Congratulations to all the achievers for their hard-work and perseverance. Here is a list of the successful candidates of APSC CCE 2020, who were associated with us for various Test Series/Test(s).
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Congratulations to all the achievers for their hard work and perseverance. Here is a list of 76 successful candidates of APSC CCE 2018, who were associated with us for various Test Series/Test(s).
Adhikary Education: Many congratulations on your grand success in APSC 2016 on securing 20th Ranks in Assam Land & Revenue Service.
INTERVIEW Qs & As
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about you and your Academic Background?
Sanju Das:I’m Sanju Das of Silchar, Assam. I am a BA (Gold Medaliist) from NEHU, Shillong; and an MA (Political Science) from IGNOU.
I also have a PG Diploma in Environment and and Sustainable Development.
My schooling happened in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, William nagar, East Garo Hills, from where I had completed my 10+2 (Science).
My hobbies include reading books, writing poems and watching motivational youtube videos.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your work experience?
Sanju Das:Currently, I am employed as a Forester I in the Deptt of Environment and Forest, Govt of Meghalaya. I had also been briefly deputed as an Assistant Instructor at the Meghalaya Forest Training School. I have a combined work experience of 13 years.
Adhikary Education: When and why you decided to appear for APSC?
Sanju Das:I have decided to appear in APSC-CCE in the early part of 2015, but was not serious enough. But when I acquainted myself thoroughly with the syllabus, I realized that General Studies has an important role to play. As I always loved (and still do) to keep myself updated with current affairs, I thought of seriously giving APSC a try. Serious preparation started after applying for the Prelims in January 2017.
Forest Deptt gave me an opportunity to get actively involved with the stakeholders – the people at the grassroot level through various bottom-up approached and other indispensable departmental activities. My penchant to serve people in whatever little way I could together with my love for current affairs deepened my interest to go for a wider platform to diversify my work. This is how APSC happened.
Adhikary Education: What was your preference of cadre among various services of ACS, APS, ALRSetc? What is the motivation behind?
Sanju Das:My Preference of cadres
ACS>ALRS>ARCS>Supt. of Taxes.
ACS was on top of my preference because I consider it as the first among the equals.
Adhikary Education: Your number of Attempt in APSC CCE?
Sanju Das:This was my first Attempt.
Adhikary Education: Since when you started preparation for APSC CCE 2016? How many months of sincere preparation is required to clear APSC?
Sanju Das:My dedicated preparation for CCE started form the month of February 2017. According to me, an average but serious ACS aspirant must be confident with 8-10 months of preparation.
Adhikary Education: What were your optional subjects in APSC Prelims and Mains Exam?
Sanju Das:Prelims – Pol. Science
Mains – (i) Pol. Science (ii) Education.
Adhikary Education: What was your style of Preparation and Notes Making?
Sanju Das:I prepared notes of selected topics only and doubled it up with mindmaps for final revisions. I also made short notes of Assam Tribune’s Editorials.
Adhikary Education: What are the most important/necessary Books for APSC Prelims, mainly GS Paper?
Sanju Das:All the standard books generally recommended by Toppers for APSC Prelims were followed by me.
The thrust, I must say, was on conceptual clarity from NCERT books (Class IX to XII) before switching over to Lucent’s objective GK and Assam Year Book for GS.
For Pol. Science I mostly referred to Previous Years Questions and online MCQ sources.
Adhikary Education: Have you joined any Coaching classed? If not, why?
Sanju Das:No, I did not join any coaching classes. There were two reasons for that – one, by constraint; and the other, by choice. As I was (and still is) a govt employee with field-oriented duties with no time regulation, I could not make coaching happen. Further, I loved preparing by myself.
Adhikary Education: What Test Series you joined for Prelims and Mains Exam?
Adhikary Education: What were the Books/Study Materials you used for your optional subjects in APSC Prelims and Mains Exam?
Sanju Das: For both Prelims and Mains, I consolidated my preparation from NCERT Books (Class IX to XII) for General Studies. Other standard books generally recommended were also selectively referred.
For Political Science
Laxmikant’s ‘Indian Polity’
My MA (Pol. Science) notes form IGNOU
For Education
By Sunita Agarwal
By L. H. Das
Adhikary Education: What was style ofanswer writing in Mains Exam?
Paragraph or Point-wise?
Underlining?
Format of Introduction – body – conclusion?
Sanju Das:
I adopted a dual approach – bullet points and para format depending on the demand of the question.
Yes, I underlined key phrases and those points/sentences to which I wanted to specifically draw the examiner’s attention.
Introduction – Body – Conclusion format was followed.
Adhikary Education: Apart from books/study materials, what other Internet resources& websites you followed?
Selected notes/articles form insights, jagranjosh and Assamexam.com
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your interview (Last Battle of the APSC CCE war)?
Sanju Das:My interview board was very cordial. It was chaired by Mr. Hajoari. Questions basically revolved around my academic background, my home district, my current job, and Assam oriented current affairs. It lasted for about 17 minutes.
Adhikary Education: What is your ADVICE for all the new and old aspirants who are going to write APSC CCE 2018?
Sanju Das:If I were to advise APSC aspirants, I would recommend emphasizing on being conceptually strong with an analytical frame of mind. NCERT books are a must.
Smart dedicated preparation must take precedence over hard work. It is important to enjoy the journey of preparation.
Adhikary Education: How was our APSC Test Series? How useful it was? Any specific point you want to tell us to appreciate or improve upon?
Sanju Das:I found the ‘Answer Booster’ part of Assamexam.com a virtual confidence booster. It complemented my stock of information/knowledge besides providing the ‘must-have’ part in any good answer.
Advice: It is advised to explore the feasibility of introducing an ‘Answer writing Challenge’, for the benefit of the aspirants much in the line of insights.com
Adhikary Education: What is your view on our website www.Assamexam.com? Any advice for it’s improvement?
Sanju Das:Assamexam.com has been doing a good job. I found it to be keen on transforming itself into an aspirant-friendly website catering to the needs of those deprived from physical facilities of classroom coaching.
More ‘Test Series’ may be introduced for Mains covering the entire syllabus.
Adhikary Education: Thank you very much for your time and congratulation again for clearing the most coveted exam in Assam with distinction. Wish you a successful civil service career and may you serve well the people of Assam.
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah, APSC 2016 – Rank 1(APS Jr. Grade) Interview – Success Strategy & APSC journey
Adhikary Education: Many congratulations on your grand success in APSC 2016 on securing 1 Ranks in Assam Police Service. You were associated with us in our Test Series for GS Paper.
INTERVIEW Qs & As
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about you and your Academic Background?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: My name is Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah. My father name is Bipin Chandra borah and mother is Dipali Borah. I did my schooling from Moran H.S School and higher secondary from JB College, Jorhat. I have completed by graduation in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from Govt. Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your work experience?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: After completion of my internship, I joined as junior Resident doctor in the department of Accident and Emergency in GNRC (North Guwahati). In 2016, I have joined as Medical Officer in SKM Civil Hospital, Bokakhar SKM Civil Hospital, Bokakhat and since then I have been working there.
Adhikary Education: When and why you decided to appear for APSC?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: I decided to appear for APSC CCE in 2015. Civil service is not merely job, it gives the opportunity to work towards the country and it’s citizens. There are lots of scopes in civil service to serve the society as compared to the other services. Moreover, I have been motivated by the success stories of the UPSC/APSC toppers since my school days.
Adhikary Education: What was your preference of cadre among various services of ACS, APS, ALRSetc? What is the motivation behind?Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: My order of preference of cadre was
APS
ACS
ALRS
I preferred APS because my father is working in the police department and it was my childhood dream to wear the uniform on my father.
(Our View – Adhikary Education heartily respect his choice of putting APS as first preference over ACS(the most popular cadre). We should always try to do what fascinate us and where we can serve better, and not just following the popular trend.)
Adhikary Education: Your Number of Attempt in APSC CCE?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: It was my second attempt. I the first attempt, I cleared prelims but did not appeared for mains as I was not well prepared at that time.
Adhikary Education: Since when you started preparation for APSC CCE 2016? How many months of sincere preparation is required to clear APSC?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: I started my serious preparation from August 2016. Our prelims was in July, 2017 and mains was in February 2018.
I think 10-12 months of sincere study before Mains is enough to clear CCE(APSC).
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your work experience?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah:After completion of my internship, I joined as junior Resident doctor in the department of Accident and Emergency in GNRC (North Guwahati). In 2016, I have joined as Medical Officer in SKM Civil Hospital, Bokakhar SKM Civil Hospital, Bokakhat and since then I have been working there.
Adhikary Education: What was your optional subjects in APSC Prelims and Mains?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: For Prelims, – Indian History
For Mains – History and Education
Adhikary Education: What was your style of Preparation and Making Notes?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: I started preparation with my favourite subject Indian History. I mainly concentrated on acquiring the knowledge of the static portions. To know the nature of the examination; I solved the Prelims 10 years question papers and completed the whole syllabus of my optional without leaving any portion behind. Note making is very much essential for this examination and for it, I used the internet rigorously.
Adhikary Education: What are the most important/necessary Books for APSC Prelims, mainly GS Paper?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: For Prelims ( GS Paper): I mainly read
General Studies (Paper 1) by McGrew Hill
General Knowledge by Mahar Pandey
Website (VISIONIAS, gktoday)
Assam Year Book
Assam Tribune (News paper)
Adhikary Education: Have you joined any Coaching classes? If not, why?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: I have not joined any coaching class as I am a doctor is Civil hospital, so did not have much time to join coaching classes.
I think regular self study is sufficient to clear APSC CCE.
Adhikary Education: What Test Series you joined for Prelims and Mains Exam?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah:
Indian History by Krishna Reddy
Various Magazines – Civil Service Chronicles, etc.
Adhikary Education: What were the Study Materials you used for Education optional for APSC Mains Exam?
Adhikary Education: What were the Books/Study Materials you used for your optional subjects in APSC Prelims and Mains Exam?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah:
For Indian History
India’s Ancient Past by R S Sharma
History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra
A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir
NCERT Books (Class VI to XII)
For World History – Internet sources only – Unacademy, Britannica, Youtube
For Education –
Mukunda Sarma
Internet sources
Adhikary Education: What was style of Answer writing in Mains Exam? (A) Paragraph or Point-wise? (B) Underlining? (C) Format of Introduction – body – conclusion?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: For GS Paper, I write most of the answers Point wise. I did not use underline.
For optional, I used the format of Introduction-body-conclusion and I wrote the answers both in Paragraph and point wise depending upon the nature of the question.
Adhikary Education: Apart from books/study materials, what other Internet resources & websites you followed?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: I used the internet sources like Unacademy, StudyIQ, VisionIAS, Mrunal, InsightIndia, gktoday, Britannica, Assamexam.com etc. I used to prepare my notes form the video too.
Adhikary Education: Many aspirants are confused about the extent of Current Affairs needed to prepare. Current Affairs for recent how many months is sufficient?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: I think current affairs of last 12 months is sufficient for appearing this examination.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your interview (Last Battle of the APSC CCE war)?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: The interview was good. There were three members in the interview board and the panel was cordial. They asked me questions regarding my profession, home district, social and environmental issues, terrorism, art and culture of our state etc. It was overall a nice experience for me and I come out from the interview room with a pleasant mood.
For the interview, I revised my whole subjects and mainly focused on the social issues and current affairs. I used to discuss with my friend Dr. Puja Punam Gogoi (ACS – 57th Rank) over telephone about the probable questions. It helped both of us to boost our confidence level.
(Our View – Adhikary Education heartily congratulate Dr. Puja Punam Gogoi on securing 57th rank in ACS cadre. We also recommend aspirants to make small group with like-minded peoples, to achieve the common goal of success in APSC CCE and everything else in life.
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. – Les Brown.
Adhikary Education: What is your ADVICE for all the new and old aspirants who are going to write APSC CCE 2018?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: Self motivation, dedication, smart and intelligent study and time management during examination are the pillars of success.
I always believe that “Hard work always pays off”.
Adhikary Education: How was our APSC Test Series? How useful it was? Any specific point you want to tell us to appreciate or improve upon?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: The APSC Test Series helped me a lot in my GS preparation. The questions were well balanced and nice.
Adhikary Education: What is your view on our website www.Assamexam.com? Any advice for it’s improvement?
Dr. Anup Jyoti Borah: The website www.Assamexam.com is also very good.
I think any aspirant, especially who believed in Self-study, must follow this website to know the progress of his/her study. Really, it’s a great initiative by Adhikary group.
I think that both the website and test series are good and it needed no improvement right now. However, if any betterment needed, I will definitely give you suggestions.
Thank you very much.
Adhikary Education: Thank you very much and congratulation again for clearing the most coveted exam in Assam. Wish you a successful police service career and may you serve well the people of Assam.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your Academic Background?
Maria Tanim: I did my Schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Silchar.
Higher Secondary from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Silchar.
Graduation-B. Tech in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida.
Adhikary Education: When did you decided to appear for APSC?
Maria Tanim: It was in 2014 when I decided to quit my job and prepare wholeheartedly for APSC CCE. While working in Accenture, somewhere I was not satisfied and realised the fact that it is better to serve the people of my state rather than serving foreign clients. Gradually it became a dream for me. From then on, I made up my mind that I should go for civil service as this would give me the best platform to serve the society.
Adhikary Education: Why did you enter in this field of APSC, Assam Civil Service?
Maria Tanim: As already mentioned cracking state civil service was my dream. Further, I always had a keen desire to work in such a field where I would get an opportunity to be in direct touch with the common masses. Above all, my parents, mentors and friends were my strongest influences and inspirations.
Adhikary Education: What was your optional subject in APSC Prelims and Mains?
Maria Tanim: For Prelims, my optional was Political Science.
And for Mains, my optionals were Education and Political Science.
Adhikary Education: Why did you choose those subjects for APSC?
Maria Tanim: I Chose Political Science because when I started preparing for prelims i started first with Indian Polity and found it very interesting. I was confused between Education and History and as per my brother’s advice I opted for Education.
Adhikary Education: What was your style of Preparation and Making Notes?
Maria Tanim: Notes making are very much essential I believe.
For Indian Constitution ,I did not prepare any but for political theory I made notes from various sources, not from a particular book. I followed online materials as well.
For Education, I followed Sunita Agarwal, Marami Goswami, Jatin Boruah and Lakshya Hira Das.
For General Studies, I was associated with FACC, Bhetapara (ERDF) Under the guidance of Mr Sailen Baishya Sir.
Adhikary Education: What were the Study Materials you used for GS & Optional papers for Prelims and Mains?
Maria Tanim:
General Studies – NCERTs, Laxmikanth (Indian Polity), Ramesh Singh (Indian Economy), Majid Hussein (India and World Geography) KL Khurana and Spectrum (Indian History), Assam Year Book, Priyam Goswami (Assam History), Arihant GK , for current affairs – online apps and sites- gktoday, jagranjosh, civilsdaily,and clearias etc.
Newspaper – I have religiously followed The Assam Tribune which I feel is very informative, up to date and unique. I have read The Hindu as well.
Political Science – Political Theory- K K Ghai, OP Gauba, RC Agarwal, Heywood, JC Johari, Narayan Chandra Mazumdar. Indian Constitution – Laxmikanth and DD Basu.
Adhikary Education: What was writing Strategy in Mains Exam exam?
Maria Tanim: For General Studies I have written most of the answers point-wise depending on the question.
For Optional I have written in both paragraph-wise and also point wise where ever it is necessary. Used the format of Introduction-body-conclusion.
However, In GS it is not always possible because of time constraint.
Adhikary Education: Apart from books/study materials, what other Internet resources, website, youtube videos you used?
Maria Tanim: I have followed Gktoaday, jagranjosh, clearias, mrunal, civilsdaily etc and Assam Tribune too.
Adhikary Education: Many aspirants are confused about the extent of Current Affairs needed to prepare. Current Affairs for recent how many months is sufficient?
Maria Tanim: I feel Current Affairs for last 1 year is a must.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your interview (Last Battle of the War)?
Maria Tanim: Interview was pretty good..it was overall a nice experience. The panel was cordial. They asked me questions regarding my educational background, work experience, Assam economy, few current affairs etc.
Preparation – I appeared for mock interviews in various institutes. I also practiced with my peers.
It was very much beneficial for me .It helped me a lot in identifying my flaws, and thereby improving the same.
Adhikary Education: What is your advice for all the new and old aspirants who are going to write APSC CCE 2018?
Maria Tanim: Do remember there is NO SHORTCUT TO SUCCESS. Hard Work, patience, courage, faith, and determination are the pillars to be successful. Because I feel it is with all these any obstacles could be overcome and one could achieve one’s dream.
Adhikary Education: You have taken our Test Series for Prelims and Mains. How was our Test Series? How useful it was?
Maria Tanim: The Questions are very much balanced, in line with APSC syllabus and are useful for the aspirants.
Adhikary Education: How is the website www.Assamexam.com, any advice for betterment of our website?
Maria Tanim: I think the website (www.Assamexam.com) is fine. You are providing FREE Mock Tests also. This is a very good initiative indeed. It would definitely benefit the aspirants.
I don’t think any improvement needed as of now, I will go through the website again, and if any, I would suggest for sure.
InformationForAspirants: This year also we are providing FREE APSC Prelims Mock Test for GS, Polity and History.
Adhikary Education: Thank you very much for your time and congratulation again for clearing the most coveted exam in Assam.
Wish you a successful civil service career and may you serve well the people of Assam.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your Academic Background?
Raja Baishya: I did my HSLC from Don Bosco High School, Tezpur in 2004.
Highest Secondary from Darang College, Tezpur in 2006.
Graduation in Botany from Cotton College in 2010.
Post-Graduation from Guwahati University in Botany.
Adhikary Education: When and How decided to appear for APSC?
Raja Baishya: After my Post Graduation, I was working as JRF till 2015 and then joined as Asst. Professor. That was the time when I realized that I need to appear for APSC.
Adhikary Education: Number of Attempt in APSC CCE?
Raja Baishya: This is my third Attempt. In my earlier attempt I had taken botany as optional but this time I changed it to History.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your work experience?
Raja Baishya: I was JRF, Biotechnology at Guwahati University till 2015, after that I joined as Assistant Professor.
Adhikary Education: What was your optional subjects in APSC Prelims and Mains?
Raja Baishya: For Prelims, my optional was Indian History.
And for Mains, my optionals were Education and Political Science.
(Not taken History as an optional in APSC Mains because I didn’t prepare well the World History part)
Adhikary Education: What was your style Preparation and Making Notes?
Raja Baishya: I made notes for everything. For History, I prepared notes for Ancient, Medieval and Modern History.
Note made mostly point-wise, so that revision becomes easy.
Adhikary Education: What do you think are the most important/necessary Books for APSC Prelims, mainly GS Paper?
Raja Baishya:
Indian Polity for Civil Services Examination Kindle Edition by M. Laxmikanth
Indian History by Krishna Reddy
Economics note made from ias100.in and Mrunal
Geography of India by Majid Husain
Certificate Physics and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
Adhikary Education: What were Coaching & Test Series you joined with GS paper of Prelims and Mains?
And for APSC Prelims and Mains, I took Govt of Assam’s State Level Advisory Committee for Students and Youth Welfare (SLAC) coaching for 1 month.
ForYourInformation: Govt of Assam SLAC provide Free Coaching for APSC Prelims and Mains Exam. They conduct coaching for APSC Prelims in various districts of Assam but for APSC Mains, they conduct coaching only in Guwahati.
Adhikary Education: What were the Study Materials you used for History optional for APSC Prelims Exam?
Raja Baishya:
Indian History by Krishna Reddy
Various Magazines – Civil Service Chronicles, etc.
Adhikary Education: What were the Study Materials you used for Education optional for APSC Mains Exam?
Raja Baishya: I read only one book. i.e. A textbook of Education by Lakshya Hira Das, This book is enough.
Adhikary Education: What were the Study Materials you used for Political Science optional for APSC Mains Exam?
Raja Baishya: For First Paper, I used book by Dipti Sharma and Chandra Prakash and for Second Paper, I used Indian Polity for Civil Services Examination Kindle Edition by M. Laxmikanth
For International Organization I used book by Chandra Prakash.
I have also used Internet and YouTube materials for many topics preparation.
Adhikary Education: What was writing Strategy in Mains Exam exam?
Raja Baishya: I have written most of the answers point-wise.
Used the format of Introduction-body-conclusion
Underlined important points with pen.
Adhikary Education: Apart from books/study materials, what other Internet resources, website, youtube videos you used?
Raja Baishya: I have mostly used Unacademy, Mrunal and Kalyan sir.
Adhikary Education: Many aspirants are confused about the extent of Current Affairs needed to prepare. Current Affairs for recent how many months is sufficient?
Raja Baishya: I think Current Affairs for 10 to 12 months should be sufficient. But this time NOT many Questions came from Current Affairs.
I have prepared from various sources including videos.
Adhikary Education: Tell us something about your interview (Last Battle of the APSC CCE war)?
Raja Baishya: My interview lasted for about 30 minutes.
Total 3 members in the Board, Chairman Shri Dipak Kr. Sarma was there.
I have given some mock interview.
Adhikary Education: What is your ADVICE for all the new and old aspirants who are going to write APSC CCE 2018?
Raja Baishya: “You should prepare well, hard working. It is not that you just once go and sit for the exam. I think they have to prepare well as the competition is very tough these days. It is not comparable to earlier years. So many aspirants are preparing. Hard working, perseverance and patience is required and continues efforts is must for clearing this exam. This time I think students are really preparing very well. No. of aspirants are also going up every years.”
Adhikary Education: How was our Test Series? How useful it was?
Raja Baishya: It was very useful. I also prepared note from these Tests and written down important points, and it was very helpful. (I took only this Test Series).
Adhikary Education: How is the website www.Assamexam.com, any advice for betterment of our website?
Raja Baishya:www.Assamexam.com Website is very very good and I think you have taken a lot of efforts. Your website is helping the students in the preparation, very very useful.
Adhikary Education: Any expected date of joining training?
Raja Baishya: Till now, no information and hopefully it will come soon.
Adhikary Education: Thank you very much for your time and congratulation again for clearing the most coveted exam in Assam. Wish you a successful civil service career and may you serve well the people of Assam.
(Raja Baishya -> Thank you <- Adhikary Education)∞
Congratulations to all the achievers for their hard-work and perseverance. Here is a list of the successful candidates of APSC CCE 2016, who were associated with us for various Test Series/Test(s).
