Tips To Prepare For UPSC Exam Without Coaching

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination (CSE) is considered one of the toughest exams in India. It is because of the exam difficulty level, uncertainty, and vast syllabus(largely), among other factors. UPSC Aspirants from small cities and towns across India shift to big cities like Delhi and Bangalore for the UPSC Civil Services coaching facility. It does not mean that coaching is the only way to crack the UPSC exam. Officers like Sarjana Yadav, Akshay Agarwal, Arunraj, Priyank Kishore, and many others.

 
Tips To Prepare For UPSC Exam At Home

Those candidates who are confused about whether to take coaching or not usually ask these questions to their friends or known officers- Is coaching a must to prepare for the UPSC exam? How to prepare for UPSC CSE without coaching? Can I crack UPSC Exam without coaching? Which is the best coaching institute for UPSC coaching? , etc.
Before jumping to whether or not you should join coaching, let us look at the general problems UPSC aspirants face.

Problems Faced By UPSC Aspirants (Non- Coaching)

1. Vast Syllabus & Study Material

The fact that makes the UPSC exam utterly difficult exam is its vast syllabus. A lack of proper useful resources can make your journey tough. Undoubtedly, you will be working hard, day and night, but results might differ because of the UPSC study material you are referring to. It is a main problem faced by a lot of aspirants.
Initially, candidates new to this field find it very challenging to categorize as too many resources are available in the market in less time.

2. Right Strategy

The right strategy is the mantra for covering UPSC Syllabus in a limited time. Many topics can be mindfully skipped after you get to know the UPSC exam pattern. But to reach there, aspirants need help to recognize the topics.

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3. Time Management

Proper time management is essential to clear any competitive exam preparation. Freshers might need help managing the UPSC exam syllabus in the left period. Difficulty in any subject can significantly hamper your productivity.

4. UPSC Optional Subject

Once you choose the right UPSC optional subject. Half of the work is done for your UPSC mains exam. Candidates often need to correct this; they take up the subject as per the marked trend rather than their understanding and interest.

5. Guidance

To be on the right track, guidance or having a mentor is very important. Fresh candidates have very less exposure with toppers and with other UPSC aspirants.

Tips to prepare for UPSC without Coaching

Below are the educator's and toppers suggested tips which you can follow to ease your UPSC preparation at home.

1. Know the Syllabus

Before jumping into the preparation or mugging up things, give a week to understand the syllabus and match it to the previous year's question papers. Try to understand the pattern and depth of questions asked.

UPSC Previous Year Question Papers

3. Study Plan

For this part, only you know your capabilities and limits. Make daily, weekly and monthly timetables. Follow the UPSC Study plan religiously. However, coaching makes a proper timetable for the students to study, which needs more self-study. But now that you are preparing on your own, you have that leverage to make it more effective and useful. Time management for the UPSC CSE exam is extremely significant.

4. Online study material

Be wise while choosing study material. Refrain from referring to a lot of UPSC study material. Keep your resources limited. Stay caught up on every material available on online platforms.

5. Follow official websites, reports, indices

To get accurate data for UPSC main exam, check on government official ministry sites, international organizations, LSTV, RSTV and other such content sites.

6. Test series for prelims and mains

Either you can enroll in any online test series or get the test paper from the market. You can choose relevant test series from the market. Set the alarm for the specified time and then only give the test; every mock test gets you closer to the UPSC exam pattern, so do not take these papers lightly. Consider it as giving the final UPSC CSE exam in the examination hall; you can not be in your comfort zone. Apply every possible trick to solve the questions you need to learn about.

Ease your UPSC Exam preparation with the above given tips. Wish you all the best!

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