Introduction to CSAT - UPSC Webinar for UPSC 2025

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New Batch commencing on 1st of January in Live online mode. Interested students can reach out to
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In this webinar, Dr. Mansoor Agha explains the difference in the preparation for CSAT/GS Paper 2
and the preparation needed for Prelims GS Paper 1 and Main exam. Most students overfocus on GS
preparation without realizing that 70% of serious students actually fail in CSAT. This wastes all the
hard work put into the GS preparation.
Moreover, a lot of students believe that CSAT is a test of Mathematics and English and prepare in an
incorrect manner. Students should know that CSAT stands for the Civil Service Aptitude Test. It is an
aptitude test or a modified IQ test, which tests the sharpness of your brain rather than the English or
Mathematics that a student knows. Mathematics and English are the language in which the
questions tests for intelligence and many covert parameters.
Dr. Mansoor Agha joined Raus IAS Study Circle as Academic Head in 2010, when UPSC had first
announced introduction of the CSAT exam. Dr. Mansoor Agha designed the CSAT Foundation Course
at Raus and has taught it for the last 15 years. In these 15 successful years of the CSAT Foundation
Course, he and his academic team have constantly improved it according to the feedback given by
the students and how students benefited from it.
These are excerpts of the CSAT -UPSC Introduction webinar conducted on 4-12-24. Like other
webinars, we gave students a week’s time to give me inputs about what they wanted to know.
Most students wanted a holistic idea about the UPSC exam, what it really expects from students and
how to balance and synchronize the preparation of Prelims paper 1, paper 2/CSAT, Main exam and
Personal Interview.
So we spent the initial part focusing on students requested information and the agenda became :
1. Process of UPSC preparation
2. Parameters tested in GS prelims and Main exam
3. Parameters tested in CSAT exam
4. Understand how UPSC preparation is different from Indian school/college exams
5. Difference in preparation for GS subjects w.r.t. College/School exams preparation
6. Difference in preparation for CSAT subjects w.r.t. GS subjects’ preparation
7. Balancing your preparation for Prelims GS Paper 1, CSAT and Main exam
8. Synchronize your Prelims, Main exam and Personal Interview preparation
9. Timelines to be maintained, starting from 2 years before exams
10. Understand what is overtly and covertly tested on CSAT subjects
11. How to do long-term and short-term preparation of CSAT
12. How IvyLeague can help you in fulfilling your dream career
After the webinar to make you aware of CSAT -UPSC exam, what it tests and how we can help you,
we are commencing the CSAT Foundation Course for UPSC 2025 on Wednesday, 1st of January.
This will be the last CSAT batch for this year. It has limited seats. The weekend batch is already full,
so if you are interested, we recommend that you enroll at the earliest.
Features of the CSAT Foundation Course program are :
1. The live online classes will commence from Wednesday, 1 st of January. Classes are conducted on
weekdays in the evening at 8pm, so that they do not clash with your GS classes.
2. You will attend 3 classes a week for 3 months.
3. For an effective revision, even after 3 months, you will still remain in touch with us because of
regular practice exercises, tests, test discussions and some classes, as required.
4. Missing classes and relying on watching a recording is a bad idea. Recorded videos of the
classroom sessions will be made available for revision, with restrictions. We do not want you to miss
classes as topics build on each other sequentially. The late evening timing of classes ensures that you
cannot miss them. There are penalties for missing classes.
5. During a class, you concentrate properly, take notes when prompted and when your teacher gives
you questions, you attempt them honestly and to the best of your ability.
6. After class, complete the homework or practice material.
7. Take tests regularly on time. Learn from your mistakes.
8. Feel free to take extra help from your teacher to clear any doubts or confusions.
9. The classes and study content are of three types : a. Mandatory classes and study content, which
everyone has to attend and attempt b. Mandatory PYQ tests and solution discussions c. Extra
Optional classes and study content, which is only for students struggling with a subject.
For any suggestions or queries, please feel free to contact us at [e-mail] or WhatsApp
8800283465
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