How can a student of class 11 start his UPSC preparation that will benefit him/her in clearing the UPSC in the 1st attempt?

Here are a few tricks:

Start following News. Take part in school debates, write essays, join extempore clubs etc.

Take an interest in your regular school studies. Do well in school - in all your subjects, learn how to concentrate on your books even when you don't want to study at all. Become more disciplined with your studies.

Become responsible. Learn to prioritize. Learn how to manage your time well. Don’t gossip or waste time.

Have a tonne of hobbies and make a lot of friends. Have friends who like thinking for themselves and have constructive discussions with them.

Learn how to separate emotions from logic. Learn to see the bigger picture. Learn patience, learn to give dispassionate advice.

And most importantly, learn to be honest with yourself. Learn how to do honest, critical self-analysis. Learn to stop finding faults in others or your circumstances for your failures. Find your own mistakes, own up to them and correct them. Admit your own faults to yourself and work on them. And also see your own potential and talents. Nurture your talents. See yourself for who you are and learn to value yourself. Learn Self-Awareness.

Try some of these things. Everything else you can learn later. If you master these, I feel, not only will you clear the exam, you will also make a fantastic officer! Good luck!

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A person who criticizes government policies cannot become an IAS officer. Is this true?

It would be impossible to live in a country as a common citizen and agree with everything that the government does! And you live at least 21 years as a common citizen before you even become eligible to be an IAS officer. Now then, when recruiting you, how do you expect the government to go to every single person you have ever spoken to, in your whole life, to find out whether you ever criticized the government? Think about it! In fact, UPSC CSE Question paper asks you to critique government policies very often! Do you think it is a trap question so they can decide to throw you out?

So no it is NOT true that you cannot become an IAS officer if you criticize government policies.

HOWEVER, when you get INSIDE the government, then you CANNOT criticize government policies in public in any fashion.

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I am just an average student. Can I crack the IAS exam ?

For an average student, who has never taken studies seriously, and who has suddenly decided to write the UPSC exam. It is next to impossible to crack it in the first attempt. Even Lady Luck will find it difficult to stretch herself to enable this.

So, If you can do the following, you can crack it in the first attempt even if you are the so-called Average Student.

1. Set your goal as early as possible -

Since we talking about an average student, I presume it means someone who has not aced exams and tests through schooling and college. That means - the student is part of the bottom 20 or 30%. In this case, it could be due to three things -

(a) Lack of interest in studies (due to many reasons).

(b) Lack of any desire to excel in life given the challenges facing one.

(c) Bad health, bad temperament, poor concentration etc.

In all cases, if you want to crack the UPSC exam in first attempt, give yourself at least 3 years, because attitudinal changes take a long time. If you decide in Jan 2016 to crack the 2016 Prelims, it's not only a tough call, but you're setting yourself up for an avoidable failure and consequent shattering of confidence. Don't do that.

2. Research and calibrate yourself

Once you have made up your mind to go for it, say for UPSC 2018 exams (give you are in first year), start your research. Read every word of the official syllabus of past 3 years, thrice. Let it sink into you. Honestly realize how much you need to learn. Most of it may look alien and hostile, but take it in your stride. Your heart may sink, no problem. Let it. You are a young person, can recover quickly. Now start finding your exact stamina to study in long stretches. Try various things. And do all this for 3 to 4 months - and finally decide what's going to be your pace of preparations, and daily input. This will cool you down, bring a smile on your face, and make you one of those slow but steady and dangerous horses in the race!

3. Get the best mentors and the best course ware to prepare -

In a competition, there is no point in reinventing the wheel from ground zero. That is good for a Research Scholar type of pursuit, but in a brutal competition, get the best mentors and best course to speed up your preparations. Keep reading original stuff on your own in parallel (a sine qua non, really) so that you can constantly keep checking the current development vis-a-vis what's being taught in the formal sessions (either in a classroom or at home). And if one is an average student, proper mentoring can add an amazing delta to you.

4. Stay positive throughout -

Since the student has never taken studies seriously, the chances of breaking down when faced with this Mount Everest of an exam are pretty much there. So remember - be at it. Be steady. Do not give up. Remind yourself of this a hundred times per day. It's a big project, but broken into small and manageable pieces, it is doable. Restrict yourself to only a few friends who appreciate your struggle and motivate you. Dump that silly smartphone - and go for a basic phone. It'll add several hours worth of free time to your day.

Remember, many smarties will tell you - the exam is not tough, look at Mr X or Ms Y who cracked it so easily. Well, the real story usually is diametrically different. So be good to yourself - be honest. I wish you great luck ("the average student") as I feel that the normal, average people do wonders when they decide to!

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SC Rejects Plea for 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification - UPSC / IAS - OnlineEdge

Terms PIL petition a ‘nuisance’

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition for 100% random physical verification of EVM-VVPAT in the Lok Sabha polls of 2019.

The court said that there were just two days left before counting and the country should be allowed to choose its government. The court would not stand in the way. Dubbing the public interest litigation filed by a collective of technocrats called ‘Tech4All’ a “nuisance”, the Vacation Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M.R. Shah junked the PIL in a brief hearing.

The Bench pointed out that all the seven phases of polling were over and the country was looking forward to form a new government on May 23. The PIL was ill-timed and would only disrupt the electoral process which was on its last spring to the finish line, it noted.

The PIL had cited the recent allegations of changing the EVMs even as the Election Commission of India has strongly denied them.

The PIL said the Supreme Court’s order in April to raise the physical verification of votes using Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (EVM-VVPATs) from one EVM to five EVMs per Assembly segment was not enough of a safeguard from tampering. There was a need for 100% physical counting for foolproof poll results on May 23, it said. On May 7, a Supreme Court Bench, led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, had dismissed a plea by 21 Opposition parties to review its April judgment.

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सड़ी-गली शिक्षा व्यवस्था में उम्मीद की एक किरण - OnlineEdge

भारत के पिछड़ेपन का एक बहुत बड़ा कारण शिक्षा है। स्वतंत्रता से पूर्व, प्रतिभाशाली लोग सरकारी स्कूलों की देन हुआ करते थे। आज उन स्कूलों की स्थिति इतनी खराब है कि निर्धन माता-पिता भी सरकारी स्कूलों की निःशुल्क शिक्षा के स्थान पर महंगे प्राइवेट स्कूलों में बच्चों को पढ़ाना पसंद करते हैं।

2012 के प्रोग्राम फॉर इंटरनेशनल स्टूडेंट असेसमेंट की 73 देशों की प्रतिस्पर्धा में भारत का स्थान बहुत ही पीछे रहा है। इस प्रतियोगिता में तमिलनाडु और हिमाचल प्रदेश जैसे दो प्रमुख राज्यों ने भाग लिया था। भारत ने असेसमेंट की मूल्यांकन प्रणाली को ही गलत ठहराते हुए इसमें भाग लेना बंद कर दिया। वहीं वियतनाम ने इस मूल्यांकन पद्धति का स्वागत करते हुए अपनी कमजोरियों को दूर किया, और आज वह इस प्रतिस्पर्धा में अपना स्थान ऊपर ले आया है। भारत ने भी 2021 की इस प्रतिस्पर्धा में भाग लेने का निश्चय किया है।

भारतीय शिक्षा पद्धति की सबसे बड़ी कमी इसकी रटंत प्रक्रिया है। यहाँ लिखे-लिखाए उत्तरों को अच्छी तरह से रटना सिखाया जाता है। जिज्ञासावश शिक्षक से प्रश्न करने को महत्व नहीं दिया जाता है। नए प्रयोग, विचार और वाद-विवाद का कोई स्थान नहीं है। सरकार भी कक्षाओं, शौचालयों और मध्यान्ह भोजन योजनाओं पर काफी ध्यान दे रही है। लेकिन सीखने के परिणामों पर कोई ध्यान नहीं है।

टी.एस.इलियट ने कहा था, ‘‘ज्ञान के बीच हमने विवेक को कहाँ खो दिया है? सूचनाओं के बीच ज्ञान को कहाँ खो दिया है ? भारतीय स्कूली शिक्षा ज्ञान की जगह सूचना को महत्व देती है। इसमें विवेक का कोई स्थान नहीं है।

हमारी शिक्षा प्रणाली को सुधारने का रास्ता प्रयोगों से होकर ही जाता है। आंध्रप्रदेश के एक छोटे से गांव में ‘कैम्पस क्रिएटीविटी लैब’ का निर्माण किया गया है, जिसके माध्यम से बच्चों को ‘क्यों’ जैसे प्रश्नचिन्ह लगाने का अवसर दिया गया है। इससे बच्चों में निरीक्षण और अवलोकन करने की जिज्ञासा उत्पन्न हो रही है, और उनका आत्मविश्वास बढ़ रहा है।

इस विद्यालय को ‘आह, आहा और हा-हा’ जैसी तीन तकनीकों पर चलाया जा रहा है। पहले स्तर का संबंध छोटे-छोटे प्रयोगों के माध्यम से आश्चर्यचकित, खुश, जिज्ञासु और उत्साहवर्धक होने से है। दूसरा स्तर, प्रोजेक्ट और वाद-विवाद के माध्यम से प्रयोग और खोज करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करने से संबंधित है। ‘हा हा’ को बच्चों के अंदर के भय और संकोच को प्रसन्नता और हंसी-माजक में बदलने के लिए रखा गया है।

इस विद्यालय के बच्चों ने व्यावसायिक जीवन में आने वाली समस्याओं से रूबरू होकर नए-नए साधन और तंत्र विकसित किए हैं। यही अन्वेषण और सीखने की कला भारत में भी सिलीकन वैली बना सकती है।

आंध्रप्रदेश की इस संस्था ने दो सौ मोबाइल लैब और 70 विज्ञान केन्द्र बनाए हैं। 540 गांवों में इसकी रात्रि कक्षाएं भी चलती हैं। बच्चों में नेतृत्व की क्षमता को पहचानते हुए इसने 14,000 युवाओं को शिक्षकों की तरह प्रशिक्षित कर दिया गया है। इससे बच्चों में नेतृत्व क्षमता का विकास जल्दी होता है, और सीखने-पढ़ने की प्रक्रिया मजेदार हो जाती है।

संस्था की पद्धति को देखते हुए ब्रिटेन के कुछ लोग इसे सीखने आए। इस पद्धति को चलाने में इंफोसिस और अन्य निजी क्षेत्र की कंपनियों का योगदान है।

संस्था के माध्यम से एक करोड़ बच्चों और लगभग 2,50,000 शिक्षकों को लाभ मिल चुका है। इस प्रकार की संस्थाएं हमारी सड़ी-गली शिक्षा व्यवस्था के अंधकार में सूरज की एक किरण की तरह अंतरराष्ट्रीय जगत में हमारी साख बचाए हुए हैं, और प्रकाश की उम्मीद जगाए हुए हैं। इनकी पहुँच अभी सीमित है, लेकिन इनसे मार्गदर्शन लेकिर शिक्षा-व्यवस्था में सुधार करने की संभावनाएं असीमित हैं।

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What are the best books for UPSC? - OnlineEdge

Here is the book list..

##General Studies Paper I##

1. General Studies Manual - Paper 1 by Manohar Pandey.
2. General Studies Paper I for Civil Services Preliminary Examination by Majid Husain, D R Khullar, N K Bajaj, N D Arora, Ashok Kumar Singh.
3. General Studies - Paper I For Civil Services Preliminary Examination by Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe.
4. General Studies Paper I by MHE.

##Indian History##

1. History of Modern India by Bipan Chandra.
2. India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra.
3. India's Ancient Past by R.S.Sharma.
4. A Brief History Of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir.
5. A History of Medieval India by Chandra Satish.
6. Concise History of Modern India for Civil Services Examination by Sujata Menon.
7. A New Look at Modern Indian History: Form 1707 To The Modern Times by B.L. Grover, Alka Mehta.

##Art & Culture##

1. The Wonder That Was India by A.L. Bhasham.
2. Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania.

##Indian Geography##

1. Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography).
2. Geography of India by Majid Husain ,TMH Publishing.
3. Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong.
4. Indian and World Geography: Objective Questions with Explanatory Notes for Civil Services 5. Preliminary Examination by D.R. Khullar.
5. Oxford School Atlas by Oxford.

##Indian Polity##

1. Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth.
2. Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D.Basu.
3. Magbook Indian Polity & Governance by Arihant Publication.
4. Indian Polity, Governance and National Movement for Civil Services Preliminary Examination - Paper 1 by N D Arora, Access Publishing.

##Indian Economy##

1. Indian Economy Book by Ramesh Singh.
2. The Indian Economy Book by Sanjiv Verma.
3. Indian Economy: Performance and Policies: by Uma Kapila.

##Environment##

1. Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains and Other Competitive Examinations Paperback by D R Khullar, J A C S Rao.
2. Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure Book by R. Rajagopalan.

##General Studies Paper II##

1. General Studies Paper II by MHE.
2. General Studies Paper 2 for Civil Services Preliminary Examination by V. Sasikumar, N.D. Arora,  Prem Sahajpal.
3. CSAT - Solved Papers for Civil Services Preliminary Examination (General Studies Paper II) by Access.
4. General Studies Paper II For Civil Services Preliminary Examination by Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe.
5. Cracking the CSAT Paper-2 by Arihant Experts.

##Books for Mains:##

1. IAS Mains General Studies Paper 1 INDIAN HERITAGE & CULTURE HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD & SOCIETY by Arihant Experts (Reference Manual GS-1)
2. History of Modern World by Jain, Mathur (History GS-1)
3. Social Problems In India by Ram Ahuja (Indian Society GS-1)
4. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha (World History GS-1)
5. IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 GOVERNANCE CONSTITUTION, POLITY SOCIAL JUSTICE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Reference Manual GS-2)
Governance for Growth in India (Governance GS-2)
6. Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century by Shashi Tharoor (Foreign Policy GS-2)
India and the World: Through the Eyes of Indian Diplomats by Surendra Kumar (Foreign Policy GS-2)
7. IAS Mains General Studies Paper 3 TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT, SECURITY & DISASTER MANAGEMENT (Reference Manual GS-3)
8. India’s National Security: A Reader (Critical Issues in Indian Politics) (National Security GS-3)
Internal Security & Disaster Management GS Paper 3 (Internal Security GS-3)
IAS Mains General Studies Paper 4 ETHICS INTEGRITY & APTITUDE (Reference Manual GS-4)
Contemporary Essays for Civil Services Examination (Essay)
151 Essays (Essay)

##Books for Interview:##

1. Interviews The Last Basic Tips On facing Civil Services Personality Test (Interview Basics)
2. What…? When…? How…? Answers to All Questions About Civil Services (Interview) (Interview Questions).

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