UNBOXING CGPSC

HOW TO START 2

BOOK LIST and PAPER WISE STRATEGY 2

NOTES MAKING 4

CURRENT AFFAIRS Selection 5

ANSWER WRITING 10

PRELIMS 11

How to study 12

Pep Talk 12

SAMPLE DOCs 15

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HOW TO START
● Syllabus
○ Batting karni hain, lekin bowler kis type ka hain ?
● Past year papers mains and prelims and relate with syllabus
● Decide depth of questions being asked eg Indus valley in history - major characteristics
● Will help you focus on important areas, will influence note making
○ Eg Development of Indian Railways, advantages, disadvantages, why developed
● Don’t focus on current affairs, essay writing and language in beginning
● Complete mains, add ghatnachakra books, solve CG GS past year questions
○ Ghatnachakra : yahan se aya toh sab se bana, nahi toh kisi se nahi, will also help
in central level exams
● CG GS not big difference between prelims and mains
● Try to figure out pattern and important topics
○ Kalchuri : Kings, 1857 revolt : Leaders, administrative units in Kalchuri Maratha
● REMEMBER MAINS IS EVERYTHING
● BE READY TO FAIL FIRST PRELIMS
● First Prelims being cleared without mains being prepared is the worst thing that can
happen to you, take it easy. Chalta hain ek prelims
● For First prelims refer to popular current magazines
● Include current affairs daily after first prelims

BOOK LIST and PAPER WISE STRATEGY

● Most Important Part of entire preparation
● Notes ek hi baar bante hain, fir toh bas revision hota hain
● Book list
○ Paper 1
■ Hindi : lucent hindi, focus on past year papers, letter writing popular books
and Pathak-Verma, focus on letter writing literature portion
■ English : lucent, focus on chapter end questions, focus on precis
translation scoring part
■ CGrhi : Pathak-Verma only
■ Most scoring
■ Pandey bracket questions
○ Paper 2
■ I think I’m not the right person to guide on this topic,people have
outscored me in this paper
■ Intro, quotes, shlokas, indices, case study, short story etc
■ Body : data backed addressing core demand of essay
■ Solutions : Govt initiatives, your own personal suggestions
■ Conclusion : optimistic positive and forward looking
■ Anything below 125 is bad in essay paper

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○ Paper 3
■ History : Pravin Sir’s notes, study only expected topics and stick to
syllabus, you can refer drishti bhartiya itihas
■ Polity : sabka malik ek 108 baar shri laxmikanth
■ Pub Ad : Laxmikanth, syllabus index jump approach, destiny Publication
also good
■ CG History : Hari Ram Patel (HRP) Zindabad + 2014 granth academy
■ Important from prelims perspective
■ Least important from mains perspective
■ Will drain you of time and patience
■ Input output ratio gadbad hain is paper ka, dekh lena
○ Paper 4
■ PCB : CG board class 10th zindabad
■ Maths : CG board Class 10th + past year questions
■ Applied and Behavioural Science : Googled and took material mostly from
pmfias but I realised ki street smartness in writing answers fetched me
marks.
■ To the point answer
■ Be graphical and compliment with logical flowcharts in Part 3
■ Add current wherever possible
■ Logical thinking can reward you highly
■ Nail the maths portion, very important, 15 marks in maths easy to get, 15
marks to increase in GS ,you have to become Bramha
○ Paper 5
■ Economics : Drishti IAS Indian Economy + Economic survey + Current
Affairs + Budget
■ Indian Geography : HRP Bhartiya Bhugol + Vajiram and Ravi Yellow Book
+ have command over map, jo bhi puche uska map ana chaiye
■ CG Geography : HRP + current affairs
■ Pie chart, bar diagram, maps of CG INDIA at finger tips
■ Add current where ever possible
○ Paper 6
■ Philosophy : combination of popular coaching materials, I thought destiny
publications in English was good for my medium, hindi main dekh lena
kon sa sahi hain.
■ Sociology : S Chand, again index syllabus keyword approach, destiny
publication english was also descent
■ Art Tribe Culture Tourism of CG : HRP + current affairs + 2014 granth
academy static portion added
■ No nonsense paper hain, direct model answers bana ke jao, copy paste
there
■ Predictable Prama pucha, next time aprama
○ Paper 7

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 ■ Dekho Bhai, jo current affair Padhega uska number ayega is paper main
especially India and International relations
■ Jo bhi chal raha hain bahut news main vo dekhte jao aur padhte chalo
uske baare main
■ Part 1 : bare act + popular coaching materials, focus on provisions,
powers, organisation, functions etc ye keywords pakadte chalo, look for
latest amendments done in any of acts
● CG wale portion main : Flagship schemes, Economic survey
chapter 11-16, ratt dalo poora
● Scheme jo news main hain poora ratt ke jao
■ Part 2 : organisation ke official website se “about me” wala section dekh
lo, popular coaching materials and current affairs to be added in answers
■ Part 3 : Popular coaching material, official website of bodies, current
affairs, focus on keywords like role, power, what is xyz body
○ Current Affairs
■ Not following daily current affairs is the greatest sin you can make in
CGPSC now.
■ Isko Paper 8 type treat karo
■ CG : Dainik Bhaskar e paper + twitter handle DPRCG and CMOCG +
coco current affair monthly
■ India : Drishti ias daily blog + youtube ( study iq+world affairs) + Prelims
bhunesh Sir 5 AM videos
■ Jo bahut news main hain uska essay prepare karo, direct GS questions
come from this topic eg galwan valley, new education policy, Indo China
etc
■ Every important News ka essay prepare karna hi hain
■ Once essay prepared you can easily answer 2M, 4M questions
■ Jiska current affairs sahi hota uski answer writing clea, crisp, concise and
mature hoti
○ Use softwares
■ I’m Rank 1 purely because of my software skills
■ I maintained google docs of my current affairs, easy to note topicwise,
easy to revise, truly my greatest achievement in CGPSC
■ I made google sheet (kind of excel) of past year questions of mains topic
wise, helped me know exactly kya pooch rha in topics se, general nature
of questions
■ Extensively used digital platforms as much as possible

NOTES MAKING
● Few universal facts
○ Your notes = Your mains answers
○ Your notes = Your efficiency during revision
○ Your notes = Your success in CGPSC

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 ● CG GS ke notes I didn’t make, naa hi main recommend karunga, HRP more than
enough, save time
● Thumb rule : kisi bhi topic ka notes , ek A4 page se zyada agar aap bana rahe ho matlab
kuch dikkat hain.
● Keep it short, relevant, address syllabus keywords
● Notes are going to be the greatest weapon during those 4 brutal days of mains, be Wise
and super smart.

CURRENT AFFAIRS Selection

● Can be used in egov, use of ICT, suggestions for improving cleanliness in CG

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● Prelims point of view, gulab, naming, areas

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● Essay naxalism

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● Prelims/one day exams

● Tourism in CG “aamcho bastar sundar bastar”

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● Prelims point of view

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 ● Paper 7 Part 2, olympics essay inCG context, hobby interview

ANSWER WRITING
● This is an art
● My general strategy
○ Point wise answers
○ Address demand of questions
○ See keywords eg provision of scheme and significance of scheme have 2
different answers
■ Eg suposhan abhiyan
○ Graphical answers > bare texts, pie chart, graph, flow diagrams must
○ Add current affairs in first and last lines
○ If you have enough content deal with the question in entire space, you can skip
intro and conclusions
■ Eg problems of rural women
○ Be smart, sab kuch aapke notes main nahi rahega
■ Eg use of neem as biopesticide
○ Kuch bakwas nahi karni hain, jo pucha hain vo batana hain
○ Paper jitna neat and systematic hoga, utne shandaar number ayenge

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 ● Structure
○ Subheading are everything, Rank 1 ka big part hain subheadings
○ Revolts : leader, cause, immediate cause, coarse, result, significance
○ Impact : Political, social, economical, legal/constitutional, ethical, etc
○ Scheme : punchline, launch, aim, beneficiary, provisions, latest data
○ Explain diagrams on board : 2M, 4M, maps, 15 marks, big maps, ek se anek box
● Practice
○ Mains answer sheet is A4 in size, not landscape
○ Dasta paper or loose sheets
○ Follow this
■ 2M : 4 lines
■ 4M : 7 lines
■ 8M : 14 lines
■ 10M : 15 lines
■ 15M : 17-19 lines
● Speed : covered every paper 20 minutes before
○ Only follow past year questions as your reference
○ Get reviewed by faculties
○ Strategy and notes ko test series main test karo, you will understand what you
are going to achieve
○ Topping a test series does not mean you are going to top cgpsc, but not topping
definitely means you are not going to top cgpsc

PRELIMS
● Crack Pattern
● Don’t focus on coaching test series my first attempt mistake
● Only take past year papers as your reference
● Focus on easy portions
○ Current affairs
○ Environment
○ Indian geography : census, tribes, institutes
○ Philosophy
○ Polity
○ CG GS
● Don’t overstress on Indian History
● Try to maximise attempt
● Do everything sam, daam, dand, bhed to get score
● Prelims crack nahi hona maybe lack of luck, mains crack na hona is pure lack of skill in
CGPSC
● Focus on mains, prelims apne aap hoga
● Adapt, overcome, improvise

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How to study
● Pomodoro
● Take big breaks after 3 hours
● Study net 6-7 hrs
● Socialise
● Take a break after prelims and mains
● You don’t need to follow the stereotype of toppers
● Be your own idol, be the best version of you
● Take care of physical health,workout daily
● Please shaam ka naashta do healthy, include fruits

Pep Talk

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SAMPLE DOCs

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● Screenshot from my current affair doc above
● Screenshot from my google sheet past year questions below

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