Utkarsh Dwivedi AIR- 5 | UPSC TOPPER'S JOURNEY | JOURNEY OF IAS-UPSC TOPPER
| Name | Utkarsh Dwivedi |
| RANK IN UPSC - 2021 | AIR - 5 |
| GRADUATION | Mechanical Engineering from VIT, Vellore |
| NO OF ATTEMPTS IN CSE | 3 |
| OPTIONAL SUBJECT | Political Science and Internal Relation |
| MEDIUM OF MAINS WRITING | ENGLISH |
| MEDIUM OF INTERVIEW | ENGLISH |
| AGE | 28 |
| HOME TOWN/CITY | Ayodhya |
| WORK EXPERIENCE | NA |
| WORKING WHILE PREPARATION | NA |
FAMILY AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Originally hailing from Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, Utkarsh Dwivedi and his family of four now reside in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His father is a senior manager in an FMCG company and his mother is a homemaker.
WHY CIVIL SERVICES
Utkarsh Dwivedi has completed his schooling education at Delhi Public School (DPS), Indore. After schooling, he was an admission the Vellore Institute of Technology in Tamilnadu and completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical branch. Utkarsh was very clear to crack the UPSC exam since starting that why he started UPSC preparation when he was admitted to engineering college. Even before achieving 5th rank in the UPSC exam, he appeared twice on Personality Test but failed to get his name on the final merit list. He appeared in 2019 and 2020 for the IAS interview and scored 160 and 157 marks, respectively, which was insufficient to get him cleared UPSC.
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS
UPSC has recently announced Civil Service 2021 result on 30th May 2022; Utkarsh Dwivedi secured 5th rank in UPSC CSE 2021. Originally Utkarsh belongs from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh). Currently, he resides in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Utkarsh cleared UPSC in his 3rd attempt with the 5th All India Rank. Mr. Utkarsh's father's name is Jagdish Prasad, and he is a senior manager in an FMCG company, while his mother is a homemaker. Mr. Dwiwedi Optional subject was Political Science and Internal Relations.
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STUDY PLAN AND SCHEDULE
For UPSC aspirants, Utkarsh Dwivedi's message is that optional subjects we should choose on the basis of our interest because this helps the student to get more involved and learn the subject in depth instead subject selection what topper chose or other people suggest. So optional subject selection is purely student choice. For UPSC's preparation strategy, he follows daily newspapers, i.e., The Hindu, Indian Express, and Mint. The regular reading of newspapers helps to clear concepts and strengthen command on matters of national, social, and international affairs. At the same time, students should make their own notes when they read newspapers, books, or journals because notes help students in the final days of the exam when they have limited time, and these notes help to revise what they learn earlier and make recollection of information easier.
OVERALL JOURNEY
Classic IAS Academy helps Utkarsh to achive his dreams Originally hailing from Ayodhya, province, Utkarsh and his family of 4 currently reside in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His father is a senior manager in an FMCG company and his mother is a married woman. Well, he is the elder one in the house and his younger brother is studying. His brother is pursuing B.com from the best college in Indore. He provided the information about his family in an interview.
ADVICE FOR FUTURE ASPIRANTS
1- Do not interact with ANYONE at the centre. Pre or post exam. No discussion of the paper until the mains officially ends.
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it is more important to complete the paper than trying to write best answers and leaving questions unattended in the end. A fully completed paper with above avg answers is a sure shot ticket to interview. Coming from someone who has given three interviews in three attempts.
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4- focus on four things-
if possible, writing end to end in the paper helps. More content does matter. However that shouldn’t let you to a situation where you are under time crunch in the last half an hour .
i- writing what is asked and not what you know
ii- identifying subparts and answering all subparts
iii- do not miss on writing intros and conclusions
iv- use contemporary examples to substantiate points
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this is test of your mental and physical resilience. Don’t give up till the end second of the second paper of the optional.
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if any paper has not been written according your expectations, don’t get disheartened. You never know you might be the topper in the said paper( happened with me in my optional)
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In upsc, uncertainty is the only certainty. Hence in no question should you be in a situation of panic. If you don’t know, don’t worry. Try writing whatever you can. Every mark counts.
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9- attempting the 15markers first does help. Try to fetch max marks from there.
essay is the first and the most damaging of all papers. My last two year's score in essay has been 103 and 111 respectively. It is very important that you give due time to understand the topic of the essay. If you have done that, you have won half the race in the essay paper.
