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Summary
Topper's talk with Aayush Goel (Rank 171)

TOPPER'S TALK STARTED (01:40 PM)

  • Talk Started with his brief introduction.
  • He shared his background and journey in brief.

PRELIMS STRATEGY (01:43 PM)

  • Shared his mark sheet. (Prelims)
  • Emphasised the importance of CSAT.
  • Booklist:
  • Polity: Laxmikant and Class 11th NCERT.
  • Modern History: Spectrum/Bipin Chandra.
  • Ancient/Medieval: Tamilnadu State Board.
  • Art and culture: Vision IAS booklet.
  • Geography: Start with Class 9th and 10th NCERT and Class 11th and 12th NCERT, 2nd part of G.C Leong.
  • For Mapping: Oxford Atlas.
  • UPSC Syllabus and last 25 years PYQs.
  • Economics: Start with NCERT for basics.
  • Monthly Magazines.
  • Empasised the role of Current Affairs in economics.
  • Science & Tech: NCERT of Classes 6 7 and 8 and Current affairs from monthly Magazines.
  • Environment: PMF IAS and Current Affairs, Legal aspects (WPA, EPA, Wildlife board).
  • International organisations. Indexes.
  • Species/ National Parks.
  • Fundamental Terminologies.
  • Basic Science: NCERTs of Classes 6 7 and 8.

STRATEGY FOR PRELIMS (02:03 PM)

  • Start with polity class 11 NCERT and then start Laxmikant.
  • Start reading Book first and then use external resources.
  • For the first few readings, highlight key points and do not resort to note-making.
  • Keep PYQs always with you.
  • Time Management:
  • 8  hours of study.
  • Divide it into 4 blocks.
  • Make monthly, weekly and daily targets.
  • Emphasised the importance of revision.
  • Subject-wise revision.
  • Role of test series.
  • Test writing.
  • Analysis.
  • Working on Feedback.
  • Role of Abhyass Mocks.
  • Empasised on writing more mock tests.
  • Shared strategy on note making.

STRATEGY FOR CSAT (02:54 PM)

  • Identify your strength.
  • Lat 5 Years PYQs.
  • Classify Them.
  • And focus on important topics.
  • Books: RS Sharma.
  • Q & A Sessions.

STRATEGY FOR CURRENT AFFAIRS. (03:18 PM)

  • Sources:
  • The Hindu/Indian Express.
  • Explained page of IE.
  • THE HINDU's S & T page on Sunday.
  • Monthly Magazine.(Vision Ias).
  • PT 365.
  • Prirotise Current Affairs: Eco> Science> environment.
  • Daily compilation.

MAINS STRATEGY (03:26 PM)

  • Emphasised on importance of writing skills.
  • Connecting Skills.
  • Mock Tests.
  • Daily answer writing of PYQs.
  • Start answer writing after 3-4 months into the preparation.
  • Observe the topper's copies.
  • Essay: Anudeep's Copies/ Satyam Gandhi's 
  • Ethics:
  • Structure, Presentation, Content.
  • Focus on all the terms mentioned in the syllabus.
  • Explain in your own words and write examples.
  • Remember quotations examples and laws.
  • Case studies:
  • Intro: Summarise the entire problem in 3 lines.
  • Stakeholders.
  • Body part: Corse of Action.
  • Always write stepwise.
  • Conclusion/Way forward:
  • Write the source always, whenever you quote any data.
  • GS1 GS2 * GS3:
  • Mains 365.
  • Consolidation of notes.
  • Answer writing.

MAINS ANSWER WRITING AND PAPER ATTEMPTING STRATEGY (03:55 PM)

  • Focus on completing the whole paper.
  • Focus on content and structure at the start.
  • Try to write in Bullet format.
  • Follow, the introduction, Body and conclusion format.
  • Follow the topper's copies.
  • Allocate 7 mins to 10 markers and 10.5 Mins to 15 markers.
  • Try to attempt 90 to 95 marks in 1st hour.
  • Try to do 5 questions from 10 markers and 3 questions from 15 markers in the first hour.
  • Attempt mock tests for mains.
  • Learn from feedback given on mains tests.
  • Use test series to improve your notes.
  • Appear for Abhyaas Mains.
  • Use data for value addition.
  • Sources of data: Economic survey
  • For polity: Laxmikant.
  • For IR: Mains 365.
  • Focus on revision.
  • Question Answer Session.

(TOPPER'S  TALK CONCLUDES)