Monthly Tutorial Writing Contest - How can you help others?

excellency

Dear Friends,

We are inviting detailed write ups on the following Topics from Participants in a tutorial format.

Here are the Topics

1) How to use Evernote / One Note to organise your notes?
2) How to prepare Indian Polity/Any Subject for Prelims Examination
3) How to choose your optional subject for Civil Services Examination 2019?
4) Any Tutorial or write up of your choice.

All such articles should be mailed to ravi@forumias.com

Tutorials published will be given Amazon Vouchers worth 1000,2000 and 3000 depending on the level of research undertaken by the candidate.

1- First,we need to understand the importance of notes. Why we need notes? I see a lot people making notes without knowing why.

Believe me or not, upsc is all about feeling the content. I am not able to express, what I mean from feeling.

We can answer any question related to our life because we have content inside. Example -- we can easily easily write this question.

Q-What improvements you could have made in your first date?
We have lived the content .

Similarly, we need to live the big syllabus of upsc.(big because, our districts are big.)

Now, when we accidently come across the same first date place, the experience starts running in your body.

Notes is pretty much same. Since we have not really lived the syllabus, we need more frequent accidents. That's notes.

But, notes should not replace your real deep inside content. For example -- I can recall whole Indo pak issue with a glimpse of a small map diagram. It sole purpose is to refresh your deep content, which u have lived.

Now, evernote -- it makes your task easy to organize your weapons for accidents. Easy to delete or add. That's it.

I think organising your notes in Evernote is a big challenge. I learned it from @ kabira here.
This would not be a valid Tutorial in itself.

For example, organising the notes, how do you ensure that some notebooks are on the top, numbering notes beginning with 0 1, 2 .. there is a lot of leaning even with evernote.

You will end up wasting time with evernote / any technology as long as you do not master it fully.

Just attaching a screenshot

True . I don't know how to ensure numbering of notes.Thats why I don't prefer online notes.

Is it worth mastering evernote ?

I was struggling with this.. whenever you create new note,, it comes on top!! and which notes you want on top wont stay there...neyawn sir brilliant trick..

I just tested it..u just number the notes like 1,2,3,4 like sir has done!

OMG, i was switching between one note and evernote and my copy just because of this problem.. you just solved it!!!!

I also learned it from someone, pass on the good things

FutuREhUmAN7

HOPE THIS HELPS ---

FutuREhUmAN7

ALWAYS KEEP TWO EVERNOTE --- ONE WILL FORM THE CORE ONE OTHER WILL BE THE SIMPLIFIED VERSION--WHICH WILL HAVE FINAL NOTES WHICH U WILL REVISE ---

FutuREhUmAN7

Reyaz

Tutorials published will be given Amazon Vouchers worth 1000,2000 and 3000 depending on the level of research undertaken by the candidate.

if @Neyawn is posting here then we are out of this competition.

Reyaz

Evernote tip: enable google chrome extension (evernote web clipper),
if you search any topic on google, it will show the relevant notes from your evernote on the margins. It is quite helpful during current affairs research.

excellency

@Neyawn This is the thread which gives a feeling of old forumias.

P. S-I am yet to give first prelims, but following forum since very long

Neyawn

@Neyawn This is the thread which gives a feeling of old forumias.

P. S-I am yet to give first prelims, but following forum since very long

Your story is worth knowing

Reyaz

Evernote tip: enable google chrome extension (evernote web clipper),
if you search any topic on google, it will show the relevant notes from your evernote on the margins. It is quite helpful during current affairs research.

Adding a screenshot

excellency

@Neyawn This is the thread which gives a feeling of old forumias.

P. S-I am yet to give first prelims, but following forum since very long

Your story is worth knowing

1996 born. Passed 12th in 2014..but luck was having something else for me. I will be graduating in 2020 (That's another worth knowing story) .

Following forumias since 2014(Mentioned by crazyphoton in a interview).

Used to read comments of all star members like bibble.

Used to write answers on TLP after 2015 results (hype create hua tha 2015 results ke baad answer writing ka).

I have read all articles by you since 2015.

Forum has given me, whatever I have today .


Hope, I can thank forum one day in public .i don't have degree till 2020... Let's hope one day

P. S--i am from same shekhpura (doctors place in your case study )