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Mathematics Optional Strategy by Ram Prakash(AIR-162, 2017)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy by Ram Prakash(AIR-162, 2017) Strategy in his words: I opted for Maths Optional as I had huge interest in Maths subject. Since childhood, I did well in the subject and thus confident of doing well here as well. Also, Maths and science optional provides you guarantee that if you have attempted paper well then you are sure to get good marks unlike humanities subject. Maths Optional can sure shot give a lead of 50+marks at Mains stage. Strategy for Maths Optional: Static Syllabus. For most topics we have standard textbooks available. List of books is given at the end of this article. I did not used IMS notes (except for Linear Algebra). I relied on standard textbooks. Almost 80–85% questions asked in the CSE/IFoS Exam are the solved examples of these standard textbooks. In the first phase, I tried to study the theory of each topic alon
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Mathematics Optional Strategy of Utsav Kaushal( AIR-14 2016)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy of Utsav Kaushal Utsav Kaushal secured an admirable all India rank of 14 in the 2016 UPSC civil services exam. He had taken Mathematics as his optional subject. Given below are a few valuable tips from IAS topper Utsav Kaushal: Firstly, for scoring good marks in the mathematics optional you need to put a lot of hard work. You should solve as many problems as you can. Practice alone can help you here. Don’t shy away from hard work! Don’t copy solutions. It is important that you try and solve the problems on your own. Do not jump to the solution as and when you encounter a problem. You will be able to learn only when you practise problems yourself. Abstract algebra is a topic that is anathema for many candidates. Most of the candidates leave this topic and many are scared of it. Skipping this topic would be a mistake since in the previous years, man
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Maths Optional Strategy (Bhavesh Mishra, Rank 58)

Made with Remarkable! Maths Optional Strategy (Bhavesh Mishra, Rank 58) Why Maths? Simply because it is one of the best performing optional subject in UPSC. Extremely high scoring : If you get your maths optional right then you will make it to the final list. This year Nitish K (Rank 8 ) has got a mind boggling 346 marks. Certainty : If you have attempted your paper well then you are sure that you will get good marks. For example this year just by attempting 400 marks paper you could get a decent 260+ marks. Even if you don’t get good marks in first attempt you can be sure that you will increase your marks in subsequent attempt. Fun: Mathematics is a delightful subject and therefore doing maths takes you away from somewhat boring humanities. Good Impression: The fact that you have taken Maths makes a good impression on interview board members (it happene
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Mathematics Optional Strategy by Prakash Rajpurohit (AIR-2)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy by Prakash Rajpurohit (AIR-2) Mathematics part-1 Before starting with the strategy I would like to answer a common question: What is the final score vis-à-vis correct attempt? It is true that there is heavy moderation of marks in science subjects especially in mathematics. But despite that it is possible to score very high. I got 390/600 in CSE-2008 and 427/600 in CSE-2009. My final score and correct attempt paper wise is: 2008: Paper I: I got 184/300. Correct attempt was 261/300. Paper II: I got 206/300. Correct attempt was around 250/300. 2009: Paper I: I got 209/300. Correct attempt was 300/300. Paper II: I got 218/300. Correct attempt was 285/300. In the correct attempt I have counted only those answers which are absolutely correct. Paper I is relatively easy so the reduction is huge. Also do not confuse the term scaling down as only multiplication by
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Mathematics Optional Strategy by Atul Prakash(AIR-4)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy by Atul Prakash(AIR-4) Paper 2 Points to ponder : The syllabus of Paper 2 of Mathematics is slightly tricky when compared to Paper 1, especially due to presence of topics like Algebra and Fluid Dynamics. A general trend in recent times has been the mixing of questions of different topics in all the optional questions. This means that one has to have some degree of acquaintance with all the topics of the paper. For those not very conversant with fluid dynamics, it would pay more to focus more on Algebra and Real Analysis so as to avoid having to select two optional questions from Section II of this paper. I adopted this strategy, having more or less pre-decided to prefer selecting two questions from section 1, giving more emphasis on modern algebra and real analysis. This did not work for me in CSE-2016 though, as questions out of CSE syll
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Mathematics Optional Strategy by GSS Praveenchand (Rank-64/UPSC-2018)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy by GSS Praveenchand (Rank-64/UPSC-2018) Q. What’s your optional subject and why did you chose it and not something else? My optional subject was mathematics. I have chosen mathematics due to the following reasons During my graduation, I had fair exposure to mathematics. I have benefited from many mathematical techniques during my three years of employment in the private sector. So, as a continuation of that, I opted for mathematics. Q. If a new player wants to pick your subject, would you advice for it or against it? Optional must be selected based on one’s interest and comfort. Just do not choose the optional as someone else scored good marks in that. For example in my case, during my second attempt, I made many calculation mistakes in mathematics and got 263 marks only, due to which I had to contend with 512 rank. Whereas
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Mathematic Optional Strategy by Nitish K (AIR-8)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematic Optional Strategy by Nitish K (AIR-8) Choosing Mathematics as an optional !! Who can take Mathematics as an optional? A large number of aspirants called or messaged me saying that they have decided to or wanted to take Maths and asked me to share my strategy. When I asked them why they wanted to choose Maths, most of them told that it was because of good performance of Maths in recent years. Is Mathematics really performing well in recent years? On the surface it might look that Maths is doing well. This time around 25-30 candidates have got in the range 290-310. But the problem with Maths optional is scaling. Due to scaling (I don’t know how UPSC does it), a very few number of candidates get high and remaining ones get very low. The ones who get high would have obviously done better than the rest. But due to scaling, difference in marks between the highest an
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Mathematics Optional Strategy by Siddharth Jain (AIR 13)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy by Siddharth Jain (AIR 13) 1. Book list :I covered the entire notes given by IMS.They are concisely prepared and to the point.I found them very helful.After that i covered some of the books ,mentioned by MR.Prakash Rajpurohit in his blog.Futher Sir Nitish k in his blog has very nicely covered some flowcharts,hamilotonian and langrangian equation along with some other stuff.One should check it out. 2:Practice :It is the key to success in this optional. Make it a point that the question that you have done once,if the same question comes in the examination,you will do it correctly .Practice all the last year question papers.Just mug the questions that you are unable to solve intellectually. 3:Test series :I appeared in all the tests conducted by IMS.If i could not give a test,i made it a point ,that i take the question paper and
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Mathematics Optional Strategy by Anubhav Singh (Rank-8/UPSC-2017)

Made with Remarkable! Mathematics Optional Strategy by Anubhav Singh (Rank-8/UPSC-2017) Q. What’s your optional subject and why did you chose it and not something else? Ans:Mathematics was my favourite subject since my schooldays. But this was not the sole criteria on which i decided to take maths as optional in UPSC, I reckoned that this was the subject in which I could score maximum. Along with interest, pragmatism should also inform the choice of optional subject. Q. If a new player wants to pick your subject, would you advice for it or against it? Ans: My considered view is that one should take maths only if he has a strong inclination and background in it. Anyone (and not only IIT grads) can take this optional subject to the above mentioned conditions. One should not be tempted by stellar marks of some successful candidates as there are a lot more candidates consistently scoring low marks.
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