I cannot take coaching for Civil Services due to financial problem. How can I prepare for it on my own?

I cannot take coaching for Civil Services due to financial problem. How can I prepare for it on my own?

thank yu..

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I cannot take coaching for Civil Services due to financial problem. How can I prepare for it on my own?thank yu..

hello,Don't worry at all if you don't want to go for coaching ,its a myth that people say coaching is must in exam with coaching you can crack examTips to crack UPSC exams* Read one good newspaper and two magazines for current affairs apart from Manorama Year Book for GK and Current Events.Instead of referring multiple magazines and newspapers, I suggest you just read one good newspaper and one or two magazinesfor current affairs. The Hindu is very reputed English daily and if you can get hold of it, go for it otherwise read The Indian Express /TIMES OF INDIA.As far as magazines are concerned, Civil Services Chronicle or civil services Times are both good magazines for current affairs and reading one will be enough. But you should surely read Manorama Year Book fornot just current affairs but more importantly to build your General Knowledge.* Read the past 5 years solved question papers before and after reading a topic.The best way to track your progress is to refer the past five years questions whenever you start a new topic. This way you know what's important and should be stressed upon. After you finish reading that topic refer the questions from that topic again and check if you can answer all of them or not.This way you know if you have left out someimportant points in the first reading and canattempt course correction immediately instead of waiting till the fag end of your preparation for IAS Exam in 2012.* covered the scoring topics earlyYou shouldn't just study the first topic that you come across. Rather, prioritize and plan. Topics like GK, Polity, Maps can be prepared quickly and fetch easy marks. Tackle them early to pocket 30-40 marks even before youstep into the exam hall.* make micro notes that you could go through quickly before the prelimsAspirants planning to prepare for the 2012 IAS Exam should make it a habit of writing important current event and GK snippets in adiary, register or flip cards on a daily basis which you can go through 15 or 20 days before the Prelimsgood luck....

If you don’t join a class
That is- you’re doing self preparation.
#1: don’t feel guilty
• First of all, throw away any doubt, guilt or inferiority complex that you have e.g.“I’m not going to Coaching so my success chances are less.”
• Don’t think in that manner. please avoid company of people who’re thinking in that manner. Because negative vibes are infectious. It creates demotivation and affects your studies.
• And once you’ve decided, then don’t doubt your decision or caliber.
• Success is very much possible, without coaching.
#2: Self control
• If you goto gym, you see other people are doing more exercise, and got better body than yours. It automatically motivates you to do exercise further.
• But if you’re at home, it is easy to lose track, and become complacent about preparation e.g. koi nai, thik hai, there are still many months left before the exam, I’ll ‘manage’
• Sorry you can’t manage. Weeks and months will pass like this and just 30 days before the exam, you’ll realize that you haven’t really prepared much throughout the year. Then you start looking for shortcuts i.e. readymade current affairs material etc. = #epicfail.
• Don’t let your mood dictate your studies. Spend majority of your day with books, magazines and newspapers only. (if you’re not a working professional).
#3: Company
• Make a few friends from the field, either in real life or on internet. Peer pressure helps in keeping the ‘tempo’ and motivation for studies.
• More time Management tips are given separately in the later part of this article.
I hope the coaching doubt is clear.

In first few weeks of preparation:


1. Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )


2. Geography - Spectrum


3. Indian Polity - DD Basu, Constitution of India by Bakshi


4. Indian Economy - 11th & 12th Books (NCERT), Pratiyogita Darpan Special Edition


5. General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide Books of 9th and 10th Standard.


6. Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal


7. Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers


8. India- Yearbook Published from Publication Division


Some newspapers/ ¬magazines you may count in:
i. The Hindu/The Times of India
ii. Frontline
iii. Civil Service Chronicle
iv. Chanakya
v. Competition WIZARD
vi. Civil Services Today


Guides You may Like to Read:
1. Tata McGraw Hill for GS
2. Arihant for CSAT
2. Spectrum
3. Unique
Topic Wise Reference On GeneralStudies


Books on Indian History & Culture:
NCERT (+ 2 level) — Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar — Gopal Krishna
Bipin Chandra - Modern India
A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer — Mahatma Gandhi .

yes sure ..... you just have to focus on your G.K and other subjects ........ all the best .....you can crack CSE

Friend, please follow the following tips while preparing for UPSC Examination:# Don't think that only those candidates are able to crack the UPSC Exam those who have taken coaching. # Candidate with sincere, with full dedication and strong determination can surely crack the UPSC Examination EVEN WITHOUT ANY COACHING.# You should make a habit of reading any good national level newspaper daily like THE HINDU, etc.# You should study the following monthly magazines regularly which are: * Competition Success Review * Pratiyogita Darpan# Make a fixed time table for self study. And you have to follow this time table strictly.# Never think negatively. Always thinks positively.# Keep yourself away from people with negative thoughts.# You must study the NCERT Books while preparing for the UPSC Examination.

First of all you should forget the thing that you can not clear civil services exam without going for coaching.if you work hard and do a proper preparation then you can clear civil services exam.
First of all you should collect the whole syallabus,get the details about exam pattern and then collect a proper study material.
Now you should do preparation by yourself.make a proper time management.
Thank you

Dear Aspirant
You can easily crack IAS exam by self study,because in last few years.if you see only selfstudy users top in IAS exam.only you have to concentrate on following points
-first of all you should try to capture all Current Affairs of 2013-2014,so I suggest you to study Pratiyogita Darpan Magazine on current year.
-you should read all books of social science,math and science of NCRT class from 6-10.
-you should tead the Unique Book of GS for more details.after this no one cam stop you to become an IAS
-Read The Hindu Newspaper Daily.