Caution for persons giving civils interview in Telugu

Some of the aspirants who had given civils interview in Telugu have faced below problems:

1. Some times, the translater is not able to convey exactct meaning expressed by candidate. He either summarized the views or missed some points.

2. Most of the time is wasted in translation.

If you notice similar thing happening to you, pls switch to english. The board doesn't mind if your english is bad, and you save your time. But, you decide based on situation.

How to tackle Civil Service Aptitude Test CSAT

With simple maths questions and very few decision making questions, CSAT has practically become test of reading comprehension/ test of english language.



Here are some tips to overcome this before UPSC takes some steps to address this:



1. Try to finish maths, logical reasoning and decision making questions(which don't have -ve mark) first. You have to quickly go through paper and find where they are. Don't commit mistake while filling the right answer in answer sheet.



2. The passages seem to be too technical(scientific/finance terms) or philosophical(thought streams). Hence read at least one passage of scientific, financial, or philosophical per week from The Hindu or Yojana. This will be useful for your essay or GS.



3. [Important- While writing exam] There are so many small passages with technical terms, and for each passage only 2-3 questions are asked. The questions are not direct that you can pick a work or a sentence and answer. They ask for gist or thought flow to test your grasping power. The strategy to be followed is:



a. Don't waste time in reading and re-reading the passage. You may end up not even attempting many questions.

b. Quickly read questions first, without reading four options. Then go back to passage and read it only for once. Now read the question again and tick the answer. Believe in your self. Jump back to passage only if you think that is needed. But remember, don't do this too many times.



4. Attempt as many questions as possible, because no one can be 100% sure about answers. If you have attempted 50% of the paper, there are more chances that you will fail. But if you attempt 80-90% your chances of clearing will increase.



5. Attempt a question even if your are less than 50% sure. You decide when to attempt, and believe in yourself.



6. Try to join some institute where reading comprehension is taught and improve your vocabulary. keep a dictionary always with you and refer to it whenever you come across new word.

perlis of taking civil service coaching along with intermediate

Whether one has to take civils coaching at early age(while doing intermediate i.e. 10+2)?




Ansewer is NO.



[These are my personal views]



Recently, some coaching centres have started giving coaching for civils(IAS, IPS etc.) at 10+2 stage itself. Though parents may find it interesting, below are disadvantages of that:



1. The age is not ripe for preparation. Civils is related to society and i don't think a person will be in a position to think about problems of society at that age. We should not condition a person's thinking and narrow down his/her career options. This is like giving IIT coaching from fifth class. What if the person wants to become a doctor/lawyer/teacher/businessman after finishing 10th class.



2. This is unnecessary burden on children. Let them read leisurely the prescribed syllabus for inter/degree along with EAMCET coaching. Once they finish their, they have ample opportunities like in bank jobs, state and central civil services (SSC, Group-I , II), in Public Sector Undertakings like LIC, etc. But they have to take proper coaching and study well for 1-2 years. This is the time parents should invest good money.



3. The career options will become limited. For eg. for civils coaching, a student may be forced to take art subjects. Instead, had he taken some BCom he would have become charted accountant(after giving CA exam), had he taken engineering he has multiple job opportunities in (Soft ware, etc) if he takes civil engineering, electrical/electronics etc. he may get govt jobs as well(irrigation dept, Indian Engineering services, Public works dept etc.), if he is interested in politics/law he may do LLB, and many more. Similarly, science and art subject students have their own career opportunities say in Media, scientific research, etc.



4. The syllabus of civils exam keeps changing. You prepare for General studies, Public administration today, and after five years you may have paper on mental ability, aptitude, Law, Science. The optionals (like public admin) may be removed.



5. Instead, I would suggest below simple things for those interested in civil services at age of 17+.

a. Improve your english skills.

b. Read NCERT books(similar to your school text books).

c. Follow news from All India Radio website/Doordarsan.

d. Improve some reasoning skills, arithmetic skills.

e. Read general books of your interest(Autobiographies, science, stories..). Read to entertain yourself.

After graduation, to preapere for civils, pls refer to my other articles on coaching, preperation, books etc.

I'll add more to this. Pls add your comments.



Srujan Nakidi, IRS

All India Radio News

Those who are preparing for comptetive exams and those who want to improve their english skills,
pls listen to news from below AIR site. These are crisp and good. There is daily news analysis "spotlight" which will be helpful.

http://www.newsonair.nic.in/