Mr. Aishwarya Verma, an electrical engineer (graduation), shares his strategy for UPSC Civil Services. Born in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Aishwarya pursued his early schooling partly in Ujjain and partly in other cities and states. He cleared the UPSC Civil Services Exam in his fourth attempt with Geography optional.
Mr Aishwarya shares how he succeeded from scoring much below the cut-off marks for Prelims after a year’s preparation to always scoring 110+ marks in the subsequent attempts with lesser efforts and finally succeeding with a top rank in the civil services exam
1:09- The talk begins with Greetings from Mr. Aishwarya
8:35- Mr. Aishwarya shares his strategy for Prelims
20:55- Delineation of the sources (Material) for Prelims
31:18- Analysis of cut-offs and the importance of a positive attitude
40:40- Material sources and strategy for current affairs for Prelims
45:53- Strategy for CSAT
52:55- Self-study vs guidance/ coaching for UPSC
57:16- Guidance utilised by Mr. Aishwarya- Coaching, Current Affairs, Test Series, Optional, Self-study etc.
1:01:05- Strategy for Mains (along with a discussion on the scorecard/ Mains Scores)
1:20:07- Strategy for Newspaper reading and Current Affairs for Mains
1:27:54- Note making from the newspapers
1:36:35- Continuation of Strategy for Mains
2:04:10- Deliberation upon Answer Writing
2:39:56- Strategy for Ethics
2:48:34- Strategy for Essay
3:00:46- Strategy for Optional Subject
3:19:20- Personality Test (Interview) guidance/ strategy
3:39:24- Mr. Aishwarya concludes the session on a motivational note.
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