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How to attempt the Prelims paper?  ( Divyanshu Nigam, AIR 44 strategy - For Solving Prelims MCQs )  The process begins one/two days prior to the actual day of exam. Keep on revising last minute factual stuff, from your notes. It is the time to maximise your short-term memory and picture memory (eg. notes on the margins, random scribbling). And constantly tell yourself that you have worked hard for it and you will qualify the exam … no pressure of topping the exam?… just qualify. On the actual day, wake up early and go with a fresh and positive mindset which will boost your confidence.  Fill up all the details with good caution, don’t make any mistake there …. Else you’ll lose out time and mental peace.  Go with an approx. number number of questions which you will attempt. Attempt paper in 3 rounds. 1st Round —   Follow the sequence 1 to 100 and do three things : (i) Do the questions which you know well. (ii) Make a circle on the question on which you can ...

Divyanshu Nigam IAS AIR 44 UPSC CSE 2020  Preparation Tips :  1. Limited time make you prepare with efficiency and hence you’ll be more productive every day. Here comes the importance of strategy.  2 . Prioritise as per ROI (Return on Investment) — my priority — order of preparation 1. Polity 2. Environment 3. Geography (Mainly maps and places in news) 4. Modern India 5. Economy 6. Science and Technology 7. Art and Culture (not ancient history) 8. Medieval India 3. Divide Static-Current into 60-40 ratio … Don’t run mindlessly for Current Affairs. You won’t be able to ace that.  4 . PYQ are quintessential. Spend time with UPSC…make it your GF/BF…. The more time you spend with it, more you’ll get to know its thought process, mindset, option placement. So solving 2013 onwards PYQ is a must. Also I will recommend to NOT go for section wise segregated PYQ, rather attempt the paper directly as one, downloading it from UPSC site. The arrangement and order of question...

Divyanshu Nigam IAS strategy for Prelims Divyanshu Nigam IAS AIR 44 UPSC CSE 2020  General Points 1 . Remember its just an exam that you have to Qualify (and not ace)…so prepare like that. It just the hall ticket to Mains. Prelims won’t make you IAS or anything. Hence don’t give more than 65-70 days for its preparation….anything more is futile and improper use of time. 2 . This may be called as a traditionally humanities exam but in my opinion the preparation has to be done in a very scientific manner based of data and numbers…after all its a game of numbers, at all stage. So always measure and track your performance and learn/analyse from that data.  3 . This is more of a game of your attitude than your knowledge. Presence of mind is immensely important and can beat knowledge any day. Particularly paper like CSE Pre 2020 can be qualified based on option elimination and intelligent guessing. 4 . Keeping positive attitude while attempting exam is extremely important. Often you ...