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jasveer singh

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To select qualified doctors for the government medical service, the UPSC administers the Combined Medical Services Exam. The CMS is conducted for Category I and Category II level positions. The category 2 posts are as follows:
1. An Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways
2. General Duty Medical Officer in Municipal Council of New Delhi
3. Assistant Medical Officer in the Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services
4. General Duty Medical Grade-II in other municipal corporations of Delhi
The General Duty Medical Officer salary scale is between Rs. 56100 and Rs. 177500. For other posts, it is Rs. 15600 to Rs. 39100 with a grade pa
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Varshika Srivastava

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If the sole purpose is to apply for government jobs, then you can go for courses like B.A. B.Sc. , etc. B.A. Would be most preferable as it would be helping you with various topics that are directly asked in exams. Apart from it, any graduation course would be suitable as competitive exams demands for graduation, not graduation under which course.

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Deeksha Dixit

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If you are referring to smart work, you can crack UPSC with less hard work. The simple rule is to practice and solve previous year's puzzles as per experts. However, UPSC is a coveted exam that requires a significant amount of effort. This exam takes at least ten months to prepare. The duration between prelims and Mains is usually less than 3 months, and the UPSC Mains syllabus is so extensive that it takes at least 6 months to complete. Similarly, prelims require at least 4 months of study and 2 months of practice. Many students have studied for 8 hours every day for years to pass this exam. Therefore, this exam requires lots of effor
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Deeksha Dixit

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Hi Yashasvi, You need to make issue-based Current Affairs notes to be able to revise them effectively before the exam.
1. Current affairs-related questions are usually dynamic in nature and based on issues related to the main syllabus.
2. If presidential elections were in the news, for example, UPSC would ask about the election process in the preliminary exam and about the president's role in governance in the main exam. Therefore, you are required to prepare topic-based notes.
3. The UPSC has provided a detailed syllabus, and you can fit CA events accordingly in each section. For instance, you can put security-related developments in
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Deeksha Dixit

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You can choose Economics Optional for UPSC Mains Optional Papers I and II. The optional subject is required for UPSC Mains, which is the written stage of UPSC CSE. This is the eighth and ninth paper of the Mains, and it consists of two papers. Usually optional paper 2 is applied and paper 1 is static concept based. There is no such thing as a "best-scoring optional subject" in the UPSC and marking patterns change every year. These are popular optional subjects that are usually preferred by students.
1. Public Administration
2. Political Science
3. Sociology
4. Anthropology
5. Geography
However, many aspirants have scored well in subjects li
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