What strategy should I follow? Should I focus more on my optionals to get good rank?
Please don’t fall in this trap especially during your mains. During the prelims it pays to divide more time to your optional due to the following reasons. • The high weightage of the optionals (300 marks) compared to the GS, which is of 150 marks. • The exhaustive nature of the GS syllabus as compared to the well-defined syllabus of the optional. During mains one should devote equal time to both the optionals as well as GS. Does the choice of medium of language matter? The only areas where the choice of your medium would matter would be in the case of availability of reading materials. Many of the optional might not have relevant study material and many times the candidates spend a lot of time translating the texts from English. In terms of marks one should not consider any form of bias positive or negative for choosing the medium On what topics should one concentrate while preparing for essay? The essay is a test of ones world view and orientation in life besides ones ability to expre
