CTwT E570 - UPSC CSE 2021 Topper AIR 39 Vishal Dhakad | PSIR Optional | 3rd Attempt

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Vishal Dhakad Secured AIR 39 in the 2021 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service examination. He has discussed the UPSC Prelims strategy and the most important books for UPSC Prelims. He has also discussed mains answer writing, current affairs preparation, how to read the newspaper, and the UPSC CSE interview experience and tips.

In this episode of the CTwT UPSC CSE series, Vishal Dhakad has comprehensively discussed his UPSC CSE preparation strategy.

He has discussed the UPSC Prelims strategy and the most important books for UPSC Prelims. He has also discussed mains answer writing, current affairs preparation, how to read the newspaper, and the UPSC CSE interview experience and tips.

This interview will be helpful for all the UPSC CSE beginners in understanding the UPSC CSE syllabus and UPSC CSE 2022/2023 preparation strategy.

Want to know more about the topper's preparation strategy? What makes you the elite UPSC CSE topper? Watch the video to get all the answers in one place.

Timelines:
01:39 Result Reaction
02:20 Journey from AIR 579 to AIR 39
04:00 Total number of mock tests attempted
04:45 How to analyze your own answers
06:00 Who were your mentors and idols
07:05 Family and educational background
08:45 Performance during school & college
10:30 How did your background help you with UPSC Preparation
12:50 Online Vs Offline learning for UPSC CSE
15:00 Plan of Action and daily schedule for UPSC
18:00 Prelims, Mains or Optional? Which exam should we start first?
20:00 CSAT Preparation and Strategy
23:10 Subject-wise preparation for UPSC Prelims
28:10 What is the right way to study Newspapers
30:20 Which newspaper did you prefer for current affairs
32:10 Note making for current affairs and subjects
34:20 How to read multiple official reports
36:23 What is a safe number of questions to attend in UPSC Prelims
38:00 How to prepare during Prelims and Mains time period?
40:58 Optional Preparation & strategy | Why PSIR Optional?
44:30 Challenges in PSIR optional
45:50 Strategy for UPSC GS papers
51:20 Tips and suggestions for Answer writing
54:50 Tips to prepare for case studies
57:20 How to prepare for a Philosophical paper
59:20 Scores in GS Papers
1:00:00 Interview preparation and strategy
1:03:00 UPSC Interview Board
1:07:00 Rapid Fire Round
1:09:45 Tag-a-topper
1:10:20 Message to aspirants

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