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ASHISH GUPTA ,IAS
{ AIR - 10 }
Question: What were the basic mantras of your success?
ASHISH GUPTA: The basic mantras of my success are hard work, right attitude
towards the preparation and exam, proper guidance due to coaching, reading of
the same material repeatedly, good wishes of family and friends and gods grace.

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Question: When did you start preparation for the IAS Examination? When should
one ideally begin thinking about preparing for this exam?
ASHISH GUPTA: I started preparation with less than 3 months to go for the
Prelims in the first attempt. Ideally, starting preparing from 6 months to a year
from Prelims is sufficient.
Question: What were your optionals? What was the basis of selecting these
optionals?
ASHISH GUPTA: My optionals were History and Public Administration. The basis
for selection was interest in subject, popularity due to scoring ability and
availability of coaching and reading material for History optional.
Question: Tell us something about preparation of essay paper.

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Question: How did you manage your time in both Prelims and Mains examination?
ASHISH GUPTA: For prelims I did not have a model for time management. In the
mains examination I always kept the time as per the marks allotted to the
question, for example a 60 marker should take no more than 36 minutes (whether
that is split into 3 parts or 5 parts is irrelevant). Due to strict adherence to time
limits I easily attempted all 600 marks worth in both optionals.
Question: Which is the most difficult part of this examination and why? What was
your strategy to tackle this difficult part?
ASHISH GUPTA: Mains is the most difficult portion in the whole process as it has
the maximum weightage in final selection. The strategy is to keep things simple
and reading material restricted in breadth. That is where coaching helps a serious
candidate, secondly appropriate writing and expression skills are needed to be
developed.
Question: Did you integrate your Prelims and Mains or was it separate?
ASHISH GUPTA: There need not be separate preparation for both the stages, so I
integrated them both.
Question: What was your style of writing in the exam? How was it distinct from
the general writing style? How did you develop this writing style?
ASHISH GUPTA: My writing style is very simple, I also underline important
sentences. It is distinct from general writing style as it brings out the core idea
forcefully and very clearly. Initially I used to write in a complicated manner and did
not structure the introduction, core and conclusion effectively. However, due the
guidance under coaching I was able to simplify my writing style and make it highly
effective.
Question: How did you prepare for interview?
ASHISH GUPTA: I extensively prepared my profile, which was quite diverse.
Secondly, I prepared key points on current affairs, especially the ones that have
happened in the past few weeks.
Question: Which types of questions were asked in interview? Did you answer all?
ASHISH GUPTA: The questions were mostly opinion based, but a few of them
were also fact based. I was unable to answer all the questions properly, and did
not know a few technical questions.
Question: What is your advice to the fresher who are going to appear in this
exam?
ASHISH GUPTA: Fresher should aim at cracking the exam in their first attempt
itself, they should prepare wholeheartedly with this objective in mind. I would also
advise them against gathering too much material, and losing sight of the basics.
They should stick to little but quality material, and revise it over and over again.
Question: What is your advice to the candidates who have failed in this exam?
ASHISH GUPTA: I have personally failed twice in this exam. I would advise
candidates to make a reassessment of their strategy, and incorporate
guidance/coaching if that has not been done previously. I would also suggest that
one should learn from past mistakes in either attempting the paper, or in
assessment of performance/marks. As the journey is a long one, the final piece of
advice is to have a lot of patience, and continue putting in the hard work.
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Bakhtawar Siddique inspiring

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Sunny Atwal thanx admin fr these inspired success story....
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Deepa Jha thanxs nd congrats sir
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Manu William thank u sir very inspiring
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