The Art Of Tikdams 19 Questions to Show How Civilsdaily Prelims TS Helps You Master the 3 Types of Tikdams
- Dr. V (AIR 20, CSE 2015)
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Dear students, Do not take IAS Prelims for granted. There is a general tendency among sincere students who are regular with their newspapers and classes to take prelims for granted. Its not completely their fault. Many toppers say prelims are not an issue for sincere students. There are many institutes that stake claims about their students cracking prelims with just 2 months of efforts. All this is was probably true couple of years back when the pattern was different and engineers had an undue advantage because of the CSAT. Now that’s not the case. This year the paper was tougher and cut-offs went even higher. Prelims are a cut throat competition and anyone taking it for granted is going to end up wasting an year. It is extremely important that: 1. You be regular with a test series early in your preparation days and not wait for the last 2 months for a last minute run 2. You actively seek out effective ways to engage with the mock questions that you
In the next 20 pages, we are going to empower you with “The Art of Tikdams” - A brand new technique of solving IAS Prelims questions with logic & smart hacks rather than rote learning. Should you still have any questions, please feel free to email us at
[email protected] This is an Advanced level compilation on IAS Prelims questions penned down by Vipin Garg (AIR 20, CSE 2015). Make no mistake, this is a GOLDMINE of practical wisdom.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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A. UPSC Prelims Syllabus (IAS 2017 & beyond)
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B. The Art of Tikdams
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I. Elimination Tikdams
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II. Estimation Tikdams
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III. Red Flag Tikdams
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C. Can Tikdams be Used by a Beginner?
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D. 4 Commandments for Success @IAS Prelims
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A. UPSC Prelims Syllabus (IAS 2017 & beyond)
Syllabus for Paper 1:
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Syllabus for Paper 2:
First things first, nobody can afford to flunk CSAT paper (Paper 2). All it needs is 33% of your efforts.
There is simply no excuse for flunking the CSAT. To make sure, you don’t flunk the paper, just solve last 4 years UPSC CSAT papers, match your answers with official answer keys and if you score >90 (keeping a 24 marks cushion over cutoff to discount for a tough paper and bad day) in all 4 papers, you need not touch CSAT. If you are scoring
