Nipun Jain : UPSC ISS Strategy, Notes and Tips

Congratulations to all the candidates who have qualified the written examination. Anyone looking for the guidance and mentorship for the Interviews and DAF Submission may reach out to me at nipun.jain.stats@gmail.com. We are also planning to conduct the mock interviews for the selected candidates.

Dear all, Hope you are doing great! Just came across this channel by Mr. Astitva Ranjan, ISS Topper of year 2022. He has shared a lot of useful material and information related to the exam. Kudos to him for the efforts! Regards https://t.me/astitvaranjaniss

Congratulations to all who made it to the final list! ❤️

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Hello everyone, These are the Design of Experiments notes shared by Ms. Kirti Arora (AIR-9, ISS-2020). PS: These are graduation notes, study only topics that are relevant for the ISS Exam. For basic understanding of concepts Fundamentals of Applied Statistics by Gupta, Kapoor may be referred. Thank you!

Strategy for General Studies: 1) History Medieval History: Crash Course by Abhishek Shrivastava on Unacademy ( Available for free) Modern History: Crash Course by Abhishek Shrivastava on Unacademy ( Available for free) Tips(History): 1) Keep making short notes while watching the videos for revision purpose at the time of the exam. 2) Try to finish these courses in 4-5 days. 3) If you have time you may also complete crash course on ancient history. I was able to attempt 2-3 questions out of 5 by following this strategy. 2) Geography •Vision IAS PT365 Environment •Prepare important topics like: Climate Change, Urbanisation, Urban Flooding, Indian Ocean Dipole, El Niño, La Niña etc. 3) Polity •Vision IAS PT365 Polity •Prepare important topics like: Preamble of constitution, Pillars of Democracy, Judicial Activism, Judicial Review etc. 4) Economics •Vision IAS PT365 Economy •Read summary of Economic Survey for better understanding of economics concept. Tips(Polity, Economics, Geography): 1) Based on the past year papers analysis, most of the questions were based on the current affairs only, so I referred to the yearly current affairs magazine(PT 365 Vision IAS). Mark important topics from this magazine and prepare short notes on them. 2) Answer writing can be practiced here: https://iasbaba.com/think-learn-perform/ Key Points to remember: 1) Try to write answers in bulletpoints and not in paragraphs. 2) Write to the point answers and don’t repeat same points again and again. 3) Try to attempt maximum number of questions as there is no negative marking. 4) Do not spend more than 12-15 minutes on single question. 5) Try to present answers using flow charts and diagrams, wherever possible. Reference Link: Magazine: http://www.visionias.in/resources/all_programs.php?c=pt365 Crash Course History: Modern: https://unacademy.com/course/crash-course-on-modern-indian-history-253/3U0OHOZ1 Medieval: https://unacademy.com/course/crash-course-for-medieval-indian-history/BZAIGW99 PS: Please do not blindly follow this strategy, based on my suggestions you may create your own strategy. Thank you!

Strategy for General English: 1) Essay writing You may refer to the strategy given by IAS Anudeep Sir. Reference: https://anudeepdurishetty.in/writing-a-good-essay-in-upsc-mains-explained/ 2) Precis writing Try to practice 3-4 precis before the exam. You can practice this from sources available online. 3) Rest of the topics They can be prepared while preparing for General Studies. Tips: 1) Check the answersheets of UPSC CSE toppers and analyse their answer writing techniques. Reference: http://www.visionias.in/resources/toppers_answers.php 2) Focus on your handwriting and way of presentation. 3) Try to utilize the whole 3 hours provided for the paper and don’t rush during the exam. My strategy was to allocate 1 hour for essay(30 marks), 1 hour for precis writing(30 marks) and remaining 1 hour for rest of the questions(40 marks). 4) Do not overwrite in the answersheet and try to utilize the pages efficiently. Feel free to post your queries in the comments. Thank you!

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Try to read and learn about Preamble today, you should understand each and every word of it. It would help you while attempting questions from Polity section of GS paper and try to use these keywords (like sovereign,secular,democratic etc) while framing your answers. Reference Link: https://www.drishtiias.com/to-the-points/Paper2/preamble-to-the-indian-constitution

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Sharing some of my answer writing copies of subjective papers(Paper 3 and Paper 4) for reference. These are past year papers only. I will suggest everyone to practice at least 2-3 papers before the exams in a time bound manner.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS OF ISS BATCH-2021 The interview transcripts of the recommended candidates of ISS Batch-2021 can be accessed through this link: https://sujittravels.blogspot.com/2021/11/interview-transcripts-of-recommended.html?m=1 Special thanks to my batchmates Bhavna Mishra and Sujit Padhan for the initiative. Regards, Nipun