Friday 12 October 2012

UPSC Exams-General Information-FAQ-Frequently Asked questions and Free Counselling

Respected Sir/Madam, what Should be the time allocation for prelims of both G.S and optional?

- Tara Seth

One should calculate the total time availability at his/her disposal. Working persons should do the calculation for both the working days and holidays. 

One should not study for too many hours continuously at one go. This will reduce the memory power also. The human brain also get tired after some mental work. When a person start preparing/studying a subject, the memory shoots up from the base to the maximum in few minutes. This memory plateau remains in the top form for an hour.( It varies from person to person). Then it starts to recede. If there is a break after the MENTAL FATIGUE the mind gets ready to accept new items. So, intelligent students would mix the subjects to break the monotony. Every individual has some SUPER MEMORY time in a day and this time should be used for the most important subjects, which needs to be discovered by the person only. One should devote more time (double than GS)to the optional as it contributes 2/3 of the total marks. One more thing, one can not improve the GS drastically in short period of time. 

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