For those who would be appearing in personality test: Please prepare this debate in detail with valid points.
Forwarded from UTKARSH UJJWAL (AIR 68, CSE 2022)
12 things to do now (not necessarily in the same order)
For interview preparation
1. Download sample DAF and look at the entries asked
2. Brainstorm what'll you write there- Atleast have a rough idea
3. Make online notebooks/ offline booklets- of separate sections of your DAF
4. Download interview transcripts of past years
5. ctrl+f your relevant DAF keywords and note down the dimensions of questions asked
6. See mock interviews of people getting good marks in interview
7. Do some workout/ gym/ running...- if need be!
8. Read two Newspapers + watch interviews/ podcasts of relevant speakers (Eg- S Jaishankar sir)- not masala interviews
9. Visualise yourself giving the interview- how will you introduce yourself etc
10. Practice sharpening non verbal elements of your communications
11. Form opinions on issues of current affairs- not one sided story!!
12. Use chatGPT to form potential questions- Very useful
For interview preparation
1. Download sample DAF and look at the entries asked
2. Brainstorm what'll you write there- Atleast have a rough idea
3. Make online notebooks/ offline booklets- of separate sections of your DAF
4. Download interview transcripts of past years
5. ctrl+f your relevant DAF keywords and note down the dimensions of questions asked
6. See mock interviews of people getting good marks in interview
7. Do some workout/ gym/ running...- if need be!
8. Read two Newspapers + watch interviews/ podcasts of relevant speakers (Eg- S Jaishankar sir)- not masala interviews
9. Visualise yourself giving the interview- how will you introduce yourself etc
10. Practice sharpening non verbal elements of your communications
11. Form opinions on issues of current affairs- not one sided story!!
12. Use chatGPT to form potential questions- Very useful
Forwarded from Asad Zuberi AIR 86 UPSC Resources
Hi everyone!
This day brings highs of joy for few and troughs for many others. I have seen failures during UPSC preparation and I know that they are awful. Probably one of the toughest ones to process.
I will not say that its fine and you should not be sad, you have all the rights to be sad today. Let yourself process this, give it time. Acceptance comes with renewed energy, soon Inshallah. Hugs for you, please stay strong, sending you prayers and strength.
This day brings highs of joy for few and troughs for many others. I have seen failures during UPSC preparation and I know that they are awful. Probably one of the toughest ones to process.
I will not say that its fine and you should not be sad, you have all the rights to be sad today. Let yourself process this, give it time. Acceptance comes with renewed energy, soon Inshallah. Hugs for you, please stay strong, sending you prayers and strength.
Forwarded from UTKARSH UJJWAL (AIR 68, CSE 2022)
Hello all
I might have missed a few of your messages in the past week. We had run closed separate groups for Prelims and Mains 2024 and it is time to close that cycle!
Those who are giving their personality test, kindly fill the below form. You will be added to a closed interview group run by Asad, Dwij and I.
LINK- https://forms.gle/yZTgrnrq4MiEfwn57
I might have missed a few of your messages in the past week. We had run closed separate groups for Prelims and Mains 2024 and it is time to close that cycle!
Those who are giving their personality test, kindly fill the below form. You will be added to a closed interview group run by Asad, Dwij and I.
LINK- https://forms.gle/yZTgrnrq4MiEfwn57
Hello everyone,
I’ll be taking a short online session on Prelims 2025 preparation, today at 7PM.
The points for the discussion are:
1. How to balance prelims preparation with some mains(specifically optional) leftover preparation.
2. How to cover various subjects for prelims.
3. Test series and way to attempt mocks.
4. How to cover current affairs.
Any further points can be discussed depending on the queries raised.
*Will share the link before the session.
See you at 7PM.*
I’ll be taking a short online session on Prelims 2025 preparation, today at 7PM.
The points for the discussion are:
1. How to balance prelims preparation with some mains(specifically optional) leftover preparation.
2. How to cover various subjects for prelims.
3. Test series and way to attempt mocks.
4. How to cover current affairs.
Any further points can be discussed depending on the queries raised.
*Will share the link before the session.
See you at 7PM.*
Sorry for the disturbance in the network. Will resume the session at 10 PM Today.
Me and Utkarsh both will join.
Me and Utkarsh both will join.
Dwij Goel IAS, AIR 71 pinned «Sorry for the disturbance in the network. Will resume the session at 10 PM Today. Me and Utkarsh both will join.»
Forwarded from UTKARSH UJJWAL (AIR 68, CSE 2022)
Prelims ke liye may be useful!
- Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
- Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
Forwarded from UTKARSH UJJWAL (AIR 68, CSE 2022)
Study actively, everyone!
Don’t fall into the trap of watching lectures without dedicating focused time to self-study and revision. Passive learning won’t take you far—real understanding comes when you sit down, think, and absorb concepts on your own.
Break the cycle. NOW!
Don’t fall into the trap of watching lectures without dedicating focused time to self-study and revision. Passive learning won’t take you far—real understanding comes when you sit down, think, and absorb concepts on your own.
Break the cycle. NOW!
Forwarded from Asad Zuberi AIR 86 UPSC Resources
This year marks 100 years of Raymond Dart’s discovery of Taung Child’s skull in 1924, revealed to the world in 1925 as Australopithecus Africanus.
Should be prepared well, all the connected fossils, thread of discoveries, Archaeologists and Paleontologists involved, paleoanthropological debates and Phylogenetic Status!
https://www.nature.com/collections/bdeahhcgcc
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00282-1#:~:text=A%20landmark%20study%20reporting%20the,of%20the%20story%20of%20humanity.&text=On%207%20February%201925%2C%20Nature,unearthed%20in%20South%20Africa1.
Should be prepared well, all the connected fossils, thread of discoveries, Archaeologists and Paleontologists involved, paleoanthropological debates and Phylogenetic Status!
https://www.nature.com/collections/bdeahhcgcc
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00282-1#:~:text=A%20landmark%20study%20reporting%20the,of%20the%20story%20of%20humanity.&text=On%207%20February%201925%2C%20Nature,unearthed%20in%20South%20Africa1.
Nature
100 years of Australopithecus
On 7 February 1925, Nature published a curious paper on a ‘missing link’ – the fossil of a form intermediate between apes and humans.