Winning Strategy in CSS/PMS

zuhaib ahmed · #1 Saturday, August 18, 2012

Winning Strategy in CSS/PMS

After being successful in this exam, your fate is changed and the same time you can change others fate.

Civil Services in Pakistan provide not only jobs for earning and surviving, but a power seat; from where, one can bring a change in his life as well as his surroundings. It may be a change in the form of eradicating poverty and problems of your country. A face of society can be shaped through these superior services.

In this service, you execute decisions and also remain a part of decision making and contribute in creating law. After being successful in this exam, your fate is changed and the same time you can change others fate. So ready to face one of the toughest hurdle and if you cross it, you are the leading light.

To become a king you should have a winning strategy, doing hard work systematically and good guidance. CSS exam is a real test and here each mark not only decides your success but also your ranking.

A good ranking means the more chance for you to get your dream job. This article is constructive for those who are going to appear this year and it also guides them, who are making plan to appear in forth-coming year.

Success Mantras

Self-Confidence
Robert Collier says:
“Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself”
Yes self confidence plays most important role in success of a person. A difficult and lengthy process of Civil Services exam demands self-confidence because only this can keep you on the right track during the long preparation and examination. Many candidates, who are hard working and intellectual and have taken right decision, right elective, chosen right study materials but ultimately they could not succeed because of their lack in self confidence.
Read syllabus, past year questions of compulsory subjects and your optional subjects carefully, especially past 5 years. In this way, you will understand what and how to read and to tackle the questions and also important and less important part of syllabus.
Due to lack of self confidence some time they see wrong in choosing options, some time books, some time timing, and some time in their self. So after deciding, be determined and proceed till the process is not accomplished. Remember, self confidence does not mean over-confidence, so be clear and ready to accept any negative side.

Self confidence is about balance. Low self-confidence and over confident are two extremes. If one is under-confident, he‘ll avoid taking risks and stretching himself; and he might not try at all. And if he is over-confident, he may take on too much risk, stretch himself beyond his capabilities, and crash badly.

Getting this right is a matter of having the right amount of confidence, founded in reality. With the right amount of self-confidence, one will take informed risks, stretch oneself and try hard.

Time Management
Last but not least, time management is very essential to goal success. It plays very important role in preparation. For this you should divide your study plan to some degree in parts. Set a goal to complete one or some parts in known time.

If you complete a part in given time you will not feel overburdened and this mental freedom will provide you more understanding and grasping capacity. So craft a plan according to your need and convenient rather than following others path.

Clarity
Candidate must have a clear approach during the preparation and examination. If you have clarity, you will easily choke many problems. One should be clear about electives, study materials, concept, thought, facts and at every step. Do not stay in dilemma. After selection optionals, materials and selection of study portion of syllabus, follow them strictly.

Go through the syllabus and past year question papers
Read syllabus, past year questions of compulsory subjects and your optional subjects carefully, especially past 5 years. In this way, you will understand what and how to read and to tackle the questions and also important and less important part of syllabus. Follow the syllabus instead of reading the entire book.

Choose only those portions of the book which are part of your syllabus and especially you have guess for this year examination. Whenever and what ever you read, frame questions on them and try to present an ideal answer. In this way, you can increase understanding and expression.

A Balanced Approach
A balanced approach is needed at every step during preparation. Give equal importance to both of compulsory and optional papers. Do not neglect any area of syllabus. To get good marks in the exam, one should go through complete syllabus.

In your answer, balanced view is important and at the same time one should give approximately equal time to all long answer type questions. Do not write some answers very long and some very short.
For developing the writing skills, write model answers at the time of preparation. This helps get into the habit of writing under time pressure in the examination.
Develop Writing Skills
Writing skills play an important role in competitive exams. Most of the candidates appearing in these exams have a lot of knowledge, but lack in writing skills. You must be able to represent all the information/knowledge in a coherent and logical manner, as expected by the examiner.

For example: Quoting with facts and substantiating your answer with related concepts and emphasizing your point of view. Prepare a standard answer to the question papers of previous years. This will also make your task easy in examination hall. Do not neglect the concepts.

Sometimes the questions are ‘conceptual’ in nature, aimed at testing the comprehension levels of the basic concepts. Get a list of standard textbooks from the successful candidates, or other sources and also selective good notes. The right choice of reading material is important and crucial.

For subjects like Mathematics, Statistics and Geographic maps etc, practice is very important. Go through the unsolved papers of the previous papers and solve them to stimulate the atmosphere of the examination.

Try not to exceed the word limit, as far as possible. Sticking to the word limit that will save time. Besides, the numbers of marks you achieve are not going to enhance even if you exceed the word limit. It’s the quality that matters not quantity. Revision is very important. Revise after a gap.

The reason is that you have been preparing for months or years together. It is a human tendency to forget something after some time. Follow paragraph writing rather than essay form. A new point should start with a new paragraph. It is easy to write and understand. If the question needs answer in point format give it a bullet format.

Try to maintain uniformity in writing throughout the paper. Under time pressure, the script should not go from bad to worse in the later stages of the answer sheet. This may irritate the evaluator. Stick to the time frame. Speed is the very essence of this examination. Hence, time management is very crucial.

For developing the writing skills, write model answers at the time of preparation. This helps get into the habit of writing under time pressure in the examination. Develop and follow your own style of writing. Try not to be repetitive and maintain a flow in the style of your writing.

Sohaib Nisar Ahmad

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