Question : Managing The UPSC Syllabus Is Not A Herculean Task -How To Manage It?

Answer :

• First, let us accept that UPSC syllabus is vast and it requires both hard work and smart work. Start by analysing previous year question papers and try to find out your areas of weakness and strength zone and find out the subjects which you are comfortable and subjects which you find it difficult.
• Try to finish it out, one subject at a time and then update your current affairs daily from The Hindu and The Indian Express. It is more than sufficient if you refer these two newspapers thoroughly.
• Try to finish GS papers’ preparation (Prelimsand Mains both) by December, so that you are comfortably placed ahead of others for Prelims and then if possible, for a test series and try to find out your areas where you need to concentrate more and work on it.
• By January, you should start answer writing practice since you have completed your core subjects now you can prepare for Mains also as an integrated approach till March. After March, you can concentrate on Prelims only. Cover as many model question papers and previous years’ papers as possible.
• Make a detailed plan as to what portions you will complete first and what will you do later. Try to stick to your targets. Compartmentalize the syllabus into various small targets. And finish it off monthly.
• If planned meticulously, the syllabus can be finished off in a timely manner.