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BeginnersGuidetoCSSCompetitiveExamination
Pleasefollowinorderasdirected.
1.TocheckyoureligibilityyouneedtohavealookatCSSRules
2.ToknowsyllabiyouneedtobrowseCSSSyllabus
Onceyoubrowsetheabovelinkscertainproblemsorquestionswouldcropoutinyourmind.Theseare
thosecertainproblems,whichweconfrontwhenweaspiretotakeCSSexams.Theseare:
1.WhatoptionalsubjectsshouldIopt?
2.AmIcompetentenoughtotakeCSSexams?
3.Whatissufficienttimespanforpreparation?
4.HowmuchshouldIstudy?
Firstwedealquestion1:
Therearetwoperspectives:
Optionalsubjectsaboutwhichwelearnthattheyarehighscoringsubjects.
Optionalsubjectsaboutwhichwelearnthattheyarenotthathighscoringsubjects.
PerspectiveA:
Nodenyingthefactthattherearecertainsubjects,whicharereallymarksyieldingthesesubjectsinclude
allsciencesubjectssuchaspuremath,appliedmath,physics,computersciencesandothersubjectssuch
asmercantilelaw,accountingsetc.Toanalyzethisperspectiveoneshouldconsiderthesepoints:
One'saptitudeconcerningthesubject.
One'sskillconcerningthesubject.
One'scapacityconcerningenhancementone'scapabilityinthesubject.
Whoshouldoptthesesubjects?
Anybodywhosaysyes'toallabovequestionsshouldgoforthesesubjects.
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Itisrealitythatthereisnosuretythatoneearnsabachelor'sormasterdegreeinanyofthethese
disciplineswithenthusiasmorkeeninterest.Mostofusearnedourdegreeswithoutreckoningouraptitude.
Orwegoforadiscipline,whichisinfashion.OrsometimesweareleftwithnochoiceaHobson'schoice.
InCSSmaterisquitedifferentherewedonothavetoearnadegreeratherwehavetograbexcellent
marks.Ifthesesubjectsaremarksyieldingitisrealtytoothattheseareoneofthosesubjects,which
can'tbesolvedwithgeneralknowledge.Generalknowledgeisatooloropenseismforsuccessinsubjects
fallincategoryofhumanities.Oneofthebestwaystoanalyzeone'scapabilitiesinnaturalsciences
subjectsistoreviewpast10yearspapersinthiswayonecaneasilyunderstandtheprospectiveproblems
andrateofsuccess.Byreviewingpast10yearspapersonecaneasilycalculatehowmuchdiligentefforts
arerequiredtogetexcellentmarksinthesubject.Pleaseneitherunderestimatesnoroverestimatesyour
competence.Incaseofoverestimationnonewouldendurelossbutonlyyou.Underestimationissomewhat
goodbecauseitwouldworkasimpetusforhardworking.Mostimportantthinginoptingthesesubjectsis
youraptitude.Highertheaptitudehigherwouldbetherateofsuccess.
Rememberinolddaysonlyphysicalstrengthwasatooltogetsuccessphysicalstrengthwasreplacedby
intelligenceintelligencewasreplacedbyhardworkinghardworkingwasreplacedbypowerofself
administration.
Soonlycriterionofsuccessistoadministeryourselfadministeryouraptitude,administeryourintelligence
andultimatelyadministeryourpowertoenduretoughtimes.
PerspectiveB:
Thisperspectivedoesnotholdwaterbecauseofthefallowingfacts:
Nosubjectislowscoringifoneiswellprepared.
Onlyrequirementtogethighscoreistoknowhowtodealthatsubject.
Youraptitudeisyourstrengthhighertheaptitudehigherwouldbesuccessrate.
Forinstance,itissaidthatconstitutionallawistooeasysubjectbutaslowscoreas2hasbeenrecordedin
thissubject.Intriguinglyinthesamesubjectnumbersofaspiranthavescoredmorethan80%.
Assaidbeforeyouraptitudeisyourstrengthandnextsteptogetexcellentmarksistoadministeryour
aptitude.Onlyadvicethatcouldbegivenistoevaluateyouraptitudeprecisely.Pointistoputeffort.
Rememberanysubjecteitherbelongstonaturalscienceorsocialsciencewouldbeofnouseifyouhaveno
aptitudeorinterest.Lowertheaptitudehigherwouldbeboredomhigherwouldbeboredomhigherthe
difficultyindealingthesubjectandultimatelyhigherstaminawouldberequiredtobornethatsubject.So
pleasedonotwasteyourvitalityjustindigestingperceivedmonotonyasubject.
Lastbutnotleastpointinoptingoptionalsubjectsistoevaluatescopeofsubjects.Goforthatsubject
whereyouhaveadequateinterestcoupledwithrelativelyshortersyllabusinsteadofthatsubjectwhereyou
feeltooaptitudecoupledwithtoomuchsyllabus.Herethemostimportantconstraintisoftimeconstraintif
youhaveayearforpreparationyoucouldchooselatteroptionbutifyoudonothaveenoughtimeformal
optionwouldbebetter.
Nowtimetodealsecondquestion.
AmIcompetentenoughtotakeCSSexams?
Thereareindeedsomeapprehensionssuchas:
Ihaveneverenjoyedcreditableacademicrecord.
MyEnglishisnotthathigh.
Iamnotconfident.
CanIofferwhatthisendeavordemands?
Youcancopeanykindofapprehensionifyouhavehighwillcompoundwithlogic.Ifthereisawillthereis
away!Whatyouhavetodoistodrawastrategyoraplanwithdifferentmilestonesyoujobistocross
milestoneswithintime.Forinstanceyourmilestones(whichcouldbeinterpretedintermofprerequisiteof
success)couldbethese:
Milestone1:IhavetogetEnglishproficiency(sayfirst3moths).
Millstone2:Ihavetodevelopanalyticalcharacteristics(saywithin2months).
Firstyouhavetodrawyourstrategystrategyishowyoudefineyouproblemstatement'thatisyoudefine
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whatyouhavetodoinordertoachieveyouobjectivethesecondpartwhichismostimportantisto
executionofstrategythatisyourworkonhowpartofyourproblem.Rememberdonotrenderstrategy
makingabrownstudyorbuildingcastleinair.Youstrategyshouldbefeasibleandmustberealisticor
workable.Againpleasedonotoverestimateyourself.
Youcandoanythingwhatanyothersinglehumanbeingcando.Ifyoufeelthatyoutakemoretimeas
comparetoanyotherpersonorjustsimplethatyoucan'tgrabthingsfastdonotbotheryourself
remembertheessencethatYOUCANDOWHATOTHERCANDO!'insteadoftakingtimespana
predicament.Buttimespanshouldberealisticsuchasifonecandoapieceofworkin1dayyoumustbe
abletodothatworkin3daysanyhowthatdifferentmustkeepsdwindleastimepassesandyoushouldbe
abletodothatworkin1andhalfday.
Besideaforementionedstufffollowingareotherimperativesthatareofequallyimportance:
Englishlanguageproficiency
Grasponcurrentaffair
Analyticalcapabilities
WhatroleEnglishlanguageproficiencyplaysisasobviousasone'sexistence.
AboutgrasponcurrentaffairsIwouldliketoquoteYahya'sstatementthatifonehasnograspovercurrent
affaironenoneedtobotheroneselftotakeexams.Yahyascored37thpositionin2003CSSexams.Yahya
statementholdswaterinverycircumstancesandonecaneasilyvalidatehisstatementifonehasgone
throughpaperpatternof2005CSSexamsevenIslamyatpaperwasnotdevoidofcurrentaffairs.
Analyticalmindplaysdecisiveroleinone'ssuccessFPSChastoochangedhercoursefromencouragingrot
learningtoappreciateanalyticalmind.Ifyoudonothaveanalyticskillitwouldbeverydifficulttoattempt
paperwithreasonandlogic.Ifyourpaperhasnoshowofmindyoucantexpectanybrightsuccess.
Anyhowtodevelopanalyticalskillisnottoodifficultyoujustneedtoreadwhatonesaysandputargument
accordingly.Firstyouwouldfacedifficultytopenargumentbutyoucanlearnfromeditorialsoropinionsof
newspaperwherewriteralwayssupportheroptiononlyonbasesoflogic.Youcaneasilyjudgethat
differentwriterssupporttheirpointsondifferentgroundandtheyoftenvaryfromeachotherifendorse
onepolicyotherendorseanyotherpolicyyoucanjudgethatonwhatpointsoneendorseaspecificpolicy
andonwhatpointsoneopposethatpolicy.Anotherwayistodeveloptheseskillistodiscusscontemporary
affairswithyourfriends,gotochatroomtrytogetopinionsofdifferentpeoplewhobelongtodifferent
regionsarguewiththemonspecificpointsthroughthiswayyoucaneasilygatherdifferentviewpointssuch
asAmericanview,Iraqi,Indianviewonspecificissues.Rememberlearnhowtoacknowledgetruereason
donotdaresticktoyourpointifoneprovidesenoughlogictosupportherpointinsteadofyourinsistence
onyourviewpoint,whichisaverseoflogic.
Nowtodealquestion:Whatissufficienttimespanforpreparation?
Noonecanpredictaccuratetimespanitcouldbefrom6monthto3years.Alliswhatacademic
backgroundyouhavewhatkindofskillsyouhavewhatisyourratetograspconcept.
Ifonehastostartfromscratchbutpossessinggoodmetalcapabilitiesroughestimationisof1year.
Ifonehastostartfromscratchwithnottoogoodmetalcapabilitiesroughestimationisof1to1
year.
Ifoneneednottostartfromscratchandpossessinggoodmetalcapabilitiesroughestimationisof6
months.
Thingisthisisyouwhohastogaugeyourskillspreciselyononecanbetterpredicatetimespanfor
preparationbutonlyyou.Anotherthingisthistimespanisestimatedwithviewingofgettinggood
positions.Therecouldbenotimespanifoneclaimsoneselfafatalistandinsisttoenjoytheaftermathsof
one'sadventurebasedonhighstarsratherthanondeliberation.
HowmuchshouldIstudy?
Answerofthisquestionstrictlydependsonyourchoiceoftimespancoupledwithyourmetalcapabilities.
Whatsoevertimespanyouchoseassuggestedabove(insecondlastquestion)youneedtostudyfrom6to
8hoursondailybasis.

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