Mrunal UPSC Topper Kranti Singh Rank 417, Geography Optional

  - Mrunal - http://mrunalorg - [Topper’s Interview] Kranti Singh (AIR-417/CSE-2014)Geography Optional, Haryana, StStephens Posted By  Mrunal  On 19/07/2015 9:00 pm In motivation | 10 Comments1 Candidate Profile 2 Education 3 Introduction 4 Electronic Vs Paper material 5 Tempo and style 6 Str uggle of a Senior player  7 Working professional 8 Prelims (CSAT) General studies 9 Prelims (CSAT) Aptitude 10 Prelim accuracy 11 Mains: Compulsory language paper  12 Mains: Essay 13 Mains General studies paper 1 to 4 14 General Studies (Mains) paper 1 15 General studies (Mains) paper 2 16 General studies (Mains) Paper 3 17 General Studies 4: Ethics, Integrity, aptitude 18 GS4 Ethics case study answers in Mains 2014 19 Mains answer-writing? 20 Mains Optional Subject 21 Before the interview 22 During the interview 23 CSE-2014 Marksheet 24 Career Backu p 25 Views on UPSC reforms 26 Insecurity about profile 27 Wisdom 28 Credit: Friends/family 29 BOGUS Marketing Propaganda Candidate Profile  Kranti Singh: Rank 417, CSE-2014, Geography Optional Q DetailsName  Kranti Prabhat Singh Rank in CSE-2014  417 Roll No  000022 Age  27 Total attempts in CSE (including this one)  3 Optional Subject  Geography Schooling Medium  English College medium  English Medium chosen for Mains answers  English Medium chosen for Interview  English Home town/city  Kurukshetra  Work-experience if any  1 year  Details of other competitive exams, includingsuccess/failures SEBI(Interview),NABARD(Phase 1cleared, Didn’t appear for Phase 2) Details of coaching, mock tests, postal materialfor any competitive exam (if used)  Vajiram for Geography Service preferences (Top-5)  IAS,IPS,IFS,IRS(IT),IRS(CE) state cadre preference (Top-5)  Haryana Education fill the details here% in class 10  84 % in class 12  74 Graduation course and %  58 Name of college, city, passing outyear  St Stephens College,DU(2008) Post-graduation  Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management,Delhi(2011)-67% Any other professional coursesHobbies Extracurricularachievements  Sports-Cricket,Football, Badminton,Chess Introduction Q Tell us something about yourself, your family, when and why did you enter in this field of competitive exams? I was born in Mussorie,did my schooling from Campus School and St Sophia School Hisar,Graduation from St Stephens College and PG in Management from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management I have a work experience of 11 months in Insurance Broking and Risk ManagementMy father,Prem Singh, is Registrar in SGT University(Gurgaon) My mother,Shakuntla Singh, isHome maker I have two elder sisters(Shalini, Priyanka)Both of them are happily married and areworking professionalsI never thought of Civil Services till I turned 25 and then I got too much attracted towards it whichforced me to quit a well paying job With Civil Services, you can have a much wider impact andcontribution towards the society which can be a motivating factor for a person to work hard for thenext 30 years Electronic Vs Paper material Q In recent times, there is spur in electronic material- blogs, sites, pdfs, RSS-feeds Manyaspirants feel bogged down by this information overload So, how much do you rely onelectronic material and how much on the paper material (Books, newspapers)? If possible