VISION

Dear readers,

My name is Kajal Jawla and I have secured AIR 28 in Civil Services Examination 2018. This was my fifth attempt overall (I gave my first attempt in 2012) and my first attempt at Mains. I have been a fellow traveler for a very long time now and saying that this journey was difficult would be saying a little too less. Was it testing? Yes – in more ways than one. Was it exhausting? So much so that rest and relaxation became luxuries I could no longer afford. Was it rewarding? Absolutely – never before did I learn so much in life and I am not talking about the syllabus here. 😊

Political Science & International Strategy 

by Dhananjay Singh Yadav, Rank 95 CSE-2018 

First Attempt

Hi, I am Dhananjay Singh Yadav. I got Rank 95 in UPSC CSE 2018. This was my first attempt, and my optional was Political Science and International Relations (PSIR). I took the civil services exam to get into Indian Foreign Service.

I have written about my Prelims and Mains strategy before; all my resources and complete notes have been shared here. I hope this article helps people in similar predicament wrt PSIR that I was in a year ago, just little over three months before the Mains. I prepared PSIR after prelims: without any classroom coaching or answer writing practice.

Selecting the Optional