July 2022
CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION: BASIC OVERVIEW
The mother of all exams, the Civil Services Exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission attracts a large part of India's young population. Despite toiling for years on end, not everybody makes it to the coveted final list. The reasons for this range from the lacunae in preparation to the jittery psychological make- up of the candidates. IAS EXAM PATTERN: This exam extends over a...February 2022
Online preparation for the IAS examination
Online preparation for the IAS examination Getting into IAS is a dream for students residing in every nook and corner of the country. To realise this dream, technology can play an enabling and equalising factor. With the spread of Digital India and fast speed internet availability throughout the length and breadth of the country, the physical distance barriers of getting access to quality...
UPSC IAS Examination 2022
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS), previously known as the Imperial Civil Service (ICS), is a bureaucracy in India. The conducting body, UPSC, selects the candidates for All-India Services including Indian Administrative Services (IAS) through the IAS (UPSC CSE) test. On its official website, the UPSC has published the official announcement for the IAS (UPSC CSE) Recruitment test, 2...November 2021
TRAITS OF AN IDEAL CIVIL SERVANT
A civil servant should act like a (Wisdom Tree) working relentlessly for promoting resilience, and wellbeing throughout. And, This expectation emerges from seven cardinal principles desired from a civil servant. These are--selflessness, integrity, accountability, openness, leadership, objective, and honesty. Cardinal Principle Meaning Selflessness Selflessness refers to the feeling o...
WITH FIRM FAITH, IMMERSE IN IAS PREPARATION
Every year lakhs of youngsters decide to prepare for the coveted Civil Services Examination, however a small proportion of them are actually able to start the preparation. On the day of prelims examination, it is seen that only about half of the people who had registered for the exam, actually appear! It tells us there is something beyond the oft quoted books and strategy that plays with ...
START EARLY TO CLEAR CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
To join Civil Services is a dream of millions of students. This is indicated by an ever-increasing number of aspirants, year after year. There was a time when Civil Service Examination (CSE) preparation was seen as suitable for post-graduate students. The trend then shifted to students who had completed Bachelor’s degrees. But today, the awareness level of students is much more and there ...
ABOUT IAS EXAMINATION
According to UPSC, the examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory. The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without any specialized study. The questions will be such as t...
ROLE OF AN ‘IAS’ OFFICER
An IAS officer’s core functions are as follows: Handling government affairs including policy framing, implementation, and review Consulting with various departments and elected representatives Managing allocated public funds for various schemes Supervising the implementation of different government schemes and policies Responding to and coordinating relief operations in response to emer...