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[Strategy] RAS 2013 Prelims: booklist, study material, approach, cutoffs, previous papers, syllabus of Rajasthan State & Subordinate Services Combined Competitive Exam
UPSC vs RAS Analysis of RAS-2012 prelims Rajasthans history and culture Indian History n Culture Geography World Geography India Geography Geography of Rajasthan Environment and Biodiversity (EnB) Economy Economy of Rajasthan Polity Rajasthan state polity/administration Rajasthan Public Policy Science & Technology Current Affairs and PIN Reasoning & Mental Ability Mental Ability Basic Numeracy Conclusion Appendix: Free study material, Download links Exam related Technical details: 2012s prelim paper Mains papers of 2008 and 2010 Cutoffs for 2012s Prelims Syllabus Notification for 2013s Exam Press Note regarding reforms in RAS exam RAS Specific Study material NCERT and NIOS (Essential/Core) India yearbook Softwares NCERT and NIOS (Peripheral)
UPSC vs RAS
first lets see how RAS is different from UPSC preliminary exam. Exam UPSC Two papers Prelim 1. General studies 2. Aptitude Total 4 hours and 200 questions. Separate essay paper No Only single paper that contains both General studies + Aptitude questions. 2 hours, 150 questions. Rajasthan
Mains
1. Separate qualifying paper for English 2. Separate qualifying paper regional language Four papers of General studies. 4 x 250=1000 marks. One optional subject (two papers) No
Single paper thatll contain 120 marks worth Hindi and 80 marks worth English =total 200 marks.
Three papers of general studies. 3 x 200=600 marks. No optional subjects. GS(Mains) paper contains maths, reasoning and statistics in its syllabus.
Entire question paper available in a separate article click me Unlike the UPSC CSAT-2013 paper, the RAS-2012 prelims paper had following differences: Very few Economy questions and all of them based on current affairs, number based. Very few Qs on polity and all of them centered on current affairs / Rajasthan. Environment biodiversity matter mostly GK and Rajasthan based. Science forms a major part, and mostly based on direct theory from conventional books. Current affairs form a significant part- including person in news, awards, events etc. Although, this time RAS has changed syllabus, included aptitude within GS Prelims paper. So, it remains to be seen whether they continue the old ways or not. Anyways, lets see how to approach individual topics as per the syllabus
If you look at the old papers of RAS, the Indian history related MCQs are mostly General knowledge type. For example who defeated whom and when? So, in that regard NCERTs (under new syllabus) wont be of much help. Because they dont dwell much into such GK. (Although there is no harm in reading them, but on has to consider the time constrain). Besides, youve to Rajasthan state education boards textbooks for social science /history for preparing Rajasthans history and culture anyways. And even in those Rajasthan state board textbook, Indias history will be covered. If you need additional reference, consult General studies manual, otherwise just leave it there. for Indian culture, use NIOS course material. For modern history, go for A brief History of Modern India by spectrum publication. Itll also help for the mains as well. same book available in Hindi medium under title Adhunik Bharat Ka Etihas, Spectrum Bipin Chandra is also good, if youve the time and mood.
Geography
As per upsc syllabus As per RAS syllabus 1. Physical 2. Indian 1. World Geography 2. Indian Geography
3. World
3. Geography of Rajasthan
World Geography
Syllabus Broad Physical features Reference NCERT Class 6: chapter 2 to 6 NCERT Class 11: 3 to 7 NCERT Class 11, Chapter 13 and 14. Class 12 (Fundamentals of Human Geography) Chapter 8. Class 12 (Fundamentals of Human Geography) Chapter 6.
Environmental and Ecological Issues. Separate strategy given under the heading Environment and Biodiversity. International Waterways Major Industrial Regions
India Geography
Syllabus 1. Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions. Reference NCERT Class 6, Ch.7 NCERT Class 9, Ch.1, 2 and 4 NCERT Class 11, Ch.1, 2 For this, you should refer following chapters from NCERT Geography and Science textbooks. NCERT Geography Class 8 Ch.4 NCERT Geography Class 10 Ch.4 NCERT Geography Class 11 Ch.6 NCERT Geography Class 12 (Funda. in Human geography) ch.5 NCERT Geography Class 12 (India people & Economy) ch.5 NCERT Science Class 7, ch.3 and 9 NCERT Science Class 8, ch.1 NCERT Science Class 9, ch.15 NCERT Geography Class 10, ch.5 NCERT Geography Class 12 (India people & Economy) ch.7 NCERT Class 10 ch. 6 and 8 NCERT Class 10 Ch.7 NCERT Class 12 (India people & Economy) Ch.10 NCERT Class 10 Ch.1 Separate strategy given under the heading Environment and Biodiversity.
3. Minerals Iron, Manganese, Coal, Oil & Gas, Atomic minerals. 4. Major Industries and Industrial development. 5. Transportation major transport corridors. 6. Natural Resources. 7. Environmental Problems and Ecological Issues.
Geography of Rajasthan
In the NCERTs chapters under Indian geography, youll find scattered information about Rajasthan. Note it down separately. India Yearbook: refer to chapter 30: State and union territories =>Rajasthan. Youll find overview of Rajasthans geography, irrigation etc. But for MCQs, that information alone will not suffice. Therefore, Use Rajasthan State education board textbooks (preferably from Class 7 to 12) related to Social science and geography subjects and prepare the following topics. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions. Natural Resource of RajasthanClimate, Natural Vegetation, Forests, Wildlife and Bio-diversity Major irrigation projects. Mines and Minerals. Population. Major Industries and Potential for Industrial Development.
Chapter 15 Rajasthan State Five year plan. Raj. Mineral departments official website http://www.dmg-raj.org/ On the left hand side, there is a menu title mineral information, read the articles posted under it. Also prepare the overview/salient features of Rajasthans Mineral Development policy. Prepare the Rajasthan related statistics from Census 2011. available here http://www.rajcensus.gov.in/Pe_DATA.html also prepare Rajasthan vs. states (for example literacy, sex ratio) from Census 2011, with the help of internet. Use google to dig out SEZs and towns of export excellence in Rajasthan.
3. Population.
Additionally prepare the objective/targets/salient features of following policies: What? From where?
Rajasthan State Environment Policy 2010 http://rajasthan.gov.in Rajasthan State Forest Policy 2010 Rajasthan Solar energy policy http://www.rrecl.com/Solar1.aspx
Also visit Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporations website (rrecl.com) and make the list of projects and schemes. for wildlife sanctuaries, national parks list, visit Rajasthan forest Departments page: http://rajforest.nic.in/?q=national-parksand-sanctuaries-in-rajasthan for information on wildlife in individual national parks: http://www.rajasthanwildlife.in/
Economy
For let me list the unconventional topics from the RAS syllabus (free downloads @bottom) Accounting NIOS Accountancy, chapter 1 to 3
IGNOU BA Public Administration chapter on Accountancy in government. IGNOU MA Public Administration chapter on E-commerce.
Now coming to the conventional topics of economy: For RAS prelims, Economy is subdivided into three parts 1. Basic concepts 2. Indian Economy 3. Rajasthans Economy For topic #1 and #2, the sources are 1. NCERT Class 11, 12 (free download links @bottom). 2. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (TMH Publication). Same Book in Hindi under title Bhartiya Arthvyavastha, Ramesh Singh 3. Mrunal.org/economy 4. newspaper, magazines. Prelim topic Subtopics as per official syllabus 1. Basic Knowledge of Budgeting, Public Finance, Fiscal policy How to prepare? NCERT Class 12 Macroeconomics, Chapter 5 Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, Chapter on public finance Ramesh Singh, chapter on Banking CRR, SLR, NBFC and related current affairs have been explained in Mrunal.org/economy NCERT Class 12 Macroeconomics, Chapter 2 Ramesh Singh, Chapter 2 Ramesh Singh chapter 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16. Ramesh Singh Chapter 21 Mrunals summary of Economic Survey Ch8, subtopic food Management. Ramesh Singh Chapter 7 1. Ramesh Singh ch.5 2. Also chapter 2 of Rajasthan states Five year plan. Ramesh Singh ch9 and 10 Mrunals summary of Economic survey chapter 8, 9 and 10. Contains scattered topics for example inflation, rupee depreciation, Foreign investment, IIP etc. so go through: 1. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh 2. Mrunal.org/economy 3. keep an eye on newspapers 5. Economic Reforms and Liberalization NCERT Class 11 Indian Economic Development.
3. National Income, Growth and Development 4. Stock Exchange and Share Market
6. Inflation- Concept, Impact and Control Mechanism 1. 5 Year Plans Objectives, Strategies and Achievements. 3. Major Sectors of EconomyAgriculture, Industry, Service and Trade- Current Status.
1. Human Development Index Human Resource and Economic Development 2. Poverty and unemployment: Concept, Types, Causes, Remedies 3. (Poverty removal) Flagship Schemes. 4. Social Justice and Empowerment 5. Provisions for Weaker Sections.
Covered under my summary of Economic Survey ch13. available on Mrunal.org/economy Ramesh Singh chapter 22 Mrunals summary of Economic survey ch.13. Covered under Mrunals summary of Economic Survey ch13.
Youll have to again face these topics as GS Mains paper 1 under Economic Concepts and Indian Economy. Although in mains some new topics will also come for example Issue of NPA, Financial Inclusion, Tax Reforms in India, concept of Money supply. But pretty much all of them covered in the combination of: NCERT, Ramesh singh, Mrunal.org/economy
Economy of Rajasthan
For this, primary reference sources are 1. Budget speech of CM 2. Rajasthans Five year plan documents. 3. Newspaper. Additionally prepare the salient features of following: 1. Rajasthan Industrial and Investment Policy 2. Policy for the Registration and Protection of Geographical Indications of Goods in Rajasthan 3. Rajasthans Mineral Development policy While you read these topics, do make notes because same content is repeated in the syllabus of GS (Mains) paper 1 and 3. Prelim topics How to prepare? Goto Rajasthan Government s finance department website and Read following PDFs from Budget 2013-14: Macro overview of Economy. 1. Budget at a glance 2. Budget speech of CM Also Chapter 1 of Rajasthan state five year plan. Major Agricultural, Industrial and Service Chapter 10,11 and 15-18 of Rajasthans Five year plan. Sector Issues. Growth, Development and Planning. Infrastructure & Resources. Major Development Projects. Chapter 2,3 and 4 of Rajasthan state five year plan. 10, 16, 17, 18 Chapter 7 and 8 of Rajasthan state five year plan. this topic also re-appears in GS Mains paper 3 under the title Current sensitive issues. This includes Government Welfare Schemes for SC/ST/Backward Class/Minorities/Disabled Persons, Destitute, Women, Children, Old Age People, Farmers & Labourers. Refer to chapter 14, 20-28 of Rajasthan state five year plan, and prepare micro-notes or mindmaps containing following details about every scheme: 1)which department/ministry implements it? 2) who is the target beneficiary 3) salient features/benefits offered. State government would publish big colourful ads in the newspapers (usually before any elections),
showing their achievements and schemes. do note down the information from there too.
Polity
As per the RAS prelims syllabus, polity can be further classified into 1. Indian Constitution related conventional topics e.g. Government of India Acts: 1919 and 1935, Nature of Indian Constitution; Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State, Fundamental Duties, Federal Structure, Constitutional Amendments, etc. 2. Indian Political System and Governance e.g. CVC, NHRC etc. 3. Rajasthan state related polity e.g. CM, state assembly, HC etc.
For topic #1 and 2 listed above, read Indian polity by M.Laxmikanth. For Hindi medium, the same book is available under the title Bharat ki Rajyavyavstha, M.Laxmikanth. How to efficiently read M.Laxmikanth? 1. First you read the chapter on President, Vice President and immediately move to the chapter on governor. Then read on Emergency provisions. 2. Read chapter on PM and cabinet, then move to CM and state council of Ministers. 3. Chapter on Parliamentary system and then directly to parliament, but after budget topic is done pause this chapter and move to on CAG. Then come back and resume the chapter on parliament. 4. Once parliament is finished, move to State legislative assembly. 5. Supreme Court and then High court, tribunals. 6. Attorney Gen =>Advocate General 7. UPSC =>State PSC Finance Commission =>Planning Commission=>National Development council Now Centre State relation and Interstate relations. Election Commission=> chapter on election, Anti-defection All the National Commissions on Women, SC, ST,OBC, CVC, Lokpal and so on.
8. 9. 10. 11.
Once ^this is done. Move to 1. 2. 3. 4. Citizenship, Fundamental rights, DPSP, duties. Amendment of Constitution=> preamble Jammu Kashmir => Scheduled and Tribal Areas. UT, Panchayati Raj, municipalities
After ^this is done. Read whatever chapters are remaining. Ultimately Appendix for union-state-concurrent list, table of precedence etc. the mock MCQ questions given in Laxmikant.
2. Chief Minister 3. State Assembly 4. High Court 5. Rajasthan Public Service Commission 6. State Human Rights Commission 7. State Election Commission 8. State Information Commission
The basic theory regarding power, function, appointment etc. remain one and same for all states, so refer to the relevant chapters in Indian polity by M.Laxmikanth. Also go through the Rajasthan state education boards social science / civics textbooks and prepare the relevant chapters. Sometimes the state PCS exams ask GK type questions from these topics also. For example who is the current State election Commissioner or How many judges are there in Rajasthan High Court etc. For such GK/current affairs, visit the official websites of those bodies and click on About us. but do that exercise, after youve finish the basic syllabus for the preliminary exam.
District Administration
Prepare the basic concepts, prepare chapter 15 to 18 from IGNOU BA Public Administration course code: BPAE-102. Because the same concent will also re-appear under GS Mains paper 1, subtopic Administrative System of Rajasthan. Also using internet find following: Find the total no. of districts in Rajasthan. recently created/merged/renamed districts 5th Schedule areas in Rajasthan. Cities of Rajasthan under Police Commissioner system.
After independence, many parts were merged in Rajasthan state during 48-56. RAS-prelims-2012, also contained question about it. So, prepare that list from: http://rajforest.nic.in/?q=formation-of-rajasthan
1. Rajasthans Biotech Policy 2. Rajasthans IT Policy you can download policy documents from www.rajasthan.gov.in/rajgovt/actnpolicies/actnpolicies.html You dont have to read the entire policy documents, just concentrate on the overview/salient-features/objectives of said policy and prepare notes out of it, for quick revision during Mains preparation. Lets move to next subtopic under polity: Rajasthan Citizen charter and Legal rights For Legal Rights, Prepare the salient features/overview/objectives of following: 1. Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act, 2011 2. The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012 For Citizen Charter basics explained here http://mrunal.org/2013/03/polity-citizens-charter-bill-2011-salient-features-issues-criticism-explained.html And for Rajasthan so far 32 departments have already issued such charters. And Divisional Commissioner is empowered to transfer an employee, if he/she is found negligent in implementation of citizen charters. (Although itd be waste of time to prepare 32 departments citizen charters for prelims, so better just ignore or may be prepare a few big ones example state department for agriculture, social-justice, tourism etc. keeping the mains syllabus in mind.)
Defense Technology
Nanotechnology
Topic available in General studies manual And or chapter 9 and 10 for Spectrums book on Science and Technology. OR just google it. All you need is definition, principle and applications. Lot of Nano-tech applications already given under my Hindu-science tech summary articles, available on mrunal.org/snt This already covered under NCERT science textbooks from class 7 to 10. Union governments schemes related to public health, already covered under three part article series in Mrunal.org/snt for Rajasthan governments schemes on public health (e.g. Mukhya Mantri Nishulk Dava Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Balika Sambal Yojana etc.) refer to Chapter 21 and 26 of Rajasthan states five year plan and simultaneously prepare notes on it because theyll be extremely useful for the mains. Strategy already given under the topic title environment and biodiversity. Foundation from NCERT+NIOS. Koyoto and various summits covered under mrunal.org/enb Chapter 12 of Rajasthan states five year plan and simultaneously prepare notes on it because theyll be extremely useful for the mains.
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry Animal Husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan.
Overlaps with Geography chapters that I suggested earlier. Chapter 10, 11 and 12 of Rajasthan states five year plan and simultaneously prepare notes on it because theyll be extremely useful for the mains. For additional reference: Chapter 5 of Spectrums book on Science and Technology.
Chapter 19 Rajasthan states five year plan Keep an eye on newspapers. Also the Rajsthan Sci-tech departments website http://dst.rajasthan.gov.in/ Also prepare salient-features/objectives of following policies 3. Rajasthans Biotech Policy 4. Rajasthans IT Policy
http://mrunal.org/2013/02/misc-gk-persons-in-news-2012-13-sports-books-awards-for-ssc-cgl-sbi-po-upsc-csat.html copy paste it in MS Word file and keep editing, updating as new developments take place. Current Affairs Rajasthan for this, you should follow a local daily newspaper. but in such newspapers, usually they tend to focus on masala and gossip news, cricket,Bollywood,local politics etc. but from exam point of view such things are not very important. from the newspaper, keep a habit of noting down following things in a separate file: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. Creation/merger of departments/ministries/government organizations. New policies, schemes for agriculture, weaker section, education etc. Allocation by planning Commission. Any landmark judgments of the high court. any new bill/act in the state legislative assembly New government initiatives to bring more investment and boost economy, tourism. Signing of MoUs, New oil/gas plants or pipelines etc. SEZ allocation, building of new national highway/expressway etc.
Government related
Economy
Environment/science related
1. News related to wildlife, seasonal migration of birds etc. 2. news related to launching of projects for renewable energy, soil conservation, combating desertification etc. 1. Any athlete from the state, participating in an international level sporting event. 2. Any author/artist/sportsman from the state, getting state, national or international level award. 3. Death of any important person. (Business tycoon, author, dancer, writer etc.) 4. Location of any city where international or national level conference/event is being held. 5. Location of any place where military exercise is taking place.
Persons/places in news
Mental Ability
Topics as per official syllabus. 1. Number series 2. Letter series 3. Odd man out 4. Coding-Decoding 5. Problems relating to Relations
6. Shapes and their sub sections. Non-verbal reasoning section: chapter 4,7,14. In above topics, there is hardly any theory or formulas. The only way to attain speed and accuracy is through practice. So do all the sums from those chapters of his book. Once this is done, also get an overview of other chapters of his book as well. Reasoning For GS Mains! Curiously, RAS even has reasoning topic in its GS (Mains) Paper 2 syllabus. It contains all of the topics mentioned above + Venn Diagrams. For Venn Diagrams, do following Chapter #9 of RS Agarwal. But it only deals with Logical venn diagram and not maths based venn diagrams (e.g. in a society 30 people drink coffee and 40 drink tea then..) so for that type maths based Venn diagrams, either refer NCERT maths class 11 chapter 1 or go through your quantitative aptitude book.
Basic Numeracy
The syllabus mentions very basic level topics. Use whatever book youve for quantitative aptitude (RS Aggarwal, Tyra, Sarvesh Kumar anything is fine) and prepare topic listed in the official syllabus viz. Official syllabus Elementary knowledge of Mathematical analysis. Statistical Analysis Number System Order of Magnitude Ratio and Proportion Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart). What to prepare? Practice BODMAS, surds-indices related questions Averages. + Basic formulas for mean, median and mode and definition based question. For this refer NCERT Class 11 Statistics, Chapter 1 to 4. HCF, LCM, remainders. Comparison of fraction. NCERT Class 7 Chap 2, 9. NCERT Class 8 Chap 13. then practice sums from your quantitative aptitude book. All these can be easily solved once your basic concepts of % is clear. go through Mrunal.org/aptitude This portion doesnt have much theory or formulas. (Except for the pie-charts). Hence the only way to improve speed and accuracy is through practice. So, Practice the Data interpretation (DI) cases from previous years SSC CGL and BankPO question papers. The DI questions BankPO require very lengthy calculations, but I dont think thatll be the case with RAS.
Do not just stop ^here. Because the RAS Mains GS paper II also has maths topics in its syllabus- Including Time and Work, Time, Speed and Distance, area-volume-perimeter! So while youre in the momentum, try to finish them as well. Dont just read the sums, solve them on your own. Otherwise in the exam, youll make silly mistakes while plugging the values in the equations and silly mistakes in calculations. do maintain a diary: whatever formulas, shortcut techniques, special type of questions you come across, note them here. Even note down whatever mistakes you make while solving sums- to prevent them from happening in future.
Conclusion
1. Good or bad, whatever was your experience with UPSC CSAT 2013, leave it there and start preparation with a fresh mind.
2. Dont be in overconfidence that just because Ive cracked xyz exam earlier so this is a pappu exam for me. Competition is merciless, reading-revision is necessary. 3. If youve applied for this exam, then focus on your studies only. Dont waste time in day-dreaming, facebook, orkut, random net surfing, chatting, TV, cricket, weddings of distant relatives etc. Time-pass activities will always be there, but once you cross the age-limit, there is no restart button. (This rule applies to all competitive exams.) 4. When you get bored reading General studies, then solve maths / reasoning questions. when you get bored with maths / reasoning, then resume your General studies preparation. 5. I cant do maths or I cant do science, yeh mujse nahi hoga, woh mujse nahi hoga= these are all losers excuses. Im not from a good college/ Im not from English medium =these are all inferiority complexes. Success in Government recruitment exams only depends on your score in written exam and interview. So, avoid losers excuses and inferiority complexes and commit yourself to the hardwork and leave rest in the hands of God.
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Science
EnB
Economy
+NIOS economy material. Class 12 Micro-economics not included because not worth the time for CDS. Although download link in the peripheral section below.
Geography
Contains NCERT class 6 to 12 in five zip folders: physical, India, World, Agro and glossary. +NIOS material on geography (although lot of overlapping)
India yearbook
Earlier government used to upload free PDF files for India yearbook (e.g. India 2010, India 2011 etc.) But for the RAS prelims, you should prepare a few static topics for it, from MCQ point of view. so, just download the India 2011 edition click me And read chapter following chapters 1.Land and the People 2.National Symbols 3.The Polity (for polity) 20 Justice and Law (for polity segment) 30. State and UT (for geography related questions, also give specification attention to Rajasthan topic under it.)
Softwares
1. Majority of these PDF files provides direct copying of text. => That means you can use Mrunals autonotemaker to quickly make notes and mindmaps out of it, just use mouse cursor to highlight a particular line /phrase and my software will copy its text in a separate file. for more instructions click me 2. Foxit PDF reader. (necessary prerequisite for using Mrunals autonotemaker) click me
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24 comments to [Strategy] RAS 2013 Prelims: booklist, study material, approach, cutoffs, previous papers, syllabus of Rajasthan State & Subordinate Services Combined Competitive Exam
vikas amrutitya
Reply to this comment Is candidate outside the Rajasthan state eligible for the exam?
Navin
Reply to this comment you are asking or telling?
vikas amrutitya
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sameer
Reply to this comment sir UPSC mains strategy please
akanksha
Reply to this comment http://mrunal.org/2013/03/approach-upsc-2013-general-studies-prelims-mains.html sir has upatd it.have a look
sameer
Reply to this comment that strategy was updated long back i know after prelims, but its not detailed much and mrunal has said he will give more comprehensive strategy soon esp. for GS 4.. and booklist for some other topics r missing too
Sudhir
Reply to this comment Yes.I too am waiting to pump up my prep with his detailed strategy. Mrunal sir waiting for the detailed strategy
AMIT S
Reply to this comment Dear Mrunal Bhaiya ! Thank you very much from core of my heart for the fantastic work you have done to guide so many RAS aspirants like me,the best part of your guidance is the CONFIDENCE it gives to the students,it is so well organized & planned,that we couldt have ask for more. do, keep guideing student community to achive their desired goals.thank you once again.!
sandeep
Reply to this comment Ras prelims has two topic rght? 1) G stuides and g science
Sai
Reply to this comment Can non-rajasthanis apply for this ?
RASHMI
Reply to this comment sir when can we expect the same kind of article of upsc mainsrequest you to please issue article for it
csl80
Reply to this comment Hatts off for ur hard work Mrunal, Brilliant Article :) :D
Prashant
Reply to this comment How many seats are for General Candidates in this State Exam as there is nothing mentioned about it ?
Pratishtha
Reply to this comment Hi Mrunal Nice analysis , doing wndrful job dear. I m a upsc aspirnt , hv to ask u dat if I write notes in fb/Hinglish lnguage (hv read in 1 f ur artcl reltd 2 nots mkin)den wont it b harmful 4 me in writn Mains papr as i wud inculcat d habit f writn too short Plz do reply as per ur knwldg bout psycholgy f humn mind , thnx in advnc :)
pankaj K.
Reply to this comment mpsc mains stretegy . please.
pankaj K.
Reply to this comment sir mpsc mains studyplan ? please.
abhineet
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Hii Pankaj k, from which state u belong? I hav also cleared MPPCS pre..
JASPAL
Reply to this comment Thnx a ton sir.for ur valuable information..god bless u.
shravanti
Reply to this comment plz explain study plan of kpsc(Karnataka)
pankaj K.
Reply to this comment Hi Abhineet I am from Maharashtra.
Navin
Reply to this comment pankaj bhai kaha se ho? mpsc ka result kab tak aayega?
Anshika
Reply to this comment Hello Sir Can you please provide some information about Haryana civil services??
digvijay singh
Reply to this comment can anyone tell the number of attempts for general category candidate in ras???????