{"id":869,"date":"2019-03-18T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T05:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/?p=869"},"modified":"2020-02-20T07:14:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T01:44:55","slug":"upsc-chief-gives-thoughtful-tips-to-ias-aspirants-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowledgekart.in\/blog\/upsc-chief-gives-thoughtful-tips-to-ias-aspirants-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Chief gives thoughtful tips to IAS aspirants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UPSC Chief gives thoughtful tips to IAS\/IPS aspirants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

UPSC chairman D P Agrawal gave some thoughtful tips to the civil service aspirants who came for an interactive session at the Kerala State Civil Service Academy at Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civil Service India summarizes them here for the benefit of its readers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Respect your culture, society and language to learn about your \ncountry and equip yourself before aspiring for civil service jobs, UPSC \nChairman DP Agrawal said. <\/li>
  2. He was very critical about aspirants who have the habit of reading \nonly one newspaper. “Read more newspapers, including regional language \ndailies, to get a more balanced approach towards issues and to get more \ninformed,” he advised. <\/li>
  3. Avoid coaching centers was his advice. “Students, who have to be \npart of the universities, quit the universities for attending coaching \ncentres but the coaching centres turn them into machines for mugging up \nthings. One should study a subject in its depth,” he said.<\/li>
  4. He stressed on in depth knowledge saying, 70 per cent of science \nand engineering graduates who aspire for civil services prefer \nhumanities as an optional subject. In that case, one has to go beyond \nperipheral knowledge to score high. One has to study in-depth about his \nor her village, district, state and country before accumulating \nknowledge about the world. You should first be interested in knowing \nmore about the society you live,” he said.<\/li>
  5. He refuted the charge that the Commission was differentiating \nbetween languages. He said, ‘maximum freedom is given to choose \nlanguages. The Commission supports all languages in the 8th Schedule. We\n are committed to respecting languages. The conclusion that we are \nagainst a particular language is not true,’ the UPSC chairman said.<\/li>
  6. Agrawal pointed out that irrespective of the language chosen for the\n main exam, there is an option to select any language for the interview.\n “There will be interpreters to translate. We take expert interpreters \nfrom Parliament. But one has to give clear answers. In case of \ninterpreters making mistakes we will blacklist them,” he said.<\/li>
  7. Commenting further on interview, the chairman said, “it is not the \njudgment of one’s expertise on a subject; however, if you don’t know or \nremember what you have studied a few years back, it cannot be taken \nlightly.” In the interview, normally, questions are simple. One has to \nspeak from the heart with all honesty. However, candidates have a \ntendency to speak lies about even hobbies which will not do them any \ngood. “So be yourself, face the exam and interview honestly. Only innate\n qualities will help you,” he advised the civil service aspirants.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Speaking about the newly introduced paper of Ethics, the UPSC \nChairman admitted that the paper was a little tough this year. However, \nall the questions were about Indian ethos. “If you don’t know the \ncountry, the development scenario, you cannot mug up,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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