General Strategy

UPSC with ME

General Strategy:-

Apart form the above, the general strategy is -

1. For Prelims: Haryana GK

Around 10% questions in prelims are asked, but not in Mains till 2013 Exam (but they may ask). However, GK of Haryana is limited and one can score good marks with little effort. Read 1-2 GK Books on Haryana - Like Arihant, Upkar etc. Apart from these, read local Hindi paper, read summary of Haryana Budget of this year and read 5-6 issues of Haryana Samvaad (Haryana Review in English) Magazine of Haryana Government for schemes etc.

for schemes etc.

2. GS Conventional: For both Prelims and Mains

For GS, solve as many previous years papers - almost 200-300 MCQs which have been asked in various exams like - SSC, UPSC, NDA, CDS, Other state PCS etc. Can take practice MCQ books also of publishers like Lucent.

Some basic material like - Khan Academy Videos related to subjects, NCERTs for subjects (the list can be referred in my another post for UPSC), for environment - notes of some popular institute, ancient history and Art and Culture - 11th NCERT, Polity - M Laxmikant, Geography - 11th and 12th NCERT, Science - NCERTs or booklets y NBT, for Economics - notes or booklets of some popular institute which prepares for SSC, etc can be read

3 GS Current: For both Prelims and Mains

For current affairs, read Vision IAS or any other popular institution's Monthly Current Affair booklets of past few months - Say from January 2018, their PDFs are available online. Don't waste too much energy on current affairs as they generally ask 10-15% of it and often very basic and factual stuff

4. For Mains: Hindi

If you have not written Hindi for long, please start reading a good Vyaakran (grammer). Read previous years' mains papers to understand the kind of questions that they ask, and prepare accordingly. Since language is not learnt in a day, practice shall help. Daily half an hour of reading plus practice can help a lot as Hindi has marks in final score.

5. For Mains: English

Same is true for English also. Start with a good grammar and read 2-3 pages daily and practice examples. Also write down 5-10 word meanings daily for building your vocabulary as questions on antonyms, synonyms etc are asked in Mains and a good vocabulary will help in reading comprehension passages as well as in essay

6. For Mains: Optionals

Take those optionals in which you are comfortable in. History, Geography, Sociology, Public Administration are some of easier optionals if you don't have prior preparation of two optionals.

7. For Mains: Essay

For essay, you can rely on your GS preparations as topics are generally easy or moderately difficult. If you don't have very high confidence, you can read a popular book like the one published by Tata McGraw Hill on essays and can also practice writing a few essays.

Read all past years' papers to get an idea about the type of questions that HPSC asks. Some of them are available on website of HPSC also.

I hope it helps.

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