Introductory article on Conventional papers of ESE

I am working on a foolproof strategy for conventional papers as a large number of students asked me to write an article on it. But before giving you the strategy for conventional papers, I want to make a few things clear to all ESE aspirants.

A hype has been created about the difficulty of conventional papers which has little truth in it. The students who don’t get selected due to their low marks in ESE start thinking that subjective questions are very tough. This thinking gradually gets converted to a strong belief. Coaching institutes also reinforce this belief. Today I will break this belief into pieces, so that from today onwards you can study without being afraid of conventional papers.

Scoring in subjective papers is not at all difficult if you have done the required amount of problem solving practice. The students score less in subjectives not because the questions are difficult but because they did not practice enough before the exams. Even the ESE AIR 1 would not have been selected if he hadn’t practiced well. Its all about making some right decisions in your preparation time which will make your work easy during exams. The idea is very simple and clear. If you don’t want to face tough questions in exam, you will have to face them before exams, not a single time but many times, so that they become easy for you during exam time.

You will be glad to know the fact that your subjective performance depends mostly on the practice you do in the last four months before exam. If most of your concepts are clear, then you can easily score 250 out of 400 marks, provided you do consistent practice in the last 4 months before exam. I can say this with full confidence after a series of discussions with my friend Dhananjay Singh (ESE-2015 AIR 12) who scored 270 by just attempting 305 and also my own experience. I scored 235 by just attempting 275.

So now get ready to study subjective part with a fresh energy and altogether different and focused approach. The strategy for conventional papers will be uploaded soon since I am leaving no stone unturned in making that one foolproof. Believe me, till February I hadn’t practiced much, but I practiced a lot since mid February. You will get to know about each and every thing that you need to do in the next article.

That’s all about today’s article.

Before ending I will give an example on how to approach conventional preparation in your mind because a battle is won first in the mind and then on the field. The practice regarding subjectives is like a large pile of food that you have to eat. In addition this food neither smells good nor is delicious. But you have to finish it in the next three months any how. So you do one thing, add salt and some spices to the food as per your requirement. Start pretending that you like it and eat it regularly with full dedication. Just think that you will be able to finish it well before three months. There is no other option left now. Its better to try and fail than to not try at all.                             

  – Ankit Shukla (ESE-2015 AIR 38)