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ClearIAS » Civil Services Prelims » 100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS Prelims

100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS Prelims

Last updated on July 10, 2020 by Alex Andrews George

How to prepare for IAS exam in 100 days: 100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS PrelimsCan you clear IAS Prelims by studying 100 days? Yes, if you are preparing using the correct resources!

How should you prepare for UPSC prelims in 100 days? What should be your plan? What are the books you should read to get the maximum benefit out of minimum time? How should you practice mock exams? How should you prioritize your time?

To get answers to all these questions, go through this post, which we call the ClearIAS 100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS Prelims.

The Core Part of Your Strategy should be T-T-T (3T)

The ClearIAS TTT approach to clear IAS

We advise you to make ‘T-T-T‘ ie. ‘Test-series’, ‘Techniques’, and ‘Text-books’ as the core part of your preparation strategy in the next 100 days.

(1) ClearIAS Prelims Online MockTest Series

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ClearIAS also provides addon-mock exams for CSAT as well as previous year UPSC re-takes (based on official UPSC key).

(2) Techniques

Techniques and exam-skills are as important as knowledge to clear UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE). ClearIAS has developed various techniques to clear IAS exam with ease. Some of them:

  • Memory Techniques
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  • Intelligent Elimination Techniques

Go through the techniques in detail and gain expertise in those. For more techniques, refer the ClearIAS Prelims guidance link.

(3) Textbooks

As the time left is limited, for the best return on investment, we suggest the below books.

  • Modern Indian History – Sonali Bansal
  • Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania
  • Indian Polity – Laxmikanth
  • Important Judgment that transformed India – Alex Andrews George
  • Indian Economy Key Concepts – Shankarganesh
  • Environment – Shankar IAS Academy
  • Geography – NCERTs
  • Oxford Atlas
  • Science and Technology – Ravi P Agrahari
  • ClearIAS Current Affairs Compilations
  • India Yearbook by McGraw-Hill
  • CSAT Previous 9-years questions as per official key
  • English medium NCERTs OR Hindi medium NCERTs

Tip: Whenever you feel that learning from textbooks is of too much effort, and you feel time-crunched, focus more on ClearIAS Online Mocks. For example, if you need to revise NCERT History, take ClearIAS Mock Exam dedicated for NCERT History. By adopting this approach, you can learn 100 most probable questions from NCERT History in just 2 hours!

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ClearIAS Action Plan for Prelims: Day 1 – Day 30

How should you begin IAS preparation

Plan your work; work your plan!

Make a timetable, which suits your requirement. We suggest a plan which has 9-hours devoted to studies every day.

Rather than trying to finish a subject (which will never happen), try to split your time for all subjects – every day.

For example, if you have 9 hours a day for studies or revision – give 1 hour for History, 1 hour for Geography, 1 hour for Polity, 1 hour for Economics, 1 hour for Science and Technology, 1 hour for Environment, 1 hour for Current Affairs and last 2 hours for taking ClearIAS Mock Exams.

Revise daily

Make notes and mind maps, if you come across a difficult concept.

Revise whatever you studied for each subject the previous day, in the first 15 minutes of your next day.

Spend weekends, entirely for revision of textbooks and revision of mock exams.

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This means it would not take much time to learn 4000+ questions and 4000+ important concepts. This would make a big difference.

Note: If you ask us, the highest priority item for any aspirant is to practice ClearIAS mock exams in a timed environment with negative marking. We don’t encourage learning MCQs from photocopies or pdfs, because this would not help to avoid mistakes you are likely to make in the exam hall.

Attempt previous year UPSC question papers in a timed environment

Equally important is the practice of UPSC previous year question papers. On ClearIAS Mock Exam platform, we have added the provision to re-take previous year UPSC questions (last 9 years).

Once you submit the exam, you will get marks based on the official UPSC key!

Apply the IETs and 3-2-1-0-E method while taking mock exams

Learn the art of intelligent elimination of wrong answers in UPSC Prelims. Apply the IETs while taking mock exams.

Also, while doing mock exams, always follow the 4-round elimination strategy – 3-2-1-0 E method. This will help you not only answer the questions you are 100% sure but also analyse the risk-benefits of attempting questions you are not 100% sure.

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Target

By the end of the 30th day, you should have some good understanding of all the above-mentioned textbooks. We don’t mean you should cover every page line by line, but rather a good understanding of all the basic concepts.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.

ClearIAS Action Plan for Prelims: Day 31 – Day 60

How should you begin UPSC preparation

Okay, now you have only 70 days remaining.

Score high. No matter how difficult UPSC sets the question paper!

Follow ClearIAS timetable, study plan, and book-list.

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ClearIAS Online Notes and Study-Materials

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ClearIAS Daily MCQs (Most Probable Questions)

Revise the practice the Most Probable Questions we email you for free.

ClearIAS will be releasing the compilation of Most Probable Questions (Daily MCQs). This will be uploaded to ClearIAS store and will be provided FREE to premium users of ClearIAS Prelims Test Series.

ClearIAS Current Affairs Capsules (CCC) – Monthly MCQs

Revise the ClearIAS Current affairs monthly Capsule available in the ClearIAS store.

Though there may be some overlap, questions in the CCC and questions in the Daily MCQ compilation are different. Cover both in-depth.

Caution

Don’t spend too much time any resources other than what we discussed above, as the returns on the time you invest may not be high.

Also, don’t spend more than 1 hour on newspapers.

ClearIAS Action Plan for Prelims: Day 61 – Day 90

How to clear IAS in 3 months

You will be nearing the final lap now. Some recommendations at this stage:

Get the book ‘General Knowledge’ by Manohar Pandey

Buy the book ‘General Knowlege by Manohar Pandey‘ and revise it thoroughly.

Though this book is titled General Knowledge, it contains all the basic information from subjects like polity, geography, science, history etc. This helps in quick revision.

Those who are from the non-Science background, take a look at the Science section of this book. It will surely help in a quick understanding of what is needed in the exam perspective.

Analyse your progress and mistakes

Track your improvement while solving mock exams.

Revise our NCERT based mock exams again. Whenever you need a reference, go back and read the corresponding portion of NCERT books.

Rather than mechanically doing mock exams, spend sufficient time to analyse the results, learning zone, and performance reports.

ClearIAS Action Plan for Prelims: Day 91 – Day 100

How can you clear the IAS exam

In the final 10 days, this what you should ideally do.

Revise Mock Exams, UPSC Question Papers, and your notes

Finish and revise all Clear Prelims Online Mock Exams in your account.

Attempt and revise previous year UPSC questions.

Revise the notes you already made for Prelims.

Don’t go behind any new materials or mock questions, but focus only on the recommended items we discussed above.

Focus on the core areas for maximum Return on Investment

Make sure you focus only on the core areas from which you get maximum questions. (For example, Executive/Legislature/Judiciary in case of Indian Polity, Maps in the case of Geography etc.)

8-8-8 schedule

Make sure you revise for at least 8 hours in the last 10 days and ensure that you get 8-hour sleep until IAS Prelims.

100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS Prelims: The Conclusion

100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS Prelims

In this 100-Days Action Plan to Clear IAS Prelims, we have provided you with the best plan to clear the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam in under 3 months. This strategy will help you to get the highest Return on Investment (RoI) without any overburden.

The ‘TTT approach’ comprehensively covers the core-essentials you need for success – Test-series, Techniques, and Text-books.

All you need to have is confidence and a focused mind. Don’t run behind too many resources in the last days. Be laser-like focused.

Believe that it is perfectly possible to clear UPSC Civil Services Preliminary exam in 100 days. Many candidates under our guidance have done it in the past, even with lesser time.

Have strong self-belief.

Believe that you can clear IAS Prelims with whatever time left. Give your 100%.

All the best!

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About Alex Andrews George

Alex Andrews George is a mentor, author, and entrepreneur. Alex is the founder of ClearIAS and one of the expert Civil Service Exam Trainers in India.

He is the author of many best-seller books like 'Important Judgments that transformed India' and 'Important Acts that transformed India'.

A trusted mentor and pioneer in online training, Alex's guidance, strategies, study-materials, and mock-exams have helped thousands of aspirants to become IAS, IPS, and IFS officers.

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  1. Pratap says

    February 22, 2018 at 2:40 pm

    Nice

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  2. Nitesh says

    February 22, 2018 at 4:09 pm

    Thanks! This is helpful.

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  3. TAPAS KUMAR PADHAN says

    February 22, 2018 at 5:09 pm

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  4. Aneesh says

    February 23, 2018 at 11:46 am

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  5. mohd aqiq says

    February 24, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    thanks sir i m in class12 so can i start prepapration for ias

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    • Aamir bashir says

      May 3, 2018 at 4:40 pm

      You have a very good amount of time available for preparations. You should define a feasible strategy for the preparation and systematically devide your efforts among different aspects of the exam. Begin your preparations by choosing the optional subjects you which are of your interest and simultaneously cover the ncert portion subjectively followed with higher class books of each subjects.

  6. Rohit Dubey says

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  8. Vijay says

    March 16, 2018 at 1:08 am

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    Thanking you sir

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  9. Surya says

    January 18, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    Thanks SIR for guiding for exam

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  10. Mohamed Azhar says

    February 7, 2019 at 1:48 pm

    Sir.. Is solving previous 8 years question paper is enough for clearing CSAT..?

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    • ClearIAS.com says

      February 7, 2019 at 1:59 pm

      @Mohamed – In most cases, that would be sufficient. You just need to score 33% marks (ie 67 out of 200 marks) to qualify the CSAT paper.

    • Akruti says

      February 20, 2021 at 11:21 pm

      Sir i have 100 days for this exam preparation..i can study for 10..12 hours..what should i do

  11. sathyabama says

    February 17, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    hi sir
    i am working now ,but interest to get ias, but have only 100 days in my hands for prelims, i can able to spend 6 hrs per day to study and week end.what can i do

    Reply
  12. Anupama says

    February 29, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    I want to clear prelims next year 2021 so would you give me any strategy

    Reply
  13. Krishanu Dutta says

    March 4, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    Respected Sir/Madam,
    My name is Krishanu Dutta and I am a working professional in a Government PSU. Can you please tell me how I can manage my time effectively and in a planned way to become successful in 2021 UPSC Examination?

    Reply
  14. Suhana says

    June 17, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    Thank you 😊 this is useful

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  15. Akriti says

    June 24, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    It’s very useful…….Thanku

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  16. Kanhu charan Behera says

    June 26, 2020 at 11:42 am

    I am fresher

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    • Kanhucharan Behera says

      June 26, 2020 at 11:43 am

      Thanxs sir keep help

  17. Harapriya says

    June 29, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    Thanks sir,I need your help in my preparation….

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  18. Sreenath says

    February 15, 2021 at 12:11 pm

    Tq for your valuable information sir

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  19. Halladaraya m says

    March 26, 2021 at 7:50 pm

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