CTwT E304 - UPSC CSE 2019 Topper Chandrajyoti Singh AIR 28 | History Optional | First Attempt

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1:05 - Your initial feeling for rank 28?
1:17 - Was this your first attempt?
1:27 - History as your optional
1:40 - How did you begin the preparation for general studies?
3:15 - Was there a plan during college itself to get into the Civil Service preparation or was it after graduation?
4:06 - Did you have any issues or challenges in grasping new subjects like geography, science and technology etc?
5:08 - Did you refer to NCERT for all the different subjects ?
5:57 - How did you tackle the subjects which were very new to you ?
7:09 - In the order of preferences for the services did you put the foreign services or administrative services at the top?
7:32 - Was there any particular conscious decision on that particular part ?
8:35 - What are those areas that you would like to work upon as an IAS Officer?
10:20 - Was there a distinct strategy for the PRELIMS and the MAINS examination that you followed?
11:19 - The utility of the MOCK TEST
12:23 - Your approach towards MAINS Examination
14:01 - Did you face any situation where you didn’t know the answer for a specific question in the MAINS Exams?
15:45 - How important is the ETHICS Paper and the Essay Paper for the examination?
18:08 - What were the different sources/ books that you utilised for GS1, GS2 and GS3?
21:32 - What was the approach that you followed specifically for current affairs?
24:02 - Did you have any kind of cheat sheet for the MAINS Examination?
26:07 - How important were the MOCK interviews for the interview stage?
28:27 - Did you have some kind of interesting encounters of the questions that were asked during the interview?
30:21 - How did you cope up when you felt demotivated?
31:52 - Did you cut yourself away from all the distractions during the preparation?
33:19 - The approach that you followed for the Optional?
35:34 - What was your writing pattern for the Optional History?
37:11 - The number of questions that you solved before the MAINS and the PRELIMS?
38:25 - How did your college life add success to your UPSC CSE?
40:30 - Having travelled to many places during childhood , how did that mould your personality?
41:48 - Would you miss old Rajendra Nagar after going to LBSNAA?
43:17 - Rapid Fire Round
47:17 - A message for aspirants

‘Chamomile Tea with Toppers’ an initiative by Unacademy wherein we speak to various Toppers and get to know the best of the best.

Chandrajyoti Singh secured AIR 28 in the 2019 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil service examination. In this episode, we get to know more about the topper's preparation journey. She pursued B.A History (Hons.) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, in 2018. Since she was only 20 then, she dropped one year and started preparing for UPSC CSE.

In this episode of the CTwT UPSC CSE series, Chandrajyoti had comprehensively discussed her UPSC CSE preparation strategy.
She has discussed the UPSC Prelims strategy and the most important books for UPSC Prelims. She has also discussed mains answer writing, current affairs preparation, how to read the newspaper and the UPSC CSE interview experience and tips.

01:45 How did you began the preparation for General Studies?
03:15 When did you plan for appearing to Civil Services?
04:20 Challenges faced in General Studies
06:18 How did you tackle the new subjects?
11:23 Importance of Mock tests
18:15 Books and resources for the preparation.
21:35 Preparation and strategy for current affairs.
47:10 One message to the aspirants.

This interview will be helpful for all the UPSC CSE beginners in understanding the UPSC CSE syllabus and UPSC CSE 2020/2021 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.

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