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January 15, 2010 Issue:1 Volume:10 Member’s Copy

A small step towards a new attempt

It was envisaged, a few years back to make the students more and more compatible to the ever growing competitive world. Initially, six years ago it was thought to arrange only Campus Selections, soon it was realized to train the students in Analytical Skill and English Language Enhancement as per the requirements of the corporate world before putting them to campus selections and the same was implemented. Now a new attempt is being made to train the JIPC students for competitive exams viz., Civil Service Exams., 2010 without abandoning the earlier programmes. A great heart is required to do this. Now the JIPC students are being encouraged not only to appear for Civil Services(IAS, IPS, IFS etc.,) exam but are also being provided with essential basic inputs.

- Prof.A.Narayana Prasad, Editor.

P.T.O

On 11th Jan, 2010 at 10 am Dr.M.R.Chandrashekar, Principal, ANV College, Gorur , Prof.H.V.Lakshminarayan, Principal, Grade-II, Govt.Science College, Hassan, Prof.C.B.Chandrappa, Principal, Govt. First Grade College, Alur along with Prof.A.Narayana Prasad, Convener, JIPC wished success for the students of JIPC who are appearing for the Civil Services Examination, 2010. This happens to be a great beginning.

Only normal people say that, “SUCCESS KNOCKS YOUR DOOR ONCE”

but achievers say “KNOCK THE DOOR OF FAILURE

TO MEET SUCCESS” - Einstein

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Chief Editor: Prof.H.V.Lakshminarayan, Editor: Prof.A.Narayana Prasad., narayanprasad_a@yahoo.com,

Student Editor : Arun.D.C, Final PMCs

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Preparation tips for Civil Services Examination (Preliminary), 2010

The civil services examination is basically a test to choose suitable administrators. It tests the candidate right from the stage when one starts the preparation. One common misconception about the prelims is that it is a test of facts and figures. This is not so. A candidate should have the right frame of mind and the will power to succeed in the exam. A proper action plan is needed for

the preparation itself since he /she will be tested for some essential qualities like power of retention, clarity of concepts, ability to identify the correct alternatives with efficiency and accuracy. All this requires a quick decision making power. Since the preliminary exam in particular

is a test of endurance the candidate needs to prepare himself on the physical as well as mental level. The main constraint is the time one gets to answer questions. On an average one gets around 40 seconds for each general Studies question and around 50 seconds for each optional question. Added

to this time constraint is the fact that the exam is conducted in the month of May which is usually the hottest month all over the country. Most of the centres for the exam do not have proper facilities which adds to the stress. One sure way of dealing with this stress is to count numbers or to take a few deep breaths. Meditation and Yoga also help in dealing with stress to a great extent.

Now we come to the actual preparation for the prelims exam. Since it is a multiple choice question paper, it needs a different preparation and a proper strategy. The first thing a candidate needs to bear in mind is that the examination is designed to evaluate certain qualities like a sharp

memory and basic retention power. There are ways to increase one's memory like preparing charts. One gets confused when faced with mind boggling facts and figures. Important facts and figures can be simplified and represented on charts and they can arranged in the form of tables or graphs. Another thing to remember is to make short and brief notes on each topic so that the entire

syllabus can be revised a day before the exam. It is better to use diagrams and link words which make it easier to understand difficult concepts. One more technique to help in retaining information is the use of abbreviations. Since the syllabus involves exhaustive information abbreviations help

you to remember it better. It is a good method to remember dates, facts and figures in a picture format and to break up complex names and places into smaller and simpler words. The last and the most important technique is doing regular revision. This helps in retaining the maximum

information. A separate time slot should be given to doing not only regular but multiple revisions like daily, weekly, monthly etc. (to be continued…)

Activities carried out at JIPC during January, 2010(vacation) between 10.00am & 4.30 pm

Sl.No. Name of the Faculty Topics Covered

01 Prof.A.Narayana Prasad

Sunday 11th, 12th January, 2010

A brief history of Civil Services Exams., Details of the post to which exams are conducted, on knowledge of the subject, workouts on Gen. Studies and current affairs covering topics relating to child labour, importance of human value, creative thinking-exercise & workouts on a piece of paper as well as balloon, NICE Project, Jyothi Basu, Politics and money, changing scenario of Indian Politics, Competitive fields, next 5 year planning, cricket, unparliamentarily words, Tallest towers, child abuse, Filling up of Civil Service Exams(Prelims) application form.

02 Sri. Akanksh, (Ex-JIPC Student)

11th January, 2010

ex-JIPC student briefed on the requirement of corporate’s and invited the students “Come with guts and talents - Jobs are waiting for you”

03 Sri Harish, (Ex-JIPC Student)

12th January, 2010

Put forth his experience of facing interviews for Veterinary Inspector and Sub-Inspector posts. He emphasized the importance of Body Language and subject knowledge.

04 Sri Shivakumar, Vivek Bureau

13th January, 2010

Trained the students on questions relating to mental ability(General Studies) of Civil Services Exams-2010.

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