Union Public Service Commission has released the notification for the Civil Service Examination 2016 (IAS Examination 2016). The examination will be held on 7 August 2016 and the last date for receipt of application by the UPSC is 27 May, 2016. Here's a report on the success secrets of IAS Toppers of the last year and tips on how to crack the IAS exam in the first attempt.
Clearing the IAS Prelims in the first attempt? “It is nearly impossible!!”- This would be the first response of majority of the candidates when you ask about their opinion on passing the Civil Services Exam in the first attempt. But a reliable report shows that 42% of the Top 200 candidates of the IAS exam in 2014 have cleared the exam in their first attempt. This 42% includes 4 from the Top10. So, it is not a near impossibility but a definite possibility.
Why then, many believe that repeated attempts are essential for success in the Civil Services Exam? Finding an answer to this question is like finding the success secrets (or failure secrets?) of those who tried multiple attempts. So, let us not go deep into that, instead, let’s find the success secrets of those Smart guys who have cleared this prestigious exam in their first attempt.
A team headed by senior career consultant Preeti Saxena have met almost 300 plus candidates who have cleared their IAS prelims in the first attempt, and found that all these successful candidates share some common success strategies.
The first strategy was that,all of them have studied NCERT Books. 37% students followed the conventional method and studied all the 42 NCERT books and 63% followed an easier method and studied only notes based on those books. Here "IAS Prelims Magic" was the most sought after book for majority of the successful candidates, because this book contains complete notes on NCERT books, exclusively for the IAS exam.
Another success mantra found was that, all of them have attempted hundreds of questions based on NCERT T books. 43% followed the conventional method and attempted questions from Test series of some tutorials and 57% depended on NCERT questions compiled by expert teachers. "NCERT4100" a book that contains 4100 questions based on NCERT books with complete explanatory answers to all questions was the most favorite book for all of them. An important feature of this book, compiled by a team of teachers in Delhi, is that questions have been given in Mock Test Format, which help the student to get exam practice.
For Paper-2 of the Prelims, most of them learned the basic concepts- practiced many questions – solved all previous papers and attempted some mock papers. 19% students followed the conventional method and studied big text books on Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude meant for various competitive examinations, while 81% depended on CSAT paper 2 guides available in the market. Prelims Magic for Paper-2 was the choice of many of them for paper-2
Covering Current events is a very crucial part of IAS preparation for both the Prelims and Mains and without covering the current events, it is almost difficult to attempt the IAS Exam. And it is not a big news that, all successful candidates had covered the Current events of last one year in detail. 21% followed the conventional method and read all the News Papers and Magazines of the last one year and remaining 79% followed the easy method and referred notes and questions on Current Events. For the 2016 prelims, JTS Institute provides a book titled "Super 1000", that contains One Thousand well designed Questions with explanatory answers, covering last one year’s current events. These questions are considered as the Most Probable Questions for 2016 Prelims. These questions are available in Online Test Format also.
5 ONLINE MOCK TESTS FREE FOR ALL: Attempting maximum Mock Tests was another success strategy of the winners. JTS Institute has come out with a very innovative testing platform for IAS Aspirants. The new platform provides five online mock tests to all aspirants absolutely free of cost. Anybody can access to these online tests anytime by login to www.jtsinstitute.com. (Click here to attend online tests). "The five Mock Tests which aspirants are going to face strictly follows the pattern of the UPSC Prelims Question Paper, and that makes this test, the most sought-after among the IAS Aspirants across the country" says Prof. Venkatachalam, Academic Director of JTS Institute. "Last year more than two lakh candidates attempted these online tests and this year we expect at least five lakh candidates attempt our Online Tests' Prof Venkatachalam added. The tests are also evaluated by the system with negative markings, thereby giving real score if this were the actual question paper for UPSC Prelims.
"In short, a student who study the NCERT Books, Current Affairs and attempt Mock Tests can crack the IAS Prelims in the first attempt itself" Prof. Venkatachalam concluded. 
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