Dude I wasn't working while I wrote this exam. My condition was all the way more miserable. I was in my second year of MBA while I started preparing. So I practically started reading for the exam, just 6 months before I wrote prelims....If I can clear this exam in first attempt with less than a year of prep, then everyone else can...I don know if I am worthy of giving any advice, but I wud like to share the following tips:
1. Never ask anyone about his/her strategy for the exam. U are unique, ur style of studying and writing should reflect u and nt someone else
2. Don waste time in deciding optionals. See where ur instinct and natural flair lies. All subjects are gud but u'll do better in subjects where u are instinctively strong. This is true when unexpected questions r asked in the exam
3. Study only from standard books. No easy notes or guides.
4. Read as often as u can. Read non fictions, any good newspaper or one business newspaper.
5. Study as much as u feel is sufficient for u. I studied only 5 hrs a
Thanx buddy...am sure that u too can and will do the same. don quit the job. try to manage ur time well. Break ur syllabus into managable parts. set daily and weekly targets. assess urself periodically. I feel that daily study of 4-5 hrs and 7-8 on weekends can be sufficient. do lemme know if i can be of any help.
No friend I did nt take any coaching, not even test series. I never had time to do so. My optionals were Psychology and sociology. For socio I read only Harlambos and IGNOU notes, but the second paper requires a lot of personal interpretation and analysis. Mere reading won't help here. A personal touch to answers with some real and mordern examples will help. I am yet to see my score, so don't follow this advice blindly. Believe in ur instincts and make ur answers lucid and logical. As far as GS in concerned, I guess u should focus now on current affairs only. GS takes lots of efforts but corresponding returns are less. Focus on ur optional. Maximize the score here. It gives gud returns....and thnx for the kind words
And for GS the trend seems to have changed a lot. Read newspapers and develop ur own analysis and interpretation. I don't think there will be many fact based questions. In one way its good. You don't have to spend much time in mugging facts. However the onus now lies in ur writing skills and analytical ability.
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