Categories: My UPSC Journey

UPSC Marksheet

Here are my marksheets for the Prelims and Mains of Civil Services Exam 2017. Along with these, I’ve attached my marksheet for CSE 2015 (I’ve skipped CSE 2016.)

A cursory glance at scores from both these attempts should tell you that, with crisp and clear answers, you can drastically improve your Mains scores across the papers. You can read more about how I overcame my failures here.

So my only plea to you is: if your recent Mains scores have been terrible, do not become despondent. I will soon write detailed blog posts on Mains answer writing. Hope they help you in improving your answer content and presentation.

CSE 2017 Prelims Marksheet

CSE 2015 Final Marksheet

CSE 2017 Final Marksheet

Note: For the benefit of UPSC aspirants, I am working on a detailed guide book on how to write powerful Essays and compelling answers in the UPSC exam. Subscribe to this blog to download a free chapter and to hear first when the book launches.

Anudeep Durishetty

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  • Hello Anudeep Annaya,
    Please write how to prepare for Working Aspirant. As you too prepared while working. It will be more effective and useful if you do so.

    Thank you.

  • Thank you so much sir... And congrats on your success

  • Hi Anudeep, in your sample essay, there is a full para mentioning what all is there in your essay. But in your essay notes, I see you have crossed such things and written that its not needed. So can you please clear this confusion?

    • In the initial essays I used to write that para. But later realized that it unnecessarily reveals everything we have to say in the essay, and dulls the interest of the reader.

      So I stopped writing that thesis para. In the final exam too didn't write it.

  • Hello Anudeep Sir,
    Firat of all my heartiest congratulations for your extraordinary success.
    Sir, my query is regarding Bipin Chandra book, as you have also stated it for selective reading and even I too find it little ambiguous as there're lots of facts in one page only.
    So, I want to know what are the selections to study and which part to avoid. How specific kind of fact to be grasp?

  • you are the best topper sir to correct guide of yours essay notes for my son Dr abhishek tnks

  • Hi Anudeep Sir,

    As you mentioned in several videos that you struggled with your writing speed. Same is true with me. I have scored fairly well 154 in essay but can't score higher in the GS papers. My slow speed was one of the reason. Plz guide me through your experience. I will be deeply obliged.

    • I'm sorry I do not have any writing hack to quickly improve the speed. Improving writing speed is just like improving your running speed. Comes only through practice.

      I used to have a timer and consistently write some random article from newspapers. Based on the number of words written in the set time, I would consciously work to improve the speed day after day, in a way that my writing speed is enough to finish a 15 marker in 10 min approx.

      You can sacrifice the beauty of your handwriting for speed.

      • Sir,
        There is any problem by sacrificing the beauty of handwriting in mains exm ???? May be mark will reduce

      • Congratulations sir. I am mareppa mudhol i am very proud of you sir please how to prepare ias please sir suggestions you to me because my goal also ias topper please say to me sir.

  • sir please provide, yourns notes of anthropology,,,if possible,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    • I've reported the account and Twitter removed the account. Thanks for informing!

  • Hi Anudeep,

    Congratulation on the coup. Could you please put up a post detailing your strategy for Anthro. and how you went about with regard to the optional paper? Thanks.

    • Done already. Please check 'Optional' tab on this site.

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