Master UPSC with PYQ Analysis: Step-by-Step Note Making & Answer Writing Guide

hello very good evening this is Puja Singh and we are back with another amazing session at vaji Rand RI what we

are going to discuss today well we always talk about how you should cover the pyqs thematically or the areas that

are important but exactly how today we are going to know that and we have expert Mentor with us today binda who is

going to discuss that how you can analyze the pyqs to incorporate them in note making and answer writing I would

like to call Sir in the frame sir so good evening to all of you so today we are going to discuss one of the most

important part of our preparation that is how to analyze the previous year's question okay because this area is the

darkest area in the upsc preparation because everyone you know are talking about the importance of the previous

year's questions right even the Toppers they are like on YouTube you will find many uh videos where they are

emphasizing to refer the previous year's questions again and again and again but after talking with so many students

right I have mentored I think more than thousand students in my entire career and after talking with them I have found

that this area that is analysis of the previous year's question is something which is disturbing many students

because we are not sure what is a step-by-step process right so that is the reason I thought let's start with

this process how to basically we can uh progress towards analyzing the previous year's questions along with that what

should be the strategy for notes making because uh student you need to understand one thing analysis of

previous year's questions notes making they are not uh you can say entirely a different or separate uh route right you

have to Club both the process because previous year's questions are going to supplement your notes making and without

notes making your analysis of previous year's questions would be incomplete so that is the reason I thought of

conducting this webinar so that I can share a stepbystep process apart from that I'm also going to show you the live

example you know the live example of uh the number of questions which we could have you know solved or attempt in 2023

Mains because the examples the analysis of previous year's questions I have done till 2020 and 2020 one Mains right it's

starting from like 10 20 30 years so you will basically you will get the idea that even the questions which the upsc

has asked long time back in '90s or maybe in 2000 right they are still relevant I'm going to show you the live

example of that so without wasting the time let's begin with the uh uh process and I would request to all of you please

sit with a pen and paper so that you can make a note of everything right because notes making is very important otherwise

you may not be able to apply these steps after this discussion right so let's uh start with this so the first

thing is what we are going to discuss in this entire session what is a road map okay

what all aspects we are going to understand we are going to see so the first thing which we are going to

discuss that is the one strategy for everything even for Mains and prelims so many students are talking about you know

there has to be a separate strategy for the mains and prelims but again you know I never asked many my students to divide

the strategy for prelims and Mains unless you are very close to the prelims like before 2 months from the prelims

you can have a separate strategy you can Focus uh mostly on the facts right uh or the facts which are uh which require

multiple revision however like um in in the coming months you should not have a separate strategy

right so I'm going to show you how one strategy for everything like for prelims as well as for Mains second is common

problem that we are going to discuss and issues with the analysis and notes making I'm going to make you realize

what m mistakes you guys are committing okay what uh like how basically you are uh you know like what is that particular

because you know every student in this uh who is preparing for this exam they know the basic idea about everything

like how to prepare like how to analyze the previous year's questions how to make the notes but the Step which I'll

be discussing here is very crucial and many students are missing that okay then the third point or the thirdd uh uh part

which we are going to discuss how to analyze and make notes then the fourth one is how are pyqs helpful to deal with

the question in this part student I'm going to show you how many questions you could have attempt in

2023 and the same logic or the same process you can apply for 2024 you will see the live and you will be surprised

trust me you are you will be surprised because I'm not going to show like I'm not like I'll show you how the questions

are directly linked not even indirectly directly how the analysis of previous year's question can help you to deal

with the question in the mains as well right or or even in the prelims then how to link the previous year's questions

with the current affair now student this part how to link previous years's questions and the current affair no one

is talking about this right every student you know they they are reading the magazine they are uh doing the

previous years questions but they like they never thought of integrating the approach right so that is the problem we

are the the upsc gives us the shock like uh you know by putting up or by Framing the question which are you know um you

can say the Interlink right so all these things which uh this is the agenda for today right so basically uh in the short

shot Mains program which uh for 2025 which is already started this entire Mains program student we have designed

considering the previous year's questions there are multi-level mentorship right there are multi-level

discussions like there are going to be pre-test discussion in pre-test discussion basically I'm going to tell

you what exactly we are doing so basically in the there are pre-test discussions right so in pre-test

discussion our team basically discussing what should be the approach for the main answer writing right because this is

this is the this is the time when many student face the problem they don't know what to read how to basically make your

answer more valuable right so this is exactly what we are doing in the pre- test discussion after that we have post

test discussion post test discussion we are basically taking to make you guys you know aware of the technique

how to score good marks using the same content right so basically there are lot of things which we are discussing like

how uh what kind of introduction you could have written in your answers which could have uh fetch more marks flowchart

what kind of flowchart diagrams you could have included so the post test discussions are there right apart from

that we have a Toppers discussion every month where the Toppers you know they will be talking about how you can score

good marks in Gs paper 1 GS paper 2 GS paper 3 and four so there will be a Topper discussions every month apart

from that we have SEL sir he is taking the uh discussions every month where he will he talks about the templates the

templates which many Toppers have used and they have cleared the this exam in 2023 so you will have the opportunity to

access those templates through this program and we have also uh launched a scholarship for this program for first

30 students so the link will be provided in the description you can click on the link and you can enroll and you can

Avail the benefit of the scholarship right so let's begin with the main agenda of the day right so see so first

we are going to talk about common problems among the students right what is that part common problem which we

commit in our preparation right so the very first question when it comes to the analysis of previous year's questions

the first problem which come is what to analyze in previous year's questions and for how many years right what to analyze

means many PE uh many uh videos I have seen you should try to find out the trend right so one thing which is

important to analyze from the previous year's question is basically trend right apart from Trend what else have you

thought of right so just apart from the trend now we are blank blank means what else can we uh identify so but some

students says we can find out how the GS topics are linked with the current affair topics that can be find out that

is okay fine right but student try to understand right in this part GS and current affair

right I'm not really sure what exactly uh uh when someone says you can find the link you can find the link for a

particular topic but if I ask you are you able to would you be able to apply the same logic in all the subjects then

probably you will face the problem right so this is the second thing apart from that I don't think so I have seen any

video or any you know Mentor talking about this is this is like apart from the trend and interlinking there are

other aspects which we need to extract from the previous year's questions and I'm going to show you today right so

what is that right so this is the first Common problem which we face I'm going to give you the solution of each and

every problem and I will make sure that now onwards right you will be perfect in the notes making analysis of previous

years questions as well as the answer writing you will not have a single doubt what are the value addition what are the

themes you might have uh heard the theme word nowadays it is very common right so what is that theme which we need to

extract from the previous year's questions how to extract that themes that is what I'm going to discuss and

I'm going to show you and one more important thing student all these discussions right all like all these uh

parameters we are already discussing with the students in the telegram Channel or one to one when the students

comes for the mentorship who are enrolled in a short short 2025 batch right so if you have any issues

personally you can visit office you know and you can talk to us we will give you the live demo the mentors are there who

are going to assist you in that then the second problem which we face is when should one start making the notes this

is a very common problem right many students start notes making from day one right some students start making notes

after uh you know uh once they start preparing for the mains some students start making the notes when they read

the current affair from the magazine or when they watch the videos editorial analysis right but

again for me everything is same right like whether you are making notes from the beginning whether you are making the

notes during uh or while watching the discussion or whether you are making the notes while reading the magazine right

so it's all the same thing and it will not help you much the reason I will tell you why because until and unless until

and unless you know what could be the possible question upsc can ask from this topic right how this topic is relevant

from the upsc perspective right from prelims as well as from Mains perspective

right I don't believe in making the notes because I know what will happen if you are a fresher you will start writing

everything down in your notebook and after a month or two you are going to throw that notes even if you are a a

veteran and you have no idea what to uh like uh uh on which topic you have to prepare the notes and to what extent

this is a very common problem you know I have heard from many students they ask me the question sir like what should be

the length of my notes to what extent I should be making the notes right so if you don't know the relevance of the

topic from the exam perspective how are you going to make the notes right if you do not have any

clarity about the demand of the question from that particular topic I'm definitely I'm sure about it you will

not be referring your notes in your life right so this is again a very uh important U point to be considered then

notes making to what extent should be preparation lengthy irrelevant Etc then the next is linking previous year's

questions with the current affair now again linking previous year's questions with current affair

means just ask yourself student like in your entire preparation when do you actually start referring the

previous year's question right I'm sure many of many of you will say once the prelims is

over I'm talking about the Main's previous year's questions okay not for the prelims so many of you will say

maybe once the prelims is over or maybe when uh we start or when we begin with the mains preparation right that is in

the month of of September October because Market you should start answer writing in the month of September and

October and then you should refer before answer writing you should refer the previous year's question right now let

me ask you one thing you are if you are going to start answer writing from the month of September and October how how

many months are you do you think you will be able to devote for the answer writing not more than 3 months because

anyway after December or January you are going to prepare for the prelims you will be concerned about the prelims

right so if you are thinking that 3 months is more than enough for answer writing then please student try to

understand 3 months are not enough answer writing is more than just picking up the pen and start writing on a piece

of paper there are lot of things in the answer writing right like analysis is is there value addition is there

structuring is there right how to write the introduction and conclusion it is there how to use a flowchart draw draw

map in your answers that is important right and all these things need practice because our team right SEL s he will be

sharing that like his template for the answer writing but to what extent you will be able to apply that that is a

question and that is going to come along with uh that is going to come only with the practice right however when it comes

to the current affair just give me the reply when you prepare for the current affair what are

the sources you refer for the current affair like either uh newspaper

right videos online videos and then um your magazine right if I ask

you what are the important topics you have covered in the last month how many of you would be confident in giving the

answer how many of you will be confident in sharing your views on any particular

topic right the answer 9% of the answer will be we are not confident we have forgot what we have

read but we have wasted so much of time right so how to link current affair

with the previous year's questions is the most important exercise which you need to inculcate in your daily routine

right so I'm going to talk about this as well so this is everything now next part is we are going to discuss

with how we are going to analyze so I'm going to start with step St by step process and please it is my request from

all of you right after watching this video at least trust me trust this

process and practice only one topic only one topic

and then discuss the notes which you will be preparing on the basis of these steps or

the process with your friends with your mentors or with anyone and then share the uh your notes and then you can

realize the importance or the significance of your effort right because I know because I'm going to

prove it today just by using this one process one step how can you excel in the mains as well as in the prelims

right and this is not something which you might not have heard of however the problem comes is when it comes to the

implementation right we know everything we are smart chaps right we know everything at

least after spending like 6 months or a year in the upsc preparation we are quite well aware of all the steps and um

you know all the process but when it comes to the implementation we are not implementing whatever we are learning

from our mentors from faculties we are not implementing it and that is a problem and anything you do in your life

student try to understand you need to practice without practice it is not possible to clear this exam because

personally I have been receiving the messages right on a telegram personal messages that those the process was

little bit lengthy but ultimately we are happy right this is what the many students have told me initially it took

time obviously anything you start in your life it will take time and that is the reason practice is required to

reduce that time right so don't worry about that right so CH let's see what are the

first step be ready with it the first point is analysis instead of syllabus go by

subject and topic right what is I uh when I say instead of syllabus go by subject and

topic I'm not saying here that you should not look at the syllabus right but the problem at looking at the

syllabus is when we look at the syllabus right we all know that the syllabus upsc syllabus it is very generic right so

many student find it difficult to break the syllabus so the first problem we face is

breaking down the syllabus

into parts right and if you see the syllabus of

history there are just three four lines written right three four lines means three four uh paragraphs in just two

lines similarly in polity right so after looking at the previous year's questions you will not be able to identify what

are the important areas for that particular from uh which is which we need to analyze from that particular

topic so the first process is not like you should be knowing the syllabus okay I'm not saying you should not know you

should be knowing the syllabus because there are many topics which are overlapping right sometime upsc ask the

question uh on suppose for example cropping pattern right cropping pattern can be asked in the environment it can

also be asked in Gs paper one so your points should be which you will be writing in your

answers should fulfill the demand of the question so if it is a part of geography you should write the point from the

geography perspective if it is appearing in the Gs paper 3 you should be writing the points according to the

environmental perspective right so that is the reason knowing the syllabus is very very important so that you can

think differently while analyzing any topic so the first step should be in the uh analysis of previous year's

question is basically the topic pick up the topic okay pick up the topic

now pick up the topic means what it means when we say pick up the topic now here I will give you one uh uh very

conventional or traditional approach what many students are fa uh following right just let me tell you I I I'll tell

you and let me know how many of you agree with this step so basically most of the students what they follow they

are following is they first they what they do they do the basic reading right from the conventional

sources right like for example poity from lakshmikant geography

from ncrs right ancient India from RS Sharma right this is how so after you read the

basic sources what exactly do you do either you move on to the second subject right or some students some

students basically are after this they practice mock

test practice mock test for prelims McQ based right this is what you do once you are done with the mock

test then this could be the third step right this is the second step I will say this is the third step that

is uh starting with the second subject right the same process will happen again after completing this subject you will

start with the uh like McQ or maybe some students reading both

at the same time like in the morning they are reading polity in the evening they are reading

geography right but this entire process goes right until your syllabus is completed right until your silabus is

completed maximum we refer the previous year's questions um of the prelims not the means right especially if you are a

beginner in the preparation because perception

right why to look for the main previous year's questions because anyway we are not going to uh we will not be able to

attempt so why should we look at the previous year's questions this is the perception we are building

right and that is a problem so this is a very common uh traditional approach which we follow right after that if we

get the time only if we get the time we join any Mains test Series

right and in the main test series then we start referring the previous year's questions right when I say referring the

previous year's questions what do we do we only look at that but from which topic the previous

years's questions are based on right or some students try to write the answer some students try to write the

answer of the previous year's questions and then we go to the go for the test we write the test and we get the feedback

from the evaluator and the mentor that content is not rich value addition is missing in the answer

flowchart is not there diagrams are not there if you have not practiced for answer

writing or the previous year's questions how are you going to basically have good content in your

answer because you have not trained yourself on these aspects you have direct

gone to write the test without practice the only thing which you uh the only um preparation what you have done

is reading the conventional book and you think your syllabus is completed but let me tell you student

here reading the conventional book without referring the previous year's question is not even 20% of the

preparation trust me about this because I'm going to show you right right so this is what we are doing while uh

refering when we say we we have referred the previous year's questions right so to answer or to address these issues I'm

going to tell you what you should be doing rather right so the first step in in in all this is

basically the first step is definitely the basic reading right like basic reading like

ncrs your classes notes or what like if you have done coaching then you can revise it right or you can pick up some

conventional book and you can just quickly finish it finish this okay while doing all this all while

reading these conventional book ncrs strictly I do not suggest

making the notes right notes B

but some student says unless we write something we don't understand the concept so to address

that particular problem what you can do you know whenever you read anything suppose for 30 minutes you have

completed in in 30 minutes you have completed one chapter pick up a pen and paper and just in 7

minutes write down everything you have you can recall in uh what you have read in 30 minutes write down in 7 to 10

minutes and throw that paper right this is the first process now after this after this you can start

with the prelims previous year's questions and you can practice right not like in one or two day you have to

complete all the previous year's questions like every day you can solve 10 15 questions from any particular

topic right and you can make the notes from uh like which like you after uh solving the previous year's questions

you can simultaneously at the same time you can prepare the very short notes of the topic which topic you need to revise

right then the most important part comes here before you start with the second or at the the same time what you can do

again you have to now start previous year's questions of the mains

right this is the time when you have to pick up the previous year questions of the

mains and you have to start analyzing and this process trust me you have to be you got to be very serious

when you refer the Main's previous year's questions otherwise you will not be able

to make proper notes or you will not be able to make your answers more valuable okay so this is the process from where

you have to start right so the very first thing which you need to identify suppose you are reading

history suppose you deci decided to pick up the history and in history you wanted to revise suppose uh I'm just this is a

example right so you can basically pick up the very first topic however uh I'm going to link the

previous years questions with 2023 uh uh Mains paper as well so I'm picking up the topic that is tribal

movement right in India now just tell me one thing if I ask you guys or if I ask

anyone if you have to prepare this tribal movement topic what you are going to do so many

students will ask with Spectrum right many student will say we

have classes notes right many students will say we have Toppers

note or PDF right so this is what like this is going to be the

answer very few student will say sir we are going to first refer previous year's questions now I'm asking you

how many of you have actually thought that the previous year's questions should be the first step because in the

first phase of preparation you already have covered the basics

remember bics so the second phase should start with

the Main's previous year's questions the reason is if you are going to pick up these

sources again you will be confused what to study how to make notes to what extent

the notes should be made what examples value addition I have to uh incorporate in my notes all these problem

again uh going to be in front of you right so that should be the first question

previous year's questions right now I'll go back to the first slide where I was discussing the problem you

are facing the very common problem is or question rather sir questions we need to analyze for how many years right of

previous year's questions we need to analyze now let me ask you

student why are we referring the previous year's question first you we need to understand this

right the reason why we are refering the previous year's question for example we are starting with tribal movement in

India right why we are referring the previous years questions so that we can we know

what are the various aspects upsc has asked in previous year's

questions right what has been the trend of previous year's questions related to this

topic related to this topic right how

however as everyone is saying 10 years 10 years of previous years previous years question is more than

enough right this is what everyone is saying because upsc has changed the pattern upsc has changed the

pattern has upsc also changed the subject answer is no subject is same only only pattern is changed topic is

same the way upsc asking the question has changed right

so this is a very silly question when someone asks how many years of previous years's question should we refer right

because I'm going to give you live example I'm going to prove those who make this kind of a

statement last 10 years of prev previous year's questions are more than enough you should not look at uh the old

questions they are irrelevant static in nature upsc has changed okay I'm going to show you I'm going to prove it and

I'm going to prove it with the evidence so now the question is I'll see so the uh topic is tribal movement so if

you are going to refer the last 10 years of pre previous year's question there is not even a single question from the

tribal movement there is not even a single question now what will you

do you will either assume whatever we have read is more is more than enough or spectrum is more than enough

or my notes is more than enough because anyway this topic is not relevant upsc has not asked the question in last 10

years why upsc will so it means this topic has lost the relevance maybe it is relevant from the prelims perspective

but not from the mains perspective right this

is but let me give you a shock here right so so basically uh what I will do if I

do not find any question in 10 years what I will do I will look for last 20 30 years of question previous year's

questions if I have to go further I'll go 40 years back and I will continue my research

unless unless I get to know about every possible

things relevant [Music] from tribal or PE in

movement because in 10 years I haven't got anything but I cannot leave this topic like

this because I know this topic is important so what if upsc has not asked the question in 10 years it may ask

after 5 years or maybe next year and this is what upsc did right so see this

question this is what I have Tribal Uprising uh pick up this is the second step so first step is choose the topic

first do the basic reading then in the second phase pick up the topic right if you are doing poity pick up the first

topic if you doing modern history pick up the first topic whatever the topic it doesn't matter but this should be the

process pick up the topic so I have picked up that tribal Uprising right now see these are the two

question upsc has asked one in 2003 I hope you can see the question student can you see the can you read the

question is it visible to all of you can anyone reply is it visible can someone confirm whether it

is visible or not okay discuss the character of major tribal

Uprising in British India in the 19th century discuss the outstanding tribal Uprising against the British rule during

the 19th century what is meant by un-british rule in India how did India nationalist react against

it these are the two previous year's questions I have found in how many years see one question in was in 2003 another

question was in 1994 so after now in the step two what is

my Approach after reading these two question I will pick up a pen and paper

rather than writing start writing the answer of this question I will make the themes from these question so basically

what I will do see this is my second step from those two

question these are the themes I have prepared do I need to think about these themes apart from the

question no this is a question nature and motivation of tribal Uprising specific examples of maure Uprising

significance and challenges definition and meaning meaning of un-british rule specific policies practices considered

un-british examples are must see uh student try to understand what examples are must right then responses and

strategies of Indian nationalist then impact of nationalist movement against British

rule now I got the idea what is relevant for upsc from this topic now I'm

satisfied by so I'm done with this topic now I will pick up a pen and paper

and I will start making the notes now your notes are going to be the best

notes because these notes are going to be based on the analysis of previous year's question themes these are the

themes which you basically um here everywhere everyone is

talking about the themes but how to extract them how to prepare them this these are the themes

and this is what we are suggesting in the shot programs short shot means program where personally every day I'm

teaching the members or uh the students how to extract the themes not only from the previous year's questions also from

the current affair I'm teaching them live right so that is a benefit so shot Mains program is not only about the

answer writing it will change the entire learning perspective okay so this is the point

where you will be starting with the notes making now just ask yourself student if you are going to make the

notes on these topics on these themes let me ask you has anything left

here now these themes just tell me just tell me one

thing do we need to read anything from the prelims perspective separately or the mains perspective separately

if the upsc has to ask the question in the prelims it will pick up from here and it

has it will pick up from here and it has so this is the answer of that question or the problem which we

discussed in the first slide second benefit of this right right the second benefit of

this the value addition right because now you are confident that these are the themes

which I have to prepare holistically so why I can't have the value addition in my

notes and what will be the value addition in these notes these examples right then these examp examples

are the notes and these will serve as a value addition right so after making these

notes now see what will happen these thingses we have prepared from the previous year's question which

was asked in 1994 and 2003 right so all those

who are saying we should only refer to previous year's questions of last 10 years

matters now you will realize that is not true that is that is basically not um you can say uh

authentic judgment right because see this question upsc has asked

in I'm sorry now let's attempt a question asked in upsc Mains

2023 C how did colonial rule affect the tribals in

India and what was the tribal response to the Colonial approach

right this is the question now just tell me after preparing the notes on those themes

would you be able to attempt this question or not I'm going to show you so many

examples I will show you I can prove it every year at least 10 to 12 questions directly you can solve from

these themes and 15 questions directly plus by applying some logic you know you can deduce your uh the answer or the

content at least 15 of 15 question this is the first example let's move on to the second

example then the second example I have picked up is basically the topic personalities right

this is GS paper one right personalities Mahatma Gandhi so there was many questions in last 10 15 20 years ideally

what I have done I have basically personally prepared the themes of last 40 Years of the previous year's

questions because for me it has been very very helpful because through these themes I was able to you know uh attempt

at least 14 15 question in every paper this like the uh um I have seen this these questions somewhere right my

students they were very confident when they were writing the answers right so basically now see Mahatma Gandhi on the

personalities on Mahatma Gandhi see how many themes I have prepared almost

like nine themes I have prepared only on Mahatma Gandhi because like I said I'm referring the previous years's questions

of last 10 15 20 30 years right so I have got so many themes now see this question it was asked in

1988 right question was discuss the Mahatma Gandhi's concept of basic education how did tagore differ from

it right and this is the thingses which I had already

prepared before 2023 exam Mains Mahatma Gandhi's concept of basic education in contrast with tagore contribution of

Mahatma Gandhi and rabindra Nat tagor in the social and cultural life right so these are the themes I have

prepared now see how it was helpful in 2023 see this question

what was the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and ramindra Nat tagor in their approach towards education and

nationalism direct question right nationalism is only one word which was added and I'm sure many

of us know the answer of this question but education is dicto same to same question has come right this is a second

question now let's move to the third topic that is geomorphology from geomorphology again these themes I have

prepared from geomorphology see you can read it assessment of soundness of large river

types of irrigation characteristics of rivers of the Peninsular India Delta formation why no formation of Deltas

issues of fresh water availability in India causes of depleting groundwater resources all these themes right so this

theme particular theme issues of fresh waters availability in India it was asked in

2015 India is well endowed with fresh water resources critically examine why India still suffers from the water

scarcity question right now what I have done again I have made the

theme and students I'm telling you all these themes I have prepared back in 2020 you will not find a single

theme from the question uh after 2020 not even a single theme I have not even looked at what was the question

upsc has asked in 2122 but still I'm able to decode these question 2015 question and from that I

have prepared the theme issues of fresh water availability in India right so I have made notes on all these themes

right when I was revising this topic from the Main's perspective geomorphology what did I do I hope you

are able to link I did basic reading in the second phase I picked up the geomorphology topic and I looked at the

previous year's questions I made the themes right and after making after making the the list of these themes I

made the notes third Point third phase third step now look let's see if we have any

question from this area see fifth question in Gs paper 1 why is

the world today confronted with the crisis of availability and access to Fresh Water

Resources this is the third question direct question I'm showing no I'm not even saying indirect direct question

right from the previous year's themes only right now let's see what is the next topic next topic is art and

culture in art and culture I have analyzed the questions and from 2014 question there uh in 2014 there was a

question on to what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization has provided inputs to the

present day urbanization so basically this question says what like this the demand of this question is how the urban

planning of Indus Valley Civilization is still relevant in the Contemporary time right so from this question basically we

can predict at least this is what we can predict right or we can apply the simp

simple logic if the question can be asked from urban planning definitely the question can come from the society as

well right so religion as well right like can we

Trace our society or can we do we have any roots or how the society in the Vic uh

indust Val civilization has any impact in the current societies like that right we can think because if

the urban planning is still relevant then the social aspects cultural aspects is also uh relevant right

so let's see what if this is helpful read this question what are the main feature of Vic society and religion

do you think some of the feature are still prevailing in in the IND Indian Society

see the linking so we are able to basically uh pick up or we we we can

just you know solve any question in the upsc mains after anal analyzing the previous years question right then the

third topic fourth fifth question climate change on the climate change in the

geography I had one theme prepared based on the question asked in the 20 2017 impact of climate change on the

Himalayan and Coastal State 2017 may this question was asked right how this is

relevant in 2023 let's see comment on the resource potential of

long coastline of India and highlight the status of natural Hazard preparedness of these areas this is a

bit of indirect question but let me ask you one thing right if you while impact of climate

change on Himalayan Coastal estate while preparing the notes on this theme I asking you a very genuine

question in your notes won't don't you think you will be writing some way forward or

suggestions yeah yes you will be and that will be or don't you think you will be type uh preparing note on

the preparedness yes you will be making the notes of this while and researching on

this topic while making the notes right because suppose impact of climate change

on the Himalayan and Coastal state if this is a theme you have you go on the Google you will

search right you open any document so in that document the impact will be given and after impact there will be some

solution preparedness also document right so from here you will add the

points in your notes and from here notes this question can be solved that is sorry uh

this question comment on the resource potential of yeah resource potential is a bit of different uh question but even

I have seen this question uh somewhere definitely okay because I cannot show you each and every question but 10 10 to

15 question I'm going to show you directly right then at least second question you can write properly then the

next question is production storage transport marketing agriculture credit right this is a question GS paper 3

question right now in this question basically what we are going to see see many student have asked me sir this

approach is very good as far as uh GS paper 1 is concerned because GS paper one is a static right so we can predict

the question however this topic is not re this approach may not be relevant for the GS paper 2 and three so I'm going to

burst that myth also here because even in Gs paper 3 Gs paper 2 you need to understand

student the basic will remain basic right only the reference will change right only the current affair basically

current affair you need to understand current affair is just a reference you you read the current

affair magazine right you read the editorial does it help you to write or frame the

entire answer of the question answer is no so there has to be link between the current affair and the GS if you are

relying only on the current affair trust me you will not be able to score a good marks you are not you will not be able

to attempt all the demand of the question that is for sure right so if that is the reason why I'm always

emphasizing more on the previous year's questions I'm telling you how you should be preparing the notes step by step

right so comment on the resource potential of the long Coast Line this question can be solved now look at this

topic production storage transport marketing agriculture credit from these this topic basically what I I have done

I have prepared these themes right there are approximately 7even eight themes right so in see 1984 question this is

upsc has asked the question in 1984 in India requires 225 Millions tons of food grain by end of 20th century

briefly discuss the element of a strategy of Agriculture growth that can ensure an increase in the food grain

output to meet the projected demand so basically what we are talking about here in this question what we are talking

about we are basically talk like the theme is elements of the strategy for agriculture

growth that can ensure an increase in the food grains are output to meet the demand this is a theme I have extracted

right 1984 from the 1984 question now then the second question relationship between the credit availability

Agriculture and agriculture growth in India this is the second theme right now let's

see 1984 question is still relevant or not right let's see this 2023 Mains question from being net

importer food importer in 1960 India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world it says food not agriculture

commodity but yes agriculture Commodities can also be the part will also be the part

apart from the processed food right the agriculture is also going to be the context in this question so when you

will be the making the notes elements of strategy for agriculture growth don't you think you will be writing the

government policies you will be talking about the challenges right you will be talking

about the steps implemented by the government or recommendation definitely right so from

this themes at least I can solve this question trust me student if you if you you you have prepared even 50% of the

topic from which the upsc has asked the question you can score very good marks many student who have given the mains

they had no clue at least in 10 question no clue means topic was from a different uh

subject Al together no but they had no idea what should be the what what are the content they need to write right so

but at least if you will have those themes you can write a good answer so see this question this can be addressed

then poverty and development issues right from poverty and development issues I have framed these themes why

are poverty elevation programs not successful these are the themes from the previous year's questions only I cannot

just you know paste all the previous years's questions how I have extracted the themes so I I have extracted uh like

I have pasted only those questions from where the upsc has asked the question in 2023 Mains right so in this question see

poverty inequality development nexcess problem of rising Urban po uh poverty and its implication from

2008 I have extracted this theme the condition of urban poor are more deplorable than that of their rural

counterparts so basically the main theme of this question is urban poor Urban

poverty yes or no right so when I will be making the notes don't you think I will be covering

this Dimension which upsc has asked in 2023 does urbanization lead to more

segregation and marginalization of poor in indrian metrop policies because in the answer or notes of the this the

theme this one problem of rising Urban poverty and its implication don't you think you will be

writing the causes so urbanization is one of the causes right so that is what how you

have to prepare the notes so this is basically we are talking about the three phases right like three phases in the

preparation fourth phase what I suggest to my students who are enrolled in the shot program main program is how to

divide these themes the significance

challenges Way Forward so that direct question can come okay so so many queries

we have received but uh I will once let me complete this and then I'll address it okay okay so students let's begin

with the next now I hope you will not ask this that question you

know question because I have given you the proof what else do you need Tell Me 1984 K questions are still relevant

1993 question are still relevant right but we don't want you know we everyone is looking for shortcuts that is a

problem so it is my humble request from all all of you student we have time right in vaji and Ravi we have a good

team we are pro we are ready to provide every possible support to students right we are committed towards our

responsibility right but the commitment is still you know required from your side and trust

me this can be the best approach you will ever going to hear from someone no one is going to explain you a step by

step process how to break down the themes and all so this is what I'm going to show you the fourth phase which is

there in this process is dividing these them further that we are discussing in

the session like there will be one to one session as well so you can ask me the mentors who are there they will tell

you how to think about the different themes from these themes right so let's

move now Dynamic part let's see how effective previous year's questions are when it comes to the dynamic paper this

is what I was talking about right many people say no sir newspaper we are just relying on the newspaper

right I'm sure many of you guys or many of uh you know many mentors or YouTube channels are suggesting just focus on

the current affair uh editorials for the GS paper 3 there is no need of anything but again I'm going to burst that myth

here right this is the question question Topic in Gs paper 3 land holding land sealing Land Reform and contract farming

right it is a part of Agriculture economy now after going through all these topics the previous year's

questions of these topics I have found these themes see land reform measures establish relationship between

land reforms agriculture productivity right to Fair compensation contract farming contract farming and land leing

right 1983 from 1983 and from 2015 there were two

questions which upsc has asked it was related to the land reform measures and it was related to the land

Holdings right and it is also related to the contract farming and land leasing right so this these were the good

questions actually right one was asked in 1983 and one is 2015 what I did I broke down the

question I made the themes see the themes land reform measures after Independence assess their success and

failure this is the demand of the question is establish relationship between land reforms agriculture

productivity and elimination of poverty in the Indian economy these are the themes I have prepared right

now yes so this is the these are the themes right actually I have picked up few themes right here there were huge

list because this is very hot topic for the upsc agriculture economy so there are huge list

right so because there are irrigation and all subsidies MSP from each topic there are more than

10 themes based on the previous year's question so I have picked up important themes so see contract farming and land

leing this was the question back in uh 2015 and even in 1993 we have land reform measures right do see this

question in Mains 2023 estate the objective and measures of land reforms in India direct

question discuss how land sealing policy on land holding can be considered as an effective reform under the economic CR

criteria now can you imagine how exactly the questions are being asked right this is the

power of analysis of previous year's questions student try to understand how motivate how motivated

you will be in the examination Hall when you will be when you will know that you have covered the previous year's

question themes of last 10 20 30 years you have prepared the notes you have done answer writing based on the

previous year's questions because that is what exactly we are framing in the shot Mains program our entire questions

are based on the approach of upsc right there are so many test sectional test we have F length test we

have then we also have uh a topic wise test so the questions which we are putting up in the test

paper is based on these themes only and we are also mentioning from which themes we are preparing the

questions in the shot so that you will have the idea okay and in pre-test discussion I am personally discuss disc

I have discussed like um the these themes how to prepare even on telegram group I'm sharing these uh them with the

students whenever the queries come whenever any anyone get stuck right so so this is the question right now let's

see the next question medical biotechnology and related issues so these are the themes I

have picked up okay from the seven eight questions now see this question 1985 question microorgan organisms have have

been harnessed by man for some time for the production of useful materials point out the important developments in this

area what is the current status microbial technology in our country from after going through this question I have

got this theme microbial technology and its status in India right

now see the question in discuss several ways in which microorganisms can help in meeting the

current fuel shortage now just tell me one thing if I if you know

microorganisms are important topic

right if you know microorganisms are important topic what on what aspects you are going

to prepare the notes the first thing is application yes or no then you will be talking about maybe

the challenges issues then steps taken by the

government then way forward this is how we prepare the notes right otherwise in your notes obviously

you will not be uh filling up the pages with the definition what is microorganisms right

so after making the notes on microorganisms don't you think you will be able to write down the answer of this

question because this question is directly from here

right so this is a thing now let's see next question internal security okay internal security

there are few topics right like internal security uh then disaster management right then

Society right then uh uh agriculture economy these are low hanging fruits I can guarantee

you all the questions which upsc will ask in in the mains can be covered from here trust me it can

be right so this area you cannot ignore is whatever you want to do it's

your choice for me this is more than enough right let's see the last question border security challenges and

management this was a topic I have made the themes like internal security threats and trans

B all these themes which I have written many of you might be confused so basically these are all

questions okay which upsc has asked so this question was asked in 2020 for Effective border area management discuss

the steps required to taken to deny local support to militants and also suggest ways to manage favorable

perception among the locals right from this I have got this theme methods to manage and improve

perceptions among local population right this is the themes I

have got from this question let's see how relevant is this winning of hearts and Minds in the

terrorism affected area is an essential step in restoring the trust of population discuss the measures at

adopted by the government in this respect as a part of the conflict resolution in Jammu and

Kashmir what is this heart and Minds in the terrorism affected areas winning the heart and

Minds logo confidence you need support from the local population and that is what the

theme basically I have extracted from the previous this year's

question right now many questions we have seen where upsc has made some

changes ches obviously like upsc cannot just pick up the question copy and paste it

right but you need to understand one thing student when you will be analyzing these

themes right when you will be analyzing these themes right so you need to break down

the themes as well right for example so let me summarize everything

quickly first step is basic reading Second Step second phase rather should

be uh breaking down the syllabus breaking down syllabus into

topics then refer previous year's questions for this

topic then break down the previous year's questions and make the list of

themes and the last process is break down the themes

itself because if this is the step which will give you

notes value addition then you can also use diagrams flowchart in your notes

right you can have uh you can say quick revision is possible last

moment right so see this is what I have told you one solution for all the problem right one solution for all the

problem and this is the solution now it is up to you whether you want this process or whether you want

shortcuts right whether you want shortcuts there are shortcuts but ultimately this

shortcuts after 3 years or four years you will realize this is this was actually it you have taken a wrong

direction right so we still have a lot of time for 2025 this is the right time we should start with the answer writing

shot Ms is the best you can say uh the opportunity for everyone for first 30 students we are

going to offer scholarship okay we are already have received so

many queries the program has already been launched the new batch we are going to start from 30th of June so don't

delay and for any other queries student try to you know if you are in Delhi you can come to the office or either you can

fill the form given in the description box and uh definitely we are going to deal

with the queries right so this was all about this session and last part I will just brief

which I have forgot to mention that is current affair current affair whilea part right how to

link Now quickly it will not take more than 10 minutes uh 5 minutes suppose suppose you

are just let's pick up any topic right suppose this is a topic microorganism topic right what you need to do what you

need to do suppose you tomorrow you are going to start with this topic you are going to

analyze this previous year's question right so after analyzing the previous year's questions the first thing which

you will get is this these themes right that is one thing second thing is you need to

refer your current affair magazine you need to refer your own notes maybe or videos which you will be

watching or which you refer for the current affair but let me tell you one thing you may

not get anything related to microorganism so the best ways quickly it will not take much

time go on the Google search for microorganism or development related to microorganism right go to the news

section News section you will just pick up top five six news and you will get the context here

what is the context so sometime you will see microorganisms some news you may get microorganisms are being used for the

fuel right Pro sometime you may get microorganisms are being you know used uh for the waste

management just quickly write down the themes so on one side basically what you can do you

can basically prepare the themes at two level one one previous year's question

themes and you can club with current affair themes

now once you will have these themes I'm asking you a question student do you think the source is going

to bother you 90% of of our energy is getting wasted in the source

only so far did I mention the source you should refer this and that that is not the valid question

the question and answer is this if you know what to read what to learn from where to learn will not be a

problem in this world and we directly jump in the ocean to find the content but what to find we

don't know so obviously you you are going to get lost in the ocean

right I hope you are trying to understand so student this was all about the session and if you have any queries

please feel free to to ask me uh I think I was able to explain all the concept I was thinking there will not be any

queries butth still uh let me check yes Shashank the mentorship will be

provided will we get the PDF in shhot test series which PDF please mention yes in shhot Mains program we are giving

workbook and this workbook is based on the previous here's question means the workbook May

basically workbook have the content content means the content of these themes

basically right but the according to the demand not like demand means this workbook will be uh given to every

student who are going to enroll but uh this is very we have compiled the work book in a very concise manner right

because these themes which we I have written down after when when you will start looking at these themes you will

find the answer of this themes will get F fit into here and it will get fit into here it's like that right so yes the

content is there so shall I refer the previous year's question from very beginning

Dragon um okay so I have I think already explained the phases phase one phase two

phase one basic reading and after that you can pick up the previous year's questions otherwise you will not be able

to extract these themes if you have not done the basic reading okay then Superman how much scholarship

please uh fill the form the form is already the link uh will be the scholarship link is already uh will be

shared with everyone it will be in the Dig format uala there are no classes as like

classes this is the part of mains test series the pre- test huh the classes if you are asking so there will be classes

like pre-test discussion pre- test discussion I'm Mo mostly focusing on the uh themes it is a

theme based where I will be uh like um if Suppose there is a test on climate change or few other topics ICS in the

next week so in preest discussion we will discuss what are the important themes previous year's questions K basis

P so in pre-test discussion it happens like um 7 to 10 days before the exams and then there will be a post test

discussion post test discussion in the same week okay so yes there will be two

classes yes one to one mentorship is there and I'm the core Mentor for that program so after writing the desk test

you will be talking with me and trust me student this program sh short program is not only the answer writing lot of

things lot of things are covered from starting from the content then previous year's questions um the questions in the

test series are based on the previous year's questions pre-test discussions post test discussions then mentoring

sessions one to one with me and the team then we have topper session then the sessions from by the SEL sir there are

so many things right for cat 2025 like we have a lot of time don't worry about

that uh pre- test discussion will be live uh like offline and online whatever the test discussions we are going to uh

we are the taking place they are both online and offline okay students so thank you so much for

watching and uh joining the session with me I'm going to end this again in the next video I'll be uh in the next

session I'll be coming with such valuable inputs and if you have any queries please do not forget to fill the

form given in the description box and if you are in Delhi you can also come to the office and we can have word and we

can understand how we can help you okay thank you so much student