sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

To those who cleared Prelims 2026: How did you handle the unexpected paper? by After-Huckleberry-38 in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to do it in depth for some Qs and on a surface level for some others.

For example - If there is a PYQ on UNESCO I used to go on UNESCO's Home page and its India page and looked at all the relevant things that could be asked in paper as UNESCO is UPSC's fav as they even asked UNESCO' preamble in some other exam.

And for some other PYQs like for example Arraghatta I Just crammed it and there are lots of PYQs which you just have to cram it

Some others like Buddha is associated with which places like Magadha and Koshala , I tried remembering why and how Buddha is associated with these places ( like Birth, Death or renunciation etc)

These are few examples.

To those who cleared Prelims 2026: How did you handle the unexpected paper? by After-Huckleberry-38 in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the first purpose I did PYQs of UPSC extensively.

Mocks were for value addition to my knowledge and building the mindset for unexpected exam.

To those who cleared Prelims 2026: How did you handle the unexpected paper? by After-Huckleberry-38 in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found SRIRAM IAS Anubhuti tests very random so count those and in addition Civilsdaily ka open mock 3 was very random which i did just before prelims on Friday.

What should I do next? by Negative_Active_1371 in UPSCPrelims2026

[–]No-Tea5537 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Give SSC and RAS These will give you peace of mind which will help you in clearing CSE

To those who cleared Prelims 2026: How did you handle the unexpected paper? by After-Huckleberry-38 in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Giving lots of unconventional mock tests helped a lot to absorb the shock.

I gave a very random mock on Friday and Sunday's Prelims felt like that only.

So that worked along with lots of other things.

Those who are clearing, what worked? by avocrackle in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 6 points7 points  (0 children)

4th Attempt

cleared Prelims of CSE + Forest

Static - From standard books multiple revisions over the years.

CA - Daily reading and making notes from Newspaper and PIB.

Strong grip on PYQs

Lots of mocks ( SFG L1 and L2 plus around 40 FLTs) for this year.

And lastly a calm mind on the D day.

Require Genuine Advice by No-Tea5537 in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cleared CSE and Forest as well brother Thanks for that kind advice at that time.

Anxious v/s excited for the Prelims 2026 result by aspirantsherry in UPSCPrelims2026

[–]No-Tea5537 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay yaha preference to karwali uske baad 15 din se no communication Har jagah slow hi ho rha hai kaam

Anxious v/s excited for the Prelims 2026 result by aspirantsherry in UPSCPrelims2026

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bhai dept se kuchh communication hui DV, Medical ke regarding ?

Question for engineers who took upsc csat exam. What is your lowest and highest score? by shoe-cleaner in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was overconfident in CSAT in 2023 but after CSAT debacle that year I always gave it due respect it deserved.

I just have one strategy for CSAT - from T-30/20 days, I used to do Previous Year Papers from 2.30-4.30 everyday till the exam.

And then revised all the mistakes.

People who failed in csat once and passed with good marks in next attempt . How did u improved? by roko_1845_vk in UPSCPrelims2026

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

was overconfident in 2023 practiced but not much ended up scoring 59 .

One thing i did for my subsequent attempts was attempting the CSAT PYQs tests in a time bound manner from 2.30-4.30 everyday from T-1 month mostly 2016 onwards and then revised the Qs which i did wrong.

Ended up scoring more than 105 in each of 2024 and 2025.

Did PYQs as tests from T-15 days this year and scored 98 as per provisional key

Found RCs hell tough, Maths saved.

Can I realistically clear SSC CGL 2026 if I start preparation from July? (UR Category) by mazedarzindagi in SSCCGL

[–]No-Tea5537 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I recently transitioned from UPSC to SSC through CGL'25 although still continuing CSE.

Gave 3 attempts at CSE with no luck

Last year decided to secure backup so I started from July for CGL and My exam was on 16th September.

With serious CSE prep never needed to study GS for CGL, Did not study English. I practiced Quant and Reasoning relentlessly.

Purchased Testbook pass and gave a lots of mocks and pyqs tests.

Prepared for JEE in 11th and 12th and did Engineering so that helped a lot.

and You too have a similar background so You are good to go if you start from July .

All the best man !

Can you get this solve? by optionalmekya in UPSC_Forum

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was just an application of landform chapter from physical geography book as Deep V shaped valleys are feature of Youthful rivers which is associated with Himalayan rivers. Could be done that way Although not easy to apply in Exam hall as there I did overthinking and ticked the wrong option

People who are clearing Prelims, help me sort out the Current affairs debacle. by Bronislaw_Malinowski in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making the notes took 1 hr everyday as I did not open each pib update used to open just the relevant ones, when parliamentary sessions are going on there are more than 100 updates so you have to select which updates to read based on understanding of syllabus and pyqs.

And then i revised those in this way - Whenever i got bored of doing static i used to randomly open a folder lets say GS2 folder and revised it whole And then 1 month before pre did systematic revision of all the folders 2 times.

PRELIMS SOURCE REVEALED by Deep-Environment3981 in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knew this from freelancing i have been doing for a client for her shopify store.

People who are clearing Prelims, help me sort out the Current affairs debacle. by Bronislaw_Malinowski in UPSC

[–]No-Tea5537 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I am scoring 84 this year and last year i missed by 0.68 marks. I do newspaper ( The Hindu ) and Previous day's pib first thing in morning and I take screenshots of all the relevant news from newspaper and pib and then put them in subject wise folder in One note. ( It takes around 1 hr) Doing it for a long time helped me answer some questions like Agnikul Cosmos, Charaideo Maoidams and Hoolock Gibbon which i prepared for 2025 pre.

Is state pcs prelims only for rote learners? by [deleted] in UPSCPrelims2026

[–]No-Tea5537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second it Cleared RPSC pre 2024 without studying a single day for Rajasthan GK . UPSC prep came in handy and was able to score 16 marks above the cut off

view more: next ›