How To Fail UPSC Civil Services Exam? IAS Officer Shares Tips In A Witty Video

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.

Well explained. pic.twitter.com/IftbagsJA5
— Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) November 8, 2021

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

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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

This video urges you to do hard-work in order to perform the opposite

"Practically logical and profitable"
— Binul Sharma (@SharmaBinul) November 13, 2021

It was truly hilarious sir !
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. 🤷‍♂️
— Rishi Saxena (@Rishi_saxena21) November 8, 2021

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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