Tuesday 24 June 2014

The Final Assault - CSE 2014 !!

As I begin preparing for my fourth and final assault (i.e. the attempt) on Civil Service Exam, I thought to outline a strategy and a timeline for it. May God takes away all my laziness, procrastination and casualness from me, forever. Amen :) !!

 Strategy:
- To strengthen reliable areas like Philosophy Paper-I, GS Paper-I & III.
- To prepare unreliable portions like Philosophy Paper-II, GS-II, IV and Essay in a way so as to mitigate the uncertainty & low scores. 
   P.S. Essay has been quite notorious for me. Attempt 1: 104/200, 2: 046/200 and 3: 140/250.
- To deepen my knowledge of Philosophy in Paper-I and POR. I will have to include C D Sharma in my reading list.
- To make short notes of all the topics
- Periodic revision and answer writing practice

 Timeline:

 June 25-30: POR
July: IP & WP
After Prelims: SPP

 Reading List:

  1. Class and Printed notes of Patanjali Coaching for Paper-I (except CWP) and Paper-II
  2. Class notes of CWP of Ignited Minds
  3. IP- 1) Dutta Chatterjee 2) C D Sharma
  4. WP- Y. Masih
  5. To supplement SPP notes from Internet
Lets see how it materializes this time.
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15 comments:

  1. Wanderlust7 July 2014 at 05:44

    Hello Raja congratulations on your achievement. I am Abhay Sharma IRTS (488 rank 2011 exam with philo + pub ad) Will be grateful if you could clear some doubts: Is ignited minds good? is there any need to attend his classes, or class material will do? I am from english medium and attended patanjali for western in 2011 but concepts did not get clear. finally, can u provide me with amit sir's number? will be grateful
    thanks
    abhay

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    1. Unknown8 July 2014 at 11:06

      Thanks Abhay !!
      - IM is good. I attended only Contemporary WP. But sir teaches very well.
      - Its better to attend classes. Frankly speaking I haven't gone through sir's notes. English medium people find it difficult to learn from notes, classes are easier. Sir speaks technical words in English also. So its easy going in class.
      - Call IM@ 011-27654704, 9540131314

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    2. Wanderlust8 July 2014 at 18:35

      Thank you Raja! Hope your preparations for this year are going well. I have one more query: Mitrapal is advertising with your name in the list of toppers. Did you attend his classes? Are they good? Actually I am in Rajinder Nagar and IM teaches only in mukherjee nagar.
      Thanks

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    3. Unknown8 July 2014 at 20:55

      I attended just ONE test and that test's discussion with Mitrapal sir. I didn't attend his classes.

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    4. Wanderlust9 July 2014 at 03:02

      thank you. Talked to Amit Kumar Sir. Will be attending some classes after pre.

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  2. A man17 September 2014 at 02:38

    Hi,
    I had given last mains, but did not performed well.paper1 56 paper 2 87.last time I read a lot pitanjali ,books,amit sir printed notes but unable to revision at last.now I m afraid not to do the same mistake.
    I am working in D PSU Bangalore.so due to time constraint, I m thinking to relay on pitanjali only.
    Please advice what to do .

    amanast17 @gmail.com

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    1. Unknown17 September 2014 at 08:25

      Hi !!
      1. Revision is a MUST for good scores. Though I got average score, I lost on 20-30 marks only due to lack of revision.
      2. For this to happen, we have to restrict ourselves to limited but sufficient material. Rather than studying four sources, I believe that we should study one source for four times.
      3. Patanjali notes are good enough. May not be 100% but okay overall.

      Best of Luck !!

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    2. A man18 September 2014 at 01:57

      Thanks & Best of Luck

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  3. Meetha27 September 2014 at 23:32

    Hi, I m not able to score well in P2. Can you please give some tips about answer writing in P2, specially social political part. Thanks

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  4. Unknown28 September 2014 at 00:51

    P2 is all about ideas and their articulation. Use internet for building your ideas. Try to include some contemporary examples in your answers.

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  5. Unknown3 December 2014 at 12:47

    Sir I want to join a classroom course in philosophy in eng med. Can you suggest, it will be immensely helpful?

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    1. Unknown4 December 2014 at 04:46

      Patanjali Classes is a good option.

      Good Luck !!

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  6. Unknown16 January 2015 at 09:41

    Sir ,
    Do you have any your written answers of paper2? please share.
    ramupsc2015@gmail.com

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  7. Unknown16 January 2015 at 09:59

    Hi,
    Can you please share which topics in philosophy paper 2 u prepare from where?
    Thanks :)
    ramupsc2015@gmail.com

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