IAS Preparation Tips for Beginners
Most of the candidates appearing for UPSC focus on the reading part. Some of them don’t revise what’s taught in class after they’re home (If you do this, you are already at the top of your game). Many candidates try taking mock tests only 15 days before the prelims exam and some go through question papers just one or two days before the exam (which is not going to help).
Many stop daily answer writing practice in the middle of their preparation before they realise its too late. Most people directly jump to the standard books before reading NCERTs comprehensively (this is a major mistake).
Some candidates keep on adding up new study material and therefore, they are not able to revise multiple times. Many candidates give up reading the newspapers and look for short cuts. Some candidates are not able to manage their time and hence can’t give proper attention to every subject.
Last but not the least, If you’re preparing everything well, but you have not chosen the right optional, that’s catastrophic.
Offered Courses
Do you know what it takes to become a bureaucrat?
A concrete foundation.
Every year, lakhs of candidates apply for UPSC. 95% of such candidates are filtered out at the preliminary round only. Similar process of filtration continues up to the final stage. Only the lucky 0.1% are able to make it to the final list.
So, what differentiates these 0.1% successful candidates from the 99.9% rejected ones?
UPSC FOUNDATION COURSES OFFERED BY INKAR IAS ACADEMY
INKAR offers three exclusive foundation courses – one-year foundation course, two years foundation course and Unlimited Lifetime foundation course.
Why do we need three different kinds of foundation courses?
Different IAS aspirants have different backgrounds. Some are working professionals, some are homemakers, some are undergraduates, some are graduates and some have just finished their school.
Everybody has a different time constraint. While some can spare only 2-3 hours for studying, others have 10-12 hours available for preparation.
Also, every candidate has a different study pattern requirement depending on where they are in their UPSC journey. A graduate who wants to appear in CSE next year would have a different study pattern from an undergraduate/12th pass/10th pass who would focus on building up their foundation.
Also, a working professional/home maker would have to manage his/her time very expeditiously if they want to stay in the game.
This is the reason, INKAR has come up with three different foundation courses suitable as per the needs, eligibility, age and requirements of different aspirants.
Foundational Programme
Salient Feature one Year Foundational Programme
(GENERAL STUDIES + CSAT+ ESSAY+ COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL + NCERT TEST SERIES + CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST SERIES + ALL INDIA PRELIMS TEST SERIES + MAINS TEST SERIES + INTERVIEW PREPARATION)
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COACHING FOR PRELIMS EXAMINATION
Complete, comprehensive and time bound coverage of the entire UPSC syllabus by distinguished faculty.
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COACHING FOR MAINS EXAMINATION
Daily answer writing practice with special focus on developing critical and analytical point of view among aspirants. Complete coverage of subjects which are specific to mains like Ethics, International Relations, World History, Internal Security, Disaster Management among others.
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COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL
NCERT Books and Standard Reference books will be provided by InKar IAS Academy. These books are sufficient, complete and only study material needed to crack the Civil Services Examination.
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ALL-INDIA NCERT TEST SERIES
All-India NCERT Test Series are methodically designed to strengthen a candidate’s basic concepts.
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ALL-INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST SERIES
All-India Current Affairs Test Series are precisely designed to keep an aspirant updated with the current affairs. With regular Current Affairs based test series, an aspirant would easily be able to identify topics which are examiner’s favorite.
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ALL-INDIA PRELIMS TEST SERIES
Topic wise and full syllabus comprehensive tests would be taken by students. Regular tests would help students in identifying the question paper pattern. Gradually, Students would also develop the habit of completing the paper in time.
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MAINS EXAM TEST SERIES
Comprehensive tests for Essay, General Studies and Ethics would be provided to the candidates. The motive of such tests would be to generate a broader point of view, critical understanding and analysis among aspirants.
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GUIDED INTERVIEW PREPARATION
A purposive one-to-one conversation would be held between the candidate and a panel of experts and feedback would be given accordingly. A recorded video of the mock interview would be provided to the candidate so that he/she can self-assess his/her strengths and weaknesses.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS MONTHLY MAGAZINE
A monthly current affairs magazine would be provided to candidates which will almost all important cover current affairs of the entire month.
Other features include:
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Regular mains answer writing practice.
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Regular batches and weekend batches.
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Innovative teaching pedagogy.
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Individual attention to each student.
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Small batch sizes.
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Bilingual classes- in Hindi and English.
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Extra classes.
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Back up classes.
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Periodic doubt classes.
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Extra classes.
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Seminars by successful candidates and senior IAS officers.
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Previous year papers analysis.
Other features include in Two years foundation Course:
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All features of one year Programme
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Continuous association with InKar IAS Academy for two consecutive years.
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Access to all the updated study material.
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Students can repeat further classes.
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Students can repeat the updated test series.
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Students will be provided updated current affairs magazines.
Other features include in unlimited lifetime foundation course:
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All Features of two year Foundational Programme along with below features
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Life long association with InKar IAS Academy.
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Access to all the updated study material.
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Students can repeat further classes.
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Students can repeat updated test series.
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Students will be provided updated current affairs magazines.