How to start studying for civil service exams?

After hearing all about the civil services, a question remains in the mind of aspirants. How to study for civil services?. The long list of books and magazines are not useful for a humble beginner. I would elucidate some steps which might be of help

Step1 : First see the syllabus. Dont panic and don’t worry. Just see it as you are watching a art film. Do not be excited or desperate seeing the jargons. It is to make you aware of what is actually civil services.

Step2: Start reading newspaper. The newspaper is something in which the happenings of past things occur. For the ultimate newbie, start with the headlines. At first even headlines can be heavy. Just see it. You don’t need to read all headlines. Start reading national, international headlines. Don’t read all the local politics, or the fashion page; the upsc isn’t interested in knowing if bebo is size zero or johny has 6 packs.

Step3: Start with ncert books. The ncert publishes books which are easy to read and these books do not cause indigestion even for the ultimate newbie. Start with the ncert books of geography, civics, etc from standard of ninth. If the single letter class text make you feel silly, then go for the tenth standard books.

The above three steps are the first steps for creating a big stairway. When an aspirant asks – how do i start – the answer is slowly. Start slowly, start with headlines (national, international headlines), ncert books, and seeing syllabus (without fear).

Many aspirants keep on asking, how to start a thousand times. Instead of keeping on asking, go and start. See if its for you. If its not, there is nothing to be worried. There are unlimited number of jobs and options in life. Don’t start with dialogues like , “ i will do this or die”. Those are for loosers. Start with “ I would try this, see if it suits me; else bye bye”.

If you have found the toddler steps 1, 2 ,3 interesting then you have passed the KG section in UPSC. Game abhi bhi baaki hai dosth.

Now you can move on to the next step. Which i will cover in another post.2