The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the civil services (CS) preliminary examination on June 2 this year. The commission conducts the CS exam every year to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

The exam is held in three stages – preliminary, main and interview. Not surprisingly, the prelims draw a horde of candidates.

The syllabus is vast. An aspirant may be very good in the optional subjects he has chosen for the mains examination. At IASTODAY ,We have 1000s of users enrolled to MAINS daily writing series alone. No doubts their writing skill is par better than aspirants outside. But the inability to clear the prelims will end their dream at this stage itself.

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Last 5 years prelims: Analysis of pattern followed. 2014: Focused on culture. 2015: CSAT removed at last moment. 2016: about 40% of the paper Current. 2017: Current and highly conceptual Polity 2018: Basically general knowledge about some aspects like Drying up of lakes, condition of edible oil imports. Not just knowing a fact but also applying your knowledge like internet of things, liberty and law.

So, UPSC has maintained the unpredictable nature of Prelims every year, at least since 2014.We, as aspirants, focus on one thing, UPSC goes completely off course.

Keep in mind that,  prelims plays a vital role in UPSC Journey . Out of 12 lakh+ applicants around 1% is only shortlisted to appear mains. See the level competition. Simply 1 among 100 will only be selected.

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While preparing in last days of PRELIMS 2019, you should keep following things in mind too.

1. No matter, how hard, super hard or smart studies you did for 1 year or for 1 decade, your selection in this examination is not guaranteed.
2. Read one book ten times rather then making your room a mini library. Keep your study material limited & less.
3. Things which get scheduled gets done. So make a time table & follow it diligently.
4. Always remember, you are preparing for an examination & not doing a PhD course, study accordingly.
5. Solve as many mock test as possible for prelims. You can use last minute booster courses like our IASTODAY PRELIMS BOOSTER for last 35 days. Failing to solve mocks is a sure shot method of remaining in the preparatory cycle for atleast one more year.
6. Do writing practice & give mocks for mains as well. You can have PhD level knowledge, but unable to write answers in mains will not take you anywhere.I wrote almost an year daily for better writing skill.Use our iastoday master 2019 series with daily answer review (pioneered in 2016 with tremendous results).
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7. Limit the use of social media.
8. Make a group of 2–3 friends who are absolutely serious about this examination.
9. You will have to work hard. Be prepared for it, even before you enter the race.
10. Irrespective of what a senior Bhaiya or Didi says keep your preparation process simple & easy.
11. Have immense faith on yourself that you will do it.
12. During your preparation period, things will get tough, enjoy the process & this too shall pass.
13. And, lastly, whether you fail or pass this examination, if you have worked hard, you will become a transformed person.

All the best for your final 35 days.