5 Ways You Should Not Prepare For Your Civil Services CSAT Paper - Examination Pattern And Syllabus - CivilServices.com
The CSAT Paper or the Civil Services Aptitude Test is a part of the UPSC Prelims (Civil Services Exam – Preliminary). However, as per the Union Public Service Commission, it is referred to as General Studies (GS) Paper-II.
UPSC CSAT Examination Pattern
CSAT was introduced in 2011 to test the aspirant’s analytical and logical skills. CSAT is the second paper in the UPSC Prelims phase. However, it is officially known as the General Studies Paper-II of prelims stage.
Date of CSAT exam- 4th October 2021
UPSC Civil Services Exam (Prelims) 2021 – CSAT Syllabus
How Not to Prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Prelims CSAT Paper
Devoting your maximum time for the preparation of your GS Paper I is a key to clear the exam, but always divide the time as per the POMODORO Technique- allot a one-hour slot for the preparation of CSAT subjects as compared to Paper I, because the CSAT is defined and can easily be prepared if you dedicate one hour for its preparation daily.
Starting without Identify your Weakest Area: For identifying your weakest subject, you can solve previous year papers of UPSC Civil Service Exams. This will not only help you in practice but also know your strong and weak areas.
By losing self-control: Decision making is an essential part of the preparation of UPSC- aspirants have to make decisions when to start revision and when to stick with a particular subject, etc.
Not being good enough to clear the exam: By starting with a negative mindset, you will always fail, and the complete journey of preparation will be like hell for you. Believe that you can do this and work for it. Giving your best efforts are required, and if you maintain the negative environment- you cannot achieve your desired goals.
Lack of positive support and motivation: There will be a time when you will start doubting yourself, and you will lose motivation to keep moving forward with your preparation, but at that time you have to seek someone who can motivate you towards your goals- like your family and friends. Keeping yourself in good company will always provide you with the best results, so make sure you surround yourself with the ones who encourage you to achieve your goals.
Imbalance in personal life: Every single aspirant who is preparing for the exam has a personal life- but you have to prioritize your time as per your current requirements and if you want to achieve your goal.
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Risk factors associated with preparing in a wrong way:
Fatigue: It is often caused when an aspirant spends all the time preparing or sitting in one place to prepare, but this method is not always useful when it comes to better results.
Insomnia: Working overtime will only increase the stress level in the aspirant’s body, and due to which he/she fails to produce the desired results.
Excessive/ overstress: It can be caused due to a variety of reasons or maybe because he/she takes too much pressure while preparing, candidates need to be light-headed while preparing for something.
Anger/Sadness: The UPSC syllabus is very vague, and it can sometimes increase the frustration, but they have to prepare their mind in advance to cope with the stress that comes with the UPSC, and they need to have enough patience to wait for the strategy to work.
How not to prepare for the CSAT exam