Originally Posted by NASR KHAN

great!!! indeed it is really a great effort.

why not, we will pray for your success inshaALLAH my sweet brother.

Originally Posted by abdussamad chaudhary

allah khush rakhe apko.

Moreover, for internet use zong. On zong send sms to 880, it's vocabulary builder.
Internet radio is powerful application to access international analysis on bbc etc + english language channels.
Opera mini is downloaded from m.opera.com

Originally Posted by Abdussamad Chaudhary

Let me reveal my secrets then;
Keep a symbian cell phone with you, C-5 is best choice as it's economical as well as rich with applications related to office.
1. For P&C Paper: Install Oxford Dictionary in it. I have given the link on this forum priorly but note it again: S60 3.0 Software
After installing, download the database for dictionary and most important Thesaurus, you may download the audio pronounciation database too but that is 38 Mbs. It covers Synonyms, Antonyms, Vocabulary Idioms perfectly.
2. Install Opera Mini 6.5 (latest), it allows you to get the News Feeds from Dawn, Guardian, and every news paper of the world. I often wonder when I check Printed Dawn and compare it with the feed I read last night, both are same and I cover total news. One may find more benefits from it. Your current affairs is perfectly covered.
Else you may wiki from the internet. What is left behind????


Please keep praying for me if it is fruitful........

Originally Posted by Abdussamad Chaudhary

Allah khush rakhe apko.

Moreover, for internet use Zong. On Zong send sms to 880, it's vocabulary builder.
Internet Radio is powerful application to access International analysis on BBC etc + English language channels.
Opera Mini is downloaded from m.opera.com

Originally Posted by NASR KHAN

Well we highlighted the term smart work here on forum at so many places and now i want to explain this term with reference to every subject.

essay i have already explained in my previous post but if someone wants to know anything else regarding essay i will be more than pleased to answer.

ENGLISH COMPOSITION:

Now comes the most important paper beside essay. You go for the paper and you are given a sheet for synonyms and antonyms which carry 10 marks. If you get 6 to 7 correct out of 10 your confidence automatically go to sky for rest of the paper. The thing is how one can prepare them, so the answer is so simple to this, everyone has different level of vocabulary but i talk about myself as an example. i had very weak vocabulary and i was unable to memorize many words so what i did was that i made Flash cards and i daily picked 20 words from Dawn Newspaper and started to memorize them. this really worked for me and i got 6 out of 10 in 2010(my total score was 64) and 7 out of 10 in 2011. i bought digital dictionary which really helped me a lot by saving my much time.

PAIRS OF WORDS:

I daily studied 5 pairs of words with writing practice by which i got a good grip over them.

GRAMMAR

For grammar i went through Matric and intermediate level books to have a command over tenses, active passive voice and direct and indirect. i practiced sentence correction from past papers and SADAT ALI SHAH'S EXPLORING THE WORLD OF ENGLISH, which is a good book for this paper.

IDIOMS

I went through no idioms as i knew that if i had gone through more than a thousand idioms there were still chances of some odd things regarding idioms in the paper. so i left this to the day of paper. read the idioms and made sentences of 5 by my own.

PRECIS WRITING:

Well my friends i never had any experience of writing a precis but i learnt a good thing from my friend. go through the passage again and again to have a good idea about the passage. then take a pencil and start underlining the sentences which make a sense in continuation. after doing so, simply convert it to your own but precise words for example if there were 12 words try to make it 3 to 4 words. practice one precis daily in early morning when your brain is so fresh.

UNSEEN PASSAGE:

Practiced on daily basis and in the paper focused on questions to have appropriate answers.

SHORT ESSAY:

For this buy SUNDRY REFLECTION, which is an outstanding book. do cover 2 to 3 short essays on daily basis from this book.

thats it.

HOW TO ATTEMPT THE PAPER?

You start with vocab which is mandatory. then rest of the paper is done according to your wish and choice. what i did and what worked for me is as follow.

1. Vocab
2. Grammar
3. Pairs of Words
4. Idioms

35 marks done in only 35 to 45 minutes and most importantly only 3 questions are left so a very nice and pleasant psychological impression comes to the mind that only 3 questions are left. it really makes you very confident about your abilities.

5. short essay
6. unseen passage

at the end you are left with precis with 45 min to 1 hour.

now whats so difficult??? nothing i think.

you have to give it a read initially then go through it 2 to 3 more times and you will have a fair idea about it. this fair idea will help you to give a suitable title to the precis passage.

if one follows the same strategy then he will be finishing the paper 15 to 20 min before the time. this is my guarantee. and good marks are also guaranteed inshaALLAH.

If anyone wants to know anything else about this paper then do let me know plz.

thanks and regards

Originally Posted by andleeb Akhter

awsome....Impressive ....Sachi dil khush ho gya.
Let me ask you one thing..i have Nokia 5530 cell...and using Ufone.Would it be economical to use net over ufone? And would this software is beneficial for me?

Originally Posted by andleeb Akhter

Thanks a lot for such a nice and informative post.
One query dear...How to get internet radio.? can't get it ...can you elaborate its procedure in more detail?


Regards

Originally Posted by andleeb Akhter

Bht sari duaein ......Regards

Originally Posted by andleeb Akhter

After reading this post i'm just thinking ...yes i can do it.It seems it has been written for ordinary people like me.I was told many times by many people that if your writing skills, your english and most importantly your vocabulary are weak...You are no-where in css competitiveness.
But these techniques are really inspiring me.Some of them are already on my routine table and rest of them are going to be included.
Only one query
what do you mean by flash cards of vocabulary? They are just simple papers with words written on them or something else?

Waiting for your quick response as i am left with just 3 months..


Best of luck for the rest of the procedure.May you have the group of your choice.

Regards

Originally Posted by Wamik

Thankyou for ur detailed answer
Plz also share all the names of the books that u studied, as i believe u must hv selected very good books which worked so well for u that u got prepared within 3 months, right.

Plz comment on my writing expression, coz i hv noticed that my scheme of commas & full stops is quite different from your's.

And what do u say about :Political Sc, Indo-Pak history, Interl Law, Const Law, IR.

And weren't you doing any job during those 3 months before CSS?

Originally Posted by Saciba Nasar

Amna I see that you've had psychology as your optional subject. Now having passed your exams, i believe you are in a better position to answer a question or two of mine, only if you'd be kind enough to do so. Please do answer
1: Which books should I consult for psychology?
2: Is one month time enough for its preparation?

Originally Posted by mani1

A tip for Smart work

Buy all the books you can....seriously!! I have nearly all the (good) books available in the market for all my subjects. While I didn't even read even 10% of all of them, they served some important purposes

1)They made me feel good that I had every possible resource at my disposal. (This btw is VERY important)

2)Handy reference material immediately available.