CTwT E385 - UPSC CSE 2019 Topper Pradeep Singh AIR 1 | IRS to IAS | 4th Attempt

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00:00 Introduction
1:30 - Your growing up years
2:24 - Did your father as a Sarpanch play an influence on your perception of things?
3:34 - Did you dream of becoming an IAS officer since childhood?
4:00 - Did you face any challenges because of the place where you come from?
5:16 - What was the mindset that you had when you started this journey?
6:15 - Belonging to a Hindi medium school, did that ever affect the way you interact with people?
7:07 - Did you have a specific rank in mind?
8:18 - What was that urge you had that you can do better ?
9:47 - What is the first thing that you want to change?
11:08 - Does your interest in the development of farming tie back from where you come from?
12:26 - Can you tell us about your friends who helped you in this journey?
13:40 - Did you feel like giving up at one point?
16:18 - Time management skills
19:19 - How long did you take to start your preparation?
22:26 - What were your weaknesses and how did you tackle it?
23:37 - How did you cover up your syllabus?
25:15 - How did you practice answer writing?
26:58 - What was your most challenging moment?
29:19 - How was your interview experience?
30:30 - How was your reaction towards your achievement?
33:30 - What was your parent’s reaction towards your achievement?
34:34 - Did your father give you any advice before coming to Mussoorie?
35:31 - Rapid fire round
37:00 - Message for aspirants

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In this episode, we have with us Pradeep Singh, who has secured AIR 1 in the UPSC CSE 2019. He is a resident of the Sonepat district in Haryana. He was an IRS officer in Faridabad, Haryana, and always aimed at becoming an IAS officer. His father, who is a farmer by profession was a major inspiration for him and they both want to use this opportunity to serve the farmers of the nation. He started his preparation in 2016 and managed to get this rank in his fourth attempt. He bagged an AIR 260 in 2018 and joined the Indian Revenue Service.

He has comprehensively discussed his UPSC CSE preparation strategy. He has discussed his UPSC Prelims strategy and the booklist for UPSC. He has given tips on how to crack UPSC mains, current affairs preparation, how to read the newspaper, and the UPSC CSE interview experience.

This interview will be helpful for all the UPSC aspirants in understanding the UPSC CSE syllabus and UPSC CSE 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.

CTwT E385 - UPSC CSE 2019 Topper Pradeep Singh AIR 1 | IRS to IAS | 4th Attempt

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