Flying With Colors to crack the IAS Main Entrance Exam

UPSC IAS Entrance Exam  preparation needs more mental and physical strength. You need to ensure that your preparation should be focused and dedicated. Here, we have listed some important tips for Mains exam preparation.

Be Aware of Mains Syllabus

You should know all the topics mentioned in the UPSC Mains syllabus. By way of remembering Syllabus topics, you can differentiate the important and irrelevant topics to be covered for Mains exam preparation. Develop a habit of having Mains syllabus on your study table, it will help you to read relevant subject topics.

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Strike a Balance between GS and Optional Subject

Mains and Prelims

In Mains examination, you should give equal importance to all the papers. Try to balance your GS and Optional subject preparation. Few aspirants focus only on all GS papers and leave optional and vice versa for others. Don’t do that, have a balanced approach.

Work on your Answer writing skills

IAS mains exam is all about writing good quality answers. In order to get good marks in Mains exam, you need to practice a lot of questions. So, try to develop a habit of writing one or two answers on regular basis to improve your answer writing skills.

Stay updated with Current affairs

Be it prelims, Mains or Interview, UPSC gives importance to current issues and events. You should always be updated on all the current issues happening around the world. In Mains exam, GS Paper 2 and 3 questions asked are based on current affairs. Further, current affairs update will be helpful to write your Mains optional subjects.

Give equal importance to all questions and topics

Many aspirants cover certain aspects of the syllabus and leave few topics in GS and optional. Always try to cover all topics mentioned in Mains syllabus. It is popularly believed that you should know something about everything mentioned in the syllabus. Even in Mains examination hall, give equal importance to all questions and try to answer all the questions given in the paper.

Be Aware of UPSC trends

You should be aware of UPSC IAS  Mains question trends. For this, you need to refer last 3 – 4 years mains question paper (both GS and Optional). Once you understood the trend and type of questions asked by UPSC, you can prepare accordingly.

All the Best For Examination!!!