Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 15: SR College of Competitions (SRCC) organised a workshop for the civil services aspirants in the College premises at Gandhi Nagar, here today.
The orientation workshop was conducted by an expert faculty from Delhi. The faculty dealt with the nature and structure of the exam comprehensively. In a highly interactive session attended by aspirants from across Jammu and Kashmir and even from Ladakh wherein all the aspects of civil services exam were discussed threadbare which included the scheme and pattern of the exam, approach for prelims and mains, sources of material and the books required, use of online resources and the relevance of newspaper reading in preparing for the current affairs.
Moreover, various strategies for writing test series for both prelims and mains were covered thoroughly and to the best satisfaction of the aspirants.
During the session the entire syllabus, the focus areas and the kind of questions asked in the previous years were also taken up. Aspirants were also made aware about the CSAT and Essay papers.
The expert faculty member Gautam Meena discussed in detail the entire syllabus of civil services examination conducted by the UPSC and JKPSC and suggested a comprehensive step by step strategy to prepare for both the Preliminary and the Mains examination. In a two and half hour long session, he dealt with all the four papers of the general studies, civil services aptitude test and also about the selection of optional subjects.
He attended to all the queries raised by the aspirants regarding factors to be kept in mind while choosing a right and suitable optional.
He also drew the attention of the aspirants to essay papers and the answer writing practice. He suggested the aspirants to at least attend one comprehensive test series for both prelim and mains examination. The resource person also stressed upon the importance of current affairs and the relevant resources to prepare the same. Various other aspects like time management, study material, preparation of notes and newspaper reading were handled in an exhaustive manner.
“SR College regularly conducts such workshops, seminars, webinars and interactions with the IAS officers, KAS toppers and various subject experts” informed Office Coordinator Neha Sharma.
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