Srushti Jayant Deshmukh bagged the All India Rank 5 in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) in 2018. Having completed her education from Bhopal, she went on to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering from Lakshmi Narayan Institute of Technology, Bhopal.
In this article, Srushti shares with us the online resources she relied on and her booklist.
General tips for prelims
Identify your habits
Be mindful of how much time you spend on various activities each day. Srushti says that she used a mobile app to track how much time she was spending on various activities through the day. This helped identify the points that needed to be changed and she worked on those. She also says that it will help aspirants make a schedule and follow the same to maximise their time.
Do not overexert yourself
Do not indulge in activities that physically and mentally tire you out. Doing so will reduce the time you can allot to study. “An exhausted body and mind will only…