 Nihai, welcome you to this program Success Speaks. I'm sure you must have watched this program earlier with the other topers also. First of all, a lot of congratulations to you for securing such a wonderful rank, all India 20th rank in very fast attempts itself, right? Thank you so much. So how you are filling up to this grand success in the first attempt itself? So it's a very different kind of a feeling which is very difficult to describe exactly in words. It's actually one thing I would like to say that when we use bare as aspirin, that time we don't visualize the future this way. There is so much of struggle and that time also I used to enjoy my studies but all these things will come so many good ways, so many good wishes because that time I was absolutely underground and I did not have connections with many people and now suddenly so many people, so it's a very surreal feeling and one thing I would like to say that my future, that is the present now, it has colored the past and now when I look back and think of the past, I feel very good and somehow the past has got a meaning after all these things. So basically you have used two very powerful words, one is struggle, that you said how it had to go and the second is that when you look back to the past, you feel that it is all efforts which you had made in the past that has been really rewarded very well there. So you must feel that you have got the award, right? So struggle, I would like to talk a little bit about how important struggle is in life. When it comes to your goals, what is the value of the struggle and how you were ready to struggle for this? For what reason? What was the driving force? Please tell us what was the feeling of the struggle and what was the driving force after that? Sir actually when I was almost in the end year of college, there were many opportunities like job, pregnancy, job, etc. but somehow I felt that from all those courses or from all those professions, I had a different interest in civil service. One thing was that I felt very good in studying. I used to study and when I used to sit with the newspaper, I used to love that time, like when I was sitting with the newspaper and all. So from that point of view, the thing that happens is that civil service is a very difficult exam. This is a very tough thing. Gradually I did not get that much of an influence. I thought that yes, it is tough but I can do it. Suddenly I felt that yes, I can do it because I am enjoying it. I like to read news all over the world. I like to know about the quality of social science. I was an optional electrical engineer. I was interested in that. So I found it interesting. That was my driving motivation. I liked to study and I knew that if I do a little effort, yes, if there was a time like that, then it happens with every aspirant. It feels very low. Because my main struggle in this exam is that the way we prepare for this exam, there can be no parallel to our preparation in any other field. For example, let's say we want to become, let's say we are giving an engineering exam. So even if we do not clear the exam, maybe we can clear some PhD exam or maybe we can clear some other. So that way our profession gets diversified. But civil service is one thing, sir, that you have to study only for the civil service. Exactly there is no parallel for this kind of a job. Sir, the people who select for interviews are very talented. And they have the same kind of talent. But even after that, if there was no selection, then that thing did not reach that far. This is also something that I am ready for. But sir, according to me, I had decided that nobody thinks that this first exam will be clear. And I did not even think about it. So I was ready. If there is a 4-5 year thing, then I am ready to do that. And I am mentally ready for that. The biggest thing that the future experience or the struggling experience should know is that there is an interest on one thing. One thing is that you are taking something under compulsion that you are taking to study something that you have to pay for civil services. So you will have to study a lot of things. But what you are saying is that one of the driving force was your interest in variety of things. That was shown in the civil service exam. Whereas you are a technical graduate, you are an ITN. And your interest in variety of things is also there. One of the important things that the students should know is that according to your studies, you should have a multiple interest in variety of subjects. You should develop here. This is one thing. Secondly, there is a determination that you have to do. Like you said that you did not think that you would not be in the first attempt, that you would not be able to leave it. But the students are very desperate to know what will happen if it does not happen. So in the first attempt, you grab this impasse. And when you work with a free mind, the student gets success. And you are mentally ready. That if you study hard again, so you are ready to struggle. And struggle is the name of life. You get a chance from a young person. I think that if we love and struggle, if we love having the struggle, then struggle does not look very difficult. It becomes an art of our life. So according to me, this exam was a very good thing for my life. Sir, after the result, I have not been reading the newspaper for a few days. At that time, I felt a little weird. What am I doing? I had such a reflex to read the newspaper every day. You get always connected to the entire world. Of only just an exam. But you felt always you are upgraded and updated every day. It became a part of my life, of my daily routine. It became a part of me. So if we take that reality as our own, then I think things get a little easier. Then people outside ask you, why is your friend not here? It does not matter at that time. Because I know very clearly what I am doing. I know myself. You have also raised a very good point that in this age, like you, there are other children. There are a lot of diversions. There are a lot of peer groups, there are classmates. They might be earning. They might have joined in some corporates. They might have become lifestyle-different. So that could be a lot of push and pull factor. You are wasting your time. This is days to really have a fun and enjoy. But you have focused on your big goal, that I have to get something. So the struggles, the struggles that we call, it has two dimensions. Either you consider it as a responsibility, or you consider it as an obstacle. You have to do a lot of work. Either the struggles are coming, then hug it. You have to create this struggle, then you have to do it. I can see that drive in you very well. You have to do a variety of studies. That is a very good interest for me. Because I am in touch with a lot of students. They think, where should I study from? I will have to study a lot. But you have made that as your foundation. That I have to read a lot. So, first of all, since we have discussed our current efforts, and there is a big issue in the candidate's mind. What should I study in the current efforts? Where should I study? You are also saying that I am not studying in the newspaper. I feel that I am missing something. So, just try to highlight it and make the students clear for the future. Why current efforts is important, not only in the exam, but also in the life and in administration? What is the reason? This is a very important point. One mistake that the aspirants make is that they see current affairs as a completely different block. They see it as a different subject. And they say that, I have to memorize so many PDFs. I have to memorize this much amount of current. But that is not the thing. Because you are ultimately going to be an officer. You are going to be a civil servant. So, wherever you are posted, whatever is happening around you, you will get inspiration. You will get your work from there. So, it is very important that we take deep interest in whatever is going on around us. There are many ways to do current affairs. If we talk about the exam point of view, then there is one newspaper that you should follow regularly on a daily basis. Because there are a lot of these days that we will read a few things at the end of the exam and then read the PDFs. Yes, you will get a lot of notes. Yes, you will get a lot of notes of the topic. Yes, you will get a lot of notes of the topic. Yes, you will get a lot of notes. Current affairs should be a part of your aptitude. What is going on around the world? What is all happening? Tomorrow you will be at the station. What are the discoveries? What are the opportunities? You cannot remain like in an island that you are going to an island at the station. You have to take it as a local perspective. Stay in the nation. Now, there is one question that comes to mind in the student's mind in the newspaper. How do we know what is important for us and what is not important? Where should we read it? How to read the newspaper? That is a very important question. First I will ask how long should a person read the newspaper? How long did you give the newspaper? Sir, actually I have written my own blog. I would like to tell you how I titled it. But actually, it is different based on the phase wise. For example, if there is a first attempt aspirant and if there is an engineering background or a non-arts background then he does not know what is going on. Phase one is the early phase when he has just started thinking of the exam. Everything will appear like Hebrew language in the newspaper. Everything is important and not important. It will take 4 hours. In my case, I can share my experience. I decided to give several services in the final semester of my college. I remember that it was the final semester and many people around me were busy with farewell occasions but I used to go to the library and I used to sit with this newspaper for 4 hours. I did not think that I have to complete a syllabus or this will be asked in UP. I did not think of any exam but I just enjoyed reading the newspaper and whatever new things I learned I tried to look into some YouTube videos. Today we have a lot of online guidance. If we are talking about Israel-Palestine and we do not know its background then we search for Israel-Palestine for UPSP. I used to read the newspaper and I knew it. It was a phase of knowing things and being accustomed to what is going on and what is not going on. I know everything. To further the discussion I would like to highlight what is important. First of all, a good conscious reader who tells you that you want to take a responsible position in civil service. You should be knowing what is going on around the world. If you take 4 hours first get the material and get acquainted with the newspaper what is coming in which page. What is important and what development is going on around the world in different fields. So as a general reader tell us what you did. Slowly I read that I was sure that I wanted to get into this world of civil service because I enjoyed things from the newspaper. So I got the clarity that this is what I wanted to do. So after that I focused on an exam point of view so then I tried to after my college when I came back home before joining job I had around 2 months before joining job. During that time I remember I used to do that newspaper if we start newspaper in the morning then we can sit throughout the whole day with the current newspaper. One thing that I did was to sit with the newspaper after dinner before I go to sleep. Within that time span of 2-2.5 hours I used to cover the newspaper and I used to take guidance of various online websites which will help me to know at least what is important from UPSC point of view and whatever I used to know I prepared 4 folders on my laptop and 4 folders based on the GS papers and whatever news article came I used to continuously link them with the GS papers For example if someone has a news article on RBI's bi-monthly policy I linked it because it is part of GS3's economy so I will put it in that folder and when I will do static economy then I will revise it so that it stays together. This syllabus will be printed out and slowly you don't remember the syllabus sitting for a day you should be able to understand the link-connection what is and what is not so you can make daily newspaper reading an exercise to know the syllabus. This is a very important thing which I will tell you in the future The important thing is that you put yourself in a habit that newspaper reading must be a part of my life to get a complete awareness of the world around what is going on in the film. The syllabus that you talked about many friends have made a mistake that they leave it in digital form or online form, you said that you should take a print that is very very important you can write it in handwriting keep giving the syllabus in your mind the important thing is how to relate the subjects so if all the papers and studies remain and the topic like psychology and department geography, history, economy security patch up all these things when these things are syllabus in your mind then you can read it and I think when you are ahead then your time to read will be reduced because you might be more focused yes when you are going how much time did you spend in the newspaper or in the current finally when these things are stabilized because this is a gradual scale so finally I try to finish it in 1.5 hours this is the thing a good student for civil service should take maximum 1 or 1.5 hours that is the maximum time is needed once you are familiar with the thing for that I think you should keep an eye on the questions from the last year Sir, one more thing I used to do it daily because I didn't have a job so I couldn't do the newspaper on a daily basis so usually on Sunday I used to do it one day for 4-5 hours for a whole week that is a very important strategy so you can do it on Sunday on Sunday I am going to make a very interesting program which is going to be launched on 15th of August the purpose of this program is that around the week, complete week what development was done and from the point of view of UPSC how do we analyze the topic for that experts like you I am going to discuss with the topers to make a topic so here first of all you need to know in the student's mind what kind of newspaper should be made did you do something like this related to the notes Sir, in the initial phase there was no notes it was just for understanding in the second phase when I stabilized little by little I adopted that folder strategy I thought if I keep it in the folder then it would be easy to link because there are many news that are repeated that even today the same thing happens after a week so if we write it in a digital format then we can consolidate it and you can arrange it yes, you can arrange it you can copy paste it today there are many issues using digital technology you can keep it in a search you will get all the things what topic you are talking about I am sure that from the discussion of your newspaper you will get a clarity strategy first of all as far as I know that despite the fact that you did not accept it it will happen in the first attempt but still you did and it was very good so naturally in your strategy there are some important things that you should know that what are the things that can make you suffer it is not a surprise but you have to do something that is why we call well-began is half done so once we start then it is half done especially the people who are going to start what they want to say who are in college who are going to graduate what they want to say first of all it is very important why you want to do this this is the answer why do I want to do civil services this should come from inside it should not be externally imposed or it should not be imposed by other people so that drive should be because otherwise it is very difficult to sustain a long journey if you have no motivation this answer can only be answered by that person not by any other that is one point second point is whenever you are giving an attempt always remember you have to give the attempt very seriously I mean for example I started thinking of civil services around early phase of 2018 so I could have given the 2018 with 3-4 months of preparation but I did not because I thought if I do a fabulous exam and I cannot pass then it will demotivate that is why we have to give it very seriously if you do not want to give then you have to give it and then another important is if you want to like this first attempt thing I would suggest person that do not think of any attempt because how can a person predict whether I will clear in first attempt or in second attempt but firstly this myth should not go at the back of your mind that first attempt cannot be cleared you have to study for 17-14 hours for civil service you have to study for 14 hours this myth should not go at the back of your mind because today's exams are very diverse I mean you are watching very diverse personality select so first your social some country some family problem some financial problem some health problem then accept it do not take it as a barrier it is your specificity it is with everyone so I am thinking the topic was very privileged that is why it happened I am not here please stay out of such type this is my request everyone has their own success journey story and I know that there are many challenges in your life there are many challenges I know that your father died your mother being a single child it was a difficult time you had to be a father and suddenly you had to create a certain family so how did you and your mother live it and how did you keep on studying please tell us my father has a very important personality in my life because since childhood he taught me but unfortunately when I was studying he was not with me but my mother she was a very grounded person I do not know when I was giving the service when I was giving the service my condition deteriorated it took me 3-6 hours but I was a little tired but my mother she used to be very smiling she used to be very smiling she was a very light hearted person and that helped me throughout like my mother and I accepted that there are some financial problems in our life so we kept our standards we never talked about outrageous pending we never did that we had to go there when we were in Nauta we were doing a job despite that our house was a one room apartment it was very simple we did not have a lavish life or anything like that I personally believe that there should be a comfort in life you should feel very comfortable you should feel comfortable you should feel comfortable you should feel comfortable you should not give yourself a problem whether it is mental or physical but you should feel comfortable your main talent is to stay away from it stay away from it to kill the habit of a person and we should separate from our comfort that person gives a driving force that is very very important the news comes out that first of all the audience should be clear that Nihar's life has been my choice after that you will write your call card and despite that your dream is in your mind that you have to do something big you must have planned it that you have to go to the civil services I did not know about Fadai he was only in IIT he wanted me to come to IIT so the reason for coming to IIT was because of Fadai he was not having any idea he was surviving in IIT when I was 11 when preparation started he would take care of it he gave you a big dream but when I came here IIT was a question that would be in the audience you must have been asked in the interview that you are IITN you did IIT from Kharagpur and just a while back you had joined a job you had started getting packets it was a good package so despite that when people see where you will get more monetary benefit even after that you have preferred to go to IIT where you will not get a salary package why did you make such a decision? actually going to IIT was my father's dream when we were younger our parents' dream was our own but to be honest after going to IIT I never thought about this there was a blessing in disguise because after going to IIT after going to IIT I never thought about it I used to do classes the professors there I like their classes but my subject was electrical engineering I was very interested so this was a blessing in disguise because I did not know that this was an option in civil service but I did not know what civil service was until the final year of my college there was a generalised degree in engineering after engineering people do a lot of things like after IIT people become stand-up comedians television actors not like a doctor usually doctors pursue diverse careers but there is a flow doctors have to do this and that but after engineering all options are open whatever you do if you want to do MBA after engineering then you will have to give a cat not directly if you want to do a PhD then you will have to give a gate if you want to go out for PhD then you will have to do some interviews so it is not like that everything happens directly after IIT so you have to give extra effort after that you have to graduate you have to take a general degree or you have to take a technical degree career is a different thing 30-40 years of life where will you feel where can you contribute and where do you feel rewarding that job is important and it must have come in your mind that what I have to do I was interested in core engineering subject I did not get a good job at that time I thought there are only two options one is to give a gate or to pursue that interest or to do a PhD and it was clear that I did not want to go abroad because my mother was in India you wanted to step back in the country that was a fixed priority for me I did not want to step out of India so even if I would have to pursue higher studies maybe I would have pursued PhD from the IIT or ISU in electrical engineering so then I thought if I did not get a PhD I would pursue a PhD in India so now this is optional so let's see what happens and I was interested in the subject and it also felt good to study and the fact that it is a big package job I did not know in a few months that this is not interesting it is becoming just a message in my mobile number every month that you got so much salary salary credit salary credit your discussion is clear that you were spending a lot of time in people's mind how will you do it can you do it with a job you are a big example of that that you are doing your first attempt in a job in India in the 20th century do you think it is really very difficult to prepare for a job or how did you manage with the job to prepare Sir I think that whether I have to do this job or not actually when I was preparing I used to feel very scared when a lot of such offers were not available which can be done in the first attempt with the job or not I was a bit scared in that sense so the aspirants who are in this position that they should leave the job so the question boils down to look within yourself that there is no such rule that you have to leave the job and prepare yourself there is no such rule you can do it with a job because I was financially independent throughout the journey the tension in the back of the mind that if it didn't happen then what would have happened there was no such demand there was no such demand if it didn't happen then it would have been fine but even after giving the means I was thinking that maybe this job is also not for me so life became very complicated during that time when I was preparing before means that time I had a security that this job is there with me so that is number 1 point financial security and one thing is that time is a very illusory concept the more time you have the more inclination you have to waste when you have less time then naturally you do the same which is very important when you have less time quality management so your priority becomes very strong so this is a positive thing if you have less time and you are in a job so this is one thing there is an important discussion here that you have less time if you have less time then adjust accordingly or if you have more time then also you always make a constraint that I have to deal with this when there is a lot of time then normally there is no seriousness like in graduation or during the days of university there is a lot of time but that doesn't come from efficiency but for example when I remember there was 90 days left efficiency changes so for how many hours this question arises that you were in a job for 8-9 hours and your time table and how did you manage then and how many working hours for civil service exam you were giving for study hours actually before joining I had 2 months after college after college and job at that time when I was reading the newspaper I had learnt how to make a folder before joining the job the basic NCRT and the NCRT notes that I used to do at home before joining the job after job it was more of revision there were some lectures all of that I used to do more of revision so my schedule was that I wake up at 7-8 in the morning 10-11 in the morning so I used to try to read in 2 hours sometimes I used to go to the office I used to try to read in 2 hours then after that I used to go to the office at 7-8 in the evening after that I used to relax for 2-3 hours and then during lunch time during lunch time I remember there were some RFTV debates big pictures I used to listen to them during lunch and whenever I was involved in Gossip I used to go to college and try to study and I used to that those who clear the job others think how this is possible but there is a negative like I want to clear it because I used to do that the job didn't go well before, I took leave of around 2 months unpaid leave of around 2 months After that leave, when I joined that time, I felt that I am not performing at all well in my office. So there are negative effects in that. I mean, it's not like we are super human. Wherever we go, we will do well. You have to choose a priority, right? Yes, you have to sacrifice something. So it's not safe with me, but I was a star performer in my job. I mean, my priorities are very clear for myself. My job is financial independence. My company was also very good in world ethics. It was a very ethical company, I should say. I mean, the way they treat their employees and all. So it was a big thing. I didn't have any mental problems. Mental problems in that sense. When we go to new places, friends, peer pressure, office qualities, all these things happen. But I was very lucky with me. There was nothing like that because my colleagues and managers were also very good. But I didn't tell anyone that I wanted to do civil service. I mean, I was very quiet and very... I kept a very low profile throughout my journey. I mean, no one knew what I was doing in my life. I just knew what my mom was doing. So these are two very important points. First of all, according to your time management, you said that 4-5 hours of average was in your continuity. But at the back of mine, it is important for the students to know for the future that you should always have at the back of your mind what is your goal. So wherever you live, you immediately start thinking about it. This was with you. Whether you were a politician or not, you weren't interested in it. So you are interested in it now when you are not interested in it. But it was a very interesting thing here. Now that your students came to know that you have become top in all India. So how was it? They were very positive and they sent their good wishes to me. When I selected for the interview, I knew that at that time, I supported them a lot and congratulated them after I got selected for the interview. Now they are very happy. So that everybody must be feeling proud that you have worked in that organization. And at the same time, you are very nice. Neha, would you like to know about your time management? You didn't even take stress. You managed the stress very nicely because you were focused on your organization. So it was very important that how good is your time management. How you are managing stress. It won't happen that you will work and study in such a routine and do your job. But stress is not always negative. So why did you manage and take it? If you take stress negatively, then anxiety will become stress. And it creates a lot of disorientation. But you know that there is a lot of pressure. So this stress sometimes is given a lot that how you manage and do your work. You have to trust yourself. Because in the office, I don't tell anyone that I want to do civil service. But my performance was getting worse in the office. And the people around me were performing very well in the office. So if I become a virtualist, they are going to the meetings and conferences. No one would call me. But why would they call me? I do media work in the office. No one knows. But you have to keep in mind that it will happen. You said that you will work and do your work. But where you have to excel, you have done it. It is very very important. My name is Rishita Gupta. My UPSC civil service exam was ranked 18th in 2018. This was my first attempt. And I am from Chanakya IS Academy North Delhi branch which is located in Mookha Ji Nagar in Potrum Lane. I have given my classroom coaching from there. And I want to thank all the teachers and staff for their help in the journey. Thank you. Now let's talk about the three stages of the exam which we will discuss. You cleared three stages in your first attempt and did a great job. The first stage is Pre-Ga. In Pre-Ga stage, to make it sure you joined the job with your Pre-Ga and qualified in Pre-Ga. So some basic things which you accepted they can be sure of that. The exam is also very gambling. It is not possible for a good student to be in Pre-Ga. So you should tell the top 3-4-5 points. Sir, actually prior to Pre-Ga I agree that prior to Pre-Ga there are 2-3 months. If your first attempt is 2-3-9 if your second attempt is 1-2 months then you are at the point of view of Pre-Ga. This is very important. If your stress level is down because when you are combined then you are confused. Pre-Ga is later but Pre-Ga is later. Pre-Ga is later. So if you are 2-3 months then you should focus on Pre-Ga. But I feel that you are making an integrated preparation for Pre-Ga. The ideal method is your serious preparation for 2019 exam. Do you remember when you started serious preparation? Yes, I started serious preparation in May 2018. You started this year 1 year ago. So from May 2018 to February 2019 Pre-Ga and Main Combined. You are preparing, right? Yes, but as I give an example this is a geography environment. So in that we read a lot of national parts, and Main Combined we don't need to remember the name of national parts because it won't be the same for Main. But when we revise it in February 2019 then we will revise it from the point of view of Pridims and we will see in a math point what is the location of all national parts what is the flora fauna what is the weather climate and then in Pridims there is another small thing and the tests as we all know we have to give test series for Pridims. But as I said giving test series is not sufficient after giving the test series you have to analyse yourself what you have learnt from that test series because we have learnt a lot of new things from the test series and secondly if we have guessed wrong then we have to make sure that we don't guess like this next time. And a very important point that we have to miss I mean in aspirants we think that if we didn't read this then how will this question come directly so the question is when you are giving in the exam be like a warrior you have to do it in any condition you can't leave it like this that I didn't read it directly that I didn't get it from that book that I didn't get it from that test from such type of thoughts just stay out of it when you read the syllabus then it comes when you have read the syllabus so in main and pre there is no need to read every chapter but every chapter of the syllabus and there should be a certain clarity so that no question is coming directly so it can be directly linked to someone Yes, it can be linked I mean those type of questions I mean you can give an example for example in my Pridims there was a question there was a forced labour in the book it was a big option that this forced labour was getting weekly wages these forced labour were getting the eldest son of the family so now I started thinking that in ancient India who will make such a record that he will be able to say with so much confidence that he will get the eldest brother this will get weekly wages it is possible to preserve it you will automatically get the answer So what answer did you give to the people who told you I mean after that I eliminated those two options then there was one option I think the name of this was some Vishti or something then it was sort of a tax so that option appealed to me in ancient history this language is looking good so these are the options I think all the questions will be like this but when you will read when you will read then you will automatically get the answer it is important that when you integrate the student then once the syllabus when you look at the question paper one round of clarity of all the facts and concepts should be clear then you said that before pre you should focus on that study you should consolidate it and pre-orientate it what will be the concept how options will be made how to work and then also working on the examination skills which can be done with a lot of test series and practice at home because there is a framework of time constraint question is too much now what kind of difference you see between the approach of pre and mains but you did it nicely that there is an approach which is different in pre you have to remember a lot of important relevant facts then keep conceptual clarity this is one part to select one of the four given options what is the correct answer these are the requirements but the mains the moment you come in the mains what is your study or it becomes selective first tell me for prisms like everyone knows facts, small pieces like math, pointing, reverse whatever you know guess it then you can understand the question and eliminate the option but in mains you have to write directly so 2-3 points will be following your mind then you will write directly the most challenging part in mains is the time because you have to write 10-20 months and if you give more than that then your question will be missed so if you start writing very intellectually if you are behind perfection if you are behind perfection then it will never happen because you will leave the remaining questions for mains I think my advice is because as soon as the mains is ready one or two lines write something it is not like that there is no negative marking there is no negative marking so you write it strategically and for every answer you make a template when you write then don't generalize this is a template if this type of question comes then I will start with statistics in introduction everyone knows that introduction body is a conclusion what can be done in introduction if we talk about the society if we talk about political issues then we can start with statistics like in the report of association of democratic reforms there are so many criminals in parliament there are so many criminals so this is a very good number statistics are written in a copy which you use in every introduction statistics or definitions if there is a question of secularism then start with the definition of secularism so if you make a template then you don't have time for the exam then the question is read well and you will get the answer in the question if the question is described then you should have a template in your mind it is described if it is written critically analyzed then I will write in this template that arguments are in favor then we have to show positive and negative there is a meaning of inverts to analyze and discuss actually inverts and phrases should be written carefully because if the answer is what I will discuss and I am critically analyzing then that will not be the word of the master so take care of such small things and then ultimately make a template in the ending conclusion you will get the answer how to write the conclusion but then you have to finish it and don't think too much that you can give it because you have to answer all the questions if I take an initial question after the training that I will not attempt all the questions but whatever I will attempt I will write the best answer I realize that that is not a good strategy because we never know what is the best answer for UPS maybe you wrote it on your own but UPS might not like it that you write average answers also in all the questions but attempt it write a relevant answer and the more you practice the more clarity you will get there is a lot of conferencing in the next episodes we will cover it but especially today I want to go back to you I want to talk about how students neglect it and take it from the side how did you prepare and what did you do Sir, there is no logic to prepare it separately because if you see there are two types one is philosophical and the other is a ground reality so I did not practice anything before this after this I did the exam about 2 months ago so one smart thing that I did was that I collected a lot of famous quotes for example and then I divided them into block wise like in their quotes I did it then I did it block wise if there is a poverty then I will start with Professor Amar Singh's quote on poverty so make it block wise then try to be a little innovative for example I can share my strategy on the final exam I wrote the essay on artificial intelligence now artificial intelligence there are many ways to start with it but what I did was that somewhere while I was searching for quotes I read about a philosopher called Needshu so that Needshu he wrote he gave a concept of Superman he said that someday there will be a Superman and he named it the uber mark but in my essay I wrote then I started the essay this way that is AI leading civilization to that kind of a concept of Superman so that becomes a bit innovative examiners like to read and the main UST is examiners like to read you will give a lot of facts you will give a lot of data so they will not be interested in reading the text this continued flow with introduction so that you have written conclusion you can take a stand and you can connect for example you see a question mark and connect for example you do not read the introduction so is AI leading us to listen this let us find out this answer by doing this you can make a little interest because it is like 10 pages so it is fun to read the exam so you can practice this but there is no such thing as a mechanical practice and someone says I have written one every week and two every week so what is to be written you have to learn what you have to write you have to read it and read it after two days and read it and see what you like to read if you feel bad then you can understand I was not with you at that time I was very tense because I was not able to read but at that time I saw that I had to read myself after reading and if you read it then you will understand so that is very important you have kept your optional subject engineering subject normally engineering subjects change so have you kept your optional subject electrical engineering it is very rare from the engineers but why did you choose electrical engineering and what you prepared from the beginning itself that I have to keep electrical engineering actually in preparing when I was beginning I thought that I will not give any conventional option but then I thought if I do a job with GS then it is impossible for me I mean it will be unmanageable so that option automatically got eliminated so I thought if I take sociology and anthropology in these subjects there are very good universities where BA and MA degrees are there so will I be able to read so then I did not get that confidence that I can do it but electrical engineering was in my field although I would not say that I was very confident of electrical engineering but I did it comparatively so I thought that it might be easier than taking a completely new option because there is a little similarity then for optional I did not have any conventional previous stoppers who follow these books I did not do much I liked the notes of my college and some NPTN videos which are on YouTube which are there I learnt from them that I have my own notes because you were interested in your subject so naturally it is very important that you have clarity and you are interested in the subject so you have already cleared it you have decluttered so you do not have to take it so in the selection of the subject of course it will always be advisable that you have an interest in the background so you should take it you should have an interest and some other practical considerations Sir, if I talk about interest then I am very interested in sociology and anthropology there should be practical constraints like time, material my own schedule so I would like to give this advice to the new aspirants think first if you do not have a friend or if you do not have a drum that humanity can be an option not like that you can take out any option but we will see there is no set rule it depends on how conveniently you take it Neha, this Civil Service Specialty Test every aspirant has a dream that the UPSC Mcdonalds and his country will give you have a dream and in the first attempt you went to the board and you were successful so the mental framework that you mentioned when you were going to the interview or one night before the interview tell me about that what was going on Sir, I was very shocked that my interview call came because at that time I was very confused that I was going to leave the job I was thinking about my career if not, I was very confused it was a very confusing phase of my life but when the call came I did not think anything I thought that the result would be but I had to enjoy this process because I was feeling very happy that I had reached up to that stage and whatever is the result that did not matter to me at all I just wanted to enjoy that process that we first sit in a bowl room then after that we take it to a place where there is a red light and we go inside it is a very interesting phase to go to the audience you are going to go to a waiting room where you are waiting then you are told which chairman who is your board's chairman and then you wait outside the chamber of the board where there is a red light where the candidate is and then the other person's number so you are waiting there so what was the feeling that you were waiting for the feeling was very unique at that time actually it was my morning shift and 2-3 days ago I was very tensed about my attire what to wear I had never worn this before it was so good so I was very tensed about the attire and everything we were very busy with the exams we were very present in the military it was very important and it was very important and then we all get difficult for the girls because we had to wear this saree to get ready so by that time my interview was around 11 o'clock so I was feeling so sleepy during that time I was very tired but when the bell rang I didn't feel anything and the interview was over and I thought the interview wasn't over I thought it was just 5 minutes and by the time I came out like the other people informed me it was around for 35 years 25 minutes of interview who was your chairman no, professor T.C. Anand what is your name again T.C. Anand T.C. Anand when you went to the board in that situation the board was looking at you when you entered what was the mood what was it it was a table an official their office there were 5 15 panelists and the chairman was sitting in front of me when I was sitting in the chair the chair fell down and I came down it was a very confident moment when you were sitting the chair fell down what was the situation I couldn't do anything I brought it in front of me there was nothing there was a lot of audio there was a lot of audio I tried to make you feel comfortable but one thing I was trying to smile throughout the interview I said that it would be nice if there was a smiley personality but in my board the chair person and the other members they were very cordial but they were not reciprocating directly to my smiling nature that was very serious but their shape can be that if we don't reciprocate then how can we respond to this there is no such thing but they were all focused and serious they were very focused on me they were very nicely listening to me and that was a very good thing when I was preparing I was very alone and I couldn't get a chance to talk to anyone I got a chance to talk during the interview so I was very happy someone was listening so I was very happy for that how it all began how the interview started it started with my dad that's when I started I can see that you have graduated from IIT so why did you there are already so less girls in engineering I mean why leaving this field in order to become an IIT so this way what did you answer tell the audience my answer was I had to answer in short I said that studying engineering has been a big opportunity for me to absorb only my aptitude but civil services will absorb both my aptitude and attitude I didn't prepare this line I don't know why it came at the same time this line this point is coming overall in the interview what is the situation where I am stuck and then you took it out there wasn't a lot of situation I was asked a question about whether science is supreme or religion is supreme so this type of questions are very tricky I mean I could have said she was asking that since you are from a science bug you are a science follower so tell me is science supreme or religion is supreme so I did not take a perfect chant that a religion is all about but she was trying to provoke religion is all about faith and science is all about logic so how can they go to that situation I gave a balanced answer and how you concluded how do you conclude I tried to say that many of the roots of science also comes from religion then I tried to give example of like Max Weber he was a sociologist so he said that during the time of protestant that gave the birth to industrial revolution and the scientific spirit I said that sometimes religion is also of this religion science they cannot be compartmentalized very tightly I mean they are they answer different questions of life and if we are trying to answer which is supreme and which is not then it is a useless debate I did not use the term useless debate but my idea is that how you are going to be sincere and honest in the board that is also because you are not supporting all the things that you are going to answer but yes how you maintain your boys confidence and everything I am sure that from your interview people will get a lot of love in this journey you have a lot of material so in the coming time I will make some more subject wise like your episodes and I will help you people this is my hope thank you very much Neha for appearing in this program I have a lot of hope that both your mother's feelings and thoughts will be very successful you will have a great performance in the service of the nation and the society you will have a great blessing your name and fame will be given to us in the future thank you very much thank you so much this is very important to all of you don't forget to like share and subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon to never miss an update