Prelim Test series

General Studies Prelim Test Series

Process and Time period: We conduct “Prelim Test Series”, consisting of 32 weeks, objective type tests on GS and CSAT. It begins in the month of October and ends in May, before the Prelim exam. The “Prelim Test Series” confers multiple benefits on the candidates. It induces a sense of focus, discipline and regularity in a candidates’ preparation.

Marks: For GS – 200 marks (100 questions) and CSAT – 200 marks (80 questions).

It is to be noted that the marks scored by the candidates in GS only are considered to qualify for the Main Exam. Marks scored in CSAT are not considered but the minimum qualifying marks in CSAT is 33% in the CSAT paper without attaining which the student cannot clear the Prelim Examination

Relevance/Ideology behind Tests: Due to negative marking, the Civil Services Exam has become difficult to qualify. In some cases, students who have not practiced the objective questions realize in the exam hall their unpreparedness for the surprises thrown at them by the UPSC. In such a scenario, it is desirable that the candidates’ fine tune their GS and CSAT preparations by attending as many tests as possible. It guides them to develop better understanding of the concepts, basic principles and factual aspects of the Prelim subjects.

Explanations:To provide an idea about the methodology to be adopted by the students to prepare their subjects, explanations are given by subject experts in the ”Classroom Prelim Test Series” for the questions in such a manner so that the candidates understand how the topic of the question needs to be prepared/analysed. For the benefit of the students joining the “Online Prelim Test Series” we also provide video lectures (explanations given in the Classroom Prelim Test Series).

OMR and Overall Rank:The Prelim tests are written on an OMR sheet on the lines of the UPSC exam. To provide a comparative analysis of the candidates’ performance, the Institute will publish on its website every week, ranks, total scores, negative marks net scores obtained by all its candidates taking the tests at various centers.

Modes of joining:A candidate can join the “Prelim Test Series” either by joining the “Classroom Prelim Test Series” or the “Online Prelim Test Series”.

General Studies Main Exam Test Series

Process: The Main Exam Test Series is done in two different ways:

Firstly, the current students (regular batch students of General Studies Prelim-cum-Main batch) undergo Online Answer Writing Practice consisting of at least 4 such sessions where they write answers and upload them on the Institute website through their login portal. Our endeavour in holding Answer Writing Practices for our students is to teach and practice the techniques of answer writing required specifically for the civil services exam.

Secondly, the old students of Anushka IAS Academy or students who have not joined Anushka IAS Academy for regular classes and join either the Online GS Main Test Series or the Classroom GS Main Test series right after the Prelim Exam in mid-August.

Both the Online GS Main Test Series and Classroom GS Main Test series have the same number of tests (two standalone tests for the 4 papers of General Studies conducted on weekends and one comprehensive test of all 4 papers conducted over a period of two days, totalling 12 tests)

Prelim Test series