Relevance of mppsc mains 2014, with new syllabus, the strategy I would be adopting, if I had to take this mains, alas its not so, those who know me, knows.
It's clear that there are 6 compulsory papers to be prepared so as to beat the competition, with a good score.
Now this exam is a golden or platinum opportunity, for those who clear prelims. Why?
No kidding, why,
1. All experienced stuff, old experienced students, competitors, whatever name u give, are blank as of now. This exam is a blank slate for all. First timer or experienced, it would be preparation from a scratch. Although experience always pays, and experienced smarter lot will make good use of this.
2. Posts are in good numbers, chances of getting to interview are good with smart work and with good collection of ingredient material.
3. Many serious students opted out in favor of uppcs. Leaving field open for a mediocre student.
4. The first time question setting will not go into any experimentation, chances of straight forward or direct questions more.
5. There is no single ready to read material available in the market, leaving those students who are working hard with an upper hand.
And I may go on and on .....
But that was not the topic of discussion. It was the preparation part.
So straight forward talk straight from the heart is
Essentials.
1. I must be disciplined in my approach.
2. I must have a clear selection of topics that I want to master and prepare with clarity, also I must be clear in those topics which I may be leaving with a general study only, and not a detailed one.
3. I must have a clear cut set out plan for my studies to take shape over the period of time.
4. I must have enough text book basic material, and enough garnishing material from different sources.
5. I must be preparing long answers probably in 200-250 word limit, in such a manner that could easily be expanded to full answer of 60 marks, if they are asking for that. And simultaneously it could be reduced or shrinked to a shorter answer of 10-15 marks.
6. I must approach judiciously, and with evenly spaced plan, so as to cover all the papers simultaneously.
7. I must, pay full attention to hindi language paper, I feel it will rain numbers in this paper for sure.
8. For essay my preparation would be along the routine if my preparation, writing at least a couple of longer and a couple of shorter essays, just to build sufficient confidence in me.
9. I would certainly be collecting relevant questions asked in earlier exams for the topic I am preparing, and would attempt to answer them, again to practice.
10. Lastly, I would certainly discussing all the topics along with those who are preparing for the same.
So that's what I would have done, but with flexible approach to ammend, to add, to remove anything that may come in the course of time.
For the time being start your studies, do not wait for pre results.
All the best.
