Hi All,
This is unprecedented. Shubham Bhaisare has cleared all the exams he has appeared in!
He is expecting IAS this year. Along with it he is in IRTS and IFoS (AIR 63- Telangana cadre). Also he was in IES. Along with it he cleared GATE with AIR 57 and was selected in IOCL, Powergrid, NHAI, NBCC, HPCL.
You may contact Shubham at his Quora Page or Telegram Channel or Instagram Profile.
Here he attempts to share his understanding of exams and how to ace them!! Following is his detailed strategy for Civil Engineering subject in his own words:
I always scored in 240s since last 3 attempts but this year I changed the approach. I have been personally talking to civil engg toppers which included Gaurav rai IPS (AIR 1, 2014 ESE)(320s marks), Jatin Bansal (AIR 1, 2017 ESE (300 marks) and many other.
I will be sharing the insights i got to pump up my score from 240 to 295 !! One of the highest in any optional.
For Civil engg / for any engineering optional this strategy may work. This was my strategy and adopt it if it suits you. You can modify it as per your study patterns. What i did was – Dedicate 60% of daily time into optional. Among that, as paper 1 is more scoring and also my paper 2 was already strong. So I gave 35% of time daily into Paper 1 and 25% into paper 2 daily.
Some pointer which helped me improve my marks in Civil Engineer
- Alternate days – solve Q1 or Q5 compulsory Q of prev yrs question within 30min. Check accuracy under pressure. Think on why it got wrong. Its is concept, silly mistake or calculator mistake.
- Imagine the entire question, concept and subject. Eg while solving lacings question of steel .. imagine yourself as Executive engg incharge of it. Think that YOU have choosen certain 2 I section and now lacing is being given. Think of length, width, depth.., and various checks. Imagine everything happening in front of you.
- Try to use as much diagram as possible eg Showing given data through diagram.
- Intro – Conclusion– write something – eg in design of Road SSD, OSD, Extra widening … write in intro that 1.5 lakh death occur annually in India where large casualties are avoidable if they are well designed without leaving any black spots. Finally in conclusion – road accident not only takes ones life but also destroys the familes as the passed away person is usually bread earner. So have these things in mind for watershed, foundation Q, sewage, etc.
- Work on presentation– dont do much cuttings-I used to clearly write – GIVEN and To FIND at start
And BOX the ans.
- Dont neglect theory of paper 2. Its not so huge compared to GS we do. Take any coaching wala and do prev yrs theory of CSE, ESE and IFoS.
- Learn the intermediate ans of questions. Eg Earth pressure must come at 2 m depth around 39Kn/m3 …. Or Shear force value of bolt must come around 50KN .. if any different values come… you become alert that something somewhere has gone wrong. So it acts like self check during paper. Helped me recorrect 2 ans in exam.
- Solve a bit tougher questions. In relax mode if you can find correct ans then in stressful situation .. you will get but simpler ones defiently right. But that doesnt mean that you solve questions types which are rarely asked eg matrix method for truss solving or any irrigation formula which is rarely seen.
- Better take 2 subjects for solving – 1 from paper 1 and other from paper 2 so that monotony is broken.
- Finally dont overdo it. Because its not engg services paper. You can leave some concept if it is taking lot of time or just ask a friend. But Ensure that .. its not an imp concept 😂 like shallow foundation.
- Rattofy formulaes daily morning. This js just you cant afford to make mistake in. Sapne mein bhi koi aapko puche toh you must be able to write formula.
- Units are also imp. It also helps in deriving formula if in case you miss out anything.
- Try to solve as many prev years papers post 2015 of Civil services, Forest services in exam format – ie 3hrs paper either 9am -12 pm or 2-5pm
My Answer Copies:
Join Decode Civils Telegram Group For Free UPSC CSE Guidance From Mudit Jain, IRS CSE 2017 (Ex-IPS CSE 2014 & 2015), Author of Decode GS-2 1.0, Decode Ethics 4.0 Part-A, Decode Ethics 4.0 Part-B and Decode History 1.0 Books
You can reach me at Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Telegram.
Sample PDFs of Decode Ethics 4.0 Part-A & Part-B Books, Decode GS-2 Book & Decode History Book:
My booklist for Civil Engineering:
- PYQs of CSE, IFoS and ESE selectively.
- IES master books (can use other also) – used for extra practice question for my weak areas like FM, Open channel, machines, Steel.
- Dont go for standard books.. rather take some coaching material (which is available in market or online) and practice extra questions which are your weak areas.
- Solve Test series or solving PYQ paper like 2020 ya 2021 is good option.
- Do theory portion.
- Then REVISE. REVISE. REVISE. Do it as much as you can.
Thats it fellas !! Thats it!! 😎😎⚡️
ATB!!!
You may contact Shubham at his Quora Page or Telegram Channel or Instagram Profile.
Other CSE 21 Topper Strategies:
- Abhijit Ray (AIR-50, CSE-21) Learnings and Mains Strategy
- Rijul (AIR-322, CSE-21) Prelims Mains Sociology Strategy
- Vikalpa N Vishwakarma (AIR-275, CSE-21) Prelims Mains and Interview Strategy
- Surbhi Goyal (AIR-78, CSE-21) GS-2 Strategy
- Rishabh Hans (AIR-586, CSE-21) Prelims Strategy
- Neha Byadwal (AIR-260) Prelims, Mains and Economics Strategy
- Prince Kumar (AIR-426, CSE-21) Hindi Medium Strategy
- Himani Singhal (AIR-160, CSE-21) Economics Strategy
- Narayan Amit (AIR-70, CSE-21) Anthropology Strategy
- Devraj Patil (AIR-462, CSE-21) Prelims, Mains, History Strategy
- Pratik Agrawal (AIR-156, CSE-21) Journey and Strategy
- Rachit Kumar Gupta (AIR-286, CSE-21) Chemistry Strategy
- Shubham Shukla (AIR-43, CSE-21) Prelims and Mains Strategy
- Akshay Mahadik (AIR-212, CSE-21) Prelims and Mains Strategy
- Manoj kumar Kannedhara (AIR-157, CSE-21) Prelims Strategy
- Anu beniwal (AIR-217, CSE-21) UPSC Journey & Strategy
- Pratik Mantri (AIR-252, CSE-21) Sociology Strategy
- Prafull Kumar Sharma (AIR-249, CSE-21) Ethics Strategy
- Ravi Kumar (AIR-38, CSE-21) Essay Strategy
- Riju Shrivastava (AIR-124, CSE-21) UPSC Journey and Strategy
- Raj Krishna (AIR-158, CSE-21) Essay Strategy
- Navdeep Aggarwal (AIR-150, CSE-21) Working Professional+Dos+Pre+Mains+Socio+Interview Strategy
- Harshivani Singh (AIR-579, CSE-21) Mental Strength+Prelims+Mains Strategy
- Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak (AIR-11, CSE-21) Maths Strategy
- Mridul Shivhare (AIR-247, CSE-21) Prelims+Mains+PSIR Strategy
- Anjali Verma (AIR-577, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Surbhi Goyal (AIR-78, CSE-21) Essay Strategy
- Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak (AIR-11, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Arpit Gupta (AIR-54, CSE-21) Prelims, Mains & Maths Strategy
- Anjali Shrotriya (AIR-44, CSE-21) Prelims & Mains Strategy
- Shubham Satyam (AIR-497, CSE-21) Detailed Prelims Strategy
- Roja S Rajan (AIR-108, CSE-21) Comprehensive Strategy
- Shubham Bhaisare (AIR-97, CSE-21) Civil Engg. Strategy
- Sparsh Verma (AIR-644, CSE-21) Prelims Strategy
- Nivedita R (AIR-572, CSE-21) Strategy
- Anna Sinha (AIR-112, CSE-21) Strategy
- Pankaj Gujar (AIR-423, CSE 21) Working Professional Strategy
- Hiren Barot (AIR-332, CSE-21) GS & Sociology Strategy
- Antriksh Jain (AIR-130, CSE-21) Sociology Strategy
- Keshav Gupta, AIR- 439 CSE-21 Economics Strategy
- Dilip K Kainikkara (AIR-21, CSE-21) Maths Strategy
Leave a Reply