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UPSC CSE MAINs tips

 How do we utilize these three months 



- Keep it simple 


- Keep it focussed


- work on memory 


- write answers as well 


for any answer use INDIA framework 


I - Include Quotes / SDGs with their numbers / Statistics / Reports / Hon'ble SC Judgements / Committees / Policies / Guidelines / Blue print / Niti Aayog papers / 2nd ARC / Vision Documents / FDGs/ DPSPSs/ Preamble / Gandhi ji / Budhha / Ashoka 


N- Nobleness, Newness ( is your answer noble and new , BCG Cow matrix, 4P model, Mck 7S framework , SWOT Analysis etc)



D- Diagrams ( U shaped Kuznet Curves, Inverse curves , Pie charts , Triangles, maps , flow charts , Binomial Curve, Quadrant analysis)


I - Illustrative and Innovative - does it shows your innovative thinking or looks like a coaching institute answer, does it illustrate your thought process in the paper, any real life experiences makes it more credible



A- Articulation and Arrangement of the above mentioned things in the given space, acknowledgement of what is being asked in Q in different parts and answering them, understanding underlying ASSUMPTIONS of your answers and mentioning the same in your answer a well 


Example : Assuming that the COVID period gets over in next 3 months then these are the measures to revive economy else there are long term measures which need to adopted


This was my starting point. For any Q I used to find in real life, I used this INDIA framework to understand how I should go about writing answers mentally 


-🖋️Manish Sir


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