Govt Job without coaching is possible

 

How to crack government exam without coaching?

 

Government jobs have always attracted the youth of India and whether after college, with job or after job they make sure that they are preparing for some government exam given the special amenities that come along with a government job. The government exams are very popular and also have a lot of rumours around them, and one of them is that it is almost impossible to crack these exams without coaching.

So are you planning to prepare for a competitive exam? Are you looking for a government job? Are you confused whether to join a coaching or not? Well, for the first two questions you should be answerable and for the third one we can help solve your problem in a very simple and easy way.

Coaching or no coaching is a tough topic to discuss, but we can surely draw a valid and simple conclusion for the same by looking at various facts and figures and subsequent to that you can choose what suits you best and see if you want to join any coaching or not.

Contents

• Why join coaching?
• Crack exam without coaching
  • Primary Stage
  • Secondary stage
  • Tertiary stage
  • Suggestions 

Why join coaching?

While coaching institutes are a great help in your preparation, some of the reasons why this is so is:

1. Guidance: The coaching institutes have experienced faculty which can guide you through the exam and help you understand the insights of the exam.
2. Classes: Also the classes in these coaching institutes are taken by experienced professionals who themselves have qualified the exam, so it really helps in preparing in the right direction.
3. Competition: There are lots of students in these coaching institutes and through the regular exams that are conducted in these institutes the students become aware of the competition they will be facing in the main examination and thus work harder in order to get a rank in the examination. Thus, these coaching institutes help the students in testing how deep the water is.
4. Study Material: Running since years, the coaching institutes have dedicated study material for various exams which have been prepared after studying the best books that are available on the following subject.

Thus, there are lots of reasons for one to join any coaching institute. While these points are important for your preparation they are surely not exclusive to the coaching institutes. Without joining any institute too you can get the right guidance, study material and test your competition.

Crack exam without coaching

While coaching is a great option, you can crack any govt exam without coaching as well. Stats have shown that most of the students who crack the government exams do it on their own and do not join any coaching. Most of the students travel to different cities to take coaching; however with the new age coaching is not necessary. The basic benefits of preparing without coaching are:

• You can stay in the comfort of home.
• No worries about food or shelter
• No financial tension
• You have your family as your support system.
• Coping up with rough days becomes easy.
• You do not have to look out for ways to rejuvenate yourself.

With so many basic benefits, preparing for any government exam without joining any coaching can be done at ease and in an efficient manner.

Now we shall discuss how to crack the govt exam without coaching. The preparation phase without coaching consist of 3 stages the primary, secondary and tertiary stage. Today we shall be discussing each phase in complete detail and break the Myth that no govt exam can be cracked without coaching.

1. Primary Stage

   This is the first and foremost stage of the exam when you make up your mind that you want to prepare for any specific govt exam. You go around asking your friends, seniors and family about the exam, you also spend searching on the internet about the exam and the inside out of the exam procedure and pattern. Thus, he primary stage is extremely necessary and some of the things that you must do while on this stage is:

1. Know the exam: Whether it is the GATE exam, the ESE exam or any other govt exam, it is necessary to know the exam before you pounce on it. So the first important thing is to study all about the exam. While in coaching you will get an introductory class for the same, when preparing from home or college Google is you guide so search for the exam and know the exam. Some things that you must search and make notes of about the exam are:

• The exam syllabus, the subjects that are asked.
• The pattern of the exam including the type of questions, the time duration of an exam, the previous year cut off, the number of questions and the stages in which the exam is conducted.
• The future prospects after clearing the exam.
• If there are optional subjects, then the posts related to each optional subject. These are some of the things that one must know about the dam to ensure that you want to prepare for the exam and accordingly make your study plan.

2. Read and watch about the topper: Every year lots of students clear the govt exams , once you have chosen the exam that you want to appear for, search for the toppers-talk of the students who have cleared the exam. Watch these videos and read their interviews to know what it takes to clear the exam and get you motivated for the same. You cab find these videos on YouTube or the website of the coaching institute where the student might have prepared.
3. Get an idea of the type of questions asked: Before you start your preparation you must know the type of question whether conceal or application based questions are asked in the examination. This you will get to know by scanning through the previous year questions. The previous year questions will be of great help to you in each step to know where your preparation is going and how much more effort is needed. So download the previous year questions of the exam and read brought the questions.

2. Secondary stage: While the primary stage is mainly to know about the exam and get prepared for what you will be going through ahead, the secondary stage is for you to make a plan based on what you read in the primary stage and start with your preparation without relying on the coaching. The pointers to be taken care of in the secondary stage are:

1. Make a Plan: Based on the syllabus of the exam and the type of questions that are asked in the exam (which you have seen in the primary stage) make a study plan. This study plan will act your guide during the preparation and will help you keep focused and complete your syllabus on time. So write down your syllabus somewhere on topic basis, and then make a study plan about how you want to go about reading each topic and thus completing the syllabus before the exam. Get insights into making the perfect study plan.
2. Finalize your resources:

Now that the plan has been made, you need to finalize on the resources that you will be using while preparation. These resources can include the various books that are available for each subject, some online videos that you may watch or the study material of various coaching institutes that are available for purchase. So while you can avoid joining a coaching you can always refer to their study material which is made by experts taking into consideration the exam syllabus and pattern.

3. Notes: When following your study plan do not forget to make notes of what you are reading. These notes though may seem very tedious and extra work will come in really handy in the tertiary stage where you will have to revise the entire syllabus before the exam. So whether you are reading through a book, taking online classes, using study material o not forget to make notes. Know the art of making notes.
4. Prepare for all stages: In the primary stage you made a note of all the stages to crack that particular out exam. Well, when you make a pan ensue to include the syllabus and preparation for all the stages. The time period available between different stages of the exam is rather less, so instead of doing last minute studies keep yourself prepared beforehand for all the stages.

Stay away from distractions:

With time there will come some distractions which one has to avoid. During your preparation stay away from distractions which will hamper your studies. Some of the distractions include:

• Scrolling through social media every now and then
• Chat with friends for hours.
• Video streaming apps like Netflix, YouTube, Hotstar and many more.
  Day Dreaming
• Going out with friends daily

If you are indulging in any such activity daily, then you need to stay away from them, however practising them once a blue moon will help you resent up and rejuvenate.  Instead, you can use these distractions in a positive way.

Use social media for getting n touch with students who are also preparing and discussing with them important topics and clearing your doubts.
Chat with friends on important topics that are in the news, as it will help you prepare for the general studies and the interview.

You tube can be used for your studies as there are lots of youtube channels that provide you guidance for the exam and help clear your doubts regarding the same. Indulge in discussion with your friends about important topics, this will you all in better preparation.

Instead of Daydreaming, utilize the time to read the newspaper, solve quant questions, reading novels which will help you.

Thus the secondary stage is crucial and determines your study patter and whether you will be able to crack the exam or not. Students who stay motivated at this stage excel in the exam and those who take it casually are unable to clear the exam.

3. Tertiary stage

The last and final stage of preparation, the tertiary stage is right before the exam ad determines your final dedication. This stage is important as you have to ensure that all you read and studied in phase 2 is properly revised and practiced. So some important practices for stage 3 are:

1. Revise: In the secondary stage we discussed about the importance of noes, here is where it will be utilized. Before you sit for the exam, you have to revise all that you have read and only then the mind will be able to recall everything. This revision is not possible by going through the books again; here is where the notes come in handy. On daily basis revise your notes and if there is anything you want to add do so.
2. Practice: Apart from revision, another important thing is to practise. This practise can include previous years paper and the test papers of the exams that are available online You an also join the online test series of any coaching institute catering to your exam. Though you may not join any coaching but joining the test series can help you know where you stand in the competition and find the parts of the syllabus you still need to work on.
3. Motivated: While all the points mentioned above are important, what is of utmost importance is to stay focussed and motivated. At any point of the preparation if you lose out on your confidence it may take a toll on your exam, so stay motivated and stay focused for your exam. If you feel low you can read some motivational book or watch any video.
4. Take Rest: This is not specific to stage 3 but overall. You need to ensure that amidst the preparation you do not sacrifice your sleep and health. While in the short term it may look like a great idea, in the long term it will hamper your studies.

While there are a lot of benefits of preparing through coaching, the online classes have given an easy solution to it.  Still if you do not want to join any coaching, you can always study from home and crack any exam as it is not the place that matters but your dedication towards the exam which will help. Every competitive exam is about a strategy and its execution if you are able to formulate your strategy and bring it into action then yes you can crack the exam without any coaching. So believe in yourself and the power of self study and before you know you will ace the exam that you are now dreaming of.

We hope this article will help you and keep you motivated. We wish you all the very best for your exam and let us know if you have any more queries.

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 వేసవి సెలవుల్లో కూడా విద్యార్థుల్లో పఠనా సామర్థ్యం, నేర్చుకునే తత్వం పెంచేవిధంగా ఏపీ విద్యాశాఖ కొత్త తరహాలో యాప్‌ను అందుబాటులోకి తీసుకువచ్చింది.  ‘ఉయ్‌ లవ్‌ రీడింగ్‌’ సెలవుల్లో కొనసాగించేలా సమగ్ర శిక్ష అధికారులు చర్యలు తీసుకున్నారు. దీనిలో భాగంగా గూగుల్‌ సంస్థతో ఏపీ సమగ్ర శిక్ష అధికారులు ఒప్పందం కుదుర్చుకున్నారు. గూగుల్‌ సంస్థ ఎడ్యుకేషన్‌ విభాగంలో ప్రవేశపెట్టిన ‘గూగుల్‌ రీడ్‌ అలాంగ్‌’ యాప్‌ను ఏపీ విద్యార్థులు వినియోగించుకునేలా అధికారులు చర్యలు తీసుకున్నారు. స్మార్ట్‌ఫోన్లు ఉన్న విద్యార్థులు ఈ యాప్‌ను డౌన్‌లోడ్‌ చేసుకుని  చదువుకునే అవకాశం ఉంది. 

తెలుగు, ఇంగ్లిష్‌పై పట్టు.. 
వినోదాత్మక ప్రసంగ ఆధారిత రీడింగ్‌ యాప్‌లో ఒకటి నుంచి ఆరో తరగతి వరకు ఉపయోగపడే విధంగా పదాలు, కథలు, ఆటలు రూపొందించారు. వీటిని రోజూ చదివితే ఆయా భాషల్లో పఠనా నైపుణ్యాలను మెరుగుపరిచేందుకు సహాయపడుతుంది. ఆసక్తి కలిగిన కథనాలను చదవమని, ‘దియా’ పేరుతో ఉన్న యానిమేషన్‌ బొమ్మ విద్యార్థులను ప్రోత్సహిస్తుంది. ఈ యాప్‌లో స్వరాన్ని గుర్తించే సదుపాయం ఉంది. పిల్లలు పదాలు, కథలు చదివినప్పుడు తప్పులు దొర్లితే యాప్‌ ద్వారా గుర్తించబడి తప్పులు సవరించే సదుపాయం ఉంది. దీనిని ఒకసారి డౌన్‌లోడ్‌ చేసుకుంటే చాలు నెట్‌ అవసరం లేకుండా ఆఫ్‌లైన్‌లో పనిచేస్తుంది. దీనిలో ఎటువంటి ప్రకటనలు ఉండవు. పుస్తకాలు, పిల్లల కథలు, చోటా భీమ్‌ నుంచి వివిధ పఠన స్థాయిలో వెయ్యికి పైగా పుస్తకాలతో లైబ్రరీ ఉంటుంది.  విద్యార్థులు  యాప్‌ను డౌన్‌లోడ్‌ చేసుకుని మంచి కథలు నేర్చుకుంటున్నారు. 

పఠనా సామర్థ్యం పెరుగుతుంది.. 
యాప్‌ను డౌన్‌లోడ్‌ చేసుకుని దాని ద్వారా మంచి పాఠాలు, భాష నేర్చుకోవచ్చు. తద్వారా పఠనా సామర్థ్యం పెరుగుతుంది. వేసవిలో విద్యార్థులకు మంచి మార్గదర్శకంగా ఉపయోగపడుతుంది.   

Skills and Employability

 How Skill India is empowering workers to become employable?

 
Initiatives are underway to promote a culture of innovation based on entrepreneurship which can generate wealth and employment for all citizens.
Skills and knowledge drive economic growth and social development of a country. Nations with higher levels and better standards of skilled workforce are able to deal with challenges and opportunities in domestic and global markets.
India currently ranks among the fastest growing economies globally and is celebrating demographic dividend with two-thirds of 1.3 billion people under the age of 30 years. The country aspires to be an economic superpower and contribute about 25 per cent of the world's total workforce by year 2025.
On the other hand, 500 million skilled workers will be required in the next five years - especially in manufacturing. A big challenge lies ahead, however, as estimates show that only 4.69 per cent of the workforce has undergone formal skill training.
More worryingly, over 30 per cent of youth aged between 15 to 29 years are 'not in employment, education or training,' according to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 'Not in employment' refers to those who are not searching for jobs either due to unavailability or because there are no jobs to match their skills.
With a million people entering workforce every month, India has embarked upon the world's largest human resource development exercise. For the first time in 68 years of Independence, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been formed to focus on enhancing employability of skills.
On July 15, 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious Skill India initiative to empower youth from different sections of society for building a New India. The country has immense potential to emerge as skill capital of the world with focus on employment generation enabled through Make in India and Skill India.
The MDSE has undertaken significant steps and reforms to drive this in terms of formalising the policy, framework and standards; launching new programmes and schemes; creating new infrastructure and upgrading existing institutions; partnering with states; engaging with industries; and building societal acceptance and aspirations.
For a better tomorrow
The initiatives are not just leading to real stories of transformation and achievements, but of hope and enlightenment as well for every young Indian a better tomorrow.
The National Policy on Skill Development - announced on July 15, 2015 - aims at creating an ecosystem of empowerment by skilling on a large scale at speed with high standards and promoting a culture of innovation based on entrepreneurship which can generate wealth and employment to ensure sustainable livelihoods for all citizens.
To begin with, the MDSE held extensive discussions from October 2015 to September 2016 with various ministries and departments to gauge training needs in 34 sectors. The findings highlight growing skill gap and estimated training need during 2017 to 2022 with top 10 sectors accounting for 80 per cent of all requirements.
A National Priority Skill Action Plan (NPSAP) is underway to define job roles and implementation strategy to achieve targets envisaged in the Skill Action Plan. The NPSAP is being prepared in consultation with 41 ministries and departments across 25 sectors. Its first volume published on January 31, 2017 comprises of seven sectors: agriculture, electronics, IT and ITes, telecom, textiles, food processing, and logistics.
NSDC's role
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a unique public-private-partnership which acts as a catalyst to ensure better quality of life to the youth by creating new avenues of employment for them through short term training courses through an intensive network of its training providers.  NSDC is responsible for funding and implementation of schemes and programs under Skill India Mission and also creating linkages for jobs through industry partnerships. Last year, NSDC had approved a total of 290 projects and transformed the lives of nearly 10.18 lakh candidates by providing them skill training in more than 2000+ job roles through 5224 training centres in 514+ districts across the country.
PMKVY scheme
The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship skill training scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The objective of this skill certification and reward scheme is to enable and mobilise a large number of youth to take up outcome-based skill training to become employable and earn their livelihood.
The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 15, 2015 to coincide with the World Youth Skills Day. Owing to its successful first year of implementation, the Union Cabinet has approved the scheme for another four years (2016-2020) to impart skilling to one crore youth with an outlay of Rs 12,000 crore. It is being implemented through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
The PMKVY (2016-2020) Scheme will be implemented by the Centre along with states. It will have two components:
*Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM): 75 per cent of the PMKVY (2016-2020) funds will be available to the ministry for skilling through the NSDC.
*Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM): 25 per cent of the funds of PMKVY 2.0 will be allocated to the states.
The short-term training imparted at PMKVY centres benefits those who are either school/college dropouts or unemployed. Apart from providing training according to the National Skills Qualification Framework, these centres also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy.
After successful completion of their assessment, candidates are provided placement assistance by training partners. The entire training and assessment fees are paid by the government.
Individuals with prior learning experience or skills are assessed and certified under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) component of the scheme. RPL aims to align the competencies of unregulated workforce to the National Skills Qualification Framework. Project implementing agencies like sector skill councils are being incentivised to implement RPL projects.
The special projects component of PMKVY envisages creation of a platform to facilitate trainings in special areas for government bodies, corporate or industry bodies.
Udaan scheme
Udaan is a special initiative to address the needs of educated unemployed in Jammu and Kashmir. The aim is to provide skills and job opportunities to graduates, post-graduates and three-year diploma engineers. The programme provide exposure to corporate India towards rich talent pool available in the state. The target is to reach out to 40,000 youngsters over a period of five years.
Till November 30 last year, a total of 24,312 candidates had joined training of which 5,480 were undergoing training in 18 cities across India. A total of 17,111 candidates had completed training of which 9,632 were offered job in various sectors like retail, IT and ITes, manufacturing, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), auto, real estate, infrastructure, and textiles.
Re-energised ITIs
Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) under Directorate General of Training (DGT) play a vital role in providing vocation training to craftsmen. More than 13,350 ITIs with seating capacity of 28.47 lakh have been imparting skills for 126 trades. To re-energise the existing ecosystem, 1,381 new it is have been added with over five lakh seats.
A grading scheme has been introduced to create a benchmark for comparison among various institutes and identify areas for improvement. Management committees have been formed to forge partnerships between ITIs and apex industry bodies that will facilitate graduates in getting placement in different industries.
At the same time, curricula are being updated regularly to equip the youth with multi-skills as per requirements of fast-growing sectors and make the workers more productive. Soft skills including English speaking and computer literacy have been made an integral part of all skill development trainings.
On the other hand, DGT, MSDE and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) under Ministry of Human Resource Development joined hands to put in place a system for academic equivalence to ITI qualification and provide options to meet aspirations of those candidates of ITI system who want to attain high academic qualification in addition to their skills. This partnership has opened pathways for ex-trainees of ITI, holding National Trade Certificate (NTC), to earn secondary/senior secondary qualification. Under the MoU following arrangements have been made: a) Dual system of training (training both in ITI classrooms and in industries b) Space Based Distance Learning Program (SLDP) for MSDE.
International exposure
The MSDE is actively engaging with foreign government and institutions to share best practices, benchmarking standards and training of trainers to enhance capacity of India's skill training eco-system. A total of 16 India International Skill Centres (IISCs) have been launched to prepare the youth for job opportunities in global markets.
The number will go up to 100 by 2017-end.  These IISCs will be equipped with lab infrastructure to deliver International benchmarked training and certification programmes.  The centres are being setup at overseas migration pockets for equipping trainees looking to migrate overseas.
The IISCs will facilitate placement linkages to international countries through direct tie-ups with employers or recruitment agents approved by the Ministry of External Affairs. The centres will also undertake implementation of the PMKVY and Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY).
Apart from domain skill training, pre-departure orientation training will spread awareness and help trainees understand about opportunities and challenges involved in migrating overseas for work. It will sensitise trainees on digital literacy, culture and language of the destination country, thereby enabling better adjustment in a new environment.
Importance of Apprenticeship
You must remember that apprenticeship is among the most efficient ways of acquiring industry-ready skills by using facilities available in production establishments. Apprenticeship training consists of basic training component and practical training according to prescribed syllabus for each trade.
There are five categories: trade apprentices, graduate apprentices, technician apprentices, technician (vocational) apprentices, and optional trade apprentices. The National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) aims to increase engagement of apprenticeship from 2.31 lakh to 50 lakh cumulatively by 2020.
The schemes entails reimbursement of 25 per cent of prescribed stipend to all apprentices with the employers. There is a cap of Rs 1,500 per month per candidate. Nearly 10 lakh apprentices are likely to be trained in 2017-18, 15 lakh in 2018-19 and 20 lakh in 2019-20. About 20 per cent of them will be fresher apprentices.
A user-friendly online portal www.apprenticeship.gov.in has been launched for easy processing of applications by employment seekers and employers.
Transforming lives, inspiring change
Skill India is paving the way for a brighter tomorrow for every young Indian that is joining this revolution, not only as candidates but as trainers too. These are not just stories of transformation and achievement, but of hope and enlightenment for every potential youth seeking the right direction.
Hemant Jha, Bihar: Life Sciences Sector, PMKVY candidate
One of the top demanding sectors is Life Science which is growing at a CAGR of 17%, but it is still facing a shortage of skilled work force across functions and levels. We brought an inspiration right from the heart of this emerging sector.
Meet Hemant Jha. Until PMKVY happened, he was just another young man of Katihar district, Bihar. Who knew one skill training with PMKVY will change his life so drastically. He was trained under PMKVY's Life Science Skill Development Course which groomed him to become a successful medical representative. PMKVY transformed him from an unemployed young man to a rising employee at one of the top international healthcare brands Sun Pharma. As his dreams found wings, his home found a stronger foundation.
 
Nitya Devi Nohotiya, Tripura: Rubber Plantation: PMKVY candidate
 
 Skill India has seen huge participation from the women in the country that will eventually translate into the country's economic growth. In the last 3 years, more than 3 lakh women have been trained to earn their livelihood. A small training transformed their lives. From ordinary women, they emerged to become their own heroes. This success story comes from the eastern end of the country. Who thought a regular tribal woman from a remote village of Tripura would do something that'll change the way people look at cultivation? Traditional cultivation was not enough then, it isn't enough now. That's why when an entire village struggled to make the ends meet; she understood it was time to bring a change and she did.
Nitya Devi Nihotiya, one of the PMKVY candidates chose a path less travelled. Her efforts paved the way and brought her to PMKVY's Rubber Plantation Training, after which she started Rubber Planting Nursery. This nursery opened doors of profits up to Rs.4,000 per month. Not only she is grateful to PMKVY, but elated to share her experience as to motivate others who are in need of right direction.
Poonam Kumari and Komal Kumari, Textile Sector, PMKVY candidates
Another such story is of two sisters Poonam and Komal. Their plight didn't stop them to change their life. Broken dwellings, pity conditions and no funds to continue their education was the scenario they wanted to change. And, it happened after they pursued a skill training course from PMKVY. The change was gradual but strong which turned them into textile company employees. Not only they happily support their families now but have become a role model for women who want to be financially independent through their skills.    
(Based on Inputs from National Skill Development Corporation)

Rank Holder in Judicial Service Examination

 

Chhavi Bansal - who has secured Rank 2 in Delhi Judicial service Exam 2018 -  shared her strategy with readers of Employment News.  Delhi Judicial Service Exam is conducted by Delhi High Court. Chhavi has achieved this feat in her first attempt. In this interview we have tried to cover her strategy, exam pattern and other topics that could be very useful to the aspirants preparing for Judicial Services Exam in general and Delhi Judicial Service Exam in particular.

Welcome Chhavi! First of all, many congratulations to you for your success. Please tell us something about yourself. 

1. Were you confident of your success with top rank and how did you react to this news?

Chhavi: Due to the very nature of competitive exams, the result was a little unexpected, but it was a very pleasant surprise. It was more so in my case because it was my first attempt, and I felt that I did not get a lot of time to prepare for the exam.

2. How did you enter the world of law, who inspired you to go for judicial services?

Chhavi: I got admission in law right after my school (5 year course from IP University, Delhi). During the tenure, I had the opportunity to visit courts many times, and to interact with judicial officers. Meeting them motivated me to be a part of this esteemed service.

3. When did you start your preparations for judicial services and Delhi Judicial Service? What was your overall preparation strategy? Did you take any help from coaching?

Chhavi: I did not take any coaching. Since I had a family background in law, my parents were my guides. My preparation for DJS specifically began in November 2018. The overall strategy was to clear one obstacle at a time- prelims, then mains, then interview. For prelims, my focus was on attaining conceptual clarity of the law by studying the Bare Acts in detail. I solved and studied the past year papers and other MCQs for the preparation of the prelims. For the mains, I studied law topic-wise and subject-wise. Bare Acts, standard text books and my college notes was what I based most of my preparation on in respect of the mains. For some subjects, I took help of compilations available in the market. For the interview, I brushed up on the Bare Acts and kept myself aware of the legal developments around me.

4. Could you please elaborate more on subject wise strategy like IPC, CrPC, CPC, Evidence Act? Please also tell us about the books that you referred to.

Chhavi: IPC in my opinion was a little easy to prepare, because the crux of it lies in knowing the ingredients of offences, supplemented by landmark case laws. I studied IPC from my notes based on Pillai and AK Jain.

For CrPC, I referred to portions of Kelkar and AK Jain. For CPC, I read Takwani and AK Jain. For Evidence, I read Avtar Singh and AK Jain.

For the procedural laws, I was slightly selective with my topics as I did not have a lot of time between the prelims and mains. Thus, for mains, I skipped the topics which were directly based off the Bare Act (eg- procedure of trial in different courts).

5. Which subject is most difficult from your point of view as far as DJS exam is concerned and which are the important topics?

Chhavi: for me, Paper 3 of DJS Mains (Civil Law 1) was the most tedious because its syllabus consisted of 8 laws to be covered. This made the preparation for this paper very strenuous. I studied most of them from the bare Act directly, supplemented by AK Jain.

In order to gauge the importance of topics, a study of the past year papers can be done by the candidates. The exercise will show which topics are more important than the others.

6. Could you tell us about the magazines, newspaper or any other online resources that you referred to during the preparation?

Chhavi: for the GK portion of both Prelims and Mains, I referred to Pratyogita Darpan magazines. I also read Drishti Current Affairs magazine for the Mains. In addition to it, I browsed through the daily current affairs at insightson india.com whenever I used to get time. Further, for the English paper, I googled topics on which potential essays could be written.

7. What was the strategy you adopted for Prelims and Mains?

Chhavi: (discussed above)

8. How did you prepare for the Interview? Did you also opt for Mock Interviews?

Chhavi: I kept myself updated on the current affairs by reading newspapers. In addition to them, I brushed up on my Bare Acts before the interview. I did not take any mock interviews.

9. Time Management is a key factor for any exam. What was your strategy for time management while you were preparing and during the exam?

Chhavi: I had a target of spending a maximum of such minutes on a question as the number of marks it was worth. For instance, I decided to not spend more than 5 minutes on a 5 marker. The law papers were for 200 marks each, meant to be attempted in 3 hours. This strategy gave me a rough idea about my speed throughout the paper.

10. Were you preparing for other career opportunities as well while preparing for your ultimate goal i.e., Career in Judiciary?

Chhavi: I was practising part time as an advocate.

11. What is the secret of your success as you cleared DJS in your 1st attempt?

Chhavi: in my opinion, I don't think I did anything special that the other candidates do not usually do. However, I can say that I did not compromise on the presentation of my answers in the mains. I preferred writing in points, and giving my answers a structured look: introduction-body-conclusion format. I think this might have helped me in my answers.

12. Any suggestion/ advice you would like to give to the future aspirants.

Chhavi: the best time to begin preparation for this examination is to start on the very day you decide to take such examination in future. Nothing is too early, nothing is too late. For students specially, utilise the time in college by preparing notes. My notes helped me extensively during my preparation.

Thank you very much and wishing you all the best for your future endeavors.

(The author is founder Director of knowledge start up 'Delhi Knowledge Track'. She can be reached at priyarjindal@ gmail.com.)

Views expressed are personal.

Courtesy to Employment News 

Learn about the first ranker's experiences (Law Entrance Exam at National Level)

 Consistency is the Key Ingredient behind Success

Saumya Singh, Rank 1 CLAT & AILET 2019

 

Priya Jindal

 

Saumya Singh who has secured Rank 1 in Common Law Admission Test 2019 and AILET 2019– shares his strategy with readers of Employment News. Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance exam conducted to provide admission to candidates in UG and PG law programs offered at National Law Universities (NLUs) and other colleges/ universities accepting exam scores. Saumya has achieved this feat in his first attempt. Priya Jindal of Delhi Knowledge Track spoke to him to know about his strategy, exam pattern and other topics that could be useful to the aspirants preparing for these two prestigious law exams of our country.

1. Congratulations for your outstanding performance in CLAT as well as All India Law Entrance Test AILET Examination! What was first your reaction upon knowing your Rank in the exam?

I was both surprised and exhilarated at knowing my ranks in the exams. Based on my performance I'd expected a rank in the top 10 but getting the 1st rank was a pleasant surprise!

1. Saumya could you please share your CLAT strategy in brief?

I started preparation in 11th and took the exam with 12th. I gave the subjects proportionate time based on my strengths and weaknesses. I took mocks regularly and these helped me analyse my strengths and weaknesses and improve my time management. I did not leave the preparation for the boards for the end and prepared for them with CLAT throughout the year.

1. How CLAT is different from AILET and how did you manage to prepare for both examinations?

The syllabus for both is not different. However, the paper patterns and the kinds of questions asked make the exams different. I believe that a student who has a relative advantage in English and Logical Reasoning will find it easier to get a good rank in CLAT. On the other hand, AILET is dependant more on one's confidence and presence of mind. I took mocks for both to get used to the pattern and prepared factual science for AILET.

1. Saumya, both your father and mother are academician and they teach Geography in University, so who motivated you to persue Law?

My father has always had an interest in, and a good knowledge of, law. Besides, it was my mother who motivated me to pursue law because of the opportunity it entails to work for one's community and my own interest in Political Science and other law related stuff.

1. Please tell us the schedule you followed during your examination.

On school days I used to give time to both preparation for the boards and CLAT. Besides reading the newspaper and doing GK and vocab daily, I focused on revision and working on my weaknesses. On weekends I mainly used to revise GK.

1. Saumya, Legal Aptitude and Current Affairs part cover 50-50 marks each, so did you gave extra time for practicing Legal Aptitude and Current Affairs part?

Focusing on these 2 sections is very important as they carry the most marks. Besides, the legal reasoning section acts as a tie breaker in case 2 candidates have the same marks.

For legal reasoning, I referred to the material provided by my coaching, past year papers and mocks to get adequate practice. My focus was on knowing the concept behind each question so that I could answer even tricky questions.

I devoted the most time of my preparation to GK. I did current affairs from 6 sources which included the newspaper, GKTODAY, studyiq, a monthly magazine and the material provided by Law Prep. I revised current affairs regularly. For static GK I referred to the book by Tarun Goyal.

1. Did you appear for any entrance examination earlier? If yes, please share those details?

I appeared for SLAT 2019 conducted by Symbiosis. I got 135 marks out of 150 in it.

1. Did you take mock tests and sample papers - how extensively did you practise with the help of these? Do you think practising from the previous year papers help and how?

I took around 80 mock tests at Law Prep. I gave mocks every week, and almost every day towards the end of my preparation. I think mocks help as one is able to practice 200 questions, get better at time management and know one's strengths and weaknesses. I used to devote 1-2 hours to analysing those mocks and trying to find ways to improve.

Practicing from previous year papers does help a lot. One gets an idea of what exactly is asked in CLAT and even though CLAT is very unpredictable, one is able to structure his preparation and cover the more important topics first. Also, as CLAT 2019 showed us, sometimes questions from the past papers are repeated.

1. Could you please tell us the text books and reference books that you followed, please also mention the other offline and online resources.

For GK, I read The Hindu newspaper regularly. I also referred to GKToday and StudyIQ. Besides these I read the magazine, Competition in focus and the material provided by Law Prep.

For Logical Reasoning I referred to the material provided by Law Prep and the book by RS Aggarwal for important topics. For Critical Reasoning I referred to the book by MK Pandey.

For Legal Reasoning I relied on the material provided by Law Prep, which included class notes, class tests and mock tests. Previous Year Papers also helped.

For English Vocabulary I referred to the 2 books by Norman Lewis (Word Power Made Easy and 30 days to a Faster Vocabulary). I used to refer to word lists for GRE regularly which helped me learn new words and revise existing ones. I used to maintain registers for vocabulary and updated them daily. For Grammar I referred to the book English is Easy besides the material provided by law prep. Reading the newspaper helped a lot.

For maths I relied on the material provided by my coaching and online sources wherever needed.

1. What do you think are the key factors behind your stupendous success?

I think my main strength has always been consistency. Right from Day 1 I prepared as if CLAT 2018 were my CLAT. I was able to keep up the momentum till the end and that's what helped me achieve this rank.

Besides, I was able to deal with the pressure on the exam day. A cool mind helps one give his best.

1. How did you manage your time and remain stress free during the preparation?

Even though most of my time went to preparation, I used to take breaks in between my study sessions. I used to talk to my family, go on walks, play badminton or listen to music. I think taking breaks is important to rejuvenate one's mind.

1. What is your future plan - judicial service or legal service or any other service, please elaborate on that.

As of now I plan to get into the Judiciary as a Judge of the Supreme Court but I'm receptive to other opportunities as well.

(Priya Jindal is founder Director of knowledge start up 'Delhi Knowledge Track'. She can be reached at priyarjindal@ gmail.com.)

Views expressed are personal.

with courtesy to Employment News