{"id":393,"date":"2020-07-04T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T11:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/?p=393"},"modified":"2020-07-04T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T11:02:16","slug":"competition-success-review-provides-coverage-of-current-affairs-in-a-lucid-and-comprehensive-manner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/2020\/07\/04\/competition-success-review-provides-coverage-of-current-affairs-in-a-lucid-and-comprehensive-manner\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Success Review Provides Coverage Of Current Affairs In A Lucid And Comprehensive Manner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2014Ms. Anu Kumari, IAS Topper 2017-18, First Among Women (2nd Rank)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ms. Anu Kumari, IAS Topper 2017-18, First Among Women (2nd Rank), honoured with the CSR Gold Medal and Trophy.<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Anu Kumari has secured the all-India 1st\nRank among women candidates and the 2nd Rank in the overall list of successful\ncandidates in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2017-18. She made it into\nthe prestigious IAS in her second attempt. Ms. Kumari is a B.Sc. (Honours) in\nPhysics from the prestigious Hindu College in Delhi. She has also completed an\nMBA in Finance and Marketing.  She did\nher schooling from Shiva Shiksha Sadan in Sonipat. Ms. Kumari credits the  secret of her success in CSE to perseverance,\ntime management and support of her family members. For General Studies and\nother papers, she consulted Competition Success Review, General Knowledge Today\nand CSR Year Book apart from online sources. According to Ms. Kumari,\nCompetition Success Review covers a wide range of subjects relevant for\npreparation, not only current affairs but also portions of CSAT. She finds the\ninterviews with successful candidates very helpful for CSE aspirants. She\nadvises future aspirants to keep dreaming and working hard. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, we publish an exclusive interview which\nshe gave to Competition Success Review.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSR : What is the\nsecret of your success in the Civil Services Examination?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Anu Kumari : <\/strong>Perseverance,\ntime management and support of my family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How much time do\nyou think one requires for serious preparations for this examination?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>One\nand a half years of dedicated preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Which\njournals have you been reading for the General Studies and other papers?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.<\/strong> Apart from Competition\nSuccess Review, General Knowledge Today<\/em> and CSR Year Book,<\/em>I\nmainly referred to online sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Do you\nremember any remarkable incident in your life that motivated or prompted you to\ngo for a career in the Civil Services?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Monotony\nand drudgery in private job and a feeling of meaninglessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Competition\nSuccess Review, the largest selling youth magazine in English for 35 years, has\nbeen extremely helpful because<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>It\ncovers a wide range of subjects relevant for preparation\u2014not only current\naffairs but also CSAT portions. It also focuses on interviews of successful\ncandidates which is very helpful for aspirants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How did your\nparents, family and friends contribute to your success?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Immense\ncontribution. My mother took care of my son. My brothers helped me with doubts\nin studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Had you not been\nselected in the Civil Services Examination, what would have been your reaction?\nWhich other service\/career would you have gone in\/opted for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>I\nwould have gone for teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How do you\nvisualise your success?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>I\nam very happy and see this as a great responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What were your\nstrong points which enabled you to achieve spectacular success in  the Civil Services Examination?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Combination\nof current affairs + statistics + \ndiagrams + schemes +  committee\nnames to enrich my answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What was your\nOptional at the Civil Services Examination?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Sociology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How many\nattempts had you made earlier before you got selected?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.<\/strong>\nOne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What was your\ncriterion for the selection of the optional subject?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Short\nsyllabus + guidance availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How did you\nprepare for your compulsory papers?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Mainly,\nanswer writing practice and content coverage through NCERTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What is your\nimpression about the Interview Board?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Very\nvery cordial and cooperative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Competition\nSuccess Review has been the largest selling ABC-certified magazine in English\nsince 1981. How do you visualise the role of this magazine in moulding the\ncareers of the youth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>It\nprovides coverage of current affairs in a lucid and comprehensive manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How did\nCompetition Success Review help you in your preparation for the interview?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>I\nreferred the magazine for brushing up some current affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How do you look\nupon the publication of CSR magazine in Hindi? Do you think that the mindset\nand basic approach of English medium students are fundamentally different from\nthose of the Hindi medium students ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Very\ninclusive approach, helps Hindi medium students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What is your\nopinion about Competition Success Review? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Great\nwork by your team, keep it up to help fellow students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Since when have\nyou been reading Competition Success Review ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>On\nand off during the course of my preparation in the last one and a half years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What is your\nopinion about General Knowledge Today ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>It\nis a nice, holistic magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. To prepare for\nthis Civil Services Examination, did you join any Coaching Institute(s)? If so,\nname them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Not\nfor GS papers\/Optional etc., but only test series for Optional at Nice IAS. For\nmock interviews, several institutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What do you\nthink is a better way of preparation between selective intensive study and wide\nextensive study?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Both\nare needed for Mains and Prelims respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Is this\npattern of the exam appropriate for selection? Would you recommend any other\nimprovement?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Good\npattern, no change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Do you feel that\nthere should be no restriction on the number of attempts ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>There\nshould be a restriction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. We have been\nawarding CSR Gold Medal to top 50 Rank Holders of CSE who have been our\nreaders. Do you think that our gesture has been a source of inspiration for the\nCivil Services aspirants?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Of\ncourse, it is a source of inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. We have been publishing\nessays every month under Current Issues and CSR Essay Contests and CSR Super\nBrain Youth Contest by adding eight more pages to encourage our readers not\nonly to write better, but also to know what the top competitors could be\nwriting. Besides, we offer CSR Gold Medal & Trophy to the winners of the\nCSR Super Brain Youth Contest. Is this focus-oriented approach helpful for the\nIAS aspirants?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Yes,\nEssay plays a very crucial role in the success of students. So, yours is a nice\ninitiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. How do you think\nCompetition  Success  Review \ncould be more useful to the candidates appearing in the Civil Services\nand various other competitive examinations ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>It\nacts as a good guidance mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. Do you think\nthat the UPSC needs to be more transparent in its examination and evaluation ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>I\nagree with the current method of evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. What is your\nadvice to the future aspirants?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. <\/strong>Keep\ndreaming and working hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2014Ms. Anu Kumari, IAS Topper 2017-18, First Among Women (2nd Rank) Ms. Anu Kumari has secured the all-India 1st Rank among women candidates and the 2nd Rank in the overall list of successful candidates in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2017-18. She made it into the prestigious IAS in her second attempt. Ms. Kumari is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.competitionreview.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}