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In case of IFS optionals, PYQs are not easily available. Here is one FREE source you can use https://t.me/IndianForestServices/349 PYQs have been segregated micro-topic wise and it's FREE. :)

The thrill of Prelims! Tomorrow is the day. The day of CSE 26 prelims exam. The day you'll face 100 new and thrilling questions Thrilling is not something you usually associate with an exam. However, this exam is different. Each question invokes a mixed feelings of excitement, fear and thrill. One option you would be able to eliminate easily, another option by some intuition. The real suspense appears in last 2 options With each passing question the fear will start taking over. After all how we all are human with human weaknesses. The secret is to take each question as a new question. Mark each question with your brain and not your heart. Remember, Prelims is not about knowledge but about temperament. Knowledge puts you in the race, but temperament makes you win it! Feel the fear but cherish the excitement that comes with each new question. Who knows, it might be your last prelims! May the probability be with you @g0uravs @PriyanshaIAS

Our Take on RBI Grade B 2025 The RBI Grade B notification is out (Click Here). Phase 1 is scheduled for June 13 and Phase 2 in the last week of July. The big question: Only 40 seats this year. Is it still worth it? For context, RBI used to release 300+…

78+ total selections out of 140 in the Indian Forest Service 2025! Having personally benefitted from the group myself, I couldn't feel more proud to see what the community has grown into today. I am sure the selections must be over 100, with many lazy ones who don't vote. :P Congratulations to all the selected candidates. The best is yet to come! Welcome to the All India Service league! ❤️ IFoS 2026 aspirants can join the group: https://t.me/+oVmdgEoYOcE0ODJl Strictly for IFoS-related discussions only.

IFoS 2025 Final Result Congratulations to all the selected candidates @IndianForestServices

Our Take on RBI Grade B 2025 The RBI Grade B notification is out (Click Here). Phase 1 is scheduled for June 13 and Phase 2 in the last week of July. The big question: Only 40 seats this year. Is it still worth it? For context, RBI used to release 300+ vacancies just two to three years ago. So yes, the competition has gotten sharper. But here is our honest take. If you are a UPSC Prelims aspirant: Do not let RBI distract you right now. Keep your full focus on Prelims until May 24, but do fill the form before the deadline. Post Prelims, you will have roughly three weeks for Phase 1 preparation. With a UPSC background, that is more than enough to cover General Awareness. For Quant and Reasoning, the syllabus mirrors CSAT almost exactly. We will be posting a detailed strategy on @RBIGradeBDr. Should you still prepare for RBI Grade B? Absolutely. It remains the best Plan B for UPSC aspirants. Historically, 70 to 80 percent of selections come from the UPSC pool. But do it after Prelims. One strong suggestion: avoid joining any coaching especially all these with videos and 100s of lectures. RBI Grade B lacks useful coaching. Self-study remains the most effective strategy for RBI Grade B. We will be sharing a complete preparation roadmap and free resources on @RBIGradeBDR That should be more than sufficient. Wishing you all the very best for Prelims (RBI Grade B) @g0uravs and @PriyanshaIAS

Aspirants were asking Cadre analysis and InsiderVsOutsoder for IFS Interview and DAF. As this data is for IAS cadres, it might not be very useful. Due to a little busy schedule we didn't get time to analyse IFS cadres. But I strongly recommend, taking inspiration and idea from this and doing analysis for IFS as well. Access code will be shared on IFS Interview Guidance Group ———— (Cadres + DAF) X (AI+Algo) Analysis Tools Available on IASxIFS.com 1. Cadres.AI - Helps you find out the best cadre possible based on your preferences and probability of getting it 2. InsiderVsOutsider: Find out how easy is to get your homestate as an insider? Both apps are in beta. There might be issues/errors. Please use them carefully and verify from original source on CSEplus website. @g0uravs @PriyanshaIAS

CSE 2025 result is expected today! This reminds me of the day when my CSE result was declared.  I clearly remember the day. It was May 23, 2023. The next prelims was hardly 5 days away. Given my track record of multiple failures in Prelims, a rational me should have been studying. But as often seen in humans, emotions overpower logic, and I was anxiously scrolling through telegram chats, following "insiders," and refreshing the UPSC website every 10 seconds. The result was expected to be declared soon, but how soon that only gods knew or UPSC. I was refreshing upsc website mindlessly, and suddenly one such refresh presented something slightly different. I looked closely - the link for the final result had appeared. The heartbeat almost stopped. With all my courage, I clicked on the link. Still not sure if the net was slow or time had stopped, the time taken to load the PDF felt like an eternity. The PDF finally opened. For the first time, I faced the dilemma that every interview candidate faces - whether to go for a Ctrl+F and risk a heart attack or to search for your name manually and prolong your torment. I decided to risk a heart attack. I did a Ctrl+F. Until P-R-I-Y-A-N of Priyansha, 2-3 results were showing; I was getting a little hopeful. The next S, however, made the number of results 0. My mind instantly went blank. I felt incapable of feeling any emotion. I refused to believe what I was seeing on the screen. As I mentioned, humans are not as rational as they think they are. I decided to go for the manual search, and I didn't have to go far - the name was on the first page itself. AIR 31     0824362        Priyansha Garg It took some time to sink in, but I had cleared CSE 2022 with AIR 31. The time from refreshing the site to finding my name must not have taken more than 30 seconds, but I still can feel goosebumps when I recall these 30 seconds. For these 30 seconds added 3 letters to the name Priyansha Garg, making it Priyansha Garg, IAS! After serving for 2 years, I am immensely grateful for the diverse learning opportunities the IAS provided during my training period at LBSNAA and within my cadre. To all the candidates - Best of luck for the future and believe me when I say, the best is yet to come! @PriyanshaIAS

IFS 2025 Mains Result! Congratulations! Selected candidates can join the Interview Guidance Group - https://t.me/+eBxvzowx2QoyMDY1 @PriyanshaIAS

CSE/IFoS Notification 2026 Major Changes! - Restrictions on selected candidates - Only one more attempt is allowed, that too only in the next 2 exam cycles. - Drastic Reduction in number of Vancancies for IFoS - from 155 to just 80. Expect IFoS Cutoff = CSE Cutoff + 20 - No restriction on IFoS candidates in appearing in CSE/IFoS. They can appear even for cadre change in IFoS. @acadsCSE @IndianForestServices

Decoding Modern History: Mastering the Concepts (5/n) While Part A (Factual Data) helps you answer direct match-the-following questions, Part B (Concepts) is crucial for the statement-based questions with a larger focus on the "Who, Where, and Why." Part B: The Conceptual Framework Strategy: Read these chapters to build a narrative. Focus on cause-and-effect relationships rather than isolated facts. 1. Mass Movements: Analyze it through the Regional & Demographic lens, which is a favorite area for PYQs. The Template for every Movement (NCM, CDM, QIM): (i)Regional Spread: Who led the movement in specific regions? (e.g., In Salt Satyagraha: C. Rajagopalachari in Tamil Nadu, K. Kelappan in Malabar). (ii)Participation: Who participated? (Did women join? Did the working class join? Did the princely states join?) (iii)Demands: What were the specific demands? (e.g., The 11 points of Gandhi before Civil Disobedience). (iv)Response: How did the British react? (Concessions vs. Brutal suppression). 2. Constitutional Evolution: Do not memorize the Acts (1909, 1919, 1935) in isolation - compare instead (i)Focus on Trends: Trace the trajectory of specific features. (ii)Franchise: How did voting rights expand? (iii)Executive vs. Legislature: How did the control of the legislature over the executive increase? (iv)Center-State Relations: Trace the shift from Unitary (1858) to Federal (1935) structures. PYQ e.g: "Dyarchy" in 1919 (Provinces) vs. 1935 (Center). 3. Ideological Shifts: Understand the transition of thought/approach. (i)Methodology: How did the method of struggle evolve? (Petitioning Passive Resistance Mass Satyagraha "Do or Die"). (ii)Revolutionary Trends: Differentiate between Phase 1 (Individual Heroism/Sacrifice) and Phase 2 (Socialist leaning/HRA/HSRA). Understand *why* Bhagat Singh’s ideology was different from the earlier revolutionaries. 4. British Policies: Analyze the colonial footprint on Indian society (i) Land Revenue: Compare Zamindari, Ryotwari, and Mahalwari. Who was the owner? Who paid the tax? What was the impact on the peasant? (ii) Education: Orientalists vs. Anglicists. What was the objective of the Dispatch of 1854 vs. the Act of 1904? When reading a chapter keep the PYQs open. This well help you know what has been asked and how. @priyanshaIAS @iasxifs

New Cadre Policy in one line If you are not getting Insider seats then your cadre allocation is entirely random, based on alphabetical order!! Reinforcing the spirit of All India Services 🇮🇳 @g0uravs P.S. Glad that no more cadre hacks are applicable now, except one :)

IFoS 2025 Cadre Allocations! Congratulations Everyone! @IndianForestServices

(Cadres + DAF) X (AI+Algo) Analysis Tools Available on IASxIFS.com 1. Cadres.AI - Helps you find out the best cadre possible based on your preferences and probability of getting it 2. InsiderVsOutsider: Find out how easy is to get your homestate as an insider?…

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(Cadres + DAF) X (AI+Algo) Analysis Tools Available on IASxIFS.com 1. Cadres.AI - Helps you find out the best cadre possible based on your preferences and probability of getting it 2. InsiderVsOutsider: Find out how easy is to get your homestate as an insider? Both apps are in beta. There might be issues/errors. Please use them carefully and verify from original source on CSEplus website. You can join the group @IASxIFS for access code and discussions on cadres+DAF. Please use the dedicated Topic created under the group i.e. CSE/DAF+Cadres.AI for the discussion. Drop a message on @blitzkrieggs with your details (Roll number etc) before applying on @iasxifs! This is to avoid non-serious candidates. Best of luck, @PriyanshaIAS and @gouravs

Using cadres.ai to maximize probability of getting preferred cadre 1. Fill up the information - Name, Cadre, Category and your preferences of cadres. Do not worry about zones while filling preferences. For example If you prefer 1 is MP, Second CG then do that even if they are of the same zone 2. Analyse My choices and then use access code for the result. Access codes will be changing regularly that you can access through telegram group 3. Understanding Analysis - Difficulty level shows how difficult it is. For e.g. in General,15+ means it requires under 50 rank to be sure. It also shows cadres closing ranks in your category to help you understand things better 4. Composite Score: Balances your preferences with difficulty level. Composite score < 15 means it can be your circuit breaker cadre! 5. Based on historical trend, at the end, there is an order of all the cadre on the basis of difficulty level. Still in beta. It's available only for DAF candidates only. @g0uravs @PriyanshaIAS