Should I drop a year to prepare for UPSC or pursue M.Com first?
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Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC is one of the most competitive examinations. As per some published research, cracking Civil Service Examination to get IAS or IFS or IPS is world's toughest examination to join civil services across the world. Cracking Civil Services require lots of planning, preparations and hard work. There are examples where candidates have taken years of preparations to crack the examination. Devoting one full year for cracking Civil Services Examination has its own merits and demerits. Dropping one or more year means, you will get sufficient amount of time to prepare for exams. It will allow you to take...more
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Preparation for UPSC and M.Com can be done together. M.Com is subject specific specialization. However, UPSC preparation requires an all-round knowledge of the events happening regionally, nationally and internationally. Since PG is subject specific one can dedicate a stipulated time for its studies. For UPSC one should be able to classify what to study and what not. This approach develops with proper reading habit. To be more precise, a candidate has to be an intelligent reader. This actually enables to get a concise knowledge of various fields. One needs to be very strong in general studies and current affairs. So, it can be done sim...more
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Konatham Abhishek If you do not go to the end, why to start? | Scholar-Level 17
5 years agoAs per some published research, cracking Civil Service Examination to get IAS or IFS or IPS is worlds the toughest examination to join civil services across the world. Cracking Civil Services require lots of planning, preparations and hard work. There are examples where candidates have taken years of preparations to crack the examination. Devoting one full year for cracking Civil Services Examination has its own merits and demerits. Dropping one or more year means, you will get sufficient amount of time to prepare for exams. It will allow you to take coaching and help to score good rank in UPSC exams. However, failures may put you back...more
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