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DHEERAJ SAHU
ALL INDIA RANK - 10
CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION 1995
Service : Indian Administrative Service
Cadre : Uttar Pradesh
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MY TRYST WITH THE CIVIL SERVICES
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Getting into IAS was like a dream coming true. Although I'd thought of joining this service much earlier in my school
days, my mind kept wavering till few years back. It was in the third year of my engineering course that I firmly
decided to take up this examination. Incidentally, I'm a graduate from IIT, Kanpur in Electrical Engineering and I
passed out in 1994. I started reading material on current affairs and on other subjects in the general studies paper
from that very time. As far as optionals were concerned, I felt Physics and Electrical Engineering as the best bet for
me. For the Prelims, I chose Physics. I'd decided not to attempt the exam unless I felt confident about my
preparation. So I skipped the 1994 eaxm and took it up next year. By God's grace I made into the service in the very
first attempt. I stood 10th in India. 18th June, the day I came to know about the
reasult, was the happiest in my life. By the way a funny part of this story was that when I'd first inquired about my Prelims rsult, I was told that I'd
failed.
As regard my other personal details, I'm a 24 year old bachelor and hail from a business family of Lucknow. I'm
youngest among the four siblings of my family. I'd my schooling in Lucknow in Colvin Taluqdars' College till 8th
standard after which I shifted to Mahanagar Boys' Inter College. My hobbies are travelling, particularly to places of
natural beauty, and light music. I enjoy playing Billiards and am presently trying to pick up Tennis.
My suggestion to future aspirants of this service is that one should try to take one's subject of speacialisation as an optional in the
exam. This saves lot of time and labour. The exam requires one year of full dedication provided
one has a good base in general studies and good backing of graduation. One shouldn't rely solely on the optionals as G.S. and essay paper
along with interview form a substantial portion in the total marks. The syllabus of mains
should be finished before prelims so that one may get enough time for revision and updating current affairs before mains.
As regards interview, one just needs to be natural and attentive before the board. The board members are in general
very cooperative. Presently, I'm having great fun in the academy at Musoorie. Here the main
emphasis is on espirit de corp among various services. Although the routine here is tightly packed, one gets enough time to learn new things
and take up new hobbies. We recieved our cadres few days back and I's fortunate enough to
get the home cadre.
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i am preparing for civilservices examination one of the optional as electrical engg . can anybody suggest booklist subject wise, so that
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