Extended Target 2020

9:30 - 9:50 AM -- DNS [20 minutes] 9:50 - 10:10 AM -- Newspaper [20 minutes] 10:10 - 10:17 AM -- Sudoku 10:25 - 11:33 AM -- Finished Polity Compass until Part V [1 hour 10 minutes] 11:33 - 11:47 AM -- YouTube (break) 11:47 - 12:13 PM -- Lunch 12:13 - 1:00 PM -- May 2019 FOCUS MCQs + Analysis (44.67%) [45 minutes] 1:00 - 1:30PM -- May 2019 FOUS read [30 minutes] 1:30 - 2:30 PM -- Nap 2:30 - 3:05 PM -- May 2019 FOCUS read [30 minutes] 3:25 - 4:25 PM-- Polity Compass for Judiciary 4:25 - 4:50 PM-- Break 4:50 - 4:55 PM -- Polity Compass for Judiciary completed 4:55 - 5:36 PM -- Break 5:38 - 5:55PM -- Revision of Polity Achieved only 5 hours today. From tomorrow, the non-bailable task starts.

What's left? 2nd revision [20th June] 3rd revision [12 days] 4th revision [7 days] thematic tests + vision IAS part tests [20th June] schemes [20th June] FOCUS [2 days for revision + 8 readings left = I can give you 10 days] Full-length tests [15 days] Implications: FOCUS + Schemes + News + Revision on a daily basis thematic tests after every subject vision IAS part test after every part 20 days left for 2nd revision = 2 days per subject compulsorily afford to leave during 2nd revision = related schemes, FOCUS (not Compass) Note: Follow the Vision IAS timetable for applied tests (20 days = 17 tests)

Leftovers from yesterday: Polity until Part V Modern History I - Read chapter 5 and 9 [4 hours] - Revise chapter 10 and 11 [1 hour] - Finish until Part V of Polity [4 hours] - Revise from Compass [2 hours] # of hours [expected] = 11 hours 5:30 - 6:15 AM -- Compass Polity [30 minutes] 7:15 - 8:00 AM -- Compass Polity [20 minutes] 10:00 - 12:30 PM -- Compass Polity [1.5 hours] 1:15 - 1:45 PM -- Compass Polity [30 minutes] 2:30 - 3:00 PM -- Compass Polity [30 minutes] 8:00 - 9:00 PM -- Compass Polity [1 hour] 10:30 - 11:00 PM -- Compass Polity [30 minutes] Total # of hours achieved = 5 hours

Time = 5:30 PM - Finished with 3/4th of 1st chapter Left : 8 chapters from Modern India Revision of Polity until part V Achieved: 3/4th of the 1st chapter of Spectrum DNS of 25th DNS of 26th Leftover to be completed tomorrow!

Need to maintain a balance between revision and new reading. # of hours everyday = 14 hours 7 hours for revision : 7 hours for reading something new What new to read? - Modern India (3 days with revision + 1 day) - Environment & Ecology (2 days with revision) - International Relations (2 days) - Science & Technology (1 day) - Art & Culture (2 days) Everything new to read gets over by 05/06/2020 Plan for 1 week from now: 27/05/2020 - 30/05/2020:- - 27/05/2020 Revision = Polity Until part V excluding part V New = Modern History Till Congress formation Test for Modern History I - 28/05/2020 Revision = Polity Compass revision until Part V Revision of Constitutional bodies New = Modern History Till civil disobedience movement Test for Modern History II - 29/05/2020 Revision = Polity non-constitutional bodies remaining compass revision of constitutional bodies new = Modern History till the end of unit 8 - 30/05/2020 Revision =...

Plan for today: Daily dose of news [1 hour] chapter 3 to 11 from Spectrum [1 hour per chapter - 9 hours] Revise from class notes [2 hours] Expected # of hours of study = 12 hours What did I do? 12:00 - 12:25 PM = DNS [25 minutes] 1:22 - 1:35 PM = Spectrum [15 minutes] WHAT A WASTE

Plan for today: Revise from QIP + Test analysis notes [1.5 hours] Compass - Current concepts [2 hours] Compass - core concepts [2 hours] Revise from M.Laxmikanth - until Part V [3 hours] Attend QIP session 3(1) and 3(2) - make notes [3 hours] Daily dose of news [1.5 hours] MCQ videos on YouTube [optional for 1.5 hours] [ Revise from FOCUS - Polity from March to May ] - 2nd revision Planned # of hours = 11.5 hours [no time to lose today] Progress: 11:25 - 11:53 AM = DNS [1/2 hour] 12:55 - 1:20 PM = Newspaper [25 minutes] 1:30 - 2:25 PM = Revision from Notes [1 hour] 3:35 - 3:45 PM = Compass [10 minutes] 10:00 - 10:15 PM = Compass [15 minutes] 12:15 - 1:15 AM = Compass [1 hour] 2:30 - 3:30 AM = Compass [1 hour] Completed = 4 hours 20 minutes Tried to make up for lost time at night, good work. Stick to schedule actively from tomorrow. Happy Revising!

Today's plan: 1.5 hours of daily reading 4-hour revision of Compass 1 hour for Banking & Finance - Notes from QIP and Civilsdaily 1/2 hour for Inflation from Civilsdaily 2 hours of inclusive growth from Civilsdaily and Schemes 1 hour of unit 1 from the summary notes sheet and Economic survey 1.5 hours of planning - revision from handout + Civilsdaily 1 hour of Taxation from Civilsdaily [have to check from handout once] 1 hour revision of external sector from QIP notes Total planned hours for today = 13.5 hours What's the progress? 10:35 - 11:02 AM = DNS 4:45 - 5:15 PM = Compass Did not achieve the goal in any way. Did not achieve mandatory and planned daily activity. 1 day lost. Avoid this under any circumstances in the future.

Today's Progress: 7:00 - 9:00 AM => Finished revising budget from Compass and QIP notes. Also made Data point notes. 9:00 - 9:55 AM => Break 9:55 - 10:25 AM => Chapter 1 of Volume II 10:25 - 11:15 AM => Nap 11:15 - 12:00 PM => Chapter 2 of Volume II 12:00 - 12:50 PM => Chapter 3 of Volume II 1:20 - 1:45 PM => Chapter 4 of Volume II 1:45 - 2:00 PM => Chapter 5 of Volume II 2:30 - 2:45 PM => Half of chapter 6 of Volume II 4:10 - 4:25 PM => Chapter 6 of Volume II 5:15 - 6:00 PM => Half of chapter 7 of Volume II 7:15 - 7:45 PM => Chapter 7 of Volume II 8:30 - 9:00 PM => Chapter 8 of Volume II 10:35 - 11:30 PM => Chapter 9 and 10 of Volume II 1:00 - 1:30 AM => Chapter 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Volume I without data points Total achieved # of study hours = 8 hours 30 minutes Pointers for tomorrow: Start a little early Extend from 2 hours per session to 3 hours per session Plan for a 2-hour break for dinne...

One of the sayings of the father of our nation which he lived in spirit and practice was - “Be the change that you want to see in others”. To completely understand, appreciate, and practice the philosophy conveyed by the above saying, we also need to understand the context in which it was made. Gandhiji was a practicing lawyer in South Africa where his activism and practice of law became the base on which he led  the freedom movement in India. Once he attended a Church prayer service in the country, after which many people of the Church remarked to him that - “The world has to change for us to change”. To which he retaliated with the above golden words which went onto become a philosophy not only behind his movements but largely the freedom movement of our nation. With the above words, he urged people to be more responsible for their actions, be more interlinked with the society, take initiative to stand up for the truth, and against any evil. The philosophy behind the saying is...

The new dates for the exams will be announced on 5th June 2020. So the exam would be in July. Case 1: [Worst case scenario] I have 1 month and 5 days to prepare. Spend the next 30 days finishing all the thematic tests. During these 30 days what all should you complete? - Compass modules - thematic tests - refer to past tests to identify mistakes - the standard books - any notes you've made while 1st reading - FOCUS magazines only after Compass to cover anything left - QIP videos + making notes + revising the notes - the MCQ videos uploaded on YouTube [current affairs + static oriented] After the 30 days, for the remaining 10 days: - FLT everyday - 1st 6 days revision of 1 subject per day - last 4 days revision of current affairs Case 2: The test is in mid-July, I will have an extra 10 days from case1. In those extra days: - FLTs everyday - re-revision of static 6 days and current affairs 4 days [combine and divide time accordingly] Case 3: Either last week ...