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Wondering how to do well in UPSC CSE interviews? IAS officers share golden tips to help you ace the personality test.

How do UPSC CSE coaching institutes claim ranks and how can candidates verify their credibility before losing hard-earned money? Rajesh Ponnappa shares his tips.

ISRO Scientist and IIT graduate Kartik Kansal, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, turned rejection into motivation, and never gave up on his dream to clear the UPSC. Here’s his story of championing the toughest of feats.

Pradeep Singh (AIR 1), Pratibha Verma (AIR 3), Ganesh Kumar (AIR 7), Abhishek Saraf (AIR 8 ) and Sanjita Mohapatra (AIR 10) share how mock interviews, essay writing, and more worked in their favour to crack CSE

Optional papers (Paper VI and Paper VII) of the UPSC Mains examination carry 500 marks. This accounts for almost 25 per cent of the total marks (2025), which is a combination of the written and personality tests.