Academia Civil Service Study Circle

21/06/2019

Malayalam Optional Class by noted literary critic and Sahitya Akademi Award Winner, Dr, P.K. Rajasekharan. Class at Kowdiar, TVM. Call 8281932521 for registration.

05/06/2019

Attend our 3 day workshop to get a complete picture of UPSC Mains, How to plan and prepare in the next 3 months. Sessions by Toppers of UPSC 2018. Call: 8281 93 25 21 / 9061 47 47 66 to register.

03/06/2019

UPSC Prelims 2019 is over!
Now is not the time to relax, but the time to seriously think about, strategise and plan for the real test - UPSC Mains.

Some of you will have checked the answer keys and feel confident about clearing, some of you will have checked and not feeling very confident and many of you will be feeling afraid to confront the possibilities after checking the key and are planning to just wait for the result, afterall the only real key is the UPSC key. Whatever maybe the case, it is important to plan for Mains now if you are serious about making it into the rank list.

It is surprising to note that most aspirants, even the serious ones go into Mains without any proper planning.
This is most likely what drastically reduces their chances of clearing mains, because from a knowledge level perspective there is not a huge gap between most of the candidates who clear prelims.

So what makes the difference?
Being prepared for Mains is ultimately about the following:
1) Covering the syllabus - not broadly but with a clinical precision to address what is mosty likely to be asked
2) Answer writing practise, evaluation and improvement - getting your average answer (3/15 marks) to topper answer (6/15 marks)
3) Revision to be prepared with ready points (this is important because mains is a game of quality v/s time spent per answer)

The average student has likely not even looked at or studied the mains syllabus properly and is not aware about what exactly UPSC demands from him. He is not aware that there are surprisingly, very static areas from which there are consistently sure questions being asked as also very dynamic areas which can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy based on analysing past papers.

So his/her preparation covers only what comes as part of an average test series. Which often times addresses only the answer writing component of his prep, with feedback that is usually subjective and based on individual question rather than the patterns of his answer writing style across GS papers. This does not give them a clear idea of where to improve consistently to get them to a level of a topper - essentially leaving him stuck where he is.

So when they go to write the exam, they are in effect handicapped and not able to cross the average level and go into a topper level due a lack of a proper strategy. But, fear not, you know this today, so you have enough time to think about it and work on it for Mains 2019.

We are planning a 3 day workshop to talk about all these to you.
Also we'll be sharing with you the complete detailed analysis we've done of the past 5 years mains GS papers - trends and patterns, Toppers walking you through their approaches and what worked and what did not, A comprehensive list of 200+ high priority topics for Mains 2019 which you can take and ensure you cover before you go for the exam this year.

We are excited about sharing our work with you. So, we are welcoming you to attend our 3 Day Art of Mains Workshop.
Please fill the attached form to register or call: 8281 93 25 21 / 8907 25 3001.

https://forms.gle/NraXFXVXjnwn6Y689

Have a good day! 😊

30/05/2019

The first cabinet of Independent India.
(L to R sitting)

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
, Sardar Baldev Singh, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Patel, Dr. John Mathai, Shri Jagjivan Ram, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Dr. S. P. Mukherjee.

(L to R standing)

Khurshed Lal, R.R. Diwakar, Mohanlal Saksena, N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, N.V. Gadgil, K. C. Neogy, Jairamdas Daulatram, K. Santhanam, Satya Narayan Sinha

15/05/2019

This is a question that can be expected for UPSC Mains this year. Water crisis v/s Climate Change or Climate Change as Force Multiplier. GS 3 - Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment

Droughts and floods have pushed the nation’s leaky, polluted, and half-done water systems to the brink.

13/05/2019

Peculiarities of the Indian Growth story.

Highlighting the risk of a structural slowdown, member PM's economic Advisory Council, Dr Rathin Roy, points out that India could soon be ensnared in a middl...

13/05/2019

Expected question in GS3: The Middle Income Trap in the Indian Economy.

A top economic adviser has flagged the risk of stagnation that lack of inclusive growth could cause. We must reduce inequality and help everyone achieve upward mobility

12/05/2019

Potential GS 1,2 question on Formal v/s Substantive equality. Topic Affirmative Action, Positive Discrimination, meritocracy v/s social justice. Must Read.

“Thus, a ‘meritorious’ candidate is not merely one who is ‘talented ’or ‘successful’ but also one whose appointment fulfils the constitutional goals of uplifting members of the SCs and STs and...

06/05/2019

The philanthropist and businessman’s relationship with colonialism is a complex legacy

05/05/2019

The scourge of manual scavenging.

Bezwada Wilson, National Convener and one of the founders of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), an organization that has been working towards the eradication of manual scavenging, spoke at India Today Conclave about how the practice still continues and the challenges faced by activists in securing....

04/05/2019

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-story-cyclone-fani-cyclonic-storm-landfall-odisha-puri-live-news-updates-1515887-2019-05-03-1515887-2019-05-03

Cyclone Fani Updates: The powerful Cyclone Fani has wreaked havoc in Odisha after it made landfall as an extremely severe cyclonic storm on the eastern coast in Puri this morning. Despite extensive damage caused by near 200 kmph winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall, no loss of life has been report...

04/05/2019

മലയാളം ഓപ്ഷണൽ Coachingil ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥികൾക്ക്‌ ഒരു വേറിട്ട അക്കാഡമിക് എക്സ്പീരിയൻസ് കൊണ്ടു വരുകയാണ് Dr.P.K. Rajaseksharan.

മലയാളം ഓപ്ഷണൽ സിലബസിലെ പല കൃതികളുടെയും വിഖ്യാതമായ നിരൂപണ പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ എഴുതിയ Dr. പി കെ രാജശേഖരൻ ഇതാ തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തു ഓപ്ഷണൽ ക്ലാസുകൾ ആരംഭിക്കുകയാണ്.

ഭാഷ, സാഹിത്യം എന്നിവയുടെ കൃത്യമായ അവബോധത്തിലൂടെയും എഴുത്തിലെ സാങ്കേതികതയിലൂടെയും മലയാളം ഓപ്ഷനലിനു മികവ് നേടികൊടുക്കുന്നു എന്നുള്ളതാണ് അദ്ദേഹത്തിൻ്റെ ക്ലാസ്സിന്റെ പ്രത്യേകത.

മലയാള സാഹിത്യത്തിൽ ഇന്നും സജീവമായി നിൽക്കുന്ന അധ്യാപകനോടൊപ്പം ഓപ്ഷണൽ പഠിക്കു. രജിസ്റ്റർ ചെയ്യുവാൻ വിളിക്കു: 8281932521 / 8907 25 3001

Learn from the best! Registrations open for Malayalam Optional Classes by Dr. P.K Rajashekharan (renowned Literary Critic, Sahitya Akademi Award Winner) Call...