There is no fixed strategy that will make a clear-cut guarantee of your selection. Every aspirant is different in terms of their strength and weaknesses, mindset, background, knowledge base etc so each one of you has to come up up with your own strategy which fits you. Although we will try to give you some outline which help you strategize your preparation and which has helped the past successful candidates in BPSC.
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Finding the Reason why You want to become a Civil Servant.
This is very crucial in your journey as this whole process is very long, hectic and can be overwhelming at times and the feeling of Giving up can come up more often than not. At these times, it becomes important to find the motivation from within and this can be done by knowing exactly why you want to be in the Services which will provide you with the willpower and motivation to work hard.
A famous quote "When You Feel Like Quitting Remember Why You Started" sum up the point I want to make here.
Cover your Basics
For a strong and long-lasting building, it requires a solid base otherwise the whole building will whither away. Similar is the case with your preparation, especially of the kinds of like Civil Services Exams which has a vast syllabus.
Reading Basic books like NCERT or Notes which you have studied for each subject (BYJU'S Exam Prep provides you with an overall coverage of notes of all the subjects from the basic level) is very important.
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Importance of Newspapers
Current affairs constitute a big chunk in every exam whether conducted by UPSC or BPSC. The newspaper becomes very useful and the daily habit of reading the newspaper whether The Hindu or The Indian Express is important. ( For Hindi Medium students, Jansatta and Prabhat Khabar are quite good). Apart from the daily reading, one can make notes of important news which will help you in revising during exam times. For those who don't want to do that upheaval task daily, BYJU'S Exam Prep also provides you with Current affairs compilation every month.
Previous Year Question Papers:
The importance of the Past year paper can't be matched by anything. Every aspirant should go through at least the last 5 years Question papers to understand the demand of the exam and the important portion of the syllabus which examiner is focussing upon. Doing Smart study is very important in these competitive times and will help you in clearing this exam. Download the BPSC Question Papers for practice and analysis.
Sticking to One Source for Studying
The market is flooded with loads of books and notes for reading and aspirants get swayed away by these and can keep on moving from one new source to others. This has to be prevented by you. Sticking to one source that you have read and covers all the topics in the syllabus should be enough. The important thing is the Revision. You should keep revising what you read instead of reading new things again and again. You can check BPSC Study Material for all the important topics.
Follow BPSC Study Plan for a systematic preparation
BPSC Prelims Mock Tests:
It is better to be prepared for all the scenarios before appearing in the exams. BPSC Mock test aim to prepare you for these situations. Further, it helps you in knowing your strong areas and the areas of your weaknesses that need to be worked upon. Giving mocks tests on a regular basis is thus very important in the course of your preparation especially for those who have not cleared the preliminary stage even once.
Importance of Quantitative Aptitude:
This part is very easy to cover and can give you easy marks in the exam if you have practised enough for it. This is generally neglected by aspirants and it costs them dearly in exams. It is better to be prepared beforehand than be sorry later. Practising past 10-year questions on these can be a good start to understand the difficulty level of the questions and will also give you an idea of what topics you need more practice. You can allocate a few hours in a week in this section to get easy 10 marks in the exam.
The exam is to be held in the last week of June, so there is not much time left. Start your Preparation at full speed and with dedication. We at BYJU'S Exam Prep will provide you with all the help and guidelines that will increase your chances to achieve your dreams.