Saturday 1 June 2013

Introduction


Hello Everyone,

My name is Divya Mittal, ranked 68 in CSE 2012. My optionals in CSE 2012 were Economics and Commerce & Accountancy. This blog has been created to help Civil Service aspirants and to share notes made over the course of my preparation.

Background: B.Tech ( IIT Delhi), MBA ( IIM Bangalore), CSE-2010 Rank 332 ( 1st attempt, Economics, Management), CSE-2011 Rank 134 ( 2nd attempt, Economics, Management). Currently IPS probationer.

Feel free to post your queries and doubts and I will be happy to help.

Thanks
Divya


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28 comments:

  1. Unknown16 June 2013 at 09:02

    Nothing can be better than this Ma'am..good initiative,thanks. Amit Sahu (IIT KGP).

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  2. Unknown16 June 2013 at 10:42

    thanks a ton madam for your such valuable inputs...

    could you please also tell me suggested reading for political science and international relations.

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    1. Divya17 June 2013 at 03:01

      Are you asking for GS or Pol Sci optional? For pol science, optional you can go through the book list given by Ms. Aditi Singh ( AIR-12, CSE 2008)...
      Link: http://shubhra-saxena.blogspot.in/2009/08/political-science.html

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  3. Nikhit Agrawal16 June 2013 at 10:54

    Dear mam , first of all heartiest congratulation for your esteemed success and all the best for your future endeavours. I am right now going through DD Basu. Can you please tell me exactly how you went on to read this book ? Did you make notes for the whole book , remembered the article numbers for important rights or just went through it in a casual but attentive way , cramming something or not at all.

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    1. Divya17 June 2013 at 02:57

      Thanks Nikhit...I will try to share how to read DD Basu soon...I did not make notes but underlined imp things...But if you have time notes would be better for revision...Some article numbers like on Fundamental rights, F. Duties, DPSPs etc need to be memorised...Others can be skipped unless they are in news...

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  4. Radhika Andhavarapu17 June 2013 at 01:49

    Hi,

    This is my first attempt. I am pretty sure about clearing prelims. Could you help me decide whether to join test series for mains or not? As of now my preparation is inadequate.

    Radhika

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    1. Divya17 June 2013 at 02:55

      @Radhika

      You need not join any test series for mains..Just concentrate on increasing your knowledge base and covering the syllabus completely...Just check how your writing speed is by writing a couple of mock tests available from Rajinder Nagar or some old GS paper...If your writing speed is ok, you needn't worry much about test series...Good luck..

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  5. jaydeep punglia17 June 2013 at 05:50

    hello mam,
    thank u so much for this contribution.
    I just want to know, how can i improve- writing skills.

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    1. Divya18 June 2013 at 12:54

      By writing more answers and getting them checked from a competent person is the only way to improve..But this should be secondary to gaining a stronghold on the subjects..Good luck..

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  6. Unknown17 June 2013 at 06:27

    thanks mam for such good initiative steps for IAS aspirants. Maim, my request is that my optional paper is law so that if you can manage notes from other successful candidate and share with us. Hope you will manage it. thanks a lot for this steps.

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    1. Divya18 June 2013 at 10:05

      I am not sure if i will be able to manage any notes but hopefully can ask my colleagues to share about the optional..
      Please go through this blog link for law:
      http://thecivilservicesdream.blogspot.in/search/label/Preparing%20for%20LAW%20%28Mains%29

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  7. S H Rahaman17 June 2013 at 08:11

    Thank you, mam for this initiative.
    I am 21 year old west bengal general category student starting my preparation for ICS exam 2014/2015.(now living in New Delhi for preparation)
    I have three queries...
    pls, make me free,
    a) Is it possible to get success in ICS exam 2014-2015 in first go starting preparation from right now?
    b) My academic scores: Xth 78 per cent, XII science, 83 percent and BA(General), 45 per cent.
    Will it be any disadvantage in interview board with these low marks?
    c) How top rank I have to secure to get Indian Foreign Service?
    My only aim is to get selected for Indian Foreign Service.
    thats why I'm not interested in M.A. right now.
    only wish to concentrate in ICS exam.
    thank you, mam.

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    1. Divya18 June 2013 at 07:23

      a) Many people get success in the 1st attempt, so you can too

      b) Marks would not be a disadvantage in the interview board according to my view

      c) In general category, you have to get rank till 120 to be almost sure of getting IFS according to current trends

      Good luck..

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    2. S H Rahaman20 June 2013 at 10:25

      thank you, mam.
      I will be happy if you please answer the Q, b) in generalised manner.
      Its a crucial issue for my carrer.
      should I go for B.A. again or M.A. in open universities for more marks??
      thank you, mam.

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  8. Unknown18 June 2013 at 02:57

    Hello mam ,
    I got your reference from Anshul Gupta (IPS your batch).I am in Delhi Vaji Ram and ravi have joined.Is it possible to meet you in Delhi mam?Anshul sir said that you are in Delhi currently.my email id is pradipb91@gmail.com

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  9. amit19 June 2013 at 10:58

    How come u selected commerce? U are an iitian and must be science background.how much u got in coomerce and how did u clear ur accountancy concepts?

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    1. Divya20 June 2013 at 23:00

      I am an MBA from IIMB so a bit acquainted with Accounts basics..Chose commerce because syllabus has some overlap with management and had little time to prepare any other subject...Cleared concepts from books like J R Monga for accountancy...Got 250 in Commerce..

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  11. Unknown23 June 2013 at 10:59

    Ma'am First of all many congratulations on your grand success. Ma’am after completing CA I also choose to indulge myself into IAS preparations. Optional subject in mains, I choose, is Commerce and Accountancy. Now suggest me for paper 2 of this subject which book should I refer to succeed also suggest how should I prepare science subject for mains as I am very sure of succeeding in preliminary and have short hand in science.

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    1. Divya26 June 2013 at 22:37

      The booklist for commerce has been posted..For science, i would soon write a separate post...

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  12. Unknown29 June 2013 at 07:53

    heartly congratulaions mam. this is manasa venkat from AP.mam my optional is public administration. I am confidence about my prilims results but I am in little bit confusion at MAINS-GS,could you please tell me the reference books for MAINS-GS and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.Thank you mam

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    1. Divya1 July 2013 at 12:18

      I have already shares GS book list...For Pub Ad, i have no idea and you can visit blogs of other toppers like Shubhra Saxena, Prince Dhawan for that...

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    2. Unknown2 July 2013 at 08:59

      thank you mam

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  13. Avinash4 July 2013 at 11:54

    Hi Divya, Congrats.

    I've started my 1 year prep for CSP 14, and plan to choose Management as my optional.

    It would be really helpful if you could share what books to start with for the Management Optional... topics of importance ... etc

    A suggestion it would be great if you could have a Contact Me Page, where we could send you our question.
    ( You can respond when you find time :) )

    Thanks in advance.

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  14. Unknown7 July 2013 at 13:16

    A heartly congratulations mam, this is saurabh from Bangalore. I am a MBA working in a leading public sector bank.This is my first attempt and I am confident of clearing the prelims exam.My optional is Economics, I have gone through the book list posted by you for both optionals. Can you please upload your notes for both the optional papers, becoz being aworking professional time is a constraint and economics can be read from standard books but notes are extremly important. Kindly help.

    Thanks in Advance

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  15. anil meeena18 July 2013 at 23:17

    hmm thanks for your time here your time changing the shape of Goal of many people

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  16. Dairy Farming India25 August 2013 at 10:40

    Hello ma'm

    I was a lil confused n scared b4 reading ur blog.....now m not....
    Millian thankx for this great service to humanity....

    ...u might not realize how greatly u hv helpd me...

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