Some Myths About UPSC Civil Services Exam Preparation?

 

Basically Lakhs of aspirants give this exam and only few get into IAS. 

I m scared: 

Though lakhs of aspirants apply and write this exam, the real competition is between only 2000-3000 serious aspirants.Those who study systematically & consistently, get into service. If you do same you will be one along them.Dont's have fears even before you start. You must enter the race and and work hard to win it. 

Remember this:" i never did a day's a work in all of my life.It was all fun"( said by edison ).Make the process fun and enjoy reading, love what you do and do everything to please your heart. Not the society.

Some say this exam is like a vast ocean and questions are asked from outside the syllabus, even from extraterritorial sources. Is it? 

No.Again wrong.UPSC strictly adhere to the syllabus.Though sometimes it seems like questions are asked from outside of the syllabus, they are actually in some ways related to it. For example, if there is a question like this, 'Opportunity on Mars', one should not get bedazzled why UPSCis asking questions from ET source and start answering like, 'if Nuclear war takes place and the Earth is destroyed, the opportunities on Mars are immenses for the Humankind....'

Opportunity is the name of a Robot that was sent to Mars in 2003.Awarness on ' Robotics' and 'Space' is part of the UPSC syllabus ( Paper IV ).

They say there is corruption in recruiting IAS officers. Is it? 

This allegation is utterly false.The whole examination is so opaque and you have to trust it blindly.There may be lacunae in the way examination is held, or there may be loopholes in how an UPSC member is appointed, but there is never corruption involved in the recruitment of civil services officers by UPSC.The steel produced is pure.You can trust it.

I am getting headche while making notes.There are so many books to refer and I want my notes to be the best.What to do? 

Note this.Leo Tolstoy writes on Anna Karenina " If you took for perfection you will never be content."Also someone said, "Perfection is the child of time".When you scout too many sources to make that perfect notes, you end up both loosing invaluable time and discontented.Managing time during the preparation is the most important aspect of this examination.Read one or two books for a topic.Re-read the same book even if some coaching institution or a publication house releases new notes/book in the market that has become famous.

Oh! So luck is needed for this exam.

Ya, only if you think are unlucky.Anyway, let me modify a famous quote for you..success is one pecent luck and ninety-nine percent perspiration.Dont let that 99% thing slip from your hand.Toil sincerely, and you will be rewarded with that I percent luck :)

I am worried.I can't go to Delhi because of some personal reasons.They say it is the holy place for IAS aspirants.

These days you can study from home itself. IAS preparation is neither religious nor life to seek enlightenment in as far away concrete desert.Do your duty sincerely, if pleased, almighty UPSC will call you to its shrine, if pleased with your personality, it will give you a pass to Heaven - the IAS.Why go there uninvited? 

My English is very poor.They say I am of the race. Am I? 

No.You are still part of the race.Now you have figured out the problem that your English is poor.Work on it.All you need is basic English. Morever, you can write this exam and give the interview in your mother-tongue. Buy a basic Grammar book - read it, listen to English news on Tv and radio, try to write something in English, everyday ( dont worry if it is very bad, keep trying).Necessity should push you to learn. Push yourself.Win the race.

One topper in an interview said that she studied 20 hours every days for 365 days. Is it true? 

May be suffered from insomnia.On a serious note, good sleep is very necessary to prepare well for this exam. It keeps you in good health.

Dont study beyond 14 hours unless you suffer from Insomnia.

                                

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