Insights MAINS TEST SERIES-2016 – Online and Offline: Details

INSIGHTS MAINS TEST SERIES-2016

Last year also, we produced excellent result from our offline Mains Test Series initiative. Same question papers were posted for free on this website for the benefit of candidates who were preparing on their own. Those papers benefited many serious aspirants who depended on self-study and who could not afford to go for paid test series.

This year also we are going to post our question papers online. But the ‘Surprise‘ element is that we will also post model answers/synopsis of each test (except last 5 Tests) for all who are hoping to write Mains this year! (sorry if you expected Very big Surprise!)

To help those who can not come to Bangalore, we have decided to share both question papers and solutions online. We hope that at least synopses will help in self-review of your answers.

However, we will not be uploading question papers and solutions openly on this website for certain obvious reasons. We will either form a Google Group of only serious aspirants or create a platform to allow you to download our papers. If it’s Google Group, we will share all papers for free of cost. If it’s a web platform, we might charge nominal Rs 100/- or  Rs 200/- for entire test series (35 Tests)!

On 17th August or before we will open Registration (A simple form to fill unlike previous ones!)

Offline:

From this year itself we are conducting Free Offline Mains test series for deserving candidates in our Bangalore centre. We have selected a pool of students (about 30) selected from offline prelims test series-2016 and few other students from previous batches. About 70% of these students are freshers or have written Mains only once or twice. We are confident of producing at least 20 ranks from this batch in CSE-2016. 

This is an effort to move towards a model where ultimately 20-30 most deserving candidates will get free offline guidance for a complete year in coming years.  Most of them will be fresh graduates from weaker sections. 

NOTE: This year we are not having any non-core batch.  Please do not mail us or call us for offline test series. We are also NOT inviting anyone for offline test series (Core or Non-Core batch).

Strategy:

This timetable will help you revise all four General Studies Papers at least 4 times before Mains.

By following this timetable, you will both improve your speed of writing and quality of answers (multiple revision helps here).

This test series consists of 35 High Quality tests. Our program of 30-35 tests has helped many get ranks. And we are glad that others are following this intensive model. 

The books to be referred is not given. However, we will be framing questions mainly from NCERT books, Current Events, important reports, important websites and from few standard books such as Bipan Chandra (Pre and Post independence), Norman Lowe (World History).

You may refer to whatever resources you have been reading. When it comes to writing answers for Mains questions, not any one source will rescue you. Instead, your knowledge accumulated from diverse resources will save you. 

But most important source you must refer is Secure Compilations! If you haven’t realized their importance, please read this article by Rank -4 Artika Shukla (CSE-2015)

You just need to work on putting relevant points within given word limit. We hope our synopsis would help in this regard.

Most important thing is to write all tests on regularly without fail. 

We have noticed in our offline program that those who constantly seek improvement and are consistent in writing all tests are the ones who finally get rank. 

So, start preparing for the First Test. You will not notice or feel the importance of this timetable until and unless you start believing in it and following it. Trust us!

Wish you all the best.

Reminder: Please register on 17th to avail this benefit.

DOWNLOAD: Insights Mains 2016 Offline Timetable (PDF) 

DOWNLOAD: Insights Mains 2016 Offline Timetable (Excel)

(Timetable appears very hectic, but if you read basic books at least once, it’s easily manageable. Also you don’t have much time to read relaxingly. You must push limits now. Because in Mains lies your fortune)

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