UPSC Prelims 2025: Now is the time for revision and practice only... Know important tips before UPSC exam..

UPSC Civil Services Exam Tips: The preliminary examination of the country's most prestigious and competitive UPSC Civil Services 2025 is going to be held on 25th May. For which the commission has also issued admit cards. Through this, recruitment is done for many important posts like IAS, IPS, and IFS. If your dream is also to become an IAS, then you must also be going to appear in this exam. However, there is very little time left in this exam, in such a situation, the remaining time is very special from the point of view of revision of all subjects. If you have already appeared in this exam, then for success, you will have to avoid repeating past mistakes and move forward by closely evaluating every fact and information.

Avoid reading new things.

Avoid reading new facts and subject matter 15 days before the exam. Revise as much as possible the various subjects, facts, events, and short notes already studied. Otherwise, in a state of confusion during the exam, questions related to the prepared subject matter may also be wrong.

Practice

Along with studying the subject matter, solving model papers, previous years' question papers, and practice sets within the stipulated time limit will be beneficial for you. This will make it easier to read the questions in less time during the exam, understand them quickly, and select the answer. To evaluate the preparation and improve your weaknesses, it would be better to resort to online or offline mock tests.

Qualitative and analytical study

The questions in general studies in the exam are very complex. Therefore, along with doing qualitative and analytical studies of traditional subjects, emphasis should be laid on developing a deep understanding by connecting other related subjects and current events. Also, along with revising each fact repeatedly, solve questions related to it. Time management is very important during revision. Due to the syllabus of the exam being very detailed, many topics are missed during preparation due to a lack of time management. Therefore, avoid making mistakes in understanding the questions and selecting answers in the exam due to a lack of time management.

Negative Marking Strategy

There will be negative marking of one-third for each wrong answer in the exam. Hence guessing should be avoided in the exam, however, in questions where any two options can be right or wrong, guessing increases the chances of getting the answer right.

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