Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 3: The SR College of Competitions conducted a workshop on General Studies for the aspirants preparing for the forthcoming Civil Services examinations conducted by the UPSC and the JK PSC.
The expert faculty dealt with the issues like nature of the exam, structure , stages and the strategy to prepare for the Preliminary test, Mains exam and finally for the interview.
Gautam Pandey, an expert faculty in Ethics, Aptitude & Integrity, International Relations, Internal Security, Governance and Social Justice elaborated a comprehensive strategy to prepare for all the four papers of General Studies. He also guided the students about Civil Services Aptitude Test, Essay paper and the Public Administration Optional.
Gautam laid stress on components of general studies to be taken up first, focus areas common to Prelims and Mains, time management, answer writing and the importance of test series. He also cautioned the students about the effect of negative marking in the prelims.
Parveen Sharma, Director of the College, said that the students are upbeat and excited since the news that LG’s administration has given approval for referring 257 vacancies to the JKPSC.
The SR College has been providing guidance to the students since 2000 in the field of Civil Services and a number of students coached by the college have made their entry into the final lists of IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS, KAS, KPS and many other services. The college has also started a test series for Prelims 2021 containing 12 sectional and 8 full mock tests, each of GS & CSAT and a comprehensive test series for Mains is going to start soon.
“During lockdown period also, the college conducted online workshops for the benefit of students preparing for these prestigious exams. And now the College has been conducting offline workshops every Sunday by inviting experts from across the country for General Studies and various Optionals. In a three to four hour long marathon session, the aspirants raised various queries especially the sources of material required and making of notes to crack the exam,” informed Shikha Sharma, Office Coordinator.
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