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UPSC GS Mains Geography topic wise Questions – UPSC Mains 2013-19

Physical Geography

2019

  1. How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism?

2016

  1. “The Himalayas are highly prone to landslides.” Discuss the causes and suggest suitable measures of mitigation.

2014

  1. Explain the formation of thousands of islands in Indonesian and Philippines archipelagos.
  2. Why are the world’s fold mountain systems located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association between the global distribution of Fold Mountains and the earthquakes and volcanoes.

2013

  1. What do you understand by the theory of continental drift? Discuss the prominent evidence in its support.
  2. There is no formation of deltas by rivers of the Western Ghats. Why?
  3. Major hot deserts in the northern hemisphere are located between 20-30 degree north and on the western side of the continents. Why?
  4. Bring out the causes for more frequent landslides in the Himalayas than in Western Ghats.

Climate

2019

  1. Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.

2017

  1. How does the cryosphere affect global climate?
  2. What characteristics can be assigned to the monsoon climate that succeeds in feeding more than 50 percent of the world population residing in Monsoon Asia?

2016

  1. Discuss the concept of air mass and explain its role in macro-climatic changes.

2015

  1. Explain the factors responsible for the origin of ocean currents. How do they influence regional climates, fishing and navigation?
  2. How far do you agree that the behaviour of the Indian monsoon has been changing due to humanizing landscapes? Discuss.

2014

  1. Tropical cyclones are largely confined to South China Sea, Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mexico. Why?
  2. Most of the unusual climatic happenings are explained as an outcome of the El-Nino effect. Do you agree?
  3. Bring out the relationship between the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the Indian subcontinent.

2013

  1. The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world?
  2. Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world.
  3. What do you understand by the phenomenon of temperature inversion in meteorology? How does it affect the weather and the habitants of the place?

Resources

2019

  1. Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.
  2. What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?
  3. How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and the coastal environment? Give suitable examples.

2018

  1. Why is India taking keen in resources of Arctic region?
  2. What are the consequences of spreading of “Dead Zones on Marine Ecosystem?
  3. Defining blue resources, explain the problems and strategies for pisciculture development in India.

2017

  1. Account for variations in oceanic salinity and discuss its multi-dimensional effects.
  2. In what way can floods be converted into a sustainable source of irrigation and all-weather inland navigation in India?
  3. “In spite of adverse environmental impact, coal mining is still inevitable for development”. Discuss. (150 words)

2016

  1. The effective management of land and water resources will drastically reduce the human miseries. Explain.
  2. South China Sea has assumed great geopolitical significance in the present context. Comment.
  3. Present an account of the Indus Water Treaty and examine its ecological, economic and political implications in the context of changing bilateral relations.
  4. Enumerate the problems and prospects of inland water transport in India.
  5. In what way micro-watershed Development projects help in water conservation in drought prone and semi-arid regions of India.

2015

  1. What are the economic significances of discovery of oil in Arctic Sea and its possible environmental consequences?
  2. India is well endowed with fresh water resources. Critically examine why it still suffers from water scarcity.
  3. The states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand arc reaching the limits of their ecological carrying capacity due to tourism. Critically evaluate.

2014

  1. Critically evaluate the various resources of the oceans which can be harnessed to meet the resource crisis in the world.
  2. How does India see its place in the economic space of rising natural resource rich Africa?

2013

  1. With growing scarcity of fossil fuels, the atomic energy is gaining more and more significance in India. Discuss the availability of raw material required for the generation of atomic energy in India and in the world.
  2. It is said the India has substantial reserves of shale oil and gas, which can feed the needs of country for quarter century. However, tapping of the resources doesn’t appear to be high on the agenda. Discuss critically the availability and issues involved.

Urbanization

2019

  1. How is efficient and affordable urban mess transport key to the rapid economic development of India?

2016

  1. With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and strategy of the ‘Smart City Programme’.
  2. Major cities of India are becoming more vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss.

2015

  1. Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are the three mega cities of the country but the air pollution is much more serious problem in Delhi as compared to the other two. Why is this so?
  2. Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.

2013

  1. Discussion the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India.

Industrial Location

2019

  1. Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?
  2. Discuss the factors for the localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.

2018

What is the significance of Industrial Corridors in India?Identifying the industrial corridors, explain their main characteristics.

2017

Petroleum refineries are not necessarily located nearer to crude oil producing areas, particularly in many of the developing countries. Explain its implications.

2014

  1. Whereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area. Explain.
  2. Account for the change in the spatial pattern of the Iron and Steel industry in the world.
  3. Why did the Green Revolution in India virtually by-pass the eastern region despite fertile soil and good availability of water?

2013

  1. Do you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in the Southern states of India? Discuss with justification.
  2. Analyze the factors for highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India.
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Strategy for UPSC Rank improvement and to overcome failures

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After results of UPSC CSE 2019, those who have not cleared must now gear up. It must have been many marks, might be 80-20 ,but then it surely makes a difference ,isnt it.

Now when you are gearing up for new attempt, its clear that we cant fight new plan with old strategies. New plans requre new strategy.

Selected Candidates who aim for Rank Improvement , if you are planning to focus on topics, my advice is not to look for important topics. But against the search for topics, it is themes that must be searched and studied. Themes are actually those topics/subtopics of UPSC CSE syllabus that should be studied in deep, as if you are Secretary level officer of that department.

Like a topic on Agriculture must be studied with all burning issues, where-what-when-why-whose-who-how- etc.

Not only this one must know every topic has its language, and that language must be used in answers. These are keywords that must come in the answers. Effective answer writing is key to success, is the mantra to clearing UPSC CSE

Now thats a tightrope – you must be thinking on one side, we are struggling to complete the syllabus and other side I am asking for enrichment.

One must also make wise use of internet and know how to use internet for upsc preparation.

Look, who is guiding you.

So I have come up with 32 themes to be studied from horses mouth-ie the Burecrats themselves, along with the qualified academicians. We did this experiment between 2010 an 2015 and this was a hit.

Students cleared exams with minimum efforts and Maximum output strategy, under our mentorship.

It is during themes, that one get what UPSC actually want you to do- know all views and make your own view. Based on current affairs and issues of national importance, we have studied previous year question papers and marking pattern and come up with 32 themes. IN continuation of this, we have come up with a personal mentoring program with following themes.

  1. QEP BASIC (32 THEMES) is Designed such that it Comprehensively covers 32THEMES which once learnt, can be easily replicated to ALL PAPERS (GS I, II, III, IV, Essay, Optional) to enhance your score by at least 150+ Marks. It is for;
    1. Those taking their first Mains, and aim to get selected in their very first attempt and have done some foundation course before.
    1. Those who are aiming for CSE 2022 and have completed their Foundation Course.
  2. What do you get:
    a) Online Lecture sessions according to themes, such that by the end of the course you would have made self-made notes, which you can just revise before Mains and Prelims.

b) 4-5 answer writing per theme with feedbacks for improvements.

c) Quality enrichment tips and notes, theme wise on e-mail.

d) High Impact Answers: Practice using Diagrams, relevant Fact & Figures, important Keywords & Quick recall Acronyms (to remember important dimensions and way forward).

Importantly full test series with above themes will give a boost of 100-150 marks for sure. Many have cleared in first attempt also.

https://www.sankalpiasforum.org/post/story-of-a-working-guy-who-cleared-in-first-attempt-ajay-kumar-ias

https://www.sankalpiasforum.org/upsc-sucess-story-navnath-gavhane

The 32 themes for UPSC 2021 till 2023 are as follows.

India and post Covid New World Order, Geo-Politics.International Organisations and need for restructuring.
  New Political System and their interrelation with Judiciary and other constitutional bodies. Contributions of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India and World, and relevance in present world.
Themes in Nationalism in Indian Freedom Struggle  Major Constitutional provisions, their philosophy, amendments
  Major Landmark judgments and legislations and Impacts  Federalism, Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism- Ideologies and issues.
  Panchayat Raj and rural development, unrest and issues. Health and post-Covid challenges,
 Indian Society and related aspects  Social Empowerment
Inclusive Growth, Human Resources. Digital India, Cyber Security.
  Internal Security Governance and issues.
Education, Skill Development and employment. Indian Economy and issues
Taxation, Public Policy and issues.Climate Change, Conservation, and related issues
Development of Defence and Technology in India Gender Issues.
 Urbanization and challenges issues  Poverty and Developmental issues,
 Effects of Globalization on Indian society. Infrastructure- Industry, Ports, Railways, Real Estate, Roads
 Agriculture and related Industry Disaster and Disaster Management.
Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism  Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration
Tribal and related issues.Race and Ethnicity issues

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Does self study followed by mock Test series really help UPSC aspirants? Lets discuss..

I think, it helps, how? aaaaaaaaaaaa….lemme say

This question is really stunning. But do read, Look at what UPSC wants and what we actually do. Do attain a live interactive session on this topic on 22nd July, 2020 at 11am,

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Personal mentoring for UPSC CSE

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One day a young IT professional came to me in late evening, as i was about to wrap up my days work, May i know where i can meet Santosh Sir, he asked Polietly. He was IIM-Koziokode graduate, from Himachal Pradesh and placed with a handsome salary in CARE Ratings,Mumbai. He wanted to appear, as he said, NOT JUST TRY for IAS. “Am going to do it, can u help me? ” he asked confidently. I coulndt say no. Days went by, and he became IPS in first attempt and IAS in his second attempt. He left job only 3 days ahead of his joining for Foundation Training in Mussorie.I can say, he is a model for those who want to give UPSC while working.

Here you see 2 IAS offiecers conducting awareness seminar-

But as we all know, rarely must be a aspirant who has not read M Lakshmikant or NCERT, still then why hardly a few get good marks?

Lets start with basic talks,

What UPSC Needs?

– UPSC exams is the total story of how well you present yourself-your personality test-through answer writing and Interviews. So the crux is knowing your personality and writing answers . This should be evaluated by officers who have approached that path. Personalised feedback and inputs should be given and in such a way, incremental progress over a period of time must take place.

What students do?

-Joining a class OR self study- more focus on reading – some may be doing answer writing and may or not may not be getting them evaluated from some senior. Where do you get a personalized touch to this type of studies.

What classes do?

They will give you live videos, contents, notes and tests. Who evaluates the paper, how do they do scaling, is there any personal touch? NO, and given the commercial narrative that they follow, even the best of best faculty, class cant give that personal guidance.

How does this work?

  1.    Mentor will be giving the student a day by day study plan and thus, planning his/her study calendar.

2)Daily Questions will be given which covers both statistic & current affairs Paper G.S 1, 2, 3, 4 + Essay on private telegram channel by Sankalp IAS Forum.

3)      you will have to write answer of the question and send us on to t.me/santyrockspune for  Telegram Channel t.me/upscaim

4)  The mentor will check answers and give you feedback on weekly basis via talk on phones or video calls, and you must be in touch on telegram and gmail.

5)   Answer format (Synopsis) of Mock Test paper on telegram channel

6)  Apart from that, he/she will call the student twice in a week to evaluate the progress made and to resolve the doubts of the student.

Will Guruji  provide any physical study material?

Generally, mentor will not provide any physical study material. But we may give an exception to this and provide some consolidated material if other sources are too scattered or not complete or not upto the mark. We believe every student should prepare his own notes. These notes are evaluated and checked by our mentors. Apart from that we do provide online tests for the students for regular evaluation.

In which medium can I write answers?

Answers may be written in Hindi/English/Marathi languages.

How will we be in touch?

–      Answer synopsis on gmail or telegram. Also, twice talk on phones or video calls, and be in touch on whatsapp, telegram and gmail. Hangouts is the most preferred option than whatsapp, telegram, and you may add me on google hangouts onshreesankalpfoundation@gmail.com

       Why is the FOCUS ON DAILY ANSWER WRITING?

   Answer writing skill development, Structure & presentation of answer, How to present facts, information & knowledge in the answer, Understanding actual requirement (key words, Context & Content) of the UPSC in the different types of questions and how the questions should be attempted for good score (strategy & approach), Understanding your current preparedness & required action plans and framing your mind towards actual pattern, toughness and timing of the actual UPSC Examination.

So call 9930075267 to know details, Join telegram channel @upscaim

Why should you prepare for Government jobs?

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I remember, it was in final year of engineering, when we head for first time about UPSC MPSC Exams. Social media was not at all available at that time as mobile phones were a luxury with incoming call rate 4/ and outgoing call rate rs.7.

I shred that idea, with a conviction that, I jad spent a lot of money on my education. Was it not worth? IAS? With this I proceeded for my job in Pune.

The job was “job”,with a vehicle to pick and drop, which was also a luxury at that time. 6-7 months passed by when my team member, a lady, was impregnated and our management asked her to resign. She was a brilliant lady, with growing performance chart. In spite of our teams request that we would handle this, all efforts went in pain. The idea of Private job is a King soon shattered in our minds.

I soon found myself thinking seriously for Government jobs, and got a good post in next 2 years. In the meanwhile many of my erstwhile friends, who were resisting my idea, were sending lot of money back home. This lure could not distract me.

Today, both my friends are happily agreeing with my idea of a government job because of changed circumstances:

1) The US presidents tirade against Indian IT professionals.

2) The sudden death of more than 10 top performing private companies in India and abroad-

Retailers closed globally in 2017, 2018 & 2019 are given below

Some well known companies in India are NOKIA, Remington, Denim, Kingfisher, Kodak, Air deccan, Air asia, Reliance Communications and latest is Jet Airways.

No doubt talent has no death in market, but then whcich thought do you think must be convincing Kanish Katariya, who had spend lakhs of rupeed on his education, is this year’s IAS topper who did leave a monthly 10 lakh package in Korea and joined IAS? read his answers here:

सवाल: जॉब छोड़कर UPSC की तैयारी करने का विचार कैसे आया?
जवाब: मुझे प्लेसमेंट के बाद जॉब मिली थी. मेरा ये था कि मैं एक बार देश के बाद जाऊं. बाहर की लाइफ एक्सप्लोर करनी है. 1 साल मैंने साउथ कोरिया में जॉब करी. उसके बाद मैं इंडिया वापस आ गया. जॉब करते वक्त मुझे हमेशा ये लगता था कि मैं अपने लिए अच्छा पैसा कमा रहा हूं. लेकिन मैं लोगों से जुड़ना चाहता था और चाहता था कि मुझे उनकी मदद करने का मौका मिले. 

सवाल: साउथ कोरिया में आपका जॉब पैकेज कितना था?
जवाब: जब मैं साउथ कोरिया में था तब मैरा पैकेज 1 करोड़ के पास था, लेकिन जब मैं भारत आया तो मुझे पुराने पैकेज का एक तिहाई मिलने लगा था.

Dear friends, many have misconceptions, and keeping negative people around us, may make us bad decision, but after 10 years of wonderful service in government, I am convinced, that even 2 years spent in prepataion is worth than any private job. Even if not IAS, any class-1 job in government job will make you and your family proud.

Lets discuss some misconceptions in hindi:

(क) सेलेक्षन के चांसेज बहुत कम हैं: यदि आप सीधे-सीधे उपलब्ध आँकड़ों पर जाएंगे, तो आपका यह सोचना सौ फीसदी सही होगा कि आईएएस में चयन होने की संभावना काफी कम है। आमतौर पर औसतन लगभग चार लाख लड़के फार्म भरते हैं, जबकि विज्ञापित पदों की कुल संख्या औसतन 800 से 1000 के बीच होती है। यदि परीक्षा में बैठने वालों और उसमें सफल होने वालों का अनुपात निकालें, तो यह बहुत डरावना होगा। इसलिए बेहतर होगा कि हम यहाँ निकालते ही नहीं हैं।

पहली गलत धारणा, एक गलत भय, जो आपके दिमाग को घेरे हुए है, मैं उसे बहुत बड़ी भीड़ के आतंक से मुक्त करना चाहूंगा। कोई संदेह नहीं कि भीड़ है, लेकिन यह सच्ची भीड़ नहीं है, बशर्ते कि आप अपनी तैयारी में सच्चे हों।

Read my Marathi blog here- https://www.sankalpiasforum.com/learn-from-guru

(ख) बहुत कठिन परीक्षा है

स्तर का ऊँचा और नीचा होना एक सापेक्षिक बात भी होती है। कहीं ऐसा तो नहीं कि मेरा अपना स्तर काफी नीचा है, इसलिए मुझे इस परीक्षा का स्तर बहुत ऊँचा लग रहा है? अन्यथा ऐसा कुछ है नहीं। उस विद्यार्थी को यह परीक्षा भी किसी अन्य परीक्षाओं की तरह ही लगेगी, जिसकी आदत अपने विषय को समझने की तथा समझकर अपनी तरफ से लिखने की रहीं है। आप भी ऐसा करने लगिए, आपको भी यह परीक्षा अपनी पकड़ के स्तर की लगने लगेगी।

अब एक सिद्धान्त की बात। प्रतियोगी परीक्षाएं पास और फेल होने के सिद्धान्त पर अपने रिजल्ट नहीं देती हैं। वहाँ चयन का सिद्धान्त काम करता है। उसे जितने लोग चाहिए, वह ऊपर से उतने लोगों को ले लेती है, फिर चाहे उनके प्राप्तांक कितने भी क्यों न हो। इसलिए याद रखिए कि यहाँ पेपर के सरल और कठिन होने का, या परीक्षा के स्तर के ऊँचा और नीचा होने का कोई अर्थ नहीं रह जाता, क्योंकि जो है, वह सबके लिए है, और जो चीज सबके लिए एक सी होती है, चूंकि उसका प्रभाव सभी पर एक सा पड़ता है, इसलिए परिणाम पर भी प्रभाव समान होता है। पेपर कठिन है, तो सेलेक्षन कम प्राप्तांको पर होगा, और यदि सरल है, तो सेलेक्षन अधिक प्राप्तांको पर होगा।

(ग) खूब मेहनत चाहिए इसके लिए

यहाँ मैं एक बात और कहना चाहूँगा। ‘कड़ी और खूब’ का यह जुमला उन लोगों ने तैयार करके उछाला है, जो एक ही विषय पर कई-कई लेखकों की, लगभग सभी लेखकों की किताबें पढ़ते हैं। ये लोग एक दिन में चार-पाँच अखबार पढ़ते हैं, और उनमें भी सब कुछ। इन्हें लगता है कि ज्यादा से ज्यादा पत्रिकाएं भी पढ़ लेना चाहिए। यदि सोच यही है, जो कि बहुत अवैज्ञानिक है, तो इन सब झमेलों में समय तो लगेगा ही। जबकि इतना अधिक पढ़ने की जरूरत बिल्कुल नहीं होती। ऐसा करना न केवल अनुत्पादक ही है, बल्कि प्रति-उत्पादक (काउंटर प्रोडक्टिव) भी है,

(ड़) मेरा अपना फर्स्ट क्लास कैरियर नहीं है

तर्क यह है कि यदि यूपीएससी के लिए फर्स्ट डिविजन की इतनी बड़ी अहमियत होती, तो वह इसके लिए निर्धारित योग्यता ie eligibility में ही इस तथ्य को डाल देता, जैसा कि कुछ नौकरियों के लिए, खासकर कॉलेज के प्रोफेसर्स के लिए होता है। But instead they say, minimum passing percentage of the recognized University. That’s it. ठीक इसी प्रकार यदि आप फर्स्ट डिविजनर हैं, टॉपर हैं, डाक्टरेट हैं, तो भी इस मुगालते में बिल्कुल न रहें कि इसके कारण आपको कुछ फायदा मिल जाएगा। नॉट एट ऑल। वहाँ आपका प्रदर्शन ही सब कुछ होगा। इसलिए अपने अतीत को पूरी तरह भूलकर वर्तमान पर केन्द्रीत होकर अपना काम करें।

यूपीएससी इस मामले में बहुत उदार है।

(च) पारिवारिक पृष्ठभूमि

हाँ, यदि आपने अपना यही सन्देह सन् 1980 से पहले व्यक्त किया होता, तो मैं उतने दमखम के साथ इनका खण्डन करने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाता, जितना कि आज कर पा रहा हूँ। आज तो हिम्मत जुटाने की जरूरत ही नहीं है, क्योंकि यही सच्चाई है। अंग्रेजी भाषा के जमाने में इसकी काफी कुछ भूमिका भी। लेकिन आज देश में जिस प्रकार का राजनैतिक स्वरूप है, जो कहीं न कहीं सामंत विरोधी बन चुका है, उसमें पारिवारिक पृष्ठभूमि के महत्व की बात बीते दिनों की घटना समझी जानी चाहिए।


आपको यह जानकर सुखद आश्चर्य होगा कि पिछले 20-25 सालों में आईएएस की परीक्षा में सफल होने वाले विद्यार्थियों में ग्रामीण पृष्ठभूमि के युवाओं की संख्या लगातार बढ़ती जा रही है। यदि आपको मेरी बात पर यकीन न हो, तो आप मेरे इस कथन को यूपीएससी की वेबसाइट पर जाकर वैरीफाई कर सकते है।

So friends, be assured preparation can give a class-1 post and one of the best career in government sector. I say so, because preparation in right direction and under right guidance with right spirit for minimum 2 years for one exams- UPSC CSE can fetch you success in more than 17 subordinate posts exams. So be ready, save yourself from getting trapped in subconscious mind.

Selecting the right guide for UPSC coaching

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पुणे आणि मुंबईतील क्लासच्या एका जाहिरातीने मी हबकलो  When I started looking for guidance , I was fascinated by some words of a coaching class in Pune & South Mumbai…..they said;

-We focus on only IAS coaching, unlike others who have diversified courses;

-We have faculty coming from Delhi, You must admire this…

-We have Toppers interaction, do attend to know more

Today ,I am a officer with the state government and have already given 3 UPSC CSE Interviews and I am mentoring a few students who are victims of above claims. I want to tell you the hollow facts of the above 3 claims:

  1. that We focus on only IAS coaching, unlike others who have diversified courses; – Soon i ‘discovered that this institute was involved in many courses, right from kids hobby courses.
  2. that We have faculty coming from Delhi, You must admire this… Ya this faculty came every Saturday,Sunday, and taught in class-bla-bla and flew back the next day. When I actually started studying , writing answers, I found no one by my side. I soon discovered the hollowness of this claim.
  3. that We have Toppers interaction, do attend to know more….. i found, that these toppers were paid enough to come and address and throw a perception that they were products of this institute. ‘Image of toppers interaction, never said,that the topper was their product” uff-how dumb I was then, not to fall in this perception trap.

The fact soon drew me into more in-depth study of what should students look for, while searching for right guidance.

  After UPSC Civil Services 2018 final result have been declared, aspirants are left with a presumption on whether UPSC will continue emphasizing on current affairs or it may change the streak and ask questions about static questions based on current events, –So now whatever may be the inclination, only one skill survive and can save the stinking boat i.e., efficient and consolidated writing skills.  Towards Effective Answers What should be the ideal answer for any question? – This is a baffling question itself. It is totally depends upon the candidates background and varied ideas and perspectives, but it is totally on an aspirant’s judgment to decide what is apt to be mentioned or not. — It is based on this and only this point, should students decide about coaching class, mentor and self . When I decided that I was going to prepare for UPSC Civil Services Exam, the next major decision was whether to join a coaching class or not. Back then, online content had just begun to come up. Hence, whether to join a coaching or to study online was not even a question. But online content has matured a lot in last 4 years. So a major question among aspirants starting their preparation now is whether they should join a classroom, or whether they can prepare effectively for civil services relying solely on online content.

Towards Effective Answers What should be the ideal answer for any question? – This is a baffling question itself. It is totally depends upon the candidates background and varied ideas and perspectives, but it is totally on an aspirant’s judgment to decide what is apt to be mentioned or not. — It is based on this and only this point, should students decide about coaching class, mentor and self . When I decided that I was going to prepare for UPSC Civil Services Exam, the next major decision was whether to join a coaching class or not. Back then, online content had just begun to come up. Hence, whether to join a coaching or to study online was not even a question. But online content has matured a lot in last 4 years. So a major question among aspirants starting their preparation now is whether they should join a classroom, or whether they can prepare effectively for civil services relying solely on online content.

Lets start with basic talks,

What UPSC Needs?

– UPSC exams is the total story of how well you present yourself-your personality test-through answer writing and Interviews. So the crux is knowing your personality and writing answers . This should be evaluated by officers who have approached that path. Personalised feedback and inputs should be given and in such a way, incremental progress over a period of time must take place.

What students do?

-Joining a class OR self study- more focus on reading – some may be doing answer writing and may or not may not be getting them evaluated from some senior. Where do you get a personalized touch to this type of studies.

What classes do?

They will give you live classroom coaching-bla bla bla, or videos, contents, notes and tests. Who evaluates the paper, how do they do scaling?-check this

Is there any personal touch? NO, and given the commercial narrative that they follow, even the best of best faculty, class cant give that personal guidance.

Only a accomplished personal mentor can build a career

Coaching V/S Mentorship
When I was preparing for Civil Services Exam, I always felt if there was some mentor who could help me strategize and provide me study feedback, rest I can handle myself, without any coaching. This is even more true today. The truth is that UPSC is 99% about self study and only 1% about guidance. That 1% guidance has to be extremely minimal, –to the point and -be effective.

Hence, my hypothesis, that in today’s digital world, classroom coaching for UPSC Civil Services is redundant and a huge waste of time and money. But the flip-side of online content is that so much content becomes available, it becomes almost impossible for a fresh aspirant to filter out the relevant content. Thus, mentorship is the need of the day. Someone who could help you decide what to study and what not to study. Someone experienced to help you strategise and motivate. Someone who is capable of resolving your conceptual doubts. Someone who keeps monitoring your progress and provides you the feedback on what and how to improve, while you could invest your full energy in studying what is prescribed

Preparing For UPSC From Home Or In Classroom

Based on these beliefs, I have started a Classroom (in Mumbai Dadar & in Pune) as well as online mentorship program , called ‘Sankalp UPSC 2020’. 
In this program, Officers and academicians with proven credentials will mentor a small batch of students. We will help each student create a clear strategy and timeline for next one year. This strategy will be personalised for each student. Based on it, we will help set up monthly and weekly targets for the aspirant. We will teach in classrooms and help select and prioritize reading material. I will help resolve conceptual doubts. All this assistance will be in classrooms and also online, so it also becomes possible for aspirants sitting anywhere in the country to prepare in the best possible manner without having to physically shift to Delhi/Pune. Most importantly, we will provide assistance on demand only where it is required, thus minimizing the interference and allowing the aspirant to give maximum time to self study, which is what the UPSC Civil Services Exam is all about.

For more details about the program, write to me at shreesankalpfoundation@gmail.com or whatsapp me at +919930075295. Call 9930075267 if am unreachable.

  • Many have benefited from our personal mentoring program, come join the winning team-the best UPSC Coaching in Mumbai Pune

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As the Academic year ends by the month of April everybody would be started to think about their future. So I am receiving many emails/messages from college goers and school goers asking how to reach their goal by joining in Sankalp IAS Forum Centre.  Feel lazy to reply the same thing repeatedly. So I’m posting my experience. The facts I’m mentioning is just what I felt and it is completely my own perception and experiences.

♦I’m Just Studying College or Higher secondary in school can I join?

Students completed bachelor’s degree and waiting for results can only apply for UPSC ICS exam can join Super 45 batch. Undergraduates can join Foundation batch of 2 years, before becoming part of final batch.

♦Will Sankalp IAS Forum provide coaching for MPSC exams too?
Sankalp IAS Forum also focuses on MPSC exams but you have to be approaching them regularly for dates. The office will have lot of works as whole Maharashtra is making calls to them so there may be an improper reply for your questions but be sure about asking them repeatedly if you are serious about preparations.

♦For which exams Sankalp IAS Forum give coaching?

Sankalp IAS Forum Centre provides free coaching to many competitive exams. UPSC Civil Service Examination, MPSC group 1, group 2 exams only.

♦Do Sankalp IAS Forum provide online Coaching?
Yes, Sankalp IAS Forum does provide you online coaching.

♦Can other state students join in Sankalp IAS Forum?
Yes, some other state students are also preparing from Sankalp IAS Forum

♦Do Sankalp IAS Forum centre has branches at Pune or in any other district?
Officially Sankalp IAS Forum has its headquarter in Mumbai and a branch in Pune only. It hasn’t announced about its branches in Chennai or any other city.

♦When do Sankalp IAS Forum conduct Entrance Examination?
Sankalp IAS Forum conducts entrance examination after the UPSC examination of that year. So it will be between April & June.

♦Details about how to apply for Sankalp IAS Forum’s Free Coaching Centre
To enroll please register by filling this form https://forms.gle/W7oNTkFY2aYJCvPK8

This is not the final application. It is like one-time registration. Once they have notified for exams you need to register that using this one-time registration.

♦What type of questions will be asked in entrance
According to their notification on 2019 Exam pattern
Essay and Opinion based answer writing questions have been recently asked.

♦ How do one get selected for free or concessional coaching?

Mode of selection- Assessment test-How to appear for test

Those who are free now, can appear for Vacation camp- NCERT Batch now starting from 21st April

Fees for this batch is 8500/ (Non-refundable), you may ask office, confirm this.

Assessment test will be based on performance in test, after this camp

Concessions in fees

100% free coaching to top 45 students

70% concession to next 15 students

65% concession to next 15 students

55% concession to next 15 students

For students in final year, they can appear in May end for new assessment test

Classes will be in Mumbai Pune- Batch 1 starts with vacation camp from April,27 & second batch starts from 10th June,2019

To enroll please register by filling this form

https://forms.gle/W7oNTkFY2aYJCvPK8

♦How to prepare for Sankalp IAS Forum Entrance / what are all the books to study to pass in Sankalp IAS Forum Entrance Exam?
No special preparation for filtering test, but for final top 45 selection, you need to prove best in NCERT based tests. You may join 2 months NCERT course that is conducted regularly in Sankalp IAS Forum. This year’s course starts from 27th April, 2019.

I suggest NCERT books rather than Tata McGraw Hill for GS but covering all ncert books in short time period is difficult so prefer TMH if you want to prepare in a hurry.

Don’t prepare for Sankalp IAS Forum Entrance Exam just Prepare for Civil Service Exam if then you can crack it for sure.

♦Where can I get Model Question paper for Sankalp IAS Forum free coaching Centre or Previous Year Question paper for Sankalp IAS Forum IAS Academy? 

 They are available on website here.

♦How much Should we score to get selected? 

 Nearly 100 students will be selected after filtering test. Sankalp IAS Forum. cut off depends on the number of students appearing, total number of available seats and performance.

♦How many students will be appearing for the examination?
Approximately 1000+ students are applying for exams which can be decoded by roll numbers generated by the server.

♦What is the course duration?

 Classes will be conducted up UPSC CSE Mains, though handholding will be made available till selection to worthy candidates.

 ♦When will the Classes get started?

 Pre selection NCERT Batch-27th April, 2019

Final top 45 students batch, 10th June 2019.

A batch with concessional fees of 100 more students will start from 15th June 2019.

♦Where to stay? Is it free to reside in Sankalp IAS Forum?

 As of now, no facility available, but free study room is available to all selected candidates.  

♦If I failed in Entrance Examination can I join in Sankalp IAS Forum by paying fees?
Yes, you may seek concession in fees based on your performance.

♦Is there any other option than Sankalp IAS Forum IAS free coaching Centre
Yes,  State Institute of Administrative centres, Government pre IAS training centres, Haj Committee( for Muslim students), BARTI(For SC/ST Students), SARTHI(For EBC Maratha students).

♦How much do I need to spend to Prepare from Mumbai or Pune.
Roughly you need 6000 bucks per month to survive (including food and shelter) in Pune as an Aspirant. If you come with some bunch of friends your expense may reduce. You guys can rent a house and share rent. This would make less expenses.

Building strong foundation: NCERT based written and MCQ based test series

Everyone know of importance of NCERT, but rarely students know of how to express in answers or interlink with current affairs and face Prelims and Mains. This is first in India, keeping in mind changing dynamics of UPSC prelims.

Officers who have gone successfully through all this process knows the dilemma students face- completing syllabus at one end and interlinking with current affairs at other end.

We having understood this, are bringing this program for a small group of aspirants. Small, so that each one can be given personal attention.

Time bound study with value added sessions of current Affairs with pole vault students into a very comfortable zone.

Social media is filled with faulty strategy for UPSC CSE Exam preparation, Like saying read NCERT first…watch why. How dangerous is coaching class strategy and how one should actually prepare, how to use handholding by officer, how to use test series, what NOT to read

See the schedule below, do think and wish you many wished for upcoming efforts.

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