CTwT E300 - UPSC CSE 2019 Topper Ganesh Kumar Baskar AIR 7 | Second Attempt

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1:37 - How do you feel about your rank?
1:59 - Your first reaction towards your achievement
2:58 - Brief introduction about Ganesh Kumar Baskar
3:39 - Is there some association with single digits rank since college?
3:57 - When did you start your preparation?
5:03 - What was the drive that made you think that civil service is the thing to go forward with?
8:27 - What did you take as optional?
9:40 - Did you ever think of taking humanities?
10:58 - How challenging was it to take up general studies from scratch?
11:53 - What kind of strategy did you utilise to cover those subjects? Did you have the same strategy for PRELIMS and MAINS?
13:11 - Did you ever make any hand written notes?
13:40 - Did you use apps like Evernote or one-note?
14:44 - What was the strategy you utilised for major subjects?
16:58 - Did you read newspapers on a regular basis throughout the journey of UPSC CSE?
19:44 - What do you feel was the thing you lacked in your first attempt?
22:26 - The number of MOCK TEST you solved during your second attempt
24:55 - Was there a similar approach in terms of practising?
26:45 - Were you working in any part-time job?
27:22 - Did you do anything else apart from preparing for the exams?
28:40 - Was there any reason to take up foreign services?
29:33 - Is there any particular foreign service that inspired you to get into the foreign services?
30:35 - How did you get yourself up when you felt demotivated?
33:47 - Did your failure in PRELIMS in your first attempt make your conviction even more about this examination?
35:36 - Did your journey help you out in any way in your success?
36:49 - Did MOCK TEST help you during the interview stage?
38:47 - What are your expectations with the services and which are the countries you wish to visit and serve for that country
39:55 - Was there any help from online sources that you utilised?
41:06 - Did you stick to one TEST SERIES?
41:52 - Was there any strategy of the Test day that you devised?
43:27 - Strategy for MAINS EXAM
46:06 - Did you time yourself while writing answers?
47:29 - Was there a particular type of pen that you utilised?
48:28 - Rapid fire round
52:37 - Message for the aspirants

‘Chamomile Tea with Toppers’ an initiative by Unacademy wherein we speak to various Toppers and get to know the best of the best.

Ganesh Kumar Baskar secured AIR 07 in the 2019 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil service examination. In this episode, we get to know more about the topper's preparation journey. he is a resident of Nagamalai Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. Ganesh did his B.Tech from IIT-Kanpur in 2015 and completed his MBA degree from IIM-Ahmedabad in 2017.

In this episode of the CTwT UPSC CSE series, Ganesh has comprehensively discussed his UPSC CSE preparation strategy.
He has discussed the UPSC Prelims strategy and the most important books for UPSC Prelims. He has also discussed mains answer writing, current affairs preparation, how to read the newspaper and the UPSC CSE interview experience and tips. He is an inspiration to many working professionals who are finding it difficult to balance work and studies.

01:55 First reaction when you saw the result?
04:13 When did you start the preparation?
05:30 What was your motivation to go for UPSC CSE?
12:15 Preparation and strategy for prelims
17:10 Preparation and strategy for the current affairs?
19:45 Learnings from the 1st attempt.
24:50 Preparation and strategy for mains
52:35 One message to the aspirants

This interview will be helpful for all the UPSC CSE beginners in understanding the UPSC CSE syllabus and UPSC CSE 2020/2021 preparation strategy.

Want to know more about the topper's preparation strategy? What makes you the elite UPSC CSE topper? Watch the video to get all the answers in one place.

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