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Public administration has become very tricky to score in UPSC. Fortunately I

have been able to score good marks in this subject 2010- 340; 2011

330 ; 2012- 210 (good by any standards as pub ad was butchered that

year); 2013- 228 ..

Some of the things which we must remember/follow/understand in pub-ad..

The most important thing in pud-ad is conceptual clarity. Unfortunately

most of us rely completely on coaching notes and end up having only

superficial knowledge which is very dangerous in present setup of UPSC

exam and especially in pub-ad.

Untill n unless u have conceptual clarity you wont be able to understand

the question in the first place.

All of us write answers in pub-ad and feel that we have written it well but

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the problem is most of us interpret questions differently and end up writing

different answers. The correct interpretation of question will only happen if

ur concepts are clear.

I know you may think that what is so new in that but I tell you very honestly

that this is the reason why most of us are not able to score good marks in

pub-ad (apart from UPSC recent break-up n hate for pub-ad).

Rahul Pandey (rank-52) who scored 230 this year has written on his blog:

The secret of success for writing good answers in Public Administration

lies in understanding the questions. Most of the students fail to write good

answers simply because of their failure to understand the questions. In the

last two years, UPSC has deliberately increased the difficulty levels of

question paper as they are more interested in those students who have

conceptual clarity and ability to write those concepts in a simple manner.

I am not against any coaching notes but you need to study some basic

books so that you develop good understanding of the subject. Books can

vary from person to person.. there are many books on pub-ad .. all of them

are equally good but whichever book you are studying , study it well .. study

it multiple times.

Answer writing is very important in pub-ad. You must write some answers

before mains and show it your pub-ad trainer or to someone like me. you

can scan and send it me. It would be great if you share it with someone

scoring good marks .

I have always tried to write answers in point format as much as possible

so that I can stuff more content in few lines. And also your answers will be

more concise and to the point which will be helpful for the examiner to

evaluate.

Use as simple language as possible. Strict no to flowery language

without any content. This is not semester exam of B.Tech/ MBA. They will

punish you if you start faking answers by using flowery language. Since my

command over English language is very limited, I did not have such issues

.

One of the very important thing which we must follow while writing

answers is our ability to interlink Paper-1 and Paper-2. For this u must

remember syllabus completely. Read the syllabus everyday for 5 minutes.

Close your eyes and try to interlink them.

I will again quote Rahul (Rank-52) here Another important aspect about

answer writing is your ability to interlink the concepts. If we take a closer

look at the questions that were asked in the previous two years, one thing

is very much clear. UPSC wants us to have conceptual clarity and more

importantly have in depth knowledge about inter linkages among the

theories and thinkers. For example in this years exam, there was question

regarding Simon and Bernards views regarding decision making. Next

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comes the ability of the candidate to link concepts in Paper I with the

examples from Indian Administration. Again the trend in the last few years

is that there is not much of difference in the questions that were asked in

Paper I and Indian Administration. Candidates are expected to give

examples from Indian Administration while explaining the concepts in

Paper I.

I will give you chapter wise detail of study material which I followed. U

need not follow this. Just follow your own study material but pls follow the

basic instructions mentioned above.

1. Introduction: Vajiram class notes of Gupta sir (best for this chapter),

Paradigms of Public Administration by Nicholas Henry(only few pages),

New Horizons of Public Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya .

Restructuring Public Administration A New Look by Mohit Bhattacharya

2. Administrative Thought :- Prasad & Prasad, New Horizons of Public

Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya .

3. Administrative Behaviour :- Prasad & Prasad, New Horizons of Public

Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya . Organization Behaviour by Stephen

robbins.

5. Accountability and control :- New Horizons of Public Administration by

Mohit Bhattacharya, 2nd ARC report. Fadia & Fadia Paper-1

6. Administrative Law :- Fadia & Fadia Paper-1

7. Comparative Public Administration :- Prasad and Prasad (Riggs) ,CPA by

Ramesh K Arora, Fadia & Fadia Paper-1

8. Development Dynamics :- Social Theory and Development

Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya, Fadia &Fadia Paper-1

9. Personnel Administration : New Horizons of Public Administration by

Mohit Bhattacharya, 2nd ARC

10. Public Policy: Vajiram class notes of Gupta sir, Mohit Bhattacharya,

Prasad n Prasad (Dror) ,

11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement:- Fadia & Fadia, Mohit

Bhattacharya

12. Financial Administration :- Vajiram class notes , 2nd ARC

Paper- II :- For this paper 2nd ARC is the most important study source.

Aaprt from that Economic survey is also very good for collection of datas.

And news related to administrative problems and reforms are also very very

useful.

1. Evolution of Indian Administration- Indian Administration by Rajni Goyal

and Ramesh K Arora.

2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government- Indian

Administration by Rajni Goyal and Ramesh K Arora.

3. Public Sector Undertakings- Vajiram class notes.

4. Union Government and Administration- Indian Administration by Rajni

Goyal and Ramesh K Arora. 2nd ARC.

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5. Plans and Priorities Indian Administration by Rajni Goyal and Ramesh

K Arora. 12th plan approach paper of Planning Commission .

6. State Government and Administration- Indian Administration by Rajni

Goyal and Ramesh K Arora. Punchi commission report, 2nd ARC Report.

7. District Administration since Independence- Indian Administration by

Rajni Goyal and Ramesh K Arora , Punchi commission report, 2nd ARC

Report.

8. Civil Services- Indian Administration by Rajni Goyal and Ramesh K Arora,

2nd ARC Report.

9. Financial Management- Indian Administration by Rajni Goyal and

Ramesh K Arora, 2nd ARC Report.

10. Administrative Reforms since Independence- Indian Administration by

Rajni Goyal and Ramesh K Arora. Punchi commission report, 2nd ARC

Report.

11. Rural Development- Indian Administration by Rajni Goyal and Ramesh

K Arora, 2nd ARC Report.

12. Urban Local Government- Indian Administration by Rajni Goyal and

Ramesh K Arora. 2nd ARC Report.

13. Law and Order Administration :- 2nd ARC and Punchi Commission

report.

14. Significant issues in Indian Administration- 2nd ARC , Internet , Current

affairs.

These are the things which I followed , u can follow your own study

material. As far as coachings are concerned, I have observed that Vajiram,

synergy and Pawan kumar are relevant to some extent for this optional.

Others are just making money.

Its very difficult to explain everything here.. if you have any other query

related to pub ad, u can contact me on my fb page :-

https://www.facebook.com/Prem.Ranjan.Singh.1985

My email id where you can send me your scanned or typed answers:-

[email protected]

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PRIYA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :5 3 pm

very nice article, if possible plz upload strategy and source

for Anthropology as wellI will be giving mains this year

with it..got really really bad marks in it in 2013thank you

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RANCHAN KOUL sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :5 3 pm

Sir could you please invite some one with similar tips for

Sociology as an optional. Aspirants would be grateful.



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PRIYA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :5 9 pm

Hi Ranchan,

thr r many blogs by Toppers like Kshitij Tyagi,

Tanvi Sundrayal for sociology. You can search by their name

they have covered all aspects very comprehensivelyhope it

helps

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KRISHAN sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 6 :3 0 pm

hi priya can u tell me abt blogs related to

psychology .??

thanx

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LUCKY sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 6 :4 1 pm

Dude I also have sociology as optional, but I am

really confused, I wrote very well paper 2 and got

only 89 marks and wrote really poor in paper 1 and got 107.

Figured out, paper 2 is the hardest part as questions are very

generic and same gyan given for Pub Ad is applicable there also.

I am looking forward to some group study and in touch with

couple of other serious people. Send me a pm

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ANU sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 3 :03 pm

thank you these insights indeed matter to pub ad optional

ones

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SHERLOCK HOLMES sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 3 :03 pm

Thank you sir for writing this post. Apart from 2nd ARC, do

we need to study Punchhi Commission report on Center-

State relations also?

Also, thanks to Gaurav sir for publishing this post

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LEXOPHILE sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 3 :09 pm



Did no one clear it with Law? Im waiting for someone to put

up Law as an optional post.

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KALYAN sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 3 :3 0 pm

A blessing indeed ! was really looking for some mentor for

pubad , hope to really interact with you sir .thank you .thank

you superman you rock !

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VENN sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 4 :01 pm

Sir could you please invite some one with similar tips for

Maithili Literature as an optional. Aspirants would be

grateful.

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ANKIT DIXIT sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 4 :09 pm

Respected thanks .,

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THORINOKENSHIELD sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 4 :1 3 pm

Gaurav bhai pls perlims ke liye bhi tips de dijiye aur

geography optional ke liye bhi aapke anmol vachan bataiye

ji.

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ANUJ SONI sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 9 :2 9 pm

Im also want to take geography as an optional.

Please suggest me which Coaching institute is

best for preparation. I did my Engineering with Computer Science

recently. Ive no idea how to begin.

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MANAS sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 5 :2 7 pm

Sir, If you could gather such an insight into preparation for

Psychology Optional, itd be really helpful.



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NIRAJ CHOURASIA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 5 :3 9 pm

Hi Gaurav!

Im not sure if this reaches to you however I would like to seek some

guidance on geography here.

Thanks in advance! Niraj

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THESUPERMANRETURNS sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 5 :4 1 pm

Geog k liye baatcheet progress mein hai

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MECHANICAL CRAZY sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 1 0:02 pm

Sir kindly provide some guidance for

mechanical engineering also as an

optipnal.

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SUMEET sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 6 :3 8 pm

Eagerly Waiting to watch your interview on DD news tonight

at 9.30

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SANJAY sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 6 :4 9 pm

Dear gaurav sir , as u had history as an optional in yr first

attempt , so kindly elaborate the strategy nd other

preparatory aspects for this subject also .

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KSONU sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 7 :1 0 pm

gaurav sir. _/\_. speechless. no words for you.

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KSONU sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 7 :1 7 pm

Sirji please write a blog on preparation strategy for working

people. bahut kripa hogi.

Thank you. you have proved you deserved it!!

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PROLIX sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 8 :1 4 pm

Hello Gauravji

I dont know where to put this other than this blog: Can you

also ask someone from 2013 batch to post about his/her Sociology

strategy? It will be of great help.

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DHEERAJ sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 8 :1 9 pm

Sir Any guidance for law optional

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JATIN GUPTA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 1 0:4 1 pm

Hi gaurav, can you pls tell how important is plassey to

partion for mains gs i do bipan chandra but qustns are not

from that book anymore

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Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 6 :5 8 a m

V imp

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AVI SHENOY sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 1 1 :1 6 pm

Gaurav sir, it would be very helpful if do the samething for

history.. this year history paper 1 was tough.. so I would like

to know toppers strategy for history optional.

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Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 6 :5 9 a m



Do u know who is history topper?

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AVI SHENOY sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 1 :3 2 pm

sir, gaurav gupta (AIR 117) got good

marks(239). But i dont know whether he

is history topper or not. (his interview is published in

mrunal.org)

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AAYUSH sa y s:

Ju n e 3 0, 2 01 4 a t 7 :4 3 a m

Hi Gaurav,

Please please.. upload something for

Mechanical Engineering optional. I believe Akshay Tripathi (AIR-4)

had taken up Mech. as his optional. He was also AIR-1 in

Engineering Services 2011 exam.

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MAHENDRA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 8 , 2 01 4 a t 1 1 :4 8 pm

Ahh, and here I got elixir of immortality

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ARVIND sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 3 :1 5 a m

thanks a lot sir

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ROHAN SINHA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 9 :09 a m

copy pasting the same comment bcoz of no answer

sir, congratulation on your success! you have guided us in a

very detailed manner, so no doubt about the how to prepare. i am

preparing on my own from jamshedpur. i got derailed from my course of

preparation which i stared from march this yr, i dont think that there is any

tym left so that i can clear this yr exam,2014. but for next yr can i go for any

correspondence? or its useless?

what is the appropriate tym frame to clear this exam? (if any body starts

from now 1july for cse2015 is it best or if someone starts from dec/jan

then also he can compete?).

sir, i know it might be a silly question but its always bothering my head.

pls advice.

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Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 1 :5 2 a m

Hi srry. Yeah u shud get all the basic books n

notes n study urself. Best to start now for

cse2015. Prepare notes in ur own words

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ROHAN SINHA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 2 :3 6 pm

thank you:)

no need to say sorry i know

comments and questions are flowing to u so its

obvious.

one thing more should we finish the syllabus

sequentially, like the optional 1st and then go on?

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Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 8 :3 6 pm

This should be as per your

needs / interest

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ROHAN SINHA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t

9 :2 3 pm

ok.. thanks..

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ARNDUTT sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 9 :5 8 a m

Sir, can U plz do the same for Philosophy optional.

Thanking you im advance

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NEWBIE sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 0:3 2 a m

sir g kisi Geography k b gyaani purush se isi prakaar bhent

krwa do!!!!

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Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 1 :5 4 a m

Geog wale ko persuade kar raha hun



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AKASH CHAVHAN sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 2 :5 5 pm

Sir Ji Kisi Law k b GYAANI TOPPER se

isi Prakar Bhent karwa dijiye

PLZ..

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NEWBIE sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 4 :4 8 pm

Thank you sir we are waiting

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AAYUSH sa y s:

Ju n e 3 0, 2 01 4 a t 8 :1 9 a m

Sir Mech Engg. ko mat bhoolna

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Ju n e 3 0, 2 01 4 a t 1 0:4 8 a m

yaar usko fb par frn req to bhej diya hai..

baaki dekho

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GABBAR SINGH sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 2 :3 7 pm

Sir mujhe pata ni chal raha hai ki mai kya padu or kya ni ,

mujhe jab kuch new milta hai to mai wo padne lagta hu

purana wala chhod ke. aap please bata sakte hai ki kya kya padna

chahiye.kal aapne DD NEWS par kaha tha ki apko pata hona chahiye ki

apko padna kya hai. Mujhe pata ni chal raha hai

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ANOOP SANGHI sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 :2 5 pm

Gaurav sir, plz..tell me wether i have go through all volumes

of 2nd

ARC & complete 12th FYP as it is very vast? if not which volumes to be

focussed on?

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INTOETHER sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :4 1 pm



Hi GauravDo u know anyone who had Political Science as

an optional? I never took coaching in GS and out of

insecurity joined an institute in Delhi and left midway.

Political Science without any guidance has been an area I

am very worried about as GS is going on pretty well with

following the instincts and digging of topics on my own. It would be really

kind of you if you or your fellow mates could provide any information about

how to deal with this optional. I took it out of interest and everyone tells me

that its too late to do optional etc. and its a bad choice to take this subject

and Im going to score very low if I go ahead. I dont want to get demoralized

more. Thank you

Regards

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ANURAG sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :4 1 pm

Hi Gaurav Sir, Plz help Political Science & International

Relation students..

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DEEPIKA25 sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 3 :3 2 pm

hello Mr Gaurav Congratulations for this achievement. being

a Jaipurite i am so proud to see you holding Rank 1.

I am an MBA worked for 3 years now thinking of appearing for cse 15. little

confused whether to opt for Public Ad or Management for Optional subject. i

have been studying Pub ad since a week and able to understand it.

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VINAY BARALA sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 8 :3 3 pm

which subject is good as optional political science or law?

fully confused kindly give me your suggestion and

which subject is more scorable and Plz help in this regard and suggest

some good coaching centre. I will b highly thankful!

pls help me gaurav sir !!

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SSSCANINE sa y s:

Ju n e 2 9 , 2 01 4 a t 1 0:5 5 pm

You made a lot of notes from visionias efiles from where do

u got it , u subscribed it? if yes from where?

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GAURAV KUMAR sa y s:

Ju n e 3 0, 2 01 4 a t 1 2 :04 pm

Sir,please arrange for guidance for mechanical engg. as

optional

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SONGOFTHELITTLEROAD sa y s:

Ju n e 3 0, 2 01 4 a t 2 :3 4 pm

thanks a lot for the suggestions.

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ESPRIT sa y s:

Ju n e 3 0, 2 01 4 a t 3 :5 0 pm

Gaurav ji ,

I would like to seek guidance on anthropology . It would of great help if you

Could request anyone of ur batch mates with this optional to share their

success strategy.

Thanks

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JUHI SINGH SUJAI sa y s:

Ju ly 1 , 2 01 4 a t 1 0:4 5 a m

Sir, Political Sc. also pls!!

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AAMIR sa y s:

Ju ly 1 , 2 01 4 a t 1 2 :5 1 pm

Sir plz upload strategy and topper notes for GEOGRAPHY

OPTIONAL.

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AAMIR sa y s:

Ju ly 1 , 2 01 4 a t 1 :07 pm

SIR PLZ REPLY. WHAT IS UR OPINION ON MRUNAL.ORG

SITE?

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Ju ly 1 , 2 01 4 a t 5 :4 3 pm



Leave a Reply

No opinion

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RAVI PRAKASH SHUKLA sa y s:

Ju ly 6 , 2 01 4 a t 5 :4 2 pm

sir plz upload the notes of public administration optional

thank u sir for ur kind support

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ANKIT DIXIT sa y s:

Ju ly 9 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :3 3 pm

Respected sir., Sir please share some elixir points which is

favourable for specially hindi medium students. Because thr

have shortages of study materials too. Give ur views on that sir. Regards

Ankit

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Ju ly 9 , 2 01 4 a t 2 :4 0 pm

Sorry bhai Hindi k baare mein nahi pata

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SANTOSH sa y s:

Ju ly 2 6 , 2 01 4 a t 1 0:2 4 pm

Sir maths is hard or pub ad is hard in upsc exam

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NITESH HIRVE sa y s:

A u g u st 1 5 , 2 01 4 a t 5 :4 0 pm

sir plz my optional subject public administration so can you

guide me?

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