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Civils Aspirant

As promised during the talk today at forumias here is the strategy for two optionals -

Botany (Vidushi - AIR1) - Lookout for evolution classroom notes and stick to those. No one book that could/should be followed

Agriculture engineering (Shanmukh - AIR29 and other toppers)- There are 3 books which should be followed for numericals in both papers - Principles of agricultural engineering by Michael volumes 1&2; Elements of agricultural engineering by Dr Jagadishwar Sahay . Practice all numericals from these books. Moreover byheart all relevant formula.

There's a whatsapp group which has previous year toppers as members which you can join if you need more help with this optional - https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlayqKQylNGLZg2mlcDJjC

Also for agri engineering here's repository of revision notes - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B25lONR5HAQsSTRhT09fWU0ybUk

Haha, I always suspected you were the one :-)


Glad to know your anonymous side :-)

Saw your video , it was very much to the point.

Thanks a ton, on behalf of everyone .

P.S. I will see you tomorrow post lunch for DAF. Sorry couldn't make it today. :-)


All People, video will come online.

Kindly provide the link here,once you posted it, thanq

ViSa

As promised during the talk today at forumias here is the strategy for two optionals -

Botany (Vidushi - AIR1) - Lookout for evolution classroom notes and stick to those. No one book that could/should be followed

Agriculture engineering (Shanmukh - AIR29 and other toppers)- There are 3 books which should be followed for numericals in both papers - Principles of agricultural engineering by Michael volumes 1&2; Elements of agricultural engineering by Dr Jagadishwar Sahay . Practice all numericals from these books. Moreover byheart all relevant formula.

There's a whatsapp group which has previous year toppers as members which you can join if you need more help with this optional - https://chat.whatsapp.com/HlayqKQylNGLZg2mlcDJjC

Also for agri engineering here's repository of revision notes - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B25lONR5HAQsSTRhT09fWU0ybUk

Haha, I always suspected you were the one :-)


Glad to know your anonymous side :-)

Saw your video , it was very much to the point.

Thanks a ton, on behalf of everyone .

P.S. I will see you tomorrow post lunch for DAF. Sorry couldn't make it today. :-)


All People, video will come online.

Kindly provide the link here,once you posted it, thanq

@Neyawn thanks man. It would be a saviour.

Civils Aspirant

Sir Can you tell us sources for Forestry ? Thank you

Manikanandan and Prabhu+Rishav sir's notes should suffice IMHO. And Internet search for any topics that are left out

Sir, Which one will you suggest among the following,for forestry?

Attempting from section B for both papers [ very general] or Section A [Technical+Objective] ?

How did you attempt?

kabira

Sir Can you tell us sources for Forestry ? Thank you

Manikanandan and Prabhu+Rishav sir's notes should suffice IMHO. And Internet search for any topics that are left out

Sir, Which one will you suggest among the following,for forestry?

Attempting from section B for both papers [ very general] or Section A [Technical+Objective] ?

How did you attempt?

Prefer Section B unless you can cram section A. I preferred section B

Civils Aspirant

Thanq Sir

Neyawn

Here you go

http://blog.forumias.com/video-abhishek-surana-ifs-rank-2-strategy-for-ifs-prelims-mains/

Exile

@kabira Not an IFoS query. But could you suggest what would be the right time to join mains test series?
What would be a good way to go about answer writing practice?

Thanks

kabira

@kabira Not an IFoS query. But could you suggest what would be the right time to join mains test series?
What would be a good way to go about answer writing practice?

Thanks

I think right time is either now - you have 2.5 months till February to devote full time to test series for mains. Or after prelims next year.

Answer writing - if you have some idea about how to structure then, then give full length mock in 3 hours. That's the best way I believe.

Civils Aspirant

Can someone pls help- fire tender means sensitive/susceptible to fire [or] resistant&can withstand fire? Pls comment if someone is sure about this!

I guess Tender means sensitive ,but google is showing fire tender as vehicles which puts the fire off.

Confused

lastattempt002

plz someone suggest me if i follow vision class lecture along with its class notes and monthly c.a. is it sufficient to clear prelims for ifos