UPSC Exam Pattern: Prelims, Mains Exam & Interview

  Benefits of  Solving   UPSC Mock Tests   The immediate benefit that you’d notice after solving the UPSC mock tests and  previous years’ papers  is that you’d be able to commit the exam structure to your memory.That would in turn facilitate your understanding of things such as the sections to attempt first and the ones to leave out for later, based on your strengths and weaknesses. The next benefit is an obvious one. More practice would mean better speed of comprehension and the ability to solve more in littler time The next one is that with greater practice you’d be able to tell the questions that would be asked in the actual exam, from the ones that are not as likely to be asked. One important benefit would be that you’d be able to easily decipher questions on the basis of their difficulty levels and the topics they encapsulate. With greater practice, it would become easier for you to gauge your performances segment-wise, subject-wise, and level of difficulty-wise...

I have mentioned some very effective tips and tricks that you can keep in mind while solving your UPSC mock test papers:    Take your Prelims to mock papers sincerely, giving 2 hours each for the GS and CSAT papers. And also, while taking your mock mains papers, take the papers using the official time duration of 3 hours for each.    While solving the UPSC mocks make sure to solve your papers with a calm mind. The objective shouldn’t be just to solve it in the given time. You should make sure that your answers are right, and also of good quality (in the case of the mains papers). Therefore, 15 minutes here and there above the given time limit can be considered okay, but remember to not take any more time than that.    Once you are done with a mock, do not consider your job done yet, you’d now have to analyze the questions in the mock thoroughly and also the answers you have written for each. That way you’ll be ab...