Reply to CSE Aspirant Mr Amit-IAS

Hello Mr Amit, thanks for your visit on the blog and kind words about it…..Regarding your query, Public ad is also very dynamic subject as compare to sociology….so you can opt pub ad in my view…the scoring pattern from last three years are quite encouraging in PA as compared to Sociology….but it should be solely your decision…if you like sociology more than pub ad then go for sociology strictly….you can score high marks only when you like the subject…..regarding optional for Pre….Pub ad is always better than psychology due to availability of material, high probability of getting through, less syllabus, etc….for books in PA, you can refer my old postings…however I will write for you as well in sequence of study…
For Public Administartion :
[1]P-1 Sharma and Sadana
[2] Thinker by Prasad and Prasad
[2] Mohit Bhattacharya
[3] guide by laxmikant [for Pre & Mains]
[4] BL Fadia [P-1 and 2]
[5]P-2 Goyal and Arora
[6]Polity by DD Basu
[7] selected IJPA journal
[8] Regular news paper Hindu and Times of India
[9] Some additional books for Pre [PA]….Nicolas Henry, Kuntz and essentials of organizational behavior by stephen P Robbins
These books are minimum and sufficient for pre and mains…the order of study is same as given here for Pre and mains….however for Pre you should focus on syllabus only…..along with it you can read Vaji Ram & Ravi printed material for PA……
For Psychology:
Though My optionals were PA and Geography, but according to my friends, the suggested books are:
P-1
[1]Baron
[2]NCERT
[3]Ciccarell
[4] Mr Mukul Pathak’s notes [Vaji Ram & Ravi, New Delhi]
P-2
Only Mr Mukul Pathak’s notes and Internet
For Psychology, I think you need to attend his classes….
You can get these materials from respective coaching institutes through postal guidance programme……Regarding myself…you can refer the old postings….further query is welcome…keep blogging….

Reply to Mr/Miss Aaruni Azad

Hello Mr/Miss Aaruni…thanks for your visit on the blog…..Regarding your query….You should take the advantage of being in OBC….you can ask your parents to send you the new OBC certificate…though you can submit the OBC certificate after the mains also…but don’t take risk….The exact cut off for OBC in Pre is not known but it is well below then General category…It is not only the Pre stage where you will be getting benefit but across the stages of the exam, you will get the benefit of OBC….the most important benefit you will get at the time of allocation of service after the final selection….so don’t commit any mistake just for the sake of travelling to your home state which is matter of few hours…..you should fill the form as an OBC and get the given advantage…..don’t worry about the last years failure…give the best effort in CSE-2010 as no. of seats will be high….work hard…good luck…further query is welcome…keep blogging….

Reply to CSE aspirant Mr AMIT-IAS

Hello Mr Amit...thanks for your visit on the blog and kind words about it…..First of all I would like to congratulate you for thinking beyond the fore wall of a software company….considering your background ,Public administration and Psychology optional will be good for you…as these two optionals have good guidance, study materials, scoring and most important -sufficient gap between these two optionals during mains exam….so go for these optionals….regarding English language…don’t worry about it….I also faced this problem initially but with the time you will improve…..Regarding the coaching availability in Delhi…the best for psychology is Mr Mukul Pathak, Vaji Ram & Ravi…..for Pub ad, you can join Synergy [Mr MK Mohanty] or Mr Minoocha’s classes…..these are the best at this time in the country…no regional centres can match the quality available in Delhi…..you can take study material also from these institutes….Regarding the preparation aspect….several of the candidates have qualified along with the regular job though it will require huge motivation and self discipline……Since, CSE preparation is a bit expensive, you can continue with the job and do preliminary self study….when you are through two optionals and GS, you can take leave or quit the job for one full year to prepare and appear in the exam….the optimum leave you will require is from January to Mid November….as Pre is in May and mains is in oct-Nov…..in this way you can prepare your strategy to crack CSE…..further query is welcome….keep blogging….

Reply to Mr Nikhil

Hello Mr Nikhil, thanks for your visit on the blog….regarding allocation to IAS…It depends on the number of vacancies in a particular year and in a particular category as well as the choice indicated by the candidates in their mains exam form….The allocation process is manual but quite rational…..Rank-82 will definitely get IAS [provided He/She has filled it as his/her first choice in mains exam]….further query is welcome….keep blogging…..

Reply to Mr Hindustan

Hello Mr Hindustan,thanks for your visit on the blog…..since you have started your preparation…it is advisable to prepare and study all the topics….later on you can concentrate on the selective topics….few more books you can refer Indian geography by Mr Majid Hussain, geography guide by spectrum, Rupa made easy series [vol-1 & 2]…….further query is welcome…keep blogging….