ESE-2016 is round the corner. Cut offs are skyrocketing for each branch. Last year cut off for ECE branch was 700, something which I predicted in my earlier post. In this post I would like to share my preparation tips General Studies portion which carry weight-age of 100 marks.
Do not leave it for the last moment.
Engineering students generally prepare well for technical portion of the exam but they neglect general studies preparation by leaving it to the last moment. This practice may be very fatal. I hope you have finished the syllabus till now. If you have not please do it soon.
Revise, revise and revise.
Competitive exams are just about revision. General studies might seem easier to grasp to a newbie but a veteran would tell you how difficult it becomes to recall all the facts under pressure of exam if you have not revised them properly. Try to revise at lease twice all that you have read.
Read it every day
Now that less than two months are remaining, you should study GS everyday. Allocate 1.5 to 2 hours to it.
Solve previous years questions.
Yes, questions are repeated in UPSC exams too. A careful analysis of various exams conducted by UPSC or SSC would reveal that examiner do not want to test your knowledge in every area. Rather, there are certain areas which attracts the attention of examiner more than other.
So the ideas is you should solve last 10 to 15 years question papers of exams like ESE, IAS, IES/ISS, CDS, NDA etc. Does the list sound very long. Don't worry. There will not be more than thousand questions. You can do that for becoming an IES officer, right?
Also make notes out of these questions and revise them.
Pay attention to more important sources.
From last few years very few questions are being asked from ancinet history, mediavel history, hardcore biology. More focus is on modern history, geography, polity, environment and science and technology. Spend more time on these. Do not read the Hindu as only few days are remaining and you have to tackle other subjects also.
Resources -
Don't try to read too many books. Stick to the book that you have read previously. Generally student prefer Made Easy Publications book. If you have time than you can glance through Lucent selectively. Arihant's yearly GK book contains most important facts. And also it is very thin, useful portion is abount 40 to 50 pages.
For previous year questions of ESE I would recommend Ace Academy's chapterwise book. For other exams' papers, you can buy any publications book which provides chapterwise papers.
ExamRobot is one site which contains previous year papers of all the exams. But it's interface is bit difficult to understand.
I hope this post is helpful to you. If you have any question or suggestion leave the comments. If you find it helpful then share it with your friends.
Thanks for reading.
Do not leave it for the last moment.
Engineering students generally prepare well for technical portion of the exam but they neglect general studies preparation by leaving it to the last moment. This practice may be very fatal. I hope you have finished the syllabus till now. If you have not please do it soon.
Revise, revise and revise.
Competitive exams are just about revision. General studies might seem easier to grasp to a newbie but a veteran would tell you how difficult it becomes to recall all the facts under pressure of exam if you have not revised them properly. Try to revise at lease twice all that you have read.
Read it every day
Now that less than two months are remaining, you should study GS everyday. Allocate 1.5 to 2 hours to it.
Solve previous years questions.
Yes, questions are repeated in UPSC exams too. A careful analysis of various exams conducted by UPSC or SSC would reveal that examiner do not want to test your knowledge in every area. Rather, there are certain areas which attracts the attention of examiner more than other.
So the ideas is you should solve last 10 to 15 years question papers of exams like ESE, IAS, IES/ISS, CDS, NDA etc. Does the list sound very long. Don't worry. There will not be more than thousand questions. You can do that for becoming an IES officer, right?
Also make notes out of these questions and revise them.
Pay attention to more important sources.
From last few years very few questions are being asked from ancinet history, mediavel history, hardcore biology. More focus is on modern history, geography, polity, environment and science and technology. Spend more time on these. Do not read the Hindu as only few days are remaining and you have to tackle other subjects also.
Resources -
Don't try to read too many books. Stick to the book that you have read previously. Generally student prefer Made Easy Publications book. If you have time than you can glance through Lucent selectively. Arihant's yearly GK book contains most important facts. And also it is very thin, useful portion is abount 40 to 50 pages.
For previous year questions of ESE I would recommend Ace Academy's chapterwise book. For other exams' papers, you can buy any publications book which provides chapterwise papers.
ExamRobot is one site which contains previous year papers of all the exams. But it's interface is bit difficult to understand.
I hope this post is helpful to you. If you have any question or suggestion leave the comments. If you find it helpful then share it with your friends.
Thanks for reading.
Thanq sir for guidance.
ReplyDeleteSir,last year ese paper General studies was little bit tougher than previous,so i am relying totally on revising only Ncert books,as i have already given ies 3 times,am i on right path?
Thanq sir for guidance.
ReplyDeleteSir,last year ese paper General studies was little bit tougher than previous,so i am relying totally on revising only Ncert books,as i have already given ies 3 times,am i on right path?
Yes. Also try to solve previous year papers.
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