How will one succeed if one doesn't even spend time analysing previous year question papers and mapping those questions to potential sources of study
This is one of the biggest blunder an aspirant can commit in his or her journey
Tip of the day : Never trust or follow any second hand info, say from whatsapp or telegram groups. Such information may be harmful. Always trust authentic sources.
My favourite part of GS is
Anonymous Poll
21%
History
13%
Geography
49%
Polity
8%
Economy
4%
Current Affairs
4%
Environment
You can't afford to mess up your polity preparation because that is something everyone works hard upon. On second number comes economy. These two are low hanging fruits.
With so many sources and topics, one is bound to get overwhelmed with enormity
Moreover even after reading 8000+ pages of current affairs, chances are that very less will be asked from that. Moreover, how to recall all that your read in those 8000+ pages
There is an irony here, and that is that those who target to cover everything miss everything
Best strategy is to identify high probability topics and read them in depth and leave others. You need to learn to understand how upsc frames questions, what topics they choose, how much depth they desire and so on. And without understanding all this, you will merely be trying to swim across a vast ocean.
Either get yourself mentors, or do it yourself by carefully going through previous 10 year questions that have been asked in UPSC CSE.