How to Prepare UPSC ESE Prelims || Toppers Tips

 UPSC ESE Prelims Paper 1 & 2 both are easy to score if you follow a simple strategy. How your going to perform in final exams depends upon your preparations strategy.

Toppers Preparations Strategy

ESE Prelims 2023

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Engineering Service Examination (ESE) in January 2023. The selected candidate will become Grade ‘A’ Gazetted Officer in Central Govt. of India. Every aspirant is aware of the selection procedure like Prelims than Mains & finally Interview. Students must clear all their stages. After it concludes the merit list will publish on the official website and selected candidate get their chosen department. To achieve desired department aspirants must compete with All India students.

When we talk about national-level competition your preparation must be of high level. You need Proper Guidance, Best of the Best Study Material & 100 % Dedication to tackle the competitions. The student who joins coaching will be guided by institute teachers. They help them at every point during their ESE Preparation. But some students don’t join coaching institutes or can’t afford the expenses. For them, this article will be beneficial.

UPSC ESE Prelims 2023 Preparation Time

ESE includes 3 stages out of which, this Prelim requires more time to prepare as its syllabus is more compared to Mains. Prelims have GS and Technical both. To prepare GS (Paper 1) from basic you need 5-6 months minimum to understand them and revise them before the final exam. And for Technical (Paper 2) you need 6-8 months of preparations (also depends on your learning skills). If you can manage GS & Technical both smartly then your chances are higher to get selected.

Importance of Strategy in ESE 2023

There are lots of students who Crack the Toughest Exams without joining any coaching institutes. Just because of the proper Strategy they made for their preparations and follow it perfectly. Strategy plays a very important role in your selection. If you only learn & learn things randomly it won’t give you many fruitful results as compared to learning things a few times but in the right manner. In this article, you will find out Toppers Strategy for UPSC ESE Prelims 2023. For all branches Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Electronics & Telecommunication.

Toppers Strategy for General Studies and Engineering Aptitude

Mostly Topper Prepare General Studies in a very simple way. GS owns 200 marks out of 1300. Giving lots of time to prepare GS is not must worthy. You should cover the GS in 5-6 months only. And in our Blog Team, there are 10 ESE Toppers (from all branches) who have prepared GS only for 5-6 months and get score 100+ marks out of 200 and achieve rank under 70.

This Strategy is only for 8 Non-Technical GS Subjects. You can also read Strategy for General Aptitude & Strategy for Verbal Ability and Strategy for Engineering Mathematics

• Buy recently updated Best Coaching Institute Printed GS material. You can use Made Easy or Ace Academy study material for Self-Study. They include all relevant topics that are asked in the past year. Don’t use handwritten notes of others as it may not include the updated topics which are required for ESE 2023.
• Start your GS Preparation 6 Months before the Final Exam (Probably in January 2023).
• Use Highlighter to mark important points, phrases, formulas, etc. Read GS book once and highlight points. Don’t read the complete book again & again. Read 1 subject in a week 2-3 hours each day and finish a maximum of 2 GS subjects in each month. Such that you can finish 8 subjects in 4 months.
• After you read & highlight, now it’s time to Revise 2-3 Time the Highlight Points only. It doesn’t matter you can remember all points or not. Just read the highlighted points. Revise one subject in one day with questions practice.
• After each revision of GS subjects practice 50-80 questions from that GS subject. You can practice questions from PYQs or GS practice Bank of any Coaching Institute. You must do a minimum of 2-3 revisions of each subject then only attempt GS Test Series. You will see a noble performance in the test.
• And find out where you are doing mistakes in the test, revise that topic immediately. Try to improve yourself after every test.

Paper 1: General Studies & Engineering Aptitude is only to check your command on a huge syllabus. There are so many selected aspirants who got 80-100 marks in GS but still get good rank. They learn their Technical subjects strongly.

Smart Strategy to Prepare ESE General Studies & Engineering Aptitude

Toppers Strategy for Technical Subjects

ESE Prelims Technical (Paper 2) is easier than GS (Paper 1). We are engineers and engineers are more comfortable with Technical subjects. We can apply concepts in any problem or do calculations easily. Thus for Technical Subjects, Toppers Preparation Strategy will be stress-free.

• If you have joined any coaching institute (Online or Offline Course) I’ll suggest you use only your notes to learn concepts. If you are a Self-Study aspirant then you have 2 options, Printed Handwritten Notes or Reference Books. You can opt for any options but preferably go for the latest handwritten notes of any reputed coaching.

• Once you select a study source for you then trust it 100%, don’t use different study material for a single subject. Again use Highlighter to mark important things or points or formulas. If you use Reference Books then make notes from them. Your handwritten notes are more useful than a type book. Add Key Theory + Concepts + Important Result + Formulas + Units + Diagram + Charts + Constant Values etc.
• Learn each subject from basic. First, read chapter 1 then Solve some Solved Examples from reference books. Once you solve them you will understand the applications of concepts & formulas. Don’t start next chapter 2.
• Now Solve GATE & ESE objective PYQs. In your very first attempt, you can’t solve all problems. But after 2-3 revisions you will see improvement in your solving skill. The more you practice more you learn. While solving questions don’t tick (✔) the answer.

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• After you finish some PYQ from chapter 1 now learn chapter 2. And repeat the same procedure till the last chapter. As you finish a subject don’t make short notes. Do at least 2-3 revisions from full notes then make short notes.
• After 10-15 days you need to revise that subject again. Devote one complete day to revise subjects completely. In that revision you have to read all those highlighted points and write formulas, it will take you 5-6 hours initially, after a few revisions it will take 2-3 hours only. After reading the theory solve some PYQ or Practice Set questions of any coaching institute.
• You have to revise each subject at least 3-4 times then start giving tests. First, give a subjects-wise test then go for a full-length test. Analyze test results and mistakes like conceptual error or silly mistakes or wrong option tick or forget formulas or forget results etc. Revise those mistakes on that day only.

If your main focus is ESE than for Prelims, you don’t need to solve ESE (Mains) conventional questions. Once you qualify Prelims than practice Subjective questions from Mains PYQ and Reference Books. But if you want to crack GATE also than practice Mains PYQ maximum 2 times. It helps you to tackle tough questions in GATE 2023.

Like that, if you prepare then you will improve your performance daily and on the day of the exam, your confidence level will be maximum. Let’s conclude the above Toppers Preparation Strategy for ESE 2023 in some Tips.

CONCLUSION: Toppers Tips for Self-Study Aspirants

ESE Preparations journey will become smooth if you have a proper strategy in mind to follow. Your daily Hard Work will give you hard results easily. Most of the toppers say they never ignore their mistake whether it is silly or conceptual. Follow some Tips by ESE Toppers to boost your performance.

1. Use Good Study Material.
2. Make your Handwritten Notes. Read How to Make Handwritten Notes
3. Highlight key points or results or formulas.
4. Solve Example than GATE PYQ than ESE PYQ than Practice Set than Test Series.
5. Solve daily 50-100 questions from each subject.
6. Revise each subject 4-5 times before the final exam.
7. Use short notes (after 2-3 revisions) to revise subjects quickly.
8. Give Test seriously and eliminate all mistakes.

Have a look at 15 Best Toppers Tips for UPSC ESE Prelims

Prepare well for ESE GS & Technical Both Papers with a suitable Strategy. You can use the above strategy for ESE Preparation or you can modify it according to you. Share your thoughts with me via the Comment section.