IAS Subhankar Bala MAINS strategy How to move forward to the Mains and interview stage? Preparation of mains is slightly different from Prelims In prelims we remember all small minute facts but in mains we try to remember the bigger picture and analysis along with important data One should first try to complete the basic syllabus of Base subjects as mentioned above before jumping into answer writing practice After that I would suggest writing mains answers of 4-5 questions daily from different sources. I used to read questions along with answers from Insightsonindia secure synopsis in the morning and used to write the answers in evening or night to test my memorizing skill and then recheck the answers with original text and add missing parts. Revise once a week all the answers of the past week. And once a month past month's answers swiftly. This helps to improve articulation in answers and also helps to form structures in answers. Practice putting maps and diagrams, flow chart in a...