On her fifth attempt, Nidhi Bansal cleared the UPSC CSE with an All India Rank of 23. Find out how she balanced her time preparing for GS and her optional paper for the mains.
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Nidhi Bansal appeared for the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) in 2019 and went on to secure an All India Rank of 23. This was her fifth attempt, and in this article, she explains what her strategy was, and how one can clear UPSC while balancing the optional paper along with the general studies (GS) paper for the main exam.
Nidhi spent her childhood in a town called Kailaras in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. Her family then moved to Gwalior from where she completed her education. A computer science graduate from NIT in Trichy, she also spent one year working in a multinational corporation.
“Despite being in a well-paying job I did not get the satisfaction I was looking for. It was during this time that I started considering appearing for the UPSC…