Study plan for Civil Services

by Ravi Dutt Sharma Digital Marketing

First and most important: self-motivation

Cracking IAS in not two or four months game. IAS Exam is a marathon, not a sprint. Patience and self-motivation are necessary weapons. You are going to become an IAS officer, who is responsible for the administration of whole district. So think you are on the seat of the district collector who is responsible for the welfare of multitudes of people and delivering justice. Rome was not built in a day. Preparation is the first step in that long journey.

Start your journey with first step

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. Your each small step will make your dream come true. For example: if you prepare one or two topics daily, count how many topics you have done in 365 days. Go step by step close towards the goal. It’s not about finishing huge books, it’s about completing each important topic one by one. Split your big goal and make tiny goals to achieve bigger one. If you can’t sit for 4 hours continuously, don’t worry, start with half an hour, increase it slowly to one hour two hours and so on.. if you’re too afraid to take a three- hour examination at first. Start with half-hour tests, gain comfort and gradually keep increasing the duration, till 3 hours becomes comfortable.

After achieving every small goal, it gives us the satisfaction and mental energy to take on the next challenge.

Early startup is batter choice:

It is generally batter to start early when you dreams to become an IAS Officer. Moreover it will save your time as well as you will compete other aspirants equally. But that doesn’t mean that one should start right from 5^th standard.

You must have a right approach for such exam.

Evaluate yourself

You cannot perform that much batter is you didn’t evaluate your efforts during the preparations. So it is always suggested that have a mentor who can check your performance and guide you properly. This will not only boost your preparations but also build your confidence to appear in the final exam.

Make newspaper reading your habit. Go through your old school books. Those texts are the base of your study. NCERT books are a good source for basic knowledge for IAS preparations. You can collect them from book stores or may also download from different online sites.