The channel is launched just today to help student community. Some most important general things will be posted here for next 2-3 days to kill out your fears of prelims. Unmute this channel for 3 days and keep checking important posts .


PS: The posts are being made by the candidates who have already appeared in UPSC interviews and have written several UPSC/PCS mains . A few are already at various services in government of India .


A helpline telegram handle is posted below( maintaining all the privacy and accountability). If any candidate suffers any problem related to prelims can connect there. A possible genuine help will be provided within an hour or two.

Best wishes.

helpline handle : @HelplineX_IAS




Next : A very useful CSAT post is coming . Not academic but to deal CSAT in exam conditions by one who successfully cleared CSAT in recent attempts with decent margin including 2023.

A person asked on helpline to explain point number 21 i.e.
"check sequence rule" :


Here it is for all too :


Suppose there are questions of economy in sequence coming. Then all of sudden a one liner question comes asking . And you don't know answer.

Q: The term "ABCDXYZ" has been in news . It is related to ?

A- Bio ethanol production
B- financial crimes as reported by RBI
C- space technology used in exploration of exo planets
D- NONE OF THE ABOVE


now you check what are the previous 2-3 and next 2-3 questions .

If suppose they are of economy . Then you can sense that this question above will also be of economy only and ans is probably B . Means financial crimes. Because questions appear in the set of 10 questions per subject in sequence(mostly). So jis subeject ka aage piche hoga question usi ka ye onliner bhi hoga question.

(Not a trick but common sense)
#learn_with_veternas.


If you feel any dobut , any issue , confidence down , skipping attempt thoughts etc for prelims 2024 . Ask on helpline @HelplineX_IAS. A possible genuine help will be done in possible capacities .

Obviously not a post guiding you about any important topic in CSAT. But it will be about the temperament which is the key to clear CSAT.

Remember ? why ethics is last and lenghtiest paper in mains and taken as the last paper after 3 consecutive GS papers ?


Ans: to check the decision making skills of an administrator in extreme pressure situations. So tested after you exhaust in GS1,GS2,GS3 and then forced to write lenghtiest GS4 including case studies.

So is the CSAT. CSAT is nothing but ethics paper of prelims. You will be tired , exhausted , off mind due to silly mistakes done in GS paper in morning and you face tough CSAT paper which gives you mini heart attack while attempting it.
Because , when you reach home after finishing the paper you will realise most of CSAT questions are solvable at home with calm mind . So please conclude it in mind now that it is not just test of knowledge only but also of temperament too.

Now,
Question: Then how to control this temperament when there is hell lot of anxiety you having in these 4 days ?

Answer : Have faith and listen to those 15-20 minutes of below video. Who knows what helps you at what juncture of last time and you secure your Ticket to Mains (TTM).


Thing is- Bas haarna nahi hai !!

Keep fighting and fight untill it is finished. Ekdum hero nahi ban-na hai untill it is done. Not to demean but Bade bade dhurandhar & ego holder IITian ko dekha hai CSAT mein dhubte. Batata nahi koi. So stay humble & respect CSAT.

WATCH THESE MICROCONTRABLES OF CSAT IN THIS SHORT VIDEO .
Ho jayega ❤️
Best wishes.

Giving you something, worth watching.We value your time . So made it to shortest limit . Please invest your 20 minutes and watch at 2X.


And kill your fear of CSAT by controlling the micro controllables in exam halls.

Chhoti Chhoti Magar Moti Baatein. join : https://t.me/X_IAS

https://youtu.be/PLrJG6iB4nY?si=exYQccw4PFmva3MT

PDF OF SAME VIDEO. I highly recommend to watch video at 2X . You never know what becomes a saviour. Specially those who got anxiety due to CSAT and are freshers .

All Is Well !🍀

https://t.me/X_IAS

Credit: Surabhi Goyal, AIR 78.

Check some questions solving methods in it. A few questions' easy methods you can see here.

Example : questions like "a_bc_aab_acd" type questions. If you know methods then in 30 seconds answer is there.

Document is handwritten one but useful.

Detailed micro check list . Save this message now for D -day check list.

-Chocolates for instant energy, protein bars.
-Dupatta Or gamcha against heat.

-Whitener for corrections in worst case(if not allowed then leave it outside in bag). Usage have been explained in video @X_IAS.

-Headache medicine or balm in heat. Any other medicine like of cramps, BP etc if you take regularly. ENO for acidity if u suffer .

-Black pen for Bubbling OMR. (Liquiflow type , ask shopkeeper)

-Tiffin and food.  Little sugary items have in diet.

-Admit card. Try colored one. Read instructions carefully as this time entry closes 30 minutes before the exam starts.

-Simulation: Turn off ACs, practice in FAN for 2-3 days . Simulate brain and body.

-Analog watch : For people who have issue with time management (like me) due to watch cycle. 
Can try this way:- Make your watch time cycle simpler. As exam starts from 9:30 . So it makes little messy to calculate in 00:30 minutes . Like an hour = 9:30 to 10:30 type issue . So make simpler cycle. Adjust your watch to 10:00 to 12:00.  when exam starts.  You will see simpler hour break up like 10-11 and 11-12.  Simple ! I did it in many prelims.   Helped in time management. (Advise : practice it at home too).

- Sleep Start sleeping at 10 PM now for 4 days. See lite memes etc before sleeping. Else what u read before bed , roams in your sleep .  Train ur brain to be active in 9-12 mode . Don't sleep during that time.
If sleep issue . Drink cow milk(lite cold and sweetened) before retiring to bed. Helps in good sleep.

-Hydrarion: Keep hydrating yourself on exam day . Take 2 frozen water bottle with you in bag.  It will be cold water whole day.

- Change money/ Cash :

-Sleep cycle
U might feel sleep less ness.  Not an issue. It's normal . Very normal. If it happens on exam day too and you worry that u can't sleep . Relax , close your eyes and rest . Let the Melatonin (sleep regulator) release in darkness. It will relax you and give rest to eyes even if no sleep.
-Handkerchief: for those who have pen slip issue in sweaty hand writing.
- 2 photographs

- 2 ID card.  (Preferred : AADHAR , PAN)

-Common sense : which is it not so common these days. Read exam centre location carefully. Search on google map.  Ex : many people  got delayed to exam centre in past years when there were 5 sarvodaya vidhyalaya at same location in delhi. ( One boys  school, one girls school , one co-ed etc of same name) . So be careful of exact pincode address.

- put a paper slip in your bag and write your parents' phone number on that slip (in case of bag lost). Telling because ,I found last year a bag lost at centre.

-Others: Metro card , cab booking , micro notes of revision, Maa Baap aur ishwar ka ashirvad lena mat bhulna. 😊 Don't forget taking those blessings ❤️
All the best champions !

Join : @X_IAS for mains 2024 and prelims 2025 onwards .
(An initiative run by rankers and interview appeared , multiple mains written veterans) .

https://t.me/X_IAS
Helpline : @HelplineX_IAS

Add in comment section below if anything missed in check list.

https://t.me/group_X_IAS


General doubt/discussion group of this channel. Discuss your doubts and peer clear it , if so .

As said in very first video on youtube , @X_IAS do not believe in declaring the credibility by words rather doing it through actions.

How ?

Ans: by providing maximum honest support to community and teaching quality content. (obviously to come soon right after this prelims 2024, give us time we will prove ) .

But as a few asked , so letting you know that we have friend ,philospher and guide AIR 10 Rahul Srivastava , CSE 2022 in admin league , An Assistant labour commissioner selected through UPSC with AIR 13 and other UPSC interview appeared and multiple mains written veterans(including PCS like UPPCS, HCS etc) with huge experiences to guide you in "what to do and what not to" .

Just one last thing :- in coming days you will find here many such secret useful things which no body told you till now in your UPSC journey, some quality classes and some motivation cum mentorship too but with utmost integrity and ethics.
i.e. what we read in GS4(ethics), we will maintain it here in guiding you all .

So stay connected . 😊


X IAS discussion Group :

https://t.me/group_X_IAS

Rahul's credentials (AIR 10 , UPSC 2022) :

https://t.me/rahulsri064


YouTube channel : https://youtube.com/@x_ias

Dar lag raha hai na ? .
Feared ?


A lot of people have messaged , mailed and DMed . And almost same issue everyone is facing.

Let me guess your psychological and mental state and give practical solution rather pseudoscience.


See , do you feel Fear , Anxiety, lack of revision , Every one is dumping a lot of new content over channels to revise and you fearing again , lack of confidence , Current affairs is still left to revise , 3 subjects are pending , CSAT issue , sleep gone , headache, shall I this attempt or not as I am not well prepared , "what if I fail" syndrome blah blah.....

And you thinking :- Everyone is talking about problems, no body is giving solution. Right ?

Is it ?
If so then Relax !! We all have faced it .We all have handled it successfully. So there are solutions which exist to tackle all this. No psuedo confidence but I trying to give you practical solutions.


What is the solution ? :
Ans : Sending you all a voice note in a while that how to tackle this situation. please listen to it.

Have faith . Just a little faith .
All is well ! All is well !

Listen at 1.5X.
Invest your 4-5 minutes.

Summary :
-Accept the fear. Normalise this fear : it's a part of process. Operation theatre rule.

- Attract positive things , Strictly talk positive only , Law of attraction. It works.

- Real test is this only not on 16th .

- last lap of marathon It is. Emotional intelligence.
Use brain, rather heart.

- Don't overload beyond mental capacity. It will backfire. Prioritise things.

- Prioritise a few things now & remove less priority things things.Cover them with newspaper or cloth sheet . Don't see it . It will be recalled in exam from subconscious mind . Ex: unused books.

- See Static more , not the current as it's never-ending & fearing .

- Only 100 Ques are there . Trust probability. The things you left have high probability of not coming in exam.

Sab accha hoga ! Jo topper. banega 2024 ka wo bhi same phase mein hoga. So you all are same. Don't lose senses and sleep.

@X_IAS

Still u fear then ask. @HelplineX_IAS

My wishes for you all ! ❤️

Few years back a printout , I pasted on my wall .

The meaning I don't need to annotate. You know it well. , whole year you remain in the bigger circle , you have to sacrifice a lot.

Trust me you will be rewarded for sure .