71 TO 51 My Journey from Failure to IAS & Your Guide to Success by Ila Tripathi and Bhavesh Mishra
About This Book
Significance of the title:
In her first attempt in 2015, Ila couldn’t clear prelim stage of the exam as she could secure only 71 marks. In her second attempt she got Rank 51. The book takes you through her journey from failure in prelims to success in second attempt.
At the end of this article, we have shared links to get the 71 TO 51 My Journey from Failure to IAS & Your Guide to Success.
It basically has three parts-
In the first part, Ila talks about her back ground and her personal life-
- What motivated her to join the civil services
- What was the impact of her father’s death on her career decision
- What role did her husband (that’s me by the way ) have in her preparation
After this brief background, we delve into how should an aspirant prepare himself to crack the civil services exam in the first attempt itself. There are following chapters-
- How to start preparing
- How to prepare while in college
- How to prepare along with a job
- How to revise
- Prelims resources and strategy
- What to do on the day of Prelims
- Role of test series
- How to use online resources
- Why going to Delhi is not essential for succeeding in the exam (Ila prepared from Lucknow)
- What to do after Prelims and before Mains
- Time table for Mains
- How to choose optional
- GS I strategy
- GS II strategy
- GS III strategy
- GS IV strategy
- Essay strategy
- Sociology strategy
- What to do on the days of Mains
- What to do after Mains and before results are out
- Interview preparation
- On the day of interview
- After interview and before result
Apart from this there are chapters to motivate you and to keep you going:
- When the going gets tough
- What if you fail
We hope this book helps you in learning from our experience and not repeating the mistakes we did.
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