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The UPSC Mains Exam is scheduled be held on October 28, 2017 and the timetable Civil Services IAS Mains Exam is given below. Step 1: Read the questions twice and find the keyword in the given questions Candidates should read the questions twice and carefully and should determine at least a single keyword in the question which they know. Candidates’ should know that there will at least two or three keywords. Once they find the keyword then the can construct the answer centring the keyword. Candidates’ should scan the question thoroughly as just taking a glance at the question is not going to be of any help. While going through the question, candidates’ should determine at least a single keyword in the question that they are familiar with and each question will have at least two or three keywords. Once they identify the keyword then they can go full throttle centring their answer on that single keyword. Step 2: Understand the need of the question After reading...

The UPSC 2017 Mains Exam is around the corners and the aspirants’ who have qualified for the Mains Written Exam would be indulged in their preparation. Keeping in mind the four GS Papers, Essay Paper and Optional Paper of the mains exam decide their fate in the final ranking list, aspirants’ should not forget the importance of the compulsory papers which are qualifying in nature and comprises Compulsory English Paper and Compulsory Indian Language Paper.  Aspirants’ should secure a minimum of 25% in each compulsory paper. If they fail to score the requisite marks in the compulsory papers then their score card would show only the scores of these two language papers and the commission will not disclose their score secured in the GS Papers, Essay and Optional Papers. Hence, it is important that candidates’ do not neglect the compulsory papers as failing a compulsory language paper would be the greatest stumbling block for candidates’ in the UPSC Mains Exam. UPSC Syllabus ...

In this article, we bring some tips on how to build proficiency in language to tackle the compulsory papers of the UPSC Mains Exam. Aspirants’ can read the newspaper in both the languages i.e. English and the language which they have chosen for the Compulsory Indian Language. While reading the newspaper, candidates should focus on the vocabulary, grammar, usage of words, sentence structure or construction, spellings and etc. This can be covered abreast while reading the newspaper for UPSC current affairs to cover the four General Studies Paper of the mains exam. Candidates should also make a habit of reading the newspaper in their vernacular for at least 10-15 minutes a day as this would help them build the local knowledge, which will also come handy for the profile-based questions in the UPSC Personality Test/ interview. It is also recommended to go through UPSC previous years’ question papers at least last five years of both compulsory papers (English and Indian Langua...