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IAS Muskan Dagar secured AIR-72 in CSE-22 and is the GS TOPPER with 470 Marks Read her mains strategy now 👆👆 t.me/theupscforum #upsc #cse23 #csm23 #mains23 #toppernotes #toppermarks #toppeetips

By IAS MUSKAN DAGAR Air-72 UPSC Mains Strategy :- I improved my GS marks from 401 to 470 in my second attempt. Thus I would like to discuss the changes I made to achieve it. 1. 🟪The first shortcoming I found in my answers from the previous year was a lack of content and a lack of complete grasp on the topics asked, especially when it came to current affairs. ✍️✍️To overcome this, ✅I firstly went back to the syllabus and ensured comprehensive coverage of all the topics mentioned. To achieve this, I also took help from Rushikesh Reddy Sir’s notes available online. ✅Secondly, I diligently covered the current affairs from the newspaper and Mains 365 as primary material, & used Forum IAS’s Dipin Sir’s CA PDFs (which is shared by this platform- t.me/theupscforum 🔴🟥👈) to supplement any gaps. 2. 🟪The second shortcoming was not actually answering what was asked. We tend to read the question, form a perception of what is asked, and get to writing straight away. ✍️✍️This time I made it a point to read the question 3-4 times while writing the answer so that I don’t stray away from the demand of the question. I also worked on enrichment of my answers with relevant facts, case studies as well as examples that I picked up from test series model answers, topper copies, newspaper, etc. 🔷Alongside, I practised brainstorming for each question so that I could come up with a comprehensive answer. I joined Forum IAS’s MGP this time, which I felt was a decent test series, although the evaluation could have been better. My booklist had nothing new in it, I followed all the same standard sources, but supplemented them with reports like NITI Aayog’s India @ 75, as well as using google to look up topics not covered. 🟥Answer Writing I started answer writing when I had covered majority of the syllabus at least twice. Main focus on answer writing was only during the time between prelims and mains. I focused on the structure and presentation of my answer as much as the content. Certain Aspects I Focused Upon: 👉👉 ✅Meaningful introduction, containing definition/data/quote/background, as relevant. ✅Appropriate headings, taking language directly from the question, to enforce the fact that you are answering the question appropriately Breaking up the answer into relevant parts – eg. Administrative reasons, social reasons, etc; Structural and non-structural measures, etc. 🔷Making diagrams as and when necessary, particularly in geography (maps, processes), IR (maps), Internal Security (maps) and Disaster Management (maps) ✅Trying to inculcate facts and examples, and writing them a bit separately from the point, to improve their visibility, by making them as sub-points. 🔷Including relevant way forwards, wherever possible Making it a point to put a well thought out conclusion after every answer, Not leaving any question this time. For questions I did not know well, I wrote as much as I did know, and then left the rest of the page(s) for that answer blank, so as not to waste time there. I attempted such questions in the end. 👉I attempted questions 1 to 5 first, then questions 11 to 20, and after that questions 6 to 10. This was to try to attempt the initial questions well, so that to form a positive impression, and then successively attempting the 15 markers because there is need to write more in them, and they can fetch more marks as well. I recommend practising, be it for prelims or mains, for actual improvement, with working on the shortcomings you might encounter. Practice for the sake for practice is to be avoided. I hope my insights can be of help when it comes to your preparation. All the best! Credit : Muskan Dagar, AIR-72 [GS TOPPER with 470 Marks]

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