[From Gaurav Aggrals (IAS topper) Blog] had been painstakingly looking for this for quite some time now. A lot of hindi medium aspirants had come to me for guidance and I used to feel sorry for not being able to help them much since I myself didn’t know much about preparation via Hindi medium.
But, finally found Santosh ji and thanks to him for responding to my call on fb and offering to guide the hindi medium aspirants via facebook. His fb profile ishttps://www.facebook.com/santosh.chandra.10 …
Below are his other words of wisdom which I have been able to gather from here and there… For any more queries please contact him on fb.
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Santosh ji’s Marksheet
ESSAY 122 (SC TECH)
GS 1-69
GS 2 67
GS 3 67
GS 4 100
HISTORY 1 116
HISTORY 2 106
GS 1-69
GS 2 67
GS 3 67
GS 4 100
HISTORY 1 116
HISTORY 2 106
MAINS TOTAL 647
INTERVIEW 193 (DAVID SIR BOARD)
TOTAL 840
RECOMMENDED AIR-107
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Santosh ji on Medium of Examination
“still i feel medium doesnt make any difference…….d fact is that less people from hindi r appearing in d exam ………..so r d less results………..plus normally hindi medium ones lack in financial resources generally………then lack of good coaching ……..books……….newspaper etc in hindi……….these r some obstacles………….bt no prob…..where dere is will……..dere is a way…………. dont give up d medium……..there is nothing wrong in hindi medium…….”
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Santosh ji on Books for Preparation
FOR ALL PRELIMS AND MAINS
– HISTORY – modern ncert of 12th for modern india, freedom struggle and india after independence from bipin chandra
– GEOGRAPHY – mahesh bernwal……11th 12th ncert
– polity – laxmikant
– science tech – vivas panorma or spectrum
– economy – any one good book. may be ramesh singh of tmh or lal and lal or even extra issue of pd wud suffice
– environment – bharoocha’s book plus 12th old ncert
– THE CURRENT OF ALL THE SECTOR WILL BE SUPPLEMENT BY READING CHRONICLE AND THE HINDU PLUS FOLLOWINGhttp://MRUNAL.ORG AND LISTENING TO ALL INDIA RADIO NEWS ANALYSIS FROM 9.15 EVENING EVERYDAY.
IMPORTANT: I FELT IT MOST IMPORTANT TO JOIN THE TEST SERIES FOR THE MAINS……..FOUND EXPERT BRAIN OF SYNERGY VERY PRODUCTIVE……..THEIR BEAUTY IS THAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE SOURCE AS WELL ……..LIKE FROM WCHICH BOOK WHICH CHAPTER HAVE TO READ FOR A PARTICULAR TOPIC. SO U REALLY DONT HAVE TO LOOK FOR WHAT TO READ FROM WHERE……..U CAN SIMPLY RELY ON THEM
– PLUS ETHICS MATTER IN HINDI U CAN GET THE CLASS NOTES OF ABHAY KUMAR OF SYNERGY…….ITS REALLY GOOD AND COVERS THE MOST OF THE TOPIC……
– FODDER FOR INTERNAL SECURITY U CAN GET THE CLASS NOTES OF MERIDIAN……..SIMILARLY U CAN GO THROUGH THE CLASS NOTES OF NIRMAN OR AASTHA FOR SELECTED SECTOR LIKE ECO AND DIPLOMACY IF U LIKE
– “i didnt take coaching from anywhere for gs……….yes i had gone to discovery and attended 4-5 lectures on indian society in crash course.”
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Is it Possible to Clear With Job?
“some of my friends say dat dey r working or have less time…….i want to share for them dat i was not only working full time but i m married……….since past 6 years having kid 2″
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Santosh ji on “Ideal” Timetable
“frnakly speaking there was no general routine……….but surely whatever time i had after my job eating and sleeping i used 2 devote to d civils…..even i was not studying physically ……….mental preparaton was going on…….so passion to clear d exam was always dere……..neither i got bore anytime nor lost self confidence.”
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Santosh ji on History Optional Preparation
“i think coaching class is gud 4 optional……..i took history class from balyan sir n also did d test series 4m dere………class is ok type…..but test series of balyan sir is excellent……..definitely do that……..regd study material…….i read class notes of balyan sir and manikant sir……..manikant’s class note is really gud………den dere is limitation of class n notes……….so must cover the left over topics of the syllabus particularly some small small topics generally left by d teachers from wtever sources u can………freedom struggle and india after independence of bipin chandra is must……..also follow ignou notes for cultural, economic sections………dere r some chapters like arts n culture of regional kingdoms…….u wil find only in ignou……..for mapping take d manikant’s map booklet……..plus ncert……..take a blank map…..get it laminated……..n practice site location with sketch pen…….u wil b master of it………also update the map from google as some of the sites in manikant or ncert r not pin pointed…….like simpley written ………on the bank of some river…….google dat upto at least district………plus very few sites r wrongly located also or not clear…..so google wil help in pin pointing dat…..plus u wil remember 4 long time………practice map in d beginning itsself not at the end……….bcz at d end…..u have lots of stuff 2 go thr.”
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Santosh ji on Paper Management
“finally……….cover d entire syllabus…….not a single topic sud b left……..must join test series……….in d exam attempt all d questions……..in short questions….try to write point wise instead of para………master the mapping……..it fetch gud marks……..”
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Santosh ji’s Interview in Pratiyogita Darpan August 2014 Issue
