My marksheet

Here is my Marksheet for the Civil services examination 2013:

Prelims: 

Paper 1 - 102/200

Paper 2 - 155/200

Total - 257/400 (cutoff 241 for general candidates)

Mains:

Essay: 130/250

General Studies 1: 54/250

General Studies 2: 45/250

General Studies 3: 83/250

General Studies 4: 86/250

Geography 1: 92/250

Geography 2: 115/250

Total: 605/1750 (cutoff 564 for general candidates)

Personality test: 212/275

Final score: 817/2025 (cutoff 775 for general candidates)

Rank: 212

I screwed badly in paper 1 and 2 of GS in mains which dragged down my final score. However my performance in optional and essay was satisfactory, personality test score was quite better than the rest and helped improving my rank in the exam.

For the first time

Hello everyone!

This is my first post as I try my hand in blogging. I was just another aspirant for Indian Civil Services till a fortnight back when the results were announced and I found my name on the final merit list with a decent rank. It was a toiling journey and I fared through. During my preparation, I got help from a number of unexpected sources and I believe help is available to those who seek for it. Through this blog I would like to help those aspirants who seek help while preparing for the exams.

This blog is a learning experience for me through interacting with like-minded people with an aim to bring about a change in the world setup and the administration of the country. This blog will benefit me to be prepared for the further course in life as a bureaucrat while to my readers I will try to provide insights to the various issues, challenges and opportunities.

Please help me improve upon this blog.