important tags after the questions...

IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WE NOTICE EVERY QUESTION HAS A TAG ATTACHED TO IT LIKE ANALYSE,ELUCIDATE ETC...WELL I HAVE SOME INFO ON THAT WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ..HOW YOU USE IT IS UP TO YOU...

1.ELUCIDATE-WHEN THE EXAMINER ASKS TO ELUCIDATE HE IS ASKING TO EXPLAIN LUCIDLY(CLEARLY)THE MEANING OF THE QUESTION I.E EXPLAINING THE MEANING OF THE QUESTION SOLVES THE QUESTION IN 2001 WE HAVE A QUESTION "PUBLICNESS"OF PUB AD IN AN IDEAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT REMAINS THE ULTIMATE VALUE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.ELUCIDATE ?
2.EXAMINE-IT IS MORE LIKE FINDING FAULTS OR CRITICISM..FINDING NEGATIVE ASPECTS

3.SUBSTANTIATE-PROVE THE GIVEN STATEMENT

4.COMMENT-PERSONAL OPINION(ACCEPT OR REJECT THE STATEMENT AND THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE DONE SO)

5.EN NUMERATE-GIVE POINT WISE 1.....
2......


6.ILLUSTRATE- WITH DIAGRAMS AND EXAMPLES...
THE ABOVE ARE THE MOST OFTEN ASKED JUST LOOK OUT FOR THE TAG ..ALL THE BEST

vamsi interview

the interview of vamsi which i have posted in my blog has been awarded 207 marks in final interview.....

Revised Anthropology(mains) syllabus

TOPICS ADDED
PAPER 1
Chapter 1
1. Linguistic Anthropology
2. The biological basis of life: The Cell, DNA structure and replication, Protein Synthesis,
Gene, Mutation, Chromosomes, and Cell Division.
3. Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology. Chronology: Relative and Absolute Dating
methods.
Chapter 3
1. Globalization and indigenous economic systems
Chapter 7
1. Culture, language and communication: Nature, origin and characteristics of language;
verbal and nonverbal communication; social context of language use.
Chapter 9
1. Epidemiological Anthropology: Health and disease. Infectious and noninfectious
diseases. Nutritional deficiency related diseases
PAPER 2
Chapter 1
1.1 Palaeo – anthropological evidences from India with special reference to Siwaliks and
Narmada basin (Ramapithecus, Sivapithecus and Narmada Man).
1.2 Ethnoarchaeology in India: The concept of ethnoarchaeology; Survivals and Parallels
among the hunting, foraging, fishing, pastoral and peasant communities including arts
and crafts producing communities.
Chapter 5
1. Panchayati Raj and Social Change
2. Media and Social Change

TOPICS DELETED
PAPER 1
Chapter I
1. Principles of systematic and taxonomy
2. Major primate taxa
3. Tertiary and quaternary fossil primates
4. Systematics of Hominoidea and Hominidae,
5. Origin and evolution of man‐ Homo erectus and Homo sapiens
6. Prepleistocene fossil primates – Oeropithecus
Chapter III
1. Study of culture, patterns and processes.
2. Patterns of culture
3. Concept of Social Change and Culture Change
4. Social Structure and social organization
5. Role analysis and social network
Chapter IV
1. Myths and rituals; Definitions and approaches to their study – structural, functional and
processual
2. Relation with economic and political structures
Chapter V
1. Approaches of Dalton, Karl Polyani and Marx approach and New Economic Anthropology
2. Theoretical foundations of Political Anthropology
Chapter VI (Entire chapter is deleted)
1. Concepts of developmental Anthropological perspective. Models of development.
Critiques of classical developmental theories. Concepts of planning and planned
development. Concept of participatory development, Culture ecology and sustained
development. Displacement and rehabilitation.
Chapter VII
1. Concept of research in anthropology, subjectivity and reflexivity in terms of gender,
class, ideology and ethics
2. Nature and explanation in anthropological research
3. Positivistic and nonpositivistic approaches
4. Comparative methods: Nature, purpose and methods of comparison in social and
cultural anthropology
Chapter VIII
1. Concept, scope and major branches of human genetics. Its relationship with other
branches of science and medicine
2. Twin study methodzygosity, heritability estimates, present status of the twin study
method and its applications. (Only redundancy removed. Its part of methods for genetic
study of man)
3. Statistical and probability methods for study of human genetics
4. Ethnic groups of mankindcharacteristics and distribution in word, racial classification
of human groups. Principal living peoples of world. Their distribution and
characteristics.
5. Impact of smoking air pollutions, alcoholism, drugs and occupational hazards on health.
6. Ecological Anthropology – Social and Cultural Deterministic Theories – A Critique
Chapter X (Entire chapter is deleted)
1. Relevance in understanding of contemporary society. Dynamics of ethnicity at rural,
tribal urban and international levels. Ethnic conflicts and political developments.
Concept of ethnic boundaries. Ethnicity and concept of nation state.
Chapter XI
1. Reproductive biology, demography and population study
2. Reproductive physiology of male and female
3. Demographic methods – census, registration system, sample methods, dual reporting
system
4. Population structures and population dynamics
5. Demographic rates and ratios, life table – structure and utility
6. Methods of studying population growth
7. Biological consequences of population control and family welfare
Chapter XIII
1. Anthropogenetics in medicine
2. Application of statistical principles in human genetics and physical anthropology

best optionals in u.p.s.c

BEGINNING WITH FIRST OF ALL ALL THE VERY BEST FOR CHOOSING THIS STREAM OR FOR DECIDING TO BE A PART OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE ..A DREAM WHICH REQUIRES A LOT OF MENTAL STRENGTH,ABILITY,HARD WORK ,LADY LUCK AND DETERMINATION ALONG WITH SOME GOOD GUIDANCE...THE RACE IS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE OF THE SHEER PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WANTING AND ACTUALLY WRITING THE EXAM..IMAGINE 1 LAKH ASPIRANTS WRITING THE EXAM FOR 500 POSTS AND IF YOU WANT TO BE AN IAS OR AN IPS IT HAS TO BE BELOW 200
EVERYONE OF US HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM BEFORE SELECTING AN OPTIONAL ..WE HEAR MANY RUMOURS THAT A PARTICULAR OPTIONAL IS VERY SCORING OR THAT MORE PEOPLE GOT SELECTED FROM ONE OPTIONAL ..OR SOMETHING ELSE.IF YOU THINK SO JUST LOOK BELOW AND DECIDE

Myth: Certain optionals have better prospects at the Preliminary.
Reality: The UPSC offers 23 optionals at the Preliminary. All optionals offer equal chances of success. Usually the “proportionate method of representation” is followed. This method may be explained as follows:
Total no. candidates appearing at the examination with various optionals = 1,00,000
Total no. of candidates to be selected for the Main Examination = 10,000
Candidates taking History = 20,000
Minimum representation to be secured of candidates who have opted for History = 2,000.
Thus every optional is weighted proportionally.

Myth: A large number of candidates are opting for optional ‘X’. Hence it is better to take optional ‘Y’, which is chosen by very few candidates.
Reality: As explained, the number of candidates to be selected from a certain optional is directly proportional to the number of candidates who opt for it. If a large number of students opt for a particular discipline then the number of students taking it selected for the mains will be equally large. If a small number opt for a particular subject, the number selected will be correspondingly less.

Myth: Every optional has a ‘cut-off’ mark. Hence it is better to choose one with a low cut-off.
Reality: What do we mean by cut-off? Only 10,000 qualify at the preliminary. The marks scored by the last candidate mark the ‘cut-off’ Thus all candidates who score more than the cut-off will qualify and all those who don’t will not. You should remember that this is a competitive examination. There is no qualifying score. Whatever the marks, the first 10,000 candidates will qualify. Thus the cut-off point changes from year to year. If the questions are difficult the ‘cut-off’ mark automatically comes down.

THIS CLEARLY SHOWS NOT TO BELIEVE IN RUMOURS IN UPSC .EVERYDAY 100 RUMOURS SURFACE ..DONT BOTHER ABOUT THEM..
EVERY OPTIONAL IS SCORING IT IS ONLY YOUR APTITUDE WHICH SHOULD DECIDE WHAT OPTIONAL YOU WANT TO WRITE WITH..MAKE AN SWOT ANALYSIS(YOUR STRENGHTS,WEAKNESSES,OPPORTUNITIES (THT IS THE COACHING AVAILABLE) AND THREATS )AND THEN DECIDE ON YOUR OPTIONAL..
THIS EXAM DETERMINES YOUR COMMITMENT AND CHARACTER..
FOCUS MORE ON CONCEPTUAL CLARITY
FOCUS ONLY ON THE SYLLABUS AND NOT ON ANYTHING ELSE..AND MOST OF ALL BE OPTIMISTIC ..I WAS VERY PESSIMISTIC ON THE DAY OF MY INTERVIEW AND I PAID THE PRICE FOR IT..HOPE YOU PEOPLE WONT REPEAT IT.. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE OPTED FOR THIS NO ONE PUSHED US INTO IT SO WHY SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS ....
PRAY TO GOD...

prepare for public administration

public ad. has become one of the most preferred optional recently and the success rate with this optional has also been high..but for a newcomer it is a lot of confusion wht books to refer and how to prepare so i would like to share wht i was told by a upsc topper on how to prepare let us first shortlist the number of books..
Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal

Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad

New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya

Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry

and the most important of all is laxmikanth (tata mcgrawhill publication)..not matter wht paper upsc sets if u r good in laxmikanth (if u have read the book completely well and answered all the model papers behind any one can answer 75% of the questions .

there has been a drastic change in the pattern of the paper for the laast two years...many questions on current topics are appearing for whichone has to be good in current affairs ...and the one line i always remember wht he said was read between the lines (i.e to understand the topics and not simply byheart it try to apply it to general situations)
and the most important thing for pub ad students is take more tests (many model papers are there at the back of laxmikanth..along with last 15 years question papers .take simulated tests to see where you stand (lock yourself in a room and consider it to be the real exam and attempt any paper..see your score and the mistakes you have done and then you know wht to do next..)take 5 to 10 tests and you can find the difference in your scorin....the rest all you know what to do..so wishin you all the best for prelims whenever you write...of course there are many other books but i feel these are the most important ones aftre which you can go for other books

HOW TO PREPARE IN A SHORT TIME FOR ANTHROPOLOGY

THIS IS COMPLETELY MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE .I DO NOT GUARENTEE ABSOLUTE SUCCESS OR ENSURE ANYONE MY ONLY INTENTION OF WRITIN THIS IS THT NEWCOMERS WHO ARE WRITIN MAINS FOR THE FIRST TIME MIGHT BE BENEFITTED.

MANY OF US BEGIN PREPARTION RIGHT AFTER THE RESULTS WITH A VERY SHORT TIME LEFT.THIS IS THE FIRST BLUNDER WE MAKE BUT EVEN AT THIS POINT OF TIME WE CAN ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS IF WE PREPARE I A CLEVER WAY

TODAY I WANT TO POST ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY

            PAPER-1

PAPER 1 CONTAINS 13 CHAPTERS IN ALL

SECTION A -7 CHAPTERS AND SECTION B 6 CHAPTERS

REMEMBER THT U NEED NOT ATTAIN A DEGREE OR YOU R NOT GETTING ANY MEDAL FOR COMPLETIN THE SYLLABUS

ALL WE HAVE TO ANSWE R IS 3 ESSAYS AND 6 SHORT ANSWERS

I BELIEVE THT WITH GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYLLABUS SHORT ANSWERS CAN BE EASILY ANSWERED

NOW IT WOULD BE BETTER TO CHOOSE ANY ONE SECTION IN ANTHRO(I PREFERRED THE SECOND SECTION(BCOZ IT CONTAINS A CHAPTER LESS AND I FELT THT COMPARITIVELY I HAD TO STUDY LESS)

IN THE 6 CHAPTERS WE CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE ONE CHAPTER COMPLETELY(THIS IS COVERD IN CHOICE)

GO FOR AN EXHAUSTIVE PREPARATION OF ANY 3 CHAPTERS (I MEAN COMPLETE AND DETAILED SUCH THT U CAN WRITE EXCELLENT ESSAYS FROM THOSE CHAPTERS AND GOOD PREPARATION ON OTHER CHAPTERS SEE THIS TAKES LESS TIME AND WE HAVE 180 MARKS IN OUR HAND (DO NOT IGNORE THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTYER IN YOUR SECTION…. ALSO HAVE A LOOK AT LAST 5 YEARS PAPERS TO SEE WHICH R THE 3 MOST IMP CHAPTERS THIS TREND GENERALLY CONTINUES )

IF U WERE TO ASK ME PREPARE CHAPTER9(GENETICS,VERY SCORIN CHAPTER)/10(HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT) AND CHAPTER12 EXHAUSTIVELY GIVE A GOOD READING ON CHAPTER8(NEWLY ADDED)

 

SINCE YOU R ANSWERING TWO ESSAYS FROM THIS SECTION YOU NEED TO WRITE ONLY ONE ESSAY FROM IST SECTION TO BE SAFE AND IF U HAVE ENOUGH TIME PREPARE SECTION I SAME AS SECTION B AND YOU R SURE OF A GOOD SCORE

ANOTHER THING I WOULD REMIND IS LOOK AT LAST YEAR PAPERS (IDENTIFY THOSE PARTS OF THE SYLLABUS WHICH HAVENT APPEARED YET THERE IS MORE PROBABILITY FOR THESE QUESTIONS TO APPEAR

ALL THE BEST PLS POST YOUR COMMENTS AND ASK ME FOR FURTHER DETAILS IF ANY REQUIRED U SHALL POST FOR PAPER 2 LATER

Help you in preparation

It is extremely important for all aspirants to know exactly the rigour this exam needs. Many people start without understanding its true scope and drop out half through feeling demoralized. So please do visit IAS officers, coaching institutes, etc. to understand the demands this exam will make on you intellectually, on your personal life. This will make you mentally prepared for the arduous journey.

One does NOT have to study 12 hours a day for this exam. It is not about the number of hours you sit to study, but the discipline and concentration with which you study over a long stretch of time - about 1and ½ to 2 years - even if it is only 6-8 hours a day.

Confidence in one's ability to tackle this exam is very important.

 

Answer writing practice. There is absolutely nothing which is more important than this. Please don't feel shy or lazy about your answer-writing. In optional subjects, UPSC is not interested in how much knowledge you can put in your answers but how well you can use even limited knowledge to answer the question pointedly and accurately without beating about the bush. Please bear no illusions about this. However, GS is a bit more knowledge oriented, but within the word limit., for sociology answer writing practice will enable to finish all your papers well in time. Practicing previous years' questions is equally important for Prelims.

Learn all the points in all the subjects very well. Particularly in GS because there is no time in the exam hall to stop and think. It should just flow out of you. So, all the points must be on one's finger tips.

Read the syllabus very carefully and while preparing for anthropology and Pub Ad, make sure that every sub topic has been studied well.

From this year onwards selective studying has been made dangerous because various sections are being mixed up. So I suggest that one should not gamble and should prepare each and every topic and sub topic well.

Be disciplined about study hours. I sincerely believe that civil services exam is fundamentally about discipline and mental strength to doggedly trod one path for about 2 years.

Stay positive. Negative thoughts, actions and energy will sap all one's strength. It is imperative to stay positive at all times.

Finally, understand that this exam is not a Do or Die situation. One must have remarkable drive and motivation, but one must never put oneself under the pressure that they have to clear the exam and that there is no other way. It is important to realize that luck is an important factor.