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Hello Arpita,
It seems you have high ambitions and that is what exactly required to crack this highly prestigious examination in our country provided you will put your best and maintain consistency in your study. The IAS exam is basically a competitive exam where lakhs of aspirants compete with each other at the Preliminary stage and around one thousand get selected finally. With such huge a competition, it becomes a must for an aspirant to have a right approach toward study, standard reference material and sound strategy.
Few years ago, candidates used to join coaching academies paying robust fees that too at distance places like Delhi, Pune and Hyderabad but nowadays it has become so simple to get reference material and guidance as the platforms like CareerGuide are at click away where you can get counseling through which you will get an idea about how to start your preparation, what is the standard reference material, right approach toward civil services exam and such all other details therein. Here internet comes for your help with great ease.
As we have discussed about the ease of getting resources; still you have to be selective while choosing your standard reference material because having random non-quality resources may cause you to lose a whole year and money. And this cycle continues at its worse. I am here going to tell you some of the standard and reliable resources fro wich many serious candidates got benefitted. The list of resources is given below.
General Resources for CSE exam:
Other resources which you can use selectively are - 2nd ARC Reports, Ministries Websites, various reports national and international institutions like Word Bank, IMF, UN, NITI Ayog, etc.
Here the Newspaper reading is critical in your preparation from where you can build your information base to use it in your answers effectively. Periodical evaluation of your preparation becomes necessary to realize your strengths and loopholes. So Read-write-evaluate can be a right formula to crack this examination. Many successful candidates revealed that they used to read minimum resources but revised it very often to get a command over the subjects. You can even maintain your own notes for quick revision at the eleventh hour.
Dear aspirant, as you are aspiring to crack this exam with top rank, you must be ready for hours of study on daily basis with right resources in your hand. Your hard work attuned with right approach toward this exam enable you to come with top rank easily. And you will be happy knowing the CareerGuide is providing guidance through top professional counselors and experts in India. You get into contact with our Counselors and make your preparation successful one. Wish you all the best!
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