Success in UPSC Civil Services Examination = 50% Knowledge + 50% Strategy. So both knowledge and strategy are important to clear this exam.

Know your enemy:

The UPSC Civil Services Examination is a 3 stage examination.

Its tentative schedule is given below:

Prelims – June 2019 Mains – September 2019 Interview – Dec 2018 – Jan 2019 First and foremost download the UPSC CSE syllabus and previous year UPSC question papers. Study and prepare your optional subject with a focus on UPSC syllabus of optional paper 1 and paper 2. Get the print out of the UPSC syllabus and learn it thoroughly. Keep referring it whenever you need to connect the topics. Don’t read core UPSC books at the start. Start reading newspapers, preferably — The Hindu.

Follow daily current affairs regularly. Also, read the daily important articles.