All About Civil Services Preliminary Examination

The Civil Services (Prelims) examination 2016 is scheduled to be held on 07.08.2016. The last date of filling online application for the civil services prelims exam is 27.05.2016.

The civil services preliminary examination has two papers in General Studies :

General Studies Paper 1 comprises seven sections like History of India and Indian National Movement; Geography of India and World , Indian Polity and Governance, Economic and Social Development, General issues on Environment and Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change , & General Science.

CSAT Paper 2 consists of questions related to aptitude like Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning and Mathematical calculations etc. Prelims paper 2 has been made qualifying only from 2015 and candidates only need to score at least one third of marks in this paper.

As mentioned in UPSC notification “The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio- economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.”

One should start with the basic concepts and their application. Candidate should try to focus on understanding the concepts.
Candidates should necessarily check what are the type of questions UPSC is asking . Give your special attention to topics currently in news.
Develop a timeline for your whole syllabus to judge how much time you would take for particular topic.
Design a proper strategy for exam, based on SWOT anaysis.

S= Strength

W= Weaknesses

O= Opportunities

T= Threats

The best strategy include covering full syllabus with main focus on some areas and multiple revision as well.
GS requires time and multiple revision; CSAT, on the other hand, needs a basic understanding and practice.
Avoid political news,local news, micro news and Political parties internal news for General Studies Prelims.
Give preference to Government policies and bills, Bilateral treaties signed by India & news item related to UN, IMF, World Bank, Niti Aayog, RBI, and IMF.

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