prepared for paper II 2)Pearson General Studies Manual  - For Paper I a compiled source for most of the topics These two books can cover most of CSAT syllabus,so check them out!!!!! -Triumph IAS Academy

Tutorial 1 Use the formula ALL FROM 9 AND THE LAST FROM 10 to perform instant subtractions. For example 1000 - 357 = 643 We simply take each figure in 357 from 9 and the last figure from 10. So the answer is 1000 - 357 = 643 And thats all there is to it! This always works for subtractions from numbers consisting of a 1 followed by noughts: 100; 1000; 10,000 etc. Similarly 10,000 - 1049 = 8951 For 1000 - 83, in which we have more zeros than figures in the numbers being subtracted, we simply suppose 83 is 083. So 1000 - 83 becomes 1000 - 083 = 917 Tutorial 2 Using VERTICALLY AND CROSSWISE you do not need to the multiplication tables beyond 5 X 5. Suppose you need 8 x 7 8 is 2 below 10 and 7 is 3 below 10. Think of it like this: The answer is 56. The diagram below shows how you get it. You subtract crosswise 8-3 or 7 - 2 to get 5, the first figure of the answer. And you multiply vertically: 2 x 3 to get 6, the last figure of the answer. That's all you do: See...

Paper II consists of comprehension,communication skills,mental ability,data interpretation,data sufficiency,decision making. To crack paper II one needs to be very good in English language skills,this can be achieved by reading different materials relevant to different topics from various sources. Newspapers,magazine,articles,novels are various sources which can be beneficial in improving language and also content will help to make understanding clear. For data interpretation ,solving graphs problems,pie charts will help a lot. General Mental ability problems can be solved through online quantitative papers available Practise is most important, with more practise one would be able to master the syllabus and score well in exam

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS BASED ON REVISED PATTERN OF CS(P) EXAMINATION EFFECTIVE FROM 2011     check it out http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/csp2011/sampleQns/Final_Qs_for_Website1.pdf