Amit Chaudhary
CSC: Heartiest congratulations to you from Civil Services Chronicle on your success. How are you feeling about it?
Amit Chaudhary: Thanking you. It’s a great feeling indeed.
CSC: Who was your inspiration for becoming as PCS officer?
Amit Chaudhary: My chachaji inspired me since my childhood days. And the desire to serve the society had always been the carry force to accomplish my dream.
CSC: Whom do you give credit for your success?
AmitChaudhary: My family and friends have been the greatest support. Dr. S.S. Chaudhary of Vajirao& Reddy Institute guided me through out my journey.
CSC: What is the role of family and others (teacher, friends) in your preparation and success?
Amit Chaudhary: Family is the first support system during ups & downs of this journey, especially my father and my chachaji, some of my close friends also have been the stress busters.
CSC: What was your source of Preparation. Which Books, Magazines, News Papers and Online Sources were used by you during your preparation.
Amit Chaudhary: Civil Services Chronicle, The Hindu and frequent study from Insights of India. All conventional books like Lakshmi kant for polity, Spectrum for history, Khullar for Geography etc.
CSC: How did you manage your time in both prelims and mains examinations?
Amit Chaudhary: I believed the integrated preparation of both prelims and mains. And planned dedicated preparation with multiple revisions before each phase of exams.
CSC: Did you integrate your Prelims and Mains preparation or was it separate?
Amit Chaudhary: Mostly integrated.
CSC: Did you prepare notes? How helpful are the notes? What is your advice on notes-making?
Amit Chaudhary: Yes. I believe notes making helps immensely in cracking this exam. One can revise notes time and again easily.
CSC: Tell us something about preparation of essay paper.
Amit Chaudhary: Content for essay is prepared during the preparation of General studies. I wrote few essays on important issues just before the mains examination.
CSC: What was your style of writing in the exam? How was it distinct from the general writing style? How did you develop this writing style?
Amit Chaudhary: Proper structuring of answer with good introduction, precise body part and remedial conclusion by facts & figures, maps was my style of writing.
BIO-DATANAME : AMIT CHAUDHARY FATHER’S NAME : UDAYVIR SINGH CHAUDHARY MOTHER’S NAME : MEERA CHAUDHARY DATE OF BIRTH : 20-08-1990 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : B.Tech. (Civil), K.I.E.T., UPTU EXAM : UPPCS 2017 ROLL NO. : 299296 ATTEMPTS : 1st CATEGORY : OBC |
CSC: What was your optional? What was the basis of selecting this optional?
Amit Chaudhary: (1) Geography (2) Social work.
Interesting syllabus and major help of these optionals in G.S.
CSC: How did you prepare for interview?
Amit Chaudhary: I joined mock interview of Vajirao& Reddy institute. Interview tips by Dr. S.S. Chaudhary played major role.
CSC: Which type of questions were asked in interview? Did you answer all?
Amit Chaudhary: My interview was around situational questions and equal focus on current issues. Yes, except two factual questions, I answered all.
CSC: Was there any specific area they emphasised upon?
Amit Chaudhary: Current based questions were the emphasised area.
CSC: Importance of coaching in the preparation of exam.
Amit Chaudhary: Coaching helps in unidirectional study and prevents from getting lost in universe of study material available in the market.
CSC: What is the role of Civil Services Chronicle in your success ?
Amit Chaudhary: Civil Services Chronicle was of the great help in my preparation. It has good analysis of current issues.
SUGGESTED BOOK LIST Prelims : G.S. : Lakshmikant - Polity, Shankar - Environment, Spectrum - History, Periyar & Barnwal - Geography Census, Ghatna Chakra, UP Special. Mains: Optional Paper-I : Geography - (Indian) D.R. Khullar, Savinder Singh, R.C. Tiwari. Optional Paper-II : Social work - K.S. Soodan, IGNOU material. Magazines / Newspapers : CSC, The Hindu, Geography & You. |
