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Is it OK to quit UPSC preparation?
Cons of quitting your job for UPSC preparation: Your monthly salary will stop and this can affect your life unless you have a solid amount in your savings account. Your responsibilities to your family can be affected. You will regret your decision if you don’t make it through the IAS exams.
Can prelims be cleared in 2 months?
Is it possible to clear the IAS Prelims Exam with two months’ preparation? Well, the answer is, YES. You can clear IAS Prelims if you are dedicated, smart and willing to work hard.
How to prepare for UPSC prelims in the first attempt?
‘Failing to plan is planning to fail.’ If you want to clear the civil services prelims in the first attempt itself, you must plan and study. To cover the vast UPSC syllabus, you must plan your day, your week and your month. You ought to have a daily routine where you spend a fixed number of hours to study.
How to prepare for the UPSC Civil Services exam?
Your preparation should be aligned with the UPSC Civil Services Exam Cycle, which has three stages – Prelims, Mains and Interview, which normally has a fixed schedule like June (for Prelims), Sep/Oct (for Mains) and Feb-April (for Interviews). Read our posts, and understand the details of Civil Services, IAS, UPSC syllabus etc.
How to prepare for CSE prelims exam?
To ensure that you clear CSE prelims comfortably, you need to get at least 70 questions correct out of the 100 questions in GS Paper 1. You can go wrong in all remaining 30 questions. Still, you will get a great score to successfully clear the preliminary exam. Invest just 2 hours per day. See the big jumb in your marks!
What is the cut-off score for UPSC CSE prelims?
Remember that, in the last 2 years, the cut-off score was only around 100. If you think in this direction, you will understand that clearing UPSC CSE Prelims is not a big deal. Even if you mark the 30 questions wrong, you will end up with 120 marks (after deducting negative marks).