The prestigious Civil Services exam is considered as the toughest exam to crack in India. With a success rate of merely 25%, students often look for tips and tricks to crack the exam. The internet is filled with several videos of former IAS officers boosting the confidence of aspirants. However, in spite of being a highly valued program, Civil service exams have also been the center of jokes (memes), thanks to their difficult nature. One such recent incident came into light when IAS officer Awanish Sharan shared a video on twitter, educating the aspirants in a witty manner.
How To Fail UPSC Civil Services Exam?
On November 8, 2021, Awanish Sharan shared a twitter video explaining the ways one can fail UPSC Civil service exams. Yes, you heard it right!
The video shares a long list of qualities, one should possess, or one shouldn’t possess.
How to fail UPSC Civil Services Exam.
— Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) November 8, 2021
Well explained. pic.twitter.com/IftbagsJA5
Being an IAS Officer, Mr. Sharan has undergone a similar experience when he had appeared for his Civil service examinations. Having first-hand experience of the entire process, surely there is a lot to learn from the IAS officer. Playing the game of perspectives, Mr. Sharan has mentioned ways one can crack the exam.
What did Awanish Sharan had to share?
Awanish Sharan, while explaining the strategy, has switched perspectives and explained how to fail a UPSC Civil service examination. Making things easy for you, we have handpicked the important characteristics required to clear a UPSC exam and excel with flying colours.
- Start with a proper strategy
- Do not change your strategy often
- Don’t follow multiple strategies at once
- Make your own custom plan (which suits you)
- Focus on every mock test, not only prelims
- Focus on everything: Ethics, essays and optionals
- Prepare for optionals since the start
- Read newspaper daily
- Read the editorial section of the newspaper
- Focus on quality, not quantity
- Read the books which you find interesting
- Do not read books just for the sake of it
- Be exam-oriented
- Revise the subjects. It is the key to crack the exams
- Read NCERT books thoroughly
- Progress with small steps
- Reward yourself after small achievements
- Completely understand UPSC Mains syllabus
- Analyze past year’s question papers
- Practice mocks for prelims as well as mains
- Socialize, but judiciously
- Be consistent
- Do not lose momentum
- Practice maximum number of MCQs
- Start answer writing during your preparation
- Believe in yourself
- Never procrastinate
- काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब
The New Sensation
Ever since the upload, the video has gone viral with over 70,000 views and has gained around 6000 likes. The video has been retweeted 1400 times.
It is human nature to do the opposite of what we're told too
— Binul Sharma (@SharmaBinul) November 13, 2021
This video urges you to do hard-work in order to perform the opposite
"Practically logical and profitable"
It was truly hilarious sir !
— Rishi Saxena (@Rishi_saxena21) November 8, 2021
And ofcourse I get to listen this quite often from my mother,
"Aaj kare so kal kar,
Kal kare so parso.
Kya karna hai jaldi karke ?
Jab jeena hai barso !"
I honestly am doing quite a few out of these. Thanks for pointing it out in this subtle way. 🤷♂️
Although intentionally portrayed in a funny way, the video has a lot to offer. Coming from an IAS officer himself, UPSC aspirants can learn a lot through this video, which will help them excel in the mains.
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