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Strategy for geography - High scoring students please share your strategy .

sabfixhaisabfixhai
in Geography & Geology
This is a humble request to geography optional people , please share the strategy you guys followed to score high marks in mains .
1 please share your marks in previous attempts
2 share your strategy along with it .
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  • sabfixhaisabfixhai
    ???
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  • Inspector_SteelInspector_Steel
    sabfixhai said:

    This is a humble request to geography optional people , please share the strategy you guys followed to score high marks in mains .
    1 please share your marks in previous attempts
    2 share your strategy along with it .

    :D ye eklauta subject h jiske lye koi strategy share nahi karta h forum par..aur final list me naam dekhna bhar kar nikalenge Geog se.. ;)
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  • sabfixhaisabfixhai
    Inspector_Steel said:

    sabfixhai said:

    This is a humble request to geography optional people , please share the strategy you guys followed to score high marks in mains .
    1 please share your marks in previous attempts
    2 share your strategy along with it .

    :D ye eklauta subject h jiske lye koi strategy share nahi karta h forum par..aur final list me naam dekhna bhar kar nikalenge Geog se.. ;)
    sahi keh rahe ho..
    strategy share bhi hogi to itni generic hogi ki lagta hai ye sab to mujhe bhi pata hai .. lol

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  • RajanRaghuramRajanRaghuram
    This link may be helpful, if you haven't come across it yet.

    http://mrunal.org/2012/05/strategy-geography-mains-booklist-study.html

    Read this user's comments. She had shared her strategy last year.

    http://discuss.forumias.com/profile/27859/Shruti812
    https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/648743542286749696
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  • Inspector_SteelInspector_Steel
    RajanRaghuram said:

    This link may be helpful, if you haven't come across it yet.

    http://mrunal.org/2012/05/strategy-geography-mains-booklist-study.html

    Read this user's comments. She had shared her strategy last year.

    http://discuss.forumias.com/profile/27859/Shruti812

    u too have geo optional :o
    aap Telegram wale @RajanRaghuram ho kya?
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  • HarveySpectreHarveySpectre
    Use 11 12 ncert's ....then some coaching notes....read majid hussain (available on xaam) selected chapters.

    See paper's and while reading geography news in current use atlas and static theory to complete your topic.

    Thats all.
    That's the difference between you and me,you wanna lose small and I wanna win big!!!
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  • RajanRaghuramRajanRaghuram
    Inspector_Steel said:

    RajanRaghuram said:

    This link may be helpful, if you haven't come across it yet.

    http://mrunal.org/2012/05/strategy-geography-mains-booklist-study.html

    Read this user's comments. She had shared her strategy last year.

    http://discuss.forumias.com/profile/27859/Shruti812

    u too have geo optional :o
    aap Telegram wale @RajanRaghuram ho kya?
    No. I don't use Telegram or Whatsapp.
    https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/648743542286749696
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  • sabfixhaisabfixhai
    HarveySpectre said:

    Use 11 12 ncert's ....then some coaching notes....read majid hussain (available on xaam) selected chapters.

    See paper's and while reading geography news in current use atlas and static theory to complete your topic.

    Thats all.

    thanks bhai... ye sab to me kiya hu .. 3 mains de chuka hu geography se .. saala numbers me sudhaar nahi ho raha hai...
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  • Trupence GrasshopperTrupence Grasshopper
    sabfixhai said:

    HarveySpectre said:

    Use 11 12 ncert's ....then some coaching notes....read majid hussain (available on xaam) selected chapters.

    See paper's and while reading geography news in current use atlas and static theory to complete your topic.

    Thats all.

    thanks bhai... ye sab to me kiya hu .. 3 mains de chuka hu geography se .. saala numbers me sudhaar nahi ho raha hai...

    Brother did you practice answer writing? If yes how many papers?
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  • Inspector_SteelInspector_Steel
    Captain_Peroxide said:

    RajanRaghuram said:

    Inspector_Steel said:

    RajanRaghuram said:

    This link may be helpful, if you haven't come across it yet.

    http://mrunal.org/2012/05/strategy-geography-mains-booklist-study.html

    Read this user's comments. She had shared her strategy last year.

    http://discuss.forumias.com/profile/27859/Shruti812

    u too have geo optional :o
    aap Telegram wale @RajanRaghuram ho kya?
    No. I don't use Telegram or Whatsapp.
    He works in RBI as its Governor already. Why will he work in some stupid chatting app :D @Inspector_Steel :D
    :D :D ha ha I know but unke din pure hone wale h islye to aajkal UPSC ki tyari kar rahe hain wo.. :#
    btw Telegram group me bhi ek Rajan Raghuram karke tha koi he was having geo optional ..same user name,same optional doubt hona jayaz tha..thats why the confusion.. :p
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  • shrude_indianshrude_indian
    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot
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  • Inspector_SteelInspector_Steel
    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    wow u got good marks.. :o
    what happened this year? how did ur paper go?

    what stopped u making into final list in 2014 ?
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  • sabfixhaisabfixhai
    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    please throw some light on the strategy .
    i have read the following books -
    1 savinder
    2 majid hussain - models
    3majid hussain - human geo
    4 rupa 1-2
    5 khullar
    6 ALS study material
    7 test series at neetu singh

    should i join shabbir sir's test series .
    what should be the approach for answering in geography

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  • sabfixhaisabfixhai
    Captain_Peroxide said:

    sabfixhai said:

    HarveySpectre said:

    Use 11 12 ncert's ....then some coaching notes....read majid hussain (available on xaam) selected chapters.

    See paper's and while reading geography news in current use atlas and static theory to complete your topic.

    Thats all.

    thanks bhai... ye sab to me kiya hu .. 3 mains de chuka hu geography se .. saala numbers me sudhaar nahi ho raha hai...
    Just this much for mains? few ncerts and selected chapters from majjid husain :open_mouth: ?
    nahi bhai is se kai guna jyaada kiya hai... ye to bhai ne itna batayaa to maine kaha ye to kar chukaa hu

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  • Inspector_SteelInspector_Steel
    sabfixhai said:

    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    please throw some light on the strategy .
    i have read the following books -
    1 savinder
    2 majid hussain - models
    3majid hussain - human geo
    4 rupa 1-2
    5 khullar
    6 ALS study material
    7 test series at neetu singh

    should i join shabbir sir's test series .
    what should be the approach for answering in geography

    u have covered almost everything..
    Bhai have u ever tried solving previous year question by urself??
    how is ur map practice ..like do u draw maps often for a question or u depend on the content.(less diagrams and maps?)

    No there is no need to join..but is a good test series in case u r thinking of joining a test series I would place it above in my choices.
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  • HarveySpectreHarveySpectre
    sabfixhai said:

    Captain_Peroxide said:

    sabfixhai said:

    HarveySpectre said:

    Use 11 12 ncert's ....then some coaching notes....read majid hussain (available on xaam) selected chapters.

    See paper's and while reading geography news in current use atlas and static theory to complete your topic.

    Thats all.

    thanks bhai... ye sab to me kiya hu .. 3 mains de chuka hu geography se .. saala numbers me sudhaar nahi ho raha hai...
    Just this much for mains? few ncerts and selected chapters from majjid husain :open_mouth: ?
    nahi bhai is se kai guna jyaada kiya hai... ye to bhai ne itna batayaa to maine kaha ye to kar chukaa hu

    This is for base for studying geo optional. The fort is very big and takes time to conquer.
    That's the difference between you and me,you wanna lose small and I wanna win big!!!
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  • Trupence GrasshopperTrupence Grasshopper
    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot


    are ALS notes important? Because many people say you shouldn't replicate class notes answers in exams because many will write the same and your answers will look common,given that many people have geography as their optional in mains.
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  • cRealcReal
    I had found below blog post appealing. might be useful here.
    https://bhavyamittal.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/geography-optional-tips-for-a-high-score/

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  • ukpsciasukpscias
    searching for uttarakhand IAs and PCS and reivew officer Study meatrial i am sharing a good website link here . it provide all gk in hindi read geography gk by vyas IAS http://educationmasters.in/ias-pcs-ifs-geography-general-knowledge-in-hindi
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  • shrude_indianshrude_indian
    Inspector_Steel said:

    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    wow u got good marks.. :o
    what happened this year? how did ur paper go?

    what stopped u making into final list in 2014 ?

    Yaar I got only 49 in GS Paper III and only 157 in Personality Test.

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  • shrude_indianshrude_indian
    sabfixhai said:

    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    please throw some light on the strategy .
    i have read the following books -
    1 savinder
    2 majid hussain - models
    3majid hussain - human geo
    4 rupa 1-2
    5 khullar
    6 ALS study material
    7 test series at neetu singh

    should i join shabbir sir's test series .
    what should be the approach for answering in geography

    U hv already done enough. But u can also refer

    NCERT
    Revise as many times as possible and think as much as u can
    Some chapters of R.C. Tiwari is very worthy
    Make synoptic notes so that u revise n recall things easily. Carry it with u where ever u go and keep glancing on it
    The MOST IMPORTANT thing is -----------write or frame answers to any random geography question. Framing answer helped me more than writing it.
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  • Akshay maheshwariAkshay maheshwari
    shrude_indian said:

    Inspector_Steel said:

    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    wow u got good marks.. :o
    what happened this year? how did ur paper go?

    what stopped u making into final list in 2014 ?

    Yaar I got only 49 in GS Paper III and only 157 in Personality Test.

    Sad man!! gs paper 3 me to shockingly low reh gye.,,.better luck next time,.
    Bhai just a week ago i completed Geo thoughts by mazid and I realised halff of the things were repetative and useless only 11 and 12 chapter are essential,.But even then I cant remember most of it,.,
    Which books and which chapters from Kullar and RC tiwari are essential??, I have read RC once,. and it was good,. I dont know whether I need to read some chapters from khullar as well!!!!
    Plus what kind of framing you are suggesting please elaborate with an example
    Thanks, you are the first person who is sharing some strategy.,warna to carrier barbaad lagne laga tha
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  • shrude_indianshrude_indian
    Akshay maheshwari said:

    shrude_indian said:

    Inspector_Steel said:

    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    wow u got good marks.. :o
    what happened this year? how did ur paper go?

    what stopped u making into final list in 2014 ?

    Yaar I got only 49 in GS Paper III and only 157 in Personality Test.

    Sad man!! gs paper 3 me to shockingly low reh gye.,,.better luck next time,.
    Bhai just a week ago i completed Geo thoughts by mazid and I realised halff of the things were repetative and useless only 11 and 12 chapter are essential,.But even then I cant remember most of it,.,
    Which books and which chapters from Kullar and RC tiwari are essential??, I have read RC once,. and it was good,. I dont know whether I need to read some chapters from khullar as well!!!!
    Plus what kind of framing you are suggesting please elaborate with an example
    Thanks, you are the first person who is sharing some strategy.,warna to carrier barbaad lagne laga tha
    What I meant by framing answer is explained below.

    Take any test paper (eg. Vision IAS for GS and Nertu ma'am for Geo optional) along with MODEL ANSWER.

    Pick up questions. Rather than writting full fledged answer just prepare skeletal form of answer by enumerating all points u can collect. Do deep thinking, collect as many points as u can, correlate it with various other streams like Polity, Economy, IR, current events etc and then establish an organic linkage between various parts of ur answer. Now u hv a cogent answer ready. :|

    This was just the gist. I hv a lot to say but I can't type that much.

    Hope it helps.
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  • sindbaadsindbaad
    118+106
    Only books no notes
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  • Akshay maheshwariAkshay maheshwari
    shrude_indian said:

    Akshay maheshwari said:

    shrude_indian said:

    Inspector_Steel said:

    shrude_indian said:

    I had 267 marks in 2014
    111 in Paper I and 156 in Paper II

    I had read so many books and practiced a lot

    wow u got good marks.. :o
    what happened this year? how did ur paper go?

    what stopped u making into final list in 2014 ?

    Yaar I got only 49 in GS Paper III and only 157 in Personality Test.

    Sad man!! gs paper 3 me to shockingly low reh gye.,,.better luck next time,.
    Bhai just a week ago i completed Geo thoughts by mazid and I realised halff of the things were repetative and useless only 11 and 12 chapter are essential,.But even then I cant remember most of it,.,
    Which books and which chapters from Kullar and RC tiwari are essential??, I have read RC once,. and it was good,. I dont know whether I need to read some chapters from khullar as well!!!!
    Plus what kind of framing you are suggesting please elaborate with an example
    Thanks, you are the first person who is sharing some strategy.,warna to carrier barbaad lagne laga tha
    What I meant by framing answer is explained below.

    Take any test paper (eg. Vision IAS for GS and Nertu ma'am for Geo optional) along with MODEL ANSWER.

    Pick up questions. Rather than writting full fledged answer just prepare skeletal form of answer by enumerating all points u can collect. Do deep thinking, collect as many points as u can, correlate it with various other streams like Polity, Economy, IR, current events etc and then establish an organic linkage between various parts of ur answer. Now u hv a cogent answer ready. :|

    This was just the gist. I hv a lot to say but I can't type that much.

    Hope it helps.
    Thank you @shrude_indian ,. That was helpful.,
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