Both, your old car with an average engine as well as a new BMW with a powerful refined engine and advanced GPS, can get you to your destination, if you are determined to reach there. One will save you price, other time.
Same goes with UPSC Civil Services journey. You can do it yourself (compare this with your own old car) or with a mentor (compare this with BMW). Doing it on your own will save you money while BMW (coaching/mentoring) will help you navigate the correct routes and accelerate well though at a price. All that matters to succeed his however your will and determination.
Same goes with UPSC Civil Services journey. You can do it yourself (compare this with your own old car) or with a mentor (compare this with BMW). Doing it on your own will save you money while BMW (coaching/mentoring) will help you navigate the correct routes and accelerate well though at a price. All that matters to succeed his however your will and determination.
What are you primarily looking for into online platforms for UPSC civil services?
Final Results
25%
High quality text content
75%
High quality audio-video content
0%
Live classes
0%
Personal mentoring without classes
Do you want to be an IAS for a reason or is it just an external factor that has been pushing you towards it? The answer to this question will go a long way in determining if you would succeed or not.
What is stopping you from achieving your civil services goal?
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14%
Money
71%
Guidance
0%
Quality content
14%
Location
0%
Commitments of current job
What kind of guidance you seek for upsc cse?
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29%
Quality coaching where someone teaches us all topics relevant to upsc cse
43%
Quality mentoring where someone just helps us know the right strategy. Rest we can manage on our own
0%
Quality content where we get all the content as per UPSC needs & where we can study at our own pace
29%
Quality technology platform which can monitor our progress and capabilities and guide us through
I follow Laxmikant for polity because
Final Results
63%
I find its content easy to understand
13%
I think most of the upsc questions come from here
13%
Someone who cleared the exam recommended the same
63%
Everyone else is doing the same
For me, the best current affairs source would be the one which
Final Results
17%
Covers each & every thing that appears in newspapers, irrespective of number of pages I have to read
67%
Provides the most precise yet comprehensive content, covering only topics relevant to upsc cse
0%
Is popular already and does a lot of advertising
17%
Is recommended by toppers, even if they may have other motivations to promote such a source.
UPSC MENTOR
I follow Laxmikant for polity because
That is a strange result. If you're just studying what you feel is easy to understand and you are doing it because everyone else is doing same, how are you going to stand out?
Rather, i expected the majority people choosing their sources after carefully analysing past year questions.
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
3%
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.