IAS Topper Artika Shukla Success Strategy - UPSC CSE: Booklist; Interview Strategy; Mistakes etc. Video Lecture | UPSC Preparation Strategy and Tips by Toppers

hello everybody this is a presentation
to tell you what mistakes you should
avoid while preparing for you PSC civil
service examination
I am article Shukla I'm ranked fourth in
the recent examination I am a doctor by
profession and you can follow me over
this link so what are the things that
you should avoid we all know what we
should do but yeah avoid carnet that
becomes a problem specially then you
come closer to the exam so this is a
very short presentation to help you deal
with that first thing choosing a wrong
optional subject this I think is very
important because you have a lot of
guides up Gulag artichoke they brought
further suggestions data's are saying
about the optional subject but I really
believe and in your self-interest I
would say that you should only choose an
optional subject which you are
comfortable in which you have preferably
done your graduation in qqc ichabod
knowledge mills out there and something
that you enjoy reading because optional
is a place where you will have to give
in all your efforts so you should you
must must choose an option which you
enjoy reading which which is something
that you like and not something which is
selling this year or which is getting
very good marks the next mistake is not
checking previous year's papers now this
is extremely extremely important for
prelims many Pelley be both sorry the
company quad k if you just follow
previous year's papers and a lot of test
papers for mainly for prelims also for
means maybe not so relevant except in
case of optionals very relevant in case
of optionals mera medical science
options are awesome a specialist RK
papers say more than 50% questions were
repeated so it is a big mistake if you
don't check your previous year's papers
specially for columns where it will help
in your time management if questions may
not be repeated but it will definitely
boost your confidence and it means
questions will be repeated in options at
least in some options so you must check
previous papers the third question
the third thing that you must avoid is
purchasing too many books and making a
library at home yet body general Bartok
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exam K progression but I would just like
you to know that as a senior I can tell
you this
please do not buy more than two books on
any subject please revise what you have
read instead of going for more and more
you know newer sources to read it from
because up jitna occurring a after
retention Moutinho computed egg so
please revise the static content even in
case of optionals do not go for more
than two or three books for any of for
any one particular thing the exam is not
so much about depth as it is about your
you know your basic understanding of
stuff so please try to be very very
concise and you know precise about these
examination the next mistake that you
can do is a lack of constructive group
study now this is something which I can
vouch for very theoretically but a group
study Chi Barbot Kerberos appear
especially is stage McCoy Allah galaxy's
iPod router so people tend to you know
they tend to get involved in other
discussions after time what Sarah vase
to Japan but there are also positive for
group studies which is that you can try
and have a very good intellectual
conversation among people you trust who
are preparing for the examination of of
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you especially GroupMe boti curry to
your perspective items and the exam
wants your perspective to be viable a
body set mindset Leakey examine certain
he'll accept it so there is a very real
place need for a constructive group
study if you do find a very good
intellectual hard-working group you're
lucky if you don't find it
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Delta non interaction with seniors now
this is something I personally feel
really benefited me because I was always
in touch with my brother who is also a
senior in service so you should if
possible
be in touch with a senior who can guide
you in this examination if you want to
stay in touch with me you can send us
with me someone in your family a person
you trust that is very important because
the exam demands a lot of courage and
resilience in addition to knowledge or
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sector walking anxiety come collect em
up would say direction may guide the
shock pen so this is one thing that you
must do the next thing is reading the
complete newspaper one big problem why
because the newspaper has many things
which is not relevant to the examination
the sports page is not relevant the
local news is not relevant any tidbits
any celebrity was it those are not
relevant at all so please don't waste a
lot of time on reading the newspaper it
is essential of course but up si
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at least at the end of your preparation
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try to see out the important information
information which corresponds with your
main syllabus and work on that the next
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if there is one thing I can tell you it
is that please please please give
regular tests it is very important
extremely essential for getting through
columns and more than extremely
essential for getting through mains also
both for your optional MDS GS meto be
more than 60% of your preparation lies
on giving tests do not skip giving tests
after prelims at least give 10 tests
before filling survey Rodney Scott Cato
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because the exam is about expression you
can have all the knowledge in the world
but if you can't express it well in the
required timeframe you will not screw it
so please if you have to do one thing if
you have to invest in one thing please
invest in a good tech series and give
just as many as you can
the last thing is lack of revision lack
of revision is obvious up needs revise
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division is very important again instead
of buying too many books getting too
much knowledge about stuff it
would you have none it will help you
immensely and the last thing is uses of
social media during preparation
I have a very biased view over this
because I didn't use the social media at
all I stayed away from Facebook I use
what's happening Lee but you can use it
I am NOT saying you should not but try
to maintain a limit on the you know
amount of time and the amount of
emotions and brain that you invest on it
so social media if you want to use use
it for constructive purposes use it also
as a distraction if you want to but do
not get swayed by it this time is very
important it will not come again in life
so please please don't waste time over
frivolous issues or something flimsy
over the social media over your
reputation or something so that's all
from my side and I hope you don't you
avoid these mistakes and do every right
thing in the book and get through with
flying colors my best wishes to all of
you god bless you thank you
hello everybody I'm arctica Shukla I got
rank foreign UPSC this year an
introduction about me I am 25 years old
I am a doctor by profession and you can
follow me on this address on
unaccountable coming to my strategy in
general studies we start with the books
and the resources that I followed and
what was what did not work or muda jovi
looked ahead I will try to tell you that
starting with the first topic history
ancient history medieval and history
modern ancient and medieval
what I did was I followed NC Island but
he many arches in him prepare keyattr it
is something that I did not like to a
not did not prepare I did not prepare it
very thoroughly and question these are
the knee I see modern history of course
you must prepare I did Bipin Chandra
India struggle for independence plus
spectrums specifically for prisms
very important a lot of questions come
from that so do that NCERT modern India
again relevant both for Clemson means
coming to culture I follow five
different materials for culture kyookie
Mary pass I do not have anyone guiding
me that time so i didnít in Singhania an
Academy videos very nice NIOS material
vision eyes material as well as in CRT
on art but Jo exam equation I avoid
masochism sabaneta so I would just say
that you should pick and choose the
material for culture Suki it is not a
very highly linking so any one thing or
two you know two sources you can follow
I would suggest an academy and it in
Sarnia more than enough quality korean
current lakshmi current for theory and
for current of course a daily newspaper
reading supplemented by solving test
papers of any one or two decent test
series I did vision and insight they are
more than enough for you know making you
a real sahaja yogi current affair
forever you will get to know it from
here economy I did Sheeran's booklet ins
reality of economy for learning some
basic topics and Economic Survey very
important equinox economics of the you
must read any come to science karien
current something I left Metallica
I knew the basics if you go know the
basics go for NCR these eight
gee maybe environment Korean current I
did shankara's very important book along
with folder complete desk paper on
environment and that was enough you just
have to learn the few lists and stuff so
here this book is more than enough for
it coming to geography physical I did
class 11th in CRT that blue book along
with videos on Brunel okay so this is
all that I did for physical geography
questions via me may say up there so
that is more than enough
Indian geography eleventh and twelfth I
think there is this socio and economic
geography there is a physical geography
of India - who tibideaux teen database
that you can do for Indian job c1
geography I I did not prepare this thing
really well so what I did was NV jockey
I just saw some videos on this site of
Smyrna and I prepared some maps based on
current affairs Middle East Tawas
Authority or up that was all that I did
if you want you can go for any coaching
material or something else that you find
relevant media his option ETA was more
than enough other national international
current affairs I saw test papers as I
said before I read the Hindu daily and
if there was something that I did not
understand I sorted through the GK today
or PRS or any other relevant you know I
used to Google anything that I did not
understand in the newspaper and that is
more than enough for drilling or
preparation schemes policies aim is
about coming to crinum CSAT I did not
prepare it specifically many last choice
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more than enough now that fee that is
qualifying this is all that you should
do to in my opinion aware of Coco a
specific problem there you can of course
you know read up more on that but
otherwise this is enough for getting
that qualifying marks my accuracy was I
got 60 correct from 80 in GS and 77 in
aptitude coming to means SC preparation
current affairs around the Year I
followed I did not prepare SC
specifically I just read a few quote a
compelling example and that is more than
enough zero if you want if you think
you're weak in writing then you should
practice essays of course coming to
general series means paper one culture
again I
followed five different things finally
in the exam question came from none of
them so please pick and choose our
octopus timer you can follow any two
things any one thing even otherwise this
is not a very high yielding topic Indian
history again depends and revolt history
I did vision material in NCATS you can
do either one of them even one of them
is sufficient
both independence India I had done both
these books but they are not required
they are more like novels so what I
would suggest is kiosk ECB quoting notes
aho does a topic curling uke has not
been asking questions about it so don't
waste time on it
Indian society role of women
globalization communalism regionalism
and secularism these are very very
dynamic topics so I would say Kiko a
special targeted material yearbook panic
is a rule as mahir follow Hindu follow
the newspaper that you are reading
vision current material is very good for
following these topics you can go for
PRS you can go for GK today and Academy
anything that you follow online dynamic
content along with inside secure
articles are also very relevant in these
things along with it Georgina can cover
this topic very well so it toggle APNIC
area that is more than enough for this
in my opinion resource distribution I
did vision and wadi rum committee really
because I could not find this in any
standard textbook but amazonica Hickey
that is not required or coffee basic
questions are pain which can be covered
by 10 10 11 10 CRT earthquake tsunami I
did ERC for disaster covered it there
along with vision material is pretty
good for this thing otherwise ERC is
more than enough this topic I left
people to Indian Constitution comparing
Constitution Parliament executive
ministries everything what you should do
is Lakshmi can't you can refer for
basics right and the rest of it is all
dynamics so I would say read the
newspaper daily make your own notes you
can complement it with some current
affair I did it with vision current
affairs which was very good along with
inside secure daily articles tape they
post a lot of articles you can go there
and read them vision static material is
also available for all these topics
you want some basic knowledge about them
again activist already in all it here
then you can skip this along with a very
dynamic study approach is required you
can go to PRS of nine a bill for acts
cabaret you can read on annual reports
documents or various ministry website
same holds for all of this since a
dynamic study newspaper secured some
current affair material static material
if you want
along with annual reports and PR site
same goes for this too in in foreign
policy and foreign affairs I will just
add one thing that you can keep it all
together or you can just keep reading
the newspaper for it and in November or
October you can go and get a compilation
and that is more than enough questions
come mostly from that only a compilation
from any you know descent
coaching Institute committee really can
run by it paper three paper 3 are the
first four topics in an economy
mobilization resource this is vast this
includes everything that is happening in
the country Economic Survey the best
booklet the best material to prepare it
along with key features of budget daily
newspaper reading of course Joe daily
economy ahora along with if you want
inside secure article for the
agriculture related topics which is e
technology and everything PDS buffer
technology mission vision static
material is very good if coupled with
daily newspaper reading along with you
can refer to your Gina for relevant
articles some specific ministry food
processing ministry if it is coming up
with something new you can go there
along with any related chapter that you
find economic survey please go there
land reforms you can follow the pin
Chandra three chapters of it
infrastructure again economic survey
related disaster management a RC is more
than enough again most of it is dynamic
science tech engine achievements I did
not read specifically it gets covered in
preparing for interferes internal
security you can go for its the article
along with any daily The Daily News
along with any coaching material for
reference I follow GS code for reference
that was very good
money-laundering cyber security border
management organized time very dynamic
topics you can
read anyone static material vision
material insights material Cohiba search
Kirkuk static material finally along
with that current events like si T
recommendations newspaper reading steps
taken some fact anything like that so a
lot a lot of dynamic study required
along with GS course material I referred
that for internal security through basic
scheme otherwise it's all newspaper
ethics very frankly I did not spend more
than a week on ethics what I did was I
bought two three test papers of vision
along with model answers read them try
to understand them and framed answers
that was all that I did but if you
cannot understand the terms mentioned in
the syllabus you can read the book on
ethics by lexicon or Saburo and you just
need to have a balanced viewpoint
illustrate your answers with examples
and finish the paper on time go and bare
your heart out on the sheets you will
get very good marks thank you
this is my math sheet thank
hello everyone I am article Shukla I got
ranked fold in UPS ECAC this fear a
little introduction about me I am a
doctor by profession I was pursuing MD
in Pediatrics from PGI Chandigarh but I
resigned from that when I decided to go
for civil services this happened in
November of 2014 the reason why I came
this side is because I had a passion for
you know a job which offered a lot of
scope a lot of diversity in terms of
work also a few personal reasons drove
me decide and so I decided to take up
this civil services exam now my tempo
and style I would just say Kay I started
preparation from November 2014 after
resigning from my MD and every day I
used to study for 5 to 6 hours for the
entire year till December 2015 that is
the mains that I gave or a lot of
depression a lot of hopelessness is a
part of the preparation of this exam I
want you to know that every topper every
student goes through those phases and
you need to have stuff to motivate
yourself which is where this thing comes
in my life I read bhagavad-gita a lot
for motivation I also read a lot of
motivation quotes by authors I liked by
personalities like Steve Jobs a lot of
people and I would say that you need
such things to carry you through this
very odd row space of examination
preparation cooking a body Tufts examine
and something that I really believe in
is that if the ocean can come itself so
can you be about this salt water mixed
with it or again Nature has patience and
focus and you know if it can calm itself
so can you again something about me Mike
respect senses word is IRS ITN IRS C and
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and in the bottom of course Group E and
some services that I did not know
anything about so that is it my state
care of references are admit karate and
Rajasthan even though I am a resident of
Varanasi u P so I am an outsider for
this caddis but I
chose it because I have been to college
in Delhi and I am really in love with a
city coming here I would just say that
if this exam has taught me one lesson it
is this that it really takes nothing to
join the crowd and it takes everything
to stand alone to--again ako'y exam
vinaya if you are up for it please
believe in yourself don't be afraid to
start don't be afraid by advice or you
know anything bad that you hear from
people up up near empower you Burnett
and this exam is an exam of courage
patience and confidence over knowledge
or hard work I truly believe this more
than hard work you need to be courageous
to take the right decisions you need to
be patient to be studying the entire ear
and of course you need to be confident
in your own personality in your own
passion for the job that you are going
to apply for and you must be happy with
the decision and the path that you have
taken up
if there is a message that I want to
convey to aspirants it is just that
always remember sometimes it takes an
overwhelming breakdown to have an
undeniable breakthrough Octus our kuduro
oral learn from that experience let it
gut you let it open you let it teach you
anything that it can don't be afraid of
bad experiences and only when you have
gone through something as bad as a
breakdown can you have a wonderful break
through one day trust me on this trust
yourself trust your journey and give it
all you got another very important thing
that I want to admit and confess is that
this exam is a lot about luck so you may
get lucky and sail through like I did or
you may not but in this process you will
definitely learn some hard truths about
yourself and about your life and it will
be worth it in the end so this is your
one little precious life do live it well
thank you and Magnus wishes to all of
you
hello everyone this is Arctica Shukla I
got the fourth rank in the CSV exam of
2015 and I am here to give you some
quick tips about the columns which are
quickly approaching as yours oh I got
fourth ranked in the latest CSE 2015
exam I am a doctor by training I did my
BBS for mullen as our medical college
you can follow me on this address here
and you can contribute if you want to
also you can also watch detailed courses
on an academy for the entire upse CSE
preparation moving on
some very important tips that I think
every aspirin should keep in mind in
these few weeks before the villians exam
five important tips first be very
thorough with the basics of the core
subjects and by core subjects I mean
history economy geography and culture
sciences so you should be very thorough
with the basics of these subjects up
co-inky-dink understanding a tiana say
in fact you should also make short
concise notes of the factual component
drop example a cough table a revised
cursor train this will help you and it
will also make you more confident before
the exam second current affairs is one
big headache for parents so a very brief
and working knowledge of current affairs
is required approach a newspaper / he
just you know memorize the facts that
you think you will forget keep it in
touch with the broad and basic
understanding of the current affairs
that is happening ball deep my Johnny
keys are with me and marriages up say I
think a very smart and brief study is
required rather than a detailed
preparation of current affairs focal
length number three no need to get very
bothered for the CSAT section of the
paper - since now its qualifying about
kosher food 66 square on marks Toyota's
May so I will say do not go for these
special classes do not spend a lot of
time preparing for it very basic simple
maths and English is asked which you
will be able to answer there our course
will be thoroughly problem lab area so
you can solve last Fourier seaside
papers and that is more than enough
you're done for the day
next the most important advice that I
can give you is that you should solve as
many desk papers as you can in these few
days solving test papers from different
coaching Institute's will help you you
know gain new knowledge it will help you
revise what you have already learned or
you have about confident pannonica
because you know you will feel it the
akka paper but maybe a saga once you
have solved some 30-35 test papers so
you'll learn time management you'll
learn how to control negative marking
and you will revise all the stuff that
you already learned so this is the most
important advice solve as many test
papers as you can in the next ten or so
days next do not be over concerned with
the issue of negative marking up solder
demands my bataki mini-sub say you
should not go key in the ethnic equation
at empty corner go to the examination
hall see the paper and judge it then in
there acne preparation case upset go for
it make intelligent guesses do not do
blind guessing but do not be over
concerned with the issue of negative
marking so these were the quick 5 4 or 5
things that I wish to tell all of you I
hope this helped you and moving on your
time has now come so work hard and
believe in yourself do not get too
influenced by what others say do
Schoeneck is not empty Ark is my right
score hair cattigan tapered right do not
be influenced by all this your effort
your approach your mind is unique you
have your own unique perspective so be
confident of your strengths I would just
end this lesson with a one quote that I
really like always remembered life's
battles don't always go to the stronger
or faster man but sooner or later the
man who wins is the one who thinks he
can thank you and I wish all of you lots
and lots of good luck thank you
hello everybody this is Arctica Shukla I
go trying food in UKC civil service exam
this year and I'm here to talk about my
interview a little introduction
I got rank 4 I am a doctor by profession
I did my MBBS from Maulana Azad in Delhi
and you can follow me on an Academy at
this address before the interview
my interview was in the second week of
the of the interview process so I do not
have much time so I just scan the
newspapers for about a month before the
interview I put on Google Alert for
medicine because this was my optional
and also for Irish which is something in
medicine and MCI because this was in
news for some time I also joined by
tyramine son Culp mock interview
sessions and gave to interview that both
of these cooking vendors during the
interview I got the board of shriven
amatul it lasted about 30 to 35 minutes
I was not asked why I chose this field
up I mean after medicine but if this
question had been raised I would have
said that the increased scope and
diversity of the civil services as well
as the increased impact that it has on
common citizens of the country is one
reason why I chose it
but this was not asked to mean my
interview the first question that was
asked was that so you are from Varanasi
I am basically from Varanasi which is
the PN's constituency so how has it
changed since the 2014 general election
now this was something that I had
prepared really well because I am a
resident of Varanasi so I started about
the cleaning of river Ganga because this
is the one of the very main programs of
our try ministers and big hearts
initiatives like Ebola any several
others I had mentioned there they have
really transformed the faces of dekat
also the swachh bharat abhiyan
which has lent a greater impetus to
cleaning of the city in varanasi as
he'll bring dustbins on the road which
was not there earlier so benefiting the
common citizen and as increasing and
winners drive across the city the
question specifically asked to me was
that as a formal citizen what do you
think so which is why I gave such a
generous
answer to it and they seemed satisfied
second question was a lots of technical
questions to multiple Sega was on my
profession and my optional subject which
is medical science so I was asked about
spurious drugs about MCI regulations
need to regulate medical ethics why be
quality of doctors is going down opinion
regarding meat exam etc so I answer them
reasonably well because I had prepared
them in detail and this is something
that you expect being a doctor or take
having taken medical science as an
optional another question that I
remember was that they asked my opinion
regarding reduction of AIDS in the
juvenile justice bill this was in news
that time so I cannot really remember
clearly but I was told to take a stand
whether or not the age should be reduced
or or or something else should be run so
I had said and this was a very honest
answer that I gave that justice should
be reformative rather than retributive
and instead of punishing that one
juvenile who has committed a crime we
should instead and leading him to rot in
an adult ring we should instead try to
rehabilitate and reform the system of
Emond homes the juvenile care facilities
the reasons why juveniles are being
driven to such crimes that needs more
focus in my opinion also that it goes
against the rights of child the UN
Convention that India has signed our own
domestic definition of childhood and
even the definition given by
psychologists who say that a complete
mental maturity is reached even after
the age of 25 so this is something that
I went and said there and they seemed
satisfied the another question that I
remember was that the most recent step
taken by the government in the area of
women empowerment is my OTD I am p88
Boyata notification which said that
female fighter pilots had been allowed
in the Union Air Force so this is what I
said in that case also I was asked which
other countries already have female
fighter pilots I didn't normally answer
at all the answer had some four or five
different countries move Geneva thought
I was told the answer by the Chairman I
was also asked about my favorite author
and novel in this Q key he made a copy
mainly quwata that I like reading novels
yes my interview was mostly on expected
lines of what I had prepared it was not
a stress interview I did get nervous
jump many medical science research
questions past year but the board tried
to make me comfortable everybody was
smiling nobody shouted or did anything
to scare me all in all a very cordial
and cool experience and no no other
technicalities running it thank you I
hope to sense