I am Anudeep, All India Rank 1 in Civil Services Examination 2017. I secured this rank in my 5th attempt. Over the course of my long tryst with UPSC, I had learnt a lot from my mistakes and I consciously worked to rectify them. I intend this blog to be a repository of my experience so that you don’t repeat the same errors. You’ll find posts on my journey so far, preparation strategy for GS, essay, optional, answer writing and other peripheral aspects relevant to Civils preparation. Aspirants may post their queries in the comments section.
Apart from these, I also plan to write about topics of general interest that fascinate me. I am a native of Telangana and my hobbies are football, reading and meditation. I love Arsenal, Lionel Messi and Roger Federer.
Your blog is going to be very useful. Thank you so much sir.
sir…a great doubt..can u just hep me to find somebody who wrote mains with LAW as optional?
Rank 9
You can find it here: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2018/05/17/law-optional-strategy-by-saumya-sharma-rank-9-upsc-cse-2017/
Good initiative sir.. Thanks for it
A very good initiative. Thanks…
A very good intivative sir,and journey as a aspirant inspired us ,Thank you.
It will help us.. Thank you, Sir!
Thank you much sir
THANK YOU SIR……….
Thank you for your initiative sir, and this is how you wrote your mains answers……..
thank u sir … it will really helpful for us..
In one of your posts, you had mentioned about downloading the answer booklets of toppers. Are you talking about answer booklets of mock tests? Where do I download it from?
You can download from visions ias
Thanku so much sir to share these exact strategies as you would be follow for ye entire upsc journey.
Definetely, these strategies will help us.
Thanku so much sir to share these exact strategies as you would be follow for your entire upsc journey.
Definetely, these strategies will help us.
Thank you sir… This is really helpful for us.
Thank you sir .This is really helpful for us.
Thank you sir .This is really helpful for us.
Thank you sir.
Thank you so much sir… U stood as an achiever and inspiration as well.. I respect ur work of sharing ,ur experiences and guidance . This is very useful sir.
Thank you sir
Congratulations!
We’d be happy if you can you share your Anthro strategy? Like:- what books? Test series? can we see your mock test papers? Writing practice? anthro examples, diagrams, theories, case studies? Points vs paragraph? What structure? What conclusion? Are they looking for way forward or significance in present scenario even in anthro? How many questions did you attempt in mains? what was the quality of your answers?
Thanks and regards
Hi, I’ve written detailed posts on Anthropology. Find it under ‘Optional’ tab on this website.
Sir I have one doubt may be it is silly for you but my question is you opted offline Forum IAS TEST SERIES where you write these exams while you are working as IRS ?
Sir, I read your other post on UPSC Journey I got the answer that you write Forum IAS TEST SERIES at home with timer.
Yes, I entirely prepared while staying in Hyderabad and so I had to opt for online mode. I wrote all tests from my home.
sir please tell how to prepare economics?
AIR 19 Abhijeet Sinha wrote about it:
https://iasbaba.com/2018/06/economics-optional-strategy-abhijeet-sinha-rank-19-upsc-cse-2017/
Congratulations sir💐
Your journey inspired us a lot…
Thanks for sharing your strategy through this initiative. This is so helpful..
Thank you sir
will you please share mains booklist Sir..?
First of all congratulation for your tremendous success Sir.
Sir, I’ve studied till 10+2 in UP and from UP Board, as far as I could remember I left essay writing in my 8th standard only because essay writing was in the syllabus till then. Now while I think to prepare for CSE, I’m stuck that how I should write an essay. Because my mind in essay writing is not developed since I haven’t written an essay for the last 7-8 years. And now if someone tells me to write an essay, I guess it’ll be written at the 8th standard level which is nothing in front of this large CSE- Mains essays. At this stage, I’m not able to decide where to begin with. It could be a problem for other aspirants as well. It’ll be a huge help if you could guide and let us know how to start for the essay writing i.e. read the essay, analyze them etc.. I would love if you could guide us in terms of strategy with some resources where to read up them.
I’ve written a detailed post on Essay writing.
https://anudeepdurishetty.in/writing-a-good-essay-in-upsc-mains-explained/
Sir, what are you recomanded book’s in CSE(MAIN)Exam? Kindlly you can tell about your CSE(main) book list please!
yes sir it will be very help full for us..
Arsenal???? man i m judging u now
Could you please share the strategy for mains general studies,book lists and material.
Sir,
I read the non-fiction books you recommended and they very interesting. Can you suggest more?
Great Initiative Anudeep. You wrote about meditation in the ‘about me’ Section.
We will be very gratefull if we got to read In depth about “Meditation , Preparation and You”.
and a direct Question for you.
Joining Online test series for prelims and mains , has its own pros and cons.
critically evaluate.
No word limit Sir 🙂
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Sir,
Can you suggest which month current affairs are required for prelims and mains?
Congratulations Anudeep & thank you for all your articles, very helpful!
Could you please share your study schedule, it would be very useful for aspirants like me working full-time, to get an idea on how to plan prep and deal time crunch.
Thanks! 🙂
Many will ask you how you clear your exam and strategy but its been 2 weeks since result came out and yet no body talks much about how to deal with failure. How you dealt with your failure constantly. How will you convince yourself that you are not failure even you hit dead end.
Hello Sir,… I know you are definitely busy person but i want to take some more time of your. Please sir share booklist for mains so it will be helpful for me as well as many UPSC Aspirants. I am eagerly waiting for your reply sir…
Hello Sir…, Please tell me how to prepare for Commerce & Accounts as optional subject ?
And from where I can download Optional subjects previous paper …. Please sir help me as i am eagerly waiting for your reply…..
hello sir, please tell me name and writer of standard books for cse pre,qualifying subject,essay, gs.
hello sir, please tell me name and writer of standard books for optional subject agriculture.
Hello Sir, how to start preparation and from where. What is the book list for mains.
Hi Anudeep
This is Rakesh Murarka from RVG Education Foundation Mumbai. We need your contact details urgently.
Hii sir..this is soundarya from adilabad..i have completed my graduation only in English medium. I want to write civils in Telugu language..is materials are available in Telugu medium..is it possible sir…please suggest any name who wrote in Telugu .and their link .
Thank you sir
Sir, how did you get job at google, could you please help me