Civil Service Examination

Pooja Elangbam, an IAS Officer who cleared the UPSC CSE examination without attending any coaching classes shares what worked for her.

This residential programme for UPSC CSE 2021 aspirants will close registrations on 20 October 2020.

Last few days before the UPSC CSE 2020 - what should you do? Newspaper, notes, mock paper, MCQ's, time-table, and more.

With the UPSC CSE 2020 Prelims examination round the corner, we spoke to AIR 8, Abhishek Saraf to help aspirants revise better.

“Most often aspirants can skim through the sports section and make note of only historical achievements or at times when new world records are made," says IAS Naveen Chandra, UPSC, CSE Topper.

Anu Kumari, AIR 2 in the 2017 CSE examinations says, “The interviewers on the panel are experienced and learned people, and they will know when you stray from who you are.”

Appearing for the CSE 2020? Here are some online UPSC coaching portals you could check out.

“Explore the length and breadth of the optional paper you opt for,” says Surabhi Gautam, AIR 50, CSE 2016

“Try and stay focussed only on the prelims at this point. While it may be very tempting to pick up and study your optional subject as well, do not do that," says IAS Officer Naveen Kumar Chandra.

“Find the fire in you to make it work. It is important to find one reason why you want to crack the examination. It’s that desire that will see you through the tough times even,” says Dhivya, IAS batch-2015