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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Reply To Miss Sunaina

Hello Sunaina, Thank you for a kind visit on the blog and nice words poured on the usefulness of this blog. Regarding IAS interview tips, It is indeed a personality test where the for most parameter is confidence. The board usually look for the level of confidence. No matter how many questions you have replied or not replied if your confidence level is high you are bound to get very high marks. Some other pointers can be:
[1] Well dress sense
[2] Good eye contact
[3] good manners
[4] polite and humble behaviour
[5] knowledge about current affairs
I think these are sufficient grounds on which one can prepare for his/her interview. Any further query is welcome. Good luck for your interview. Keep blogging.

Reply To Mr Nishant Gautam

Hello Nishant, Thank you for a visit on this blog. Let me reply your questions one by one :
[1] There is no word limit for an Essay paper. It is considered that approximate 1000 words or more is the safe limit. But there is no hard and fast rule for this. Some candidates have scored very high marks with 600 words essay. But generally 1000 plus words are safe.
[2] There is no fixed criteria UPSC follows to select people. The optional wise selection is only in prelims examination. In mains,it is simply the aggregate marks in the final list. You may have got the idea of 10% because mostly candidates choose geography optional.
[3] So far UPSC didn't disclose scaling pattern. But it is a practise to equalise the scoring pattern in myriads of optionals. I suggest you not to dig too much on this issue because nobody has any authentic information.
[4]For geography mains paper,you need to study first all the basic books of NCERT starting from 6Th to 12Th standard. Then take the help of Savinder Singh for Geomorphology,D S Lal for Climatology,books by Mr Mazid hussain,K.Siddarth,Rupa made simple and guide from Tata Mgaw hill.....Map practise is must.
[4A] Both the paper of Geography are scoring. generally candidates score more in paper 1....but I usually scored high in second paper. It depends on writing skills.
[4B]For good marks in geography,you need to have good command on map locations and very strong factual base will be good.
[5] For prelims,70 effectively correct questions in optional and 65 effectively correct in General study paper will be a safe score in the era of negative marking. But it varies on year to year basis depending on the difficulty level of the question paper.
[6]Good writing skill is always rewarded but language should not be too complicated. A good and simple English with slightly better vocabulary will serve the purpose.
I think I have replied all your queries. For any further clarification you are welcome.All the best for the exam.Keep blogging.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Reply To Mr Ganesh Shankar

Hello Ganesh, thanks for visiting this blog and showing faith on it. I will definitely send you the requested mark sheet as soon as UPSC loads it in its server. Prior to it, It is impossible for me to fetch any mark sheet. For any further query feel free to write.keep blogging.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

WHY DO YOU WANT TO BECOME CIVIL SERVANT??

It is a favourite question in UPSC interview board.Some times it is difficult to reply the real answer. Because It varies...for some it may be power,prestige,diversity of work or for some it is mere source of money.....to help the aspirant for the current interview I am presenting the writeup written by one IRS guy....
" In retrospect, it was not a totally unconscious choice. Somewhere along the years, I found that Government is the place where I would be happy to work. Nothing patriotic or serve-the-people or make-a-difference-in-people’s-life about it. I believe that only interest that men have is self interest. So when people tell me that they join civil services to serve the nation, I become a little circumspect. I am not really sure if we really serve the people. The job has a mandate to fulfill. We do it and we get paid for it. Nothing selfless or altruistic about it. It is just another job on earth.
However, the civil services do have an appeal of their own, distinct and undeniable. The challenges in the Government are immense. Any industry would have a section of population as its prospective clientele. But for the Government, the entire population is its clientele. The Government of India is represented in more countries and performs more varied activities than all the MNCs combined. The sheer numbers, the geographical stretch and mind-numbing diversity in its activities makes any Government the most challenging employer. The impact of its working is all pervasive. One of my batchmates, who had earlier put in more than a decade in the railways, recently told me that Mumbai runs more than three times the number of local trains for which the infrastructure was actually created. And that too with 99% trains running on-time. Trust me, work at Indian Railways is more challenging than any MNC.
If the challenges in the Government are one attraction, its conditions of employment are the other. It ensures that the work pressure does not lead to a burn-out. Personally, I always wanted to lead a balanced life. I believe that work should not become life. It should just be a part of life. I wanted to have enough time to pursue my other interests, say bore people by writing blogs. No wonder bureaucrats are such prolific writers. In such matters, Government of India is a very benevolent employer. Be it the five-day week or the sufficient leaves or the provision of benefits like health, housing etc, Government seeks to be the ideal employer. Its mid-career training programmes, where it funds the entire cost of post-graduation in prestigious universities like Harvard, Duke etc are something which you can never expect in even the best of the private sector firms. The exposure you get from the interaction with numerous institutions and distinguished persons in course of your career is invaluable.
So to put it simply, civil services offer a right mix of challenging opportunities and benevolent conditions of work, which nurtures a balanced growth of personality. As a pay-off, you might have to be contended with abysmally low salaries and curbs on your freedom in the form of conduct rules. But, that’s how life always is, a trade-off. I felt, and still feel, that implementing the Income-tax act, investigating tax evasions, conducting search and seizure operations, dabbling with transfer pricing and international taxation, being a part of budget formulation etc are more interesting than coding in a cubicle in a far off land earning tons of money but carrying the burden of monotony. It is a decision I made based on my observation of the world around me. It is for time to judge whether it would hold good in my case too."
SOURCE: Blogbharti

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY HOLI


Hello everybody,I wish you a very happy Holi. Do enjoy to the fullest this festival of colours by forgetting all the bad thing of the past time. Let us unite against communal discord,violence,terrorism,other evils of society and give our genuine effort to the welfare to all.
Be happy and keep blogging.

Reply TO Mr Rajesh

Hello, there are ample possibilities of technical errors in this result. I know several cases of technical mistakes in UPSC mark sheets in previous years. But UPSC has plenty of excuses to give. This is the biggest problem with this independent constitutional body. Though conduct of exam is quite fair but there are several loopholes remained which destroy life of several eligible aspirant to become IAS officers. But at this moment we can't do much. The only thing is better to prepare for next remaining attempt.
I think there is a strong need to raise the issue of gross irregularity inside UPSC in parliament or any other forum. Some of us have tried earlier but their effort went in vain due to lack of support from the aspirants as well as the other institutions.
Anyway I am fully with you and wish you a grand success in your next attempt.

Monday, March 9, 2009

REPLY TO Mr Rajesh

Hello Rajesh, It is really disturbing to loose mains. But you have to muster courage to fight back. It is part and parcel of this preparation. Don't loose your faith in yourself. Next year is also a good year in terms of vacancies. So just wait for your chance. Regarding sociology optional,this year this optional has performed very badly [may be because most of the questions were from new syllabus]. Most of my friends who had this optional lost this attempt despite the fact that they are already in service with good track record in sociology. At this moment I can say that wait for mark sheet then only take some decisions. Since I had geography and Public Ad, so I can't say much about your optional. But keeping the fact in mind,if you are not able to score continuously in socio then it is advisable to change the optional with say philosophy,public ad,pali,etc. It has been observed by several aspirants[including topper few year back] that every optional has some good time and bad time alternatively. This year socio probably has bad phase. This will continue for at least two more years. Public ad has relatively very good phase since last year. So it may be a safe optional for you. In any case,this should be your own decision. Take some time,meet seniors,friends and then only go for a change. Since you have enough time now to decide on it.
I wish you a good luck for your next and last attempt.Any further support is welcome. Keep blogging.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

CIVIL SERVICES EXAM-2008 RESULT

From unconfirmed sources [insider] in UPSC, CSE-2008 Mains result is going to be announced on 6Thu March 2009. The interview will commence from 23rd March to 24Th April 2009. This may be due to upcoming Lok Sabha election. All the best for the aspirants. I will keep you update about the interview schedule. Keep blogging.

REPLY TO Smitha

Hello,thanks for a visit on my blog....It is a nice feeling that you too have your friend in the same academy. But I am unable to meet Mr Naveen so far....you can search his whereabouts on orkut. If I will get him here,I will surely tell about you. All the best and keep blogging. Any further query is welcome.

REPLY TO Mr Sameer,Mr Srinivas & Mr Shailesh

Hello, thank you for pouring nice words about me as well as about this blog. Now I try to reply individual questions.
To Mr Shailesh: It is really nice time to get in to the civil services as number of seats are enough to compete. This trend will continue for some more years. Thus put your hard effort to get in to.
To Mr Sameer: I can understand your anxiety and zeal to get in to this service. Friend,it is difficult for me to give you the details about my friends in Rajinder Nagar on this blog. You can write me on mailto:neutralviews@gmail.com. I can give you some details about them. But still the information which you want can be provided by any of the coaching institute located in Mukherjee Nagar or Rajinder Nagar. You can meet any one of them. Or if you have any specific doubts I can also provide you some details. Regarding Hindu News paper...you can easily leave out page-2,3,4...editorial page you should go through,next page you can read occasionally,you must go through all other pages except last page. Regarding websites,there is not much requirement. you can visit some government websites for updates..that is all I think. Any further query is welcome.Good Luck for 2010 exam.
To Mr Srinivas : Regarding History as a PT optional,I don't have much idea really as mine was Pub ad.....still you can make your attempt successful with 75 correct questions in Optional and 65 in GS...regarding cut off..it varies each year..in negative marking system it is now easy to get in to with low score and cut off also generally low...Regarding salary during probation period...after 6Th Pay commission,21000/- we got during foundation[ rest of the salary we got as an arrears in our respective academies] and now we are getting 25700/- after pension and other necessary deductions. So I think package is sufficient now. Good luck for CSE-2009.
I hope I have answered your queries. Keep blogging.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

CIVIL SERVICES EXAM -2008 MAINS RESULT

UPSC is going to announce the CSE-2008 mains result likely on 6th of March.WE got the information from inside sources that around 2100 candidates are going to be called for interview.The total number of vacancies will be around 900 including 198 in IRS[C&CE] and 200 in IRS[IT]....so hope for the best and prepare well for the interview. Since interview marks are huge enough to decide the final rank and services so kindly don't leave anystone unturned...I wish you a very best of luck for the coming result.
F0r the assistance of the aspirants I will try to publish the mark sheets of those candidates who will not qualify in this mains as soon as UPSC will publish it. For this I shall require only the roll numbers of the candidates. So kindly send your request for mark sheet of any candidate with the roll numbers. All the best. keep blogging.