Common Mistakes (PDF)

This book is about the common mistakes committed by aspirants of UPSC Civil Services Examination of India. Written by a civil servant, it will help you to increase your chances of success at the exam considerably by improving your score. The book talks about what it takes to excel before the examination and during the examination. Why the purpose of getting into civil services is important to know? What are the different natural levels of exam preparation? What one need to know before taking the big step? Why the exam is about scoring marks and doing well and not just about gaining knowledge. Why studying alone is not important? How to do well in the exam? How to write answers? How to present them? How to utilize the limited hours of examination? Through this attempt author tries to build a community where aspirants are confident and asset to their family and society. To make the struggle of Civil Services Aspirants focused and fruitful. To build and cultivate the future leaders of India. To inspire and guide to serve. To develop the capacity to think outside the box and the book. The only difference between an "aspirant having extraordinary chance" to succeed and "one with no chance" is practice. It is only through practice that one identifies his mistakes while taking the examination. That's why the focus of this book is to make aspirants realize that studying and knowledge is only a necessary condition but not sufficient condition for the exam. The sufficient condition is the practice of writing a lot of answers and taking a lot of mock tests. The book has been divided into three parts - Mistakes of Attitude, Mistakes of Preparation Strategies and Mistakes of Exam Strategies.