yes, there is a hope...

Being given equal weightage to general studies in mains, as is with optional's, it is crucial to pay adequate attention to it, though even after investing much time, effort and energy, the surety of return is very minimal,(this teaching i learned this year)...but we have to tackle it... following is the suggestive list for general studies reference, though there is no comprehensive or exhaustive list which can give you confidence to solve whole 600 marks paper... HISTORY-   ANCIENT-NCERT'S BOOK (preferably older version) MEDIEVAL-NCERT'S BOOK  MODERN- Spectrum's history, or TMH's GS manual's india's freedom struggle's section. if have time, then it is advised to go through Bipin Chandra's india's struggle for independence . it will help to get a overall picture of that phase.(chapterisation of book is very good). or IGNOU's modern india (6 booklets).  GEOGRAPHY- Physical geography- NCERT Indian geography-    NCERT Peopl

As i am ready to write my last mains, i think i can share my experience on how to start preparation for "MOTHER OF ALL EXAMS".... "civil services exam" conducted by UPSC the preparation is a continuous journey and is part of your learning process which is going to continue throughout your life, atleast during your career life... because as a civil servant we have to study,learn and re-learn throughout our service period.... so acquire an inquisitive approach towards worldly happenings, an interest in surroundings...if anybody of you have watched " THE LAST SAMURAI ", u can learn from those words of katsumoto which says that a samurai must scan the surroundings and should have insight on next moves of opponenets... it is best depiction of real life situation of UPSC aspirants...scan the surroundings by making  newspaper reading as internal to yourself and as part n parcel of routine...learn to respect differences of opinion and acceptance of contradic

28 MARCH 2012 It was a good experience with all my colleagues being good and pleasant, after completing formalities, interviews started, and i was 4th to be called for, and then seated outside on chair, an attendent named Devendra was there and we chatted about U.P., baba vishwanath and board's temperament...i asked several times to himthat plz see whether board has called me, but as an experienced man he always said, relax sir , i will tell you...then finally i was called and i just entered, exchanged pleasantries and sat down when asked to do so...then what has transcribed inside is below--  CM- Q-what is nsso, what does it do? A-Sir, nsso is national sample survey office under mospi. It performs variety of statistical surveys like ASI for assessing contribution of manufacturing sector, AS for estimates of food production,  price surveys like cpi, wpi and rpc. also annual surveys for measuring variety of s-e indicators like poverty , unemployment, unemployment. Q

though this is final marksheet but i do not regard it as such...many questions are unanswered for me by UPSC...            CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2011 ROLL NO. : 344836 NAME : ANURAG TRIPATHI MARKS OBTAINED SUBJECTS MARKS ESSAY (PAPER-III) 095 GENRAL STUDIES (PAPER-IV) 059 GENRAL STUDIES (PAPER-V) 101 OPTIONAL-I(PUBLIC ADMIN.) (PAPER-VI) 160 OPTIONAL-I(PUBLIC ADMIN.) (PAPER-VII) 147 OPTIONAL-II(SOCIOLOGY) (PAPER-VIII) 176 OPTIONAL-II(SOCIOLOGY) (PAPER-IX) 137 WRITTEN TOTAL 875 PERSONALITY TEST 225 FINAL TOTAL 1100

as we all burning last minute oil to appear on CSE pre. on 20 may, here i have something t o share with u all:-   the biggest failure in life is failure to try...the more we wait for appropriate time , the more situations are complicated by days passing...so its best thing to face the battle early... few tips useful for prelims can be... don't add new knowledge/ crash course, just consolidate on ur strengths and revise it. if taken prelims test series, then just go through the test papers and identify the blunders/mistakes made in tests so that it is not repeated on 20th. in g.s. try to attempt more questions, if u haven't heard of the topic  of ques. then its safe to leave it, otherwise you can attempt topics knwn by elimination of wrong ans. and checking combination's of options, many ques. can be solved by this method only.  prior to bubbling the sheet, make sure you are having final say, as this time changing options is rather difficult. there are times when w

thanks to all of you...it wasn't possible without u all..... (whole family)mummy-papa {both} Suchi all FRIENDS who were there behind me and with me to boost my dwindling confidence.. LOVE YOU ALL....THANKS

anurag, prankur, beckham and brian lara Happy (official mark sheet) birthday to myself..... AS I COMPLETE MY 28TH YEAR OFFICIALLY...ON RECORD...I MUST THANK RELIANCE LIFE,RELIANCE M.F. AND WAY2SMS.. .BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY TO REMIND ME THAT I WAS NOW 28....and to add to my pleasure I got to know that I shared the birthday with my friend Prankur and iconic Beckham and Brian Lara...and the day when finally US delivering Justice(remember last yr.) Related to this phenomenon is the recent age-related controversy of General V.K.Singh, though now a closed chapter, but it left a very pertinent questions on my mind, namely... how to prove that i was born on that specific date, if u don't have hospital certificate(even those can be fudged) is high school mark sheet only authentic document to prove your birth in INDIA what about millions of people who don't reach upto high school, how can they prove and why we are not able to built well devised statistical sys