Crack civil services in first attempt.

Divey Sethi cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examinations in 2013 and was selected to join the Indian Revenue Service of 2014 batch. Based on his own experience and empirical evidence from other successful candidates and several unsuccessful ones, he has prepared a handy guidebook titled as CRACK CIVIL SERVICES IN FIRST ATTEMPT to help other aspirants with Do’s and Don’ts. Shri Sethi’s focus in this book is actually on marrying hard work with a purposive and result-oriented direction. He would like hard work to be properly strategized and channelized to the targets sought to be achieved. The author presents a concrete step-by-step action plan for preparations for civil service examinations. The Civil Services Examination is not only one of the most prestigious exams in India but is also considered to be among the toughest to clear all over the world. In this context, the book in your hand, CRACK CIVIL SERVICES IN FIRST ATTEMPT, assumes significant importance. The book has dwelled on pragmatic strategies, rather than inspirational and motivational text, to emerge successful in the Civil Services Examination.

The book elucidates to an aspirant the reasons for taking the decision to study for Civil Services Examination through various stages of the exam: preliminary, mains, and interview. It plunges into the in-depth analysis of the psychology of the aspirants and their insecurities, which have been explained through the means of myths and FAQs at the end of each chapter. The book in your hand is also a wake-up call to the unfettered profit-making coaching sector in this field of Civil Services Examination preparations. The author has rightly commented on the big coaching institutes and their unchecked drive to create profit at any cost. Their role in the lives of aspirants, and also in shaping the minds of future administrators, must be called into a wider public debate. The sarcasm and humour make the book an engrossing read for all.

Divey Sethi has penned down the revised edition of the book CRACK CIVIL SERVICES IN FIRST ATTEMPT as an evolutionary process of UPSC Civil services preparations, identifying the problems, the pitfalls, and the traps, and how to foresee them and transcend them, or at the very least, how to navigate through these in the least damaging manner. This book not only delves into the evolving pattern of Civil Services Examination based on a data-driven approach but also focuses on discerning fundamental characteristics and qualities that should exist for cracking the toughest entrance examination in India and, subsequently, how to imbibe these indispensable qualities as an aspirant to significantly increase the chances of your success. This is not a book that talks about success, making money in life, how to be happy in life, and after beating about the bush of ‘that one factor of success, ‘ends up saying that it is only determination, perseverance, or as a matter of fact, the power of the subconscious mind to manifest into reality that can make one successful!’ Instead of this, what has been presented in this book is a step-by-step strategy that helps you realize your potential to the fullest– through internalizing some changes inside of you and complementing it with the strategy to study smartly, which explicitly includes what not to study – and this helps you reach the zenith of your preparations so that the chances of your success increase considerably.

This edition of CRACK CIVIL SERVICES IN FIRST ATTEMPT, apart from dealing with the aspect of targeted study answering your questions of why, when, where, and how, deliberates further into changes you are required to make internally that would equip you with capabilities necessary to study smartly, and you would soon realize that this, in fact, is tougher than the actual preparation process. Any person, whether fresher or otherwise, struggling to achieve the desired success in civil services shall find enlightenment by relating to several parts of this handbook. Those who find civil services preparations shrouded behind the clouds of mystery shall find the myth of the enigma melting away as they muster their courage and move in this direction strategically.