Aug 31, 2009

[Q] Philosophy no longer a Hot Subject?

I have some confusion for choosing second optional. I want to take philosophy as I felt it is iteresting for me (some portions are interesting).
But I heard that many people are not opting for that. I dont know the reason why ? Is it less scoring ?
I am not finding good material and coaching institutes as compared to other optionals.

Subject selection trend is keeps changing routinely
few years back it was History and Psychology and Philosophy considers to be the
'hot subjects' because most people getting success with that.

right now the trend is changed and the hot subject of today are
Public Administration, Geography, Botany, Zoology, Sociology, Medical Science etc.
actually its not that some subject got more scoring- but the generation and new blood- the winners diverting the traffic.

few months back a senior had told me (now this can be just some rumor but hear it ☺
that
there are 'Centres' i.e.
for Philosophy it was Rajasthan's some college/university - they teach the subject really good there so
successful candidates in that subject were mostly from there or those having the material/guidence of those professors.
so we can assume that generation has passed and the new blood of those universities no longer has hot enough to walk the line.
= low % of Phil. students getting selected = rest believe its no more scoring = further reduction + apply the 'proportional representation rule' @ prelims.

since in the Mains, proportional rep. rule is not applied = you need to get maximum marks in whatever your subject is.
but already low number of people are selected from prelims = % of phil. students getting success = becomes low.

its something like recession of America
when the recession comes- people stop spending so the recession becomes even worse.

we can also contribute this to the power of Advertizement by coaching classes,
when good publicity is given by classes of History / Geography- showing lots of ranker photos in it- then the crowd starts believing those subjects are scoring -so more people fill up the prelims form with those opt. subject = bigger proportional representation rule applied. = more getting passed in prelims = a myth and atmospere is created.

I am not finding good material and coaching institutes as compared to other optionals.

its supply and demand rule, when not much people are opting for it, the Coaching classes switch over to other subjects like Geography etc.

but none of this means that a serious candidate preparing really hard can't get success with Philosophy.

[Q] Colorblindness and Eligibility in Civil Service Exam

I am having Red & green Deficiency in colour vision. I want to know for which services of Civil Services Examination am I physically eligible.

you are eligible for all services except

IPS
Railway Security service (Assistant Security Officer in Railway Protection Force) .

[Q] Using Calculator in Mains Exam for Engineering Student

> I am preparing for IAS 2010 and I've chosen Maths and Electrical Engineering, as my optionals. Can you please tell me which calculator I can use in the exam?

in prelims = calculator not allowed no matter what your subject is.
mains= regular normal calculator allowed

A friend who had given mains earlier told me that in General Studies only normal calculators are allowed. but for engineering subject--

Nimish said...

: in mains for engineering subjects ....scientific calculator like the casio fx991 MS is allowed.. i have myself used it a couple of times

[Q] Confusion in Chosing Civil Service vs Private Sector job.

i have completed my Master in Public Adm in 2006, but due to some or the
other reason i never done my preparation seriously but now
i want to but i am confused as i am 26yr old now whether 2 peruse my dream
or do a pvt. sec. job ( i am a average student). i have a professional
degree also (PGD HRD & OB)

if you belong to General Category you can give this exam upto 4
trials, and the age limit will be 30 years.

you don't have to be a university gold medalist to excel in this exam,
I've only 2nd Class in my B.Pharm graduation,
i never studied Public Administration in my life except this 2 years
on my own, and yet I clear the prelims.

However working on this exam requires lot patience and strong determination.

the good things about Civil Services

once you become the office,

a good life lot salary,
powers,
social recognition-reputation.

the bad things

extreme high compitition,
the exam takes very long time to finish (each cycle takes almost a year to finish)
and the rest crap that follows the Govt. job - like tolerating the
illiterate ministers, corruption,
seniority -not performance based promotions etc etc

so follow your heart, regarding whether you want to come in the Govt.
job or private job.

[Q] Confusion on two IFS services

> sir,i wish 2 go 4 the post of IFS,do the optionals affect post?plz tell me wat IFS is actully?

there are 2 IFS

Indian Forest Service (IFoS)

UPSC takes seperate exam for it but you've to be a graduate either
from agri/zoology/botany/engineering etc to appear in it.
(refer UPSC.gov.in website for more on it)

and second IFS is

indian foreign service

the normal UPSC civil service exam taken - contains that job.
anyone can give this exam, and optional subjects don't have anything
to do here- its all depends on the merit list.

[Q] Economic Times as Source of Current Affairs?

What do you think of Economic Times as a source of current affairs for CSE?

the 2 pages Economy section given within Indian Express/ Hindu etc
papers is more than sufficient.
Economic Times is / will be helpful, but it'll go in to minute details & data on Economy== lot time wasted. you only need the broad ideas and information on Economy.

[Q] should we read about Political Parties for Current Affairs?

Do you really think that political parties should not be followed?

no need to follow them, UPSC never asks anything related to them.
except something Constitutional issue
like office of profit, public finance of election, election
Commissioner's removal etc.

[Q] Non B.A. Student wanting to Chose English Literature

I have decided Pub. Ad as my first optional but in a highly
dubious situation for the second one.
I'm very and equally interested in Sociology, Psychology, Geography
and English Literature.
I'm so good and fascinated by literature that I've already written a book

well then you should take up English Literature (or any other
language's literature)

find some professor etc who's giving tutiton to BA or MA's English
classes and take it.
interest in literature is one thing but for the exam oriented
preparation of English lit = you've to see how the things and syllabus
go in actual study.
in Public Administration this can be done via self-study but in
literature there are no direct copy paste books. (esp regarding the
paper-1)
[this is my self experience dealing with Gujarati literature.]

Good luck in your journey.

[Q] College exam coming along with Prelims

First, Is it possible to prepare for the exam and crack it in 2011,
when i'll be giving my university exams in April-May and then CSE in
June?

if you start preparing hard and serious from right now then yes it is.
otherwise if you delay, then in 2011 you'll have lot to study in small
time so then you'll either have to reduce your studies of the B.Tech
or of this UPSC exam. and hence problem in both.

[Q] How to Prepare Science and Tech for Prelims and Mains?

What do u suggest for S & T wrt to Prelims & Mains? Thanks again..

for sci & tech
refer Chronicle's magazine regularly (they put seperate S&T Section in
every issue)
also read newspapers and for certain things like
nano-tech etc refer wikipedia. (see the mains syllabus of s&t and
gather material from wikipedia- and other sites on internet
accordingly.)

no need to get into very minutes details - all you need to know is the broad idea of the issue and How can it help the Human beings / Nature?

[Problem] Do I need to Make notes from NCERT?

Do we have to make notes from NCERT's ( for any subject)? I mean,does UPSC
asks questions pertaining to factual data directly from NCERT's ?
I will be making notes from standard textbooks (other than NCERT's) as
prescribed by you but not sure whether i need to make notes from NCERT's or
not?

no need to make NCERT's notes.
they're only for getting clarity in the basic concepts.
factual data directly from NCERT's ?
- not anymore, beside its like 5 important fact lying around in 50
pages of NCERT.
the fact and data will be well presented in any other magazines'
prelim special issues than NCERT.

(i.e. get Chronicle's mag's. November to April 2008 Issues they've
almost everything of it.)

give more attention to

NCERT's 12th std :
themes in modern History part3
Colonial Revenue system -economy etc.
and Human Geography. std 12.
physical environment std 11.
and Indian Economic Development Std 11.

rest of the stuff can even safely be ignored.

[Problem] Law as an optional for a B.Sc Student

i m in s.y.bsc.i.t. -i have taken public admin:+law for mains.,so can u give ur view on this???

regarding Law-
well actually you shouldn't take it unless you've done or are doing or
planning to do LLB etc courses. (self experience - in Pharmacy we had
NDPS, Drug & Costmetics Act etc so i too was preparing with law during
college times for UPSC but then i realised- this is just way too
different things.)

however if you are keenly interested in Law then take it.

[Problem] Minimum Age Requirement, & getting 21 year old on 1st August.

Question from Mr.R

i want to give upsc prelims in may 2011.but in that
> year i will turn 21 on 15th august.so am i eligible???

Answer:-
you've to be 21 y.o. on 1st August of any year to give prelim of that year.
i.e. You want to give prelims of 2009- then you've to be minimum 21 y.o. on 1st August 2009.
(The Prelims are taken in the Month of May each year.)
Refer this link (UPSC's official statement for 2009's prelims)

Aug 30, 2009

[Problem] Public Administration vs Political Science as an Optional Subject

I'm starting this '[problem] ' series. In this – I post the questions that I received in email (from the contact me Button Above ^) along with their answers. So the other people can also benefit from it.

'A' Asks

is political science better or pub ad becoz i didnt find much diff in both of them,,i feell they r almost one and the same..wat do u think bhaii?? as one of optional would be geography and the other one laging to take whether pubad or politcal science??? and the scope of gaining marks of this combination(geo&pol sci or geo&pubad) plz let me...know bhaiiiiii wats ur idea....

My Answer:-

Public Administration
because political sci. will help you in General Studies -only up to Polity -Constitution part.
While Public Administration's topics-
Evolution of Indian Administration ,
polity-
state-central administration -
Panchayati Raj etc help you a lot more in G-S, Essay-Interview.

But this doesn't mean that nobody from political science gets selected in the service.

I'm only giving my opinion based on the 'Greed factor' – that how much is the subject going to help you in General Studies.

*update by Rath Baria*

many areas of GS being covered in political science. They include: Polity, India & the World(a separate section in GS mains), International Relations, International Organizations, Panchayati Raj(its included too under Local Govt. & Politics) & Bilateral relations. These area do have a lot of weight in GS Mains. And not just this, Political Science is CRUCIAL for Essay too as every year at least 1 topic based on Political Science comes. Enjoy.

So political science is no less than Public Administration when it comes to synergy with GS.

[Problem]What to choose as Second Optional?

Mr R. Asks

public admn as 1 option i have shotlisted the foll subjects as a 2nd opt :

geography.
economics.
maths

i m in s.y.b.sc.i.t. hope you can guide me according to your knowledge.

My Answer:-

Economics is good only for B.com students
Maths - only if you are going to do M.Sc in Maths.
Geography good for everyone but only if he/she has interest in it.

tip- read the NCERT of any subject that you want to take as your optional.
if you get bored reading it- then that subject is not for you.

(you don't have buy all NCERTs for that- you can read them online using the link on my blog.)

[Problem] Public Administration Stretegy- Is it different for Beginners?

'A' Asks

is it that the strategy which u have told in ur blog for preparation of pubad from various books like laxmi kanth & various other authors....... should even begineers like me to start of with same strategy like the one which u told in ur blog....????? or to first start of with laxmikanth and finish it and then to go to other books is it kind of that sort????plzzzzzzzz let me know..

My Answer:-

stick with the stretegy given in my blog.
it applies to all- beginners and those already preparing.
because even if you start reading Laxmikanth and finish it and then take up other books- you'll have to re-read the Laxmikanth again to get those 'topic-connections.'
so read everything in parallel and make notes simultaneously.

[Problem] Preparing History for General Studies in prelims but unable to solve many questions.

I'm starting this '[problem] ' series. In this – I post the questions that I received in email along with their answers. So the other people can also benefit from it.

Mr. P asks

In GS , i have started with History and have completed the book of mordern history (A brief handbook on mordern history by spectrum ) ,what else shouls i study apart from that as when i attempted questions from previous papers , i got demolarised as i couldnt see more that 50% questions there ...

Whenever u finish studying a chapter and then attempt questions on it from previous papers ,what is ur success ratio .. how many u get it in GS as the syllabus is too vast ...

So plz tell be about history for GS .. any book or any tip .. I want to finish it and then move to other topic of GS ...

My Answer:-

hi,
for G/S History of prelims
apart from the Spectrum
you'd also need to see the History of Ancient and Medieval India. (refer Chronicle's 2008's Prelims special Issues. or Wizard's old issues dealing with that.)
+ Freedom Struggle by Bipin Chandra (NBT Publication)

* Spectrum and Bipin are for mains = dealing with the 'analytical part of History', and for prelims you need to have more fact and data.

also in History- nowadays they generally ask things related to education and economy and culture,society. so whenever you read those things- do it carefully.

and don't worry about solving the papers-
when i was a new comer like you - i couldn't even get 20% of previous question papers solved. and at that time when i used to talk with my friends- they'd be knowing everything. and that'd frustrate me a lot.
it happens when you are new. but every experienced guy is newcomer someday.
in 2008s's paper there were only 2 questions in History- one was from the 'Who was owner of this Newspaper' kinda easy thing- so I could solve it.

even with my best preparation this year- i got only 70/150 in prelims g.S = that's not even 50%.
(i could answer almost all the History questions correctly- because they were very easy in 2009's paper.)

but then i couldn't solve much in Geography and Currents.

so- prepare your best- read -revise - make notes- as much as you can. but don't put pressure that you can't get all answers on G.s.- because nobody can do that.
Prelims G.S is so wide. you can never cover enough of it.

Aug 29, 2009

Number of Seats filled up in Civil Service 2008's Exam - Servicewise Categorywise

Number of Seat filled up in Civil Service 2008's Exam
Servicewise Categorywise

see the following image-

Geography Tips, Separate Booklist for Prelims & Mains

The main advantages of Geography as an optional are:

• Availability of good material and guidance. There are many successful

candidates with this optional, which makes easy access to strategy required.

• Geography is helpful for the GS prelims &mains, essay, interview and even for

some other optionals.

• The map questions make it a very scoring subject.

• There is enormous scope for innovations in writing which can boost the scores.

• Students from science background find it easy to tune to this subject.

certain points, which should be kept in mind while preparing

• Read the basics well and then think on your own about how to make innovative

answers.

• Because of availability of much material, there is a tendency to do a research-

kind of preparation. This is highly counter productive.

• Prepare basics well with good clarity. You may refer the standard book for this.

Then if required just scan through other books for any different dimension. Do

not start mugging each and every book from end-to-end.

• Take the topic, do intense questioning to get clarity. Then in a logical manner

prepare a structure for the notes.

• Use lot of maps, diagrams, flow charts, graphs, etc. Be as innovative as

possible.

World Map: This question is highly scoring. The aspirant should spend good amount

of time in mastering the world map. The examiner is only interested in testing the

basics and important places. But some times very difficult map points are asked as

done in 2003. But the preparation should not be based on that year's question. In

general, focus should be on preparing the basic points, which are more likely to be

asked. If preparation is based on 2003 paper, then it is not possible to master all

small and insignificant map points. Finally it will be counter productive, as there is a

chance of forgetting even the basics.

While writing the 10 words, you need not put a sentence. Just put down as much

info as possible using ";". Also, underline the most significant fact.

For example - Rekjavik: Iceland; capital city; northernmost capital; very cold climate;

midnight sun; geological studies; Mid-Atlantic ridge;

India Map:

This question is highly scoring and the candidate should prepare well. Here also only

the basics and important points are being asked. So, first analyse the previous

questions and prepare accordingly.

In writing the answer, try to put as much as you know.

Eg. Kaveri: Karnataka-Kerala-TN; Source-Talakaveri; Western Ghats; Delta in TN;

major river; highly used for irrigation; Inter-state river water dispute; Mettur dam;

Krishnasagar dam; Tiruchi; hydroelectricity; ……..

Maps:

• NCERT - prepare notes as you come across various points in the maps.

• Atlas- Ttk, Orient Longman

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :

1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books for Geography.

2. Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong.

3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh

4.Physical Geography - Made simple series - Rupa Publications

5. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications.

6. Human and Economic Geography - Leong & Norgan

7. Human Geography - Majid Hussain.

8. Geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain.

9. Field Work - 11 th NCERT.

10. Cartography - R.L. Singh

11. Geography of India - Gopal Singh

12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Memoria

13. Orient longman - Atlas.

14. TTK - Atlas

15. Dictionary of Geography - Penguin

16. Spectrum guide for Geography.

17. Siddhartha - Preliminary Question Bank.

18. Geography Guide - Narmadeshwar Prasad.

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR MAINS EXAMINATION :

Paper - I

• Physical geography - Savinder Singh

• The Earth's dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha

• Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler

• Climatology - D.S. Lal

• Physical geography made simple - Rupa

• Oceanography - Sharma & Vital

• Biogeography - Savinder Singh

• Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari

• Economic geography - K. Sidhartha

• Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa

• Urban geography - K. Sidhartha

• Human geography - Majid Hussain

• Geography of population - R.C. Chandra

• Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri

• Political geography - Dixit

Paper - II

• Physical environment - NCERT

• NCERT Class XII

• India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha

• Geography of India - Mamoria

• Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain

• Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh

• Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria

• India's urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran

• Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri

• Political geography - Dixit

• India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• NCERT Vol -1

• Physical Geography - Bunnett

• Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong

• Physical Geography made simple

HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

• Human and Economic Geography - NCERT

• Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple

• Penguim masters studies on geography

• The Cultural Landscape - Rubeistein

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

• Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan

• Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur

• General geography - NCERT

• Mineral of India - NBT (Wadia)

• Resources and regional development - NCERT

• Catography - R.L. Singh

• World regional geography - Fellnan

• Work book - K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee

• Question Bank - Surendra Singh, 1000

• Geography quiz - Muthiah

India’s Missile Programs

Very important for Prelims and Mains.

Projects

Project Devil	Attempt To "Reverse-Engineer" The Soviet Sa-2 Surface-To-Air Missile (Sam) - Partial Suceess
Project Valliant	To Develop 1500km Ballistic Missile - Failure
Integrated Guided Missile Devt Prog(Igmdp)	1983
Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile(Atbm)	( In Collab With Us,Russia & Isarel)

Ranges and Brief Info

Short Range Ballisitic Missile	Prithvi ;
Medium Range	Agni ;
Short Range Surface-To-Air Missile(Sam)	Akash & Trishul ;
Anti-Tank Missile(Atgm)	Nag
A Supersoni Cruise Missile With Russian Colab	Brahmos
Naval Variant Of Prithvi	Dhanush
Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile	Sagarika (Operl 2010)

Prithvi

FIRST MISSILE TO BE DEVELOED BY DRDO & BHARAT DYNAMICS LTD, HYDERABAD 1993-94

ANTI BALLISTIC MISSILE

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE ; SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE(SRBM) UNDER IGMDP

Types

Prithvi i	- army version
Prithvi ii	- air force (not keen) TEST FIRED ON 15TH APRIL 2009 FROM BALSORE IN CHANDIPUR -ON SEA (ITEGRATED TEST RANGE(ITR)
Prithvi iii	- naval (variant dhanush, sagarika, k-15 - is the same as the sagarika submarine -launched ballisti missile Sagrika= K-15 submarine -launched ballistic missile (short range) Also called oceanic ; previously known as prithvi 3 / dhanush Led by DRDO missile completed @ Hyderabad Can be lauched from land & mobile launchers

AGNI

Strategic ballistic missile

Conceived as technology demostrator

Led by DRDO &bdl

Types of Agni missile

Agni 1 Short range ballistic missile (srbm)

Agni 2 Intermediate range ballisitic missile(irbm)

Agni 3 Compact long range missile in test phase

Agni 3sl Compact version fo agni 3 suitable for submarine launch

Agni 5 Intercontinental ballistic missile

BRAHMOS

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE

SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE - COLLAB WITH RUSSIA(NPO Mashinostroyeniye) DERIVED FROM THE RUSSIAN ANTI-SHIP YAKHONT

LATEST DEVELOPMENT BRAHMSO HYEPERSONIC MISSILE

ACROYNM FROM BRHAMAPUTRA & MOSKVA RIVER OF RUSSIA

CAN BE LAUNCHED FRON SUBMARINES, SHIPES AIRCRAFT & LAND

Other Important Things

AKASH Surface-to-air missile Developed by DRDO & bharat electronics ltd(bel)

NAG
Air-to-surface missile

3 gen- fire & forget anti-tank missile Developed by DRDO & bdl

Namica (nag missile carrier)is a tracked icv built for the army.

NIRBHAY
Proposed project - new cruise missile

ASTRA

1ST AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE DEVELOPED BY DRDO ; BVRAAM - BEYOND CISUAL RANGE MISSILE

SURYA
SURYA 1 : INTERCONTINENTA-RANGE SURFACE BASED BALLISTIC MISSILE - UNDER DEVT

SURYA 2 : LONG RANGE VARIANT OF SURYA 1

Pinaka
multibarrel rocket launcher (mbrl) Developed by DRDO for indian army - @ pune based DRDO lab - armament research & devt establishment in 1983 - used in kargil war 1999 .

Tejus : LCA multirole fighter , hal Developed orginaaly known as light combat aircraft - used by indian navy aircraft carriers - designed by aerenautical devt agency , banglore

Lakshya : UAV pilotless target aircraft Developed by aeronautical devt establishment of DRDO - users army, air,navy - intro - 2000

Shaurya hypersonic surface to surface Developed by DRDO - use by armed forces - land version of sagarila k-15 missile - first test nov 12 2008 @ chandipur

Avatar hypersonic plane built by drdl(Hyderabad)

Stretegic Locations

Advanced Numerical & Analysis Group	Anurag - 1988 - Hyderabad
Armanament Research & Devt Establishment	Arde - 1958 - Pune
Centre For Artificial Intelligence & Robotics	Cair- Director - V S Mahalingam 1986 - Bangalore
Defence Research & Devt Laboratory	Hyderabad
DRDO Missile Complex	Hyderabad

Aug 26, 2009

Time Table Mains 2009

See the Image Below or Directly Download the pdf file from Official UPSC Website
using This Link
UPSC civil service mains exam 2009 time table

Aug 25, 2009

Negative Marking in the Prelims. : The Most Dangerous Thing

While emailing to a friend, I wrote this, and posting it on blog as well, for the use of others who're working for 2010/11.

In prelims,
its very tempting to attempt all question, sometimes we feel we'll get them all correct & that its just 0.33 marks to lose,but in reality we generally end up loosing 8-10 marks easily in negative marking. (the Main Reason why I lost in 2008 and Why I cracked it in 2009.)
and its pretty stiff competition. so never take any gambling. if some question is hard then its hard for everyone- so better leave it than lose in negative marks.

those who go to coaching classes,

UPSC prelim negative marking and coaching classes

UPSC prelim negative marking and coaching classes

have to face mock tests every week, so they know how evil the negative marking is. they give the tests in groups, & results are given quickly.
so immediately they know who scored more and how much they lost in negative marks.
hence they become very careful in answering. that helps them succeed. its not that they get to know something really wonderful which a candidate preparing at home doesn't, from the regular books.

In the Prelims,
Its not that the successful candidate is a way too much smart
than you,
but only that he looses less marking in negative marking
than you do.

take a few mock tests at home regularly, that'll strengthen your capacity in dealing with the tempting questions and negative marking.

I wish everyone of you good luck for next year. I'm sure you'll crack prelims this time.

Aug 23, 2009

I'm uploading Mains Form 2009 for UPSC Civil Service Exam

I'm uploading the UPSC civil service mains exam form in ZIP FILE
@
Current candidates who've not got the mains form yet and who've never filled it before,
I'm uploading this for you so just take the look at the instruction and the details and keep those xerox copies
and other information ready so when you get the form, you can immeditly fill it and return back. Otherwise just reading the whole
instructions and filling it takes up almost more than 2 hours.

[also for the future candidates preparing for 2010-11]

Download the Zip file Below. Each page is in the jpeg file- you need to zoom in it to read clearly.
it contains all the 13 pages of Mains form
(the performa to be filled by OBC candidates - i'm not uploading it because time limit.)
Here is the preview of the contant of this zip File
UPSC Mains Form for Civil Service IAS IPS Exam

UPSC Mains Form for Civil Service IAS IPS Exam

Download Link

The Mains Form letter package that you recieve @ home, contaings 3 Things

1.
The Letter from Deskofficer
*included in the Zip file*
2.
The Instructions booklet + The Actual Form
*only the Actual Form minus OBC performa is included in this Zip file.*
3.
The Big 300 Pages Gazette notification that tells you about the syllabus and plan of the Exam, pay scales info, rules for determining physical disability, Ex-serviceman status etc. etc..
(its written in both Hindi and English hence its so big.)
*not included in the Zip File*

most of the stuff is easy, the things you should keep ready is

1. Two unstamped 11.5 X 27.5 CM envelops- self Addressed.
2. If you had given the prelims exam before 2009 then keep those reciepts ready because you'll need to write down those roll numbers.
3. on the form you've to paste your photo and get it attested by a Gazetted Officer / Principle of college etc.
4. attested and certified copies of following (whatever applies to you)
School LC (for Age verification) ,
10th-12th Certificates,
College Degree.

5. the info. of everything from 1 to College (because there is a table where you've to write name of school / college-
and years when you were in it.)

6. Marksheet of 10,12,College etc (because there is a table where you've to write all %, Board name etc right from Metric level to last degree)
7. Don't forget to write something in the hobby. You must write a hobby. (because they'll ask questions from it in the interview) and if you don't write a hobby
then better have a good reason for not having a hobby because otherwise you're going to hear from the interview panel that 'Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee had hobby of writing poems even when he was loaded with lots of work as PM '
8. Make sure you make no mistaking in writing

1. Examination Location (ie. @ which city you want to give the exam)
2. Optional Subject
3. Indian Language for paper.1
4. your b'day
5. reservation etc if applies.
[actually all things are imp to be filled in the form but these are most imp.]

Once you finish filling your mains form ,
Arrange it in following manner
1. the Actual Application
2. the acknowledgement Card
3. Two Envelops
4. Xerox copies of your education qualification

and put them all in one cover, and on that you need to write 'Application for Civil Service (Mains) Examination,2009 '
Last date of submission
28-August-2009.

If you live in Hill States / Himachal / J&K / Andaaman-Nicobar, then Last date of submission
04-September-2009.

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Secretary ,
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Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi-110039

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@those who're complete newbie to the civil service exam field-
(you are not supposed to 'use' this form that I'm uploading. its only for demo-illustriation-education-information- purpose only.)
you don't directly get the mains form, you need to clear the prelims exam first.

*I'm going to rewrite this article in detail once the mains is over.*

Aug 5, 2009

Finally the Prelim Results

I thought it was going to be declared on 14th August just like Last Year, but thanks to the Good Friend Gurpreet,I came to know that it was declared yesterday (4th August 09). And I've checked it,
Finally after spending 3 years of my life and 2 trials,
Yes I've cleared the prelims.

civil service prelims 2009 result

If you had appeared in the Exam, and want to check your result
goto following link

Best of Luck
and thank a lot everybody for showering your good wishes on me.

AND,
I want to tell everyone - the reason of my success is nothing but the same strategies I've posted on my Blog.

AND that I've never gone to any of the Delhi's big and Expensive Coaching Classes.
I was a student at the Gujarat Government run institution for civil service preparation called SPIPA , Ahmedabad (Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration).

Since the UPSC doesn't give a marksheet or cutoff of the prelims, its left to the people to guess the 'cutoff.'
My score in 2009's prelim is 112/120 in Public Administration and 70/150 in General Studies.
Last year when I didnot clear the prelims I had 95+/120 in Public Administration, and 85/150 in General Studies (but I had attended many wrong questions in General Studies hence I lost due to negative markings.) - those things are explained in detail (regarding how not to prepare) in my tips section on the right hand side navigation panel of this website- do follow them.


AKASH	Surface-to-air missile Developed by DRDO & bharat electronics ltd(bel)
NAG	Air-to-surface missile 3 gen- fire & forget anti-tank missile Developed by DRDO & bdl Namica (nag missile carrier)is a tracked icv built for the army.
NIRBHAY	Proposed project - new cruise missile
ASTRA	1ST AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE DEVELOPED BY DRDO ; BVRAAM - BEYOND CISUAL RANGE MISSILE
SURYA	SURYA 1 : INTERCONTINENTA-RANGE SURFACE BASED BALLISTIC MISSILE - UNDER DEVT SURYA 2 : LONG RANGE VARIANT OF SURYA 1
Pinaka	multibarrel rocket launcher (mbrl) Developed by DRDO for indian army - @ pune based DRDO lab - armament research & devt establishment in 1983 - used in kargil war 1999 .
Tejus : LCA	multirole fighter , hal Developed orginaaly known as light combat aircraft - used by indian navy aircraft carriers - designed by aerenautical devt agency , banglore
Lakshya : UAV	pilotless target aircraft Developed by aeronautical devt establishment of DRDO - users army, air,navy - intro - 2000
Shaurya	hypersonic surface to surface Developed by DRDO - use by armed forces - land version of sagarila k-15 missile - first test nov 12 2008 @ chandipur
Avatar	hypersonic plane built by drdl(Hyderabad)


Agni 1	Short range ballistic missile (srbm)
Agni 2	Intermediate range ballisitic missile(irbm)
Agni 3	Compact long range missile in test phase
Agni 3sl	Compact version fo agni 3 suitable for submarine launch
Agni 5	Intercontinental ballistic missile

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Types of Agni missile

Agni 1 Short range ballistic missile (srbm)

Agni 2 Intermediate range ballisitic missile(irbm)

Agni 3 Compact long range missile in test phase

Agni 3sl Compact version fo agni 3 suitable for submarine launch

Agni 5 Intercontinental ballistic missile