Toppers' Talk by Mr. Vasant Dabholkar, AIR 76, UPSC CSE 2022 | VisionIAS Pune

Mr. Vasant Dabholkar achieved an All-India Rank of 76 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022. He has completed his Mechanical Engineering from Ratnagiri. This was his third attempt with Anthropology Optional.
00:05: Self-Introduction
00:41: Prelims Preparation Strategy
02:55: Basic Resource List for Prelims Preparation (Subjectwise)
15:10: CSAT Preparation Strategy
18:05: Mains Preparation Strategy
18:53: GS Paper 1 & 2 Preparation Strategy
22:05: GS Paper 3 Preparation Strategy
25:06: GS Paper 4 Preparation Strategy
26:48: Importance of Diagrams in Answer Writing
34:02: GS Paper 1, value Addition Strategy
38:44: GS Paper 2, Value Addition Strategy
43:31: GS Paper 3, Value Addition Strategy
44:50: What materials refer to the Value Addition Work
45:57: shared an inspirational incident related to the Personality Test
50:48: Paper GS4 & Essay Paper, Value Addition Strategy
59:59: Strategy for the Case Studies Questions
01:08:14: Discussion over Compulsory and Optional Paper
01:08:58: How to cover News Paper and make notes
01:12:16: How to Identify the Themes from the Newspaper
01:18:42: How to Prepare Micro Notes
01:21:41: Personality Test-related Q&A Discussion
01:22:47: What kind of Questions you will get in the Personality Test
01:32:12: How to Choose Optional Subject
01:34:47: How to prepare the Study timetable
01:37:03: Do GS paper subjects help us as optional papers?
01:37:47: Which newspaper is useful for Economics Subject?
01:38:43: Importance of Institute & Self-Study for the Preparation
01:40:20: Is Anthropology an easy optional paper?
01:41:45: What work for the preparation? PYQs or Value additional materials
01:44:44: What is the best strategy for Revision?
01:46:12: What is the Strategy for Non-Conventional Optional Subjects for eg: Management?
01:47:27: should be quit the Job for preparation of UPSC?
01:48:58: Is Anthropology an optional subject, comfortable for Medical Students?
01:49:29: What is the Plan B for UPSC?
01:51:22: How to maintain Consistency?
01:54:53: How to write a good answer?
01:57:06: How to avoid distraction?
01:58:47: At what stage we will start Answer Writing?
02:00:05: Should we make notes from the book?
02:00:42: Which type of Study works for preparation- Solo or Group?
02:01:20: Which topics do we get the maximum marks in the Essay paper?
02:02:53: Should we follow our Hobbies with the Preparation?
02:05:47: How to choose the district for our DAF?
02:06:18: How to prepare notes for Mains?
02:07:06: Which optional subject is good?
02:08:08: Which pen is good for Answer Writing?
02:09:28: How was the Interview Question?
02:10:07: Session End.

[@shraddhapatil1496]

Great session by sir..... Thank you