๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ!
Moreover, the average daily activity of the aspirants is quite high which shows aspirants are consistent and realising the importance of ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป that they gained and worked on for six months before Prelims. Maintaining 95/5 split between Mains & Prelims.
We chose to bring out the ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ at this time primarily because of our experience with hundreds of aspirants before this Prelims.
There are around 8000 PYQs and to expect that one can ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ in few months before prelims is ๐พ๐๐ถ๐
๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
And aspirants continue to fail prelims.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ผ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐๐/๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
A. Should complete one round of PYQs by December with extensive review as and when you are reading the particular sub-topic. The initial attempt data would prepare base of your short comings at granular level and allow you to course correct.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐
A. An honest assessment is needed first. Have you done PYQs? Whats your definition of done? Randomly doing it from some kits or compilations?
B. The sequence can be sorted depending on the subject complementarity with the Mains subject or doing the ones which require multiple revisions and knowledge retention at your end.
C. Many of the aspirants in their 4th/5th attempts have started with MH or AMAC so that knowledge base gets consolidated and enough time to revise the factual information multiple times.
If you haven't check the website out and ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ yet (you won't be disappointed) - https://www.leanorangeias.com/
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