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Shakti Dubey

shakti dubey hey this is shakti dubey  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

I know how it feels. I know how hard it is to navigate through these tough times. But I also know that it gets better with time.
There’s nothing that I or anyone else can say that will truly soothe you all, because in the end, it’s not just a PDF with a few roll numbers — it’s the outcome of immense hard work.
But I pray that you all find solace in the fact that you gave it your all — you gave your 101%.

UPSC CS Prelims 2025 result declared.

upsc cs prelims 2025 result declared. i know how it feels. i know how hard it is to navigate through these tough times. but i also know that it gets better with time.
there’s nothing that i or anyone else can say that will truly soothe you all, because in the end, it’s not just a pdf with a few roll numbers — it’s the outcome of immense hard work.
but i pray that you all find solace in the fact that you gave it your all — you gave your 101%.

upsc cs prelims 2025 result declared.  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

UPSC CS Prelims 2025 result declared.

Why bharat matters ? 
Because of 7Ds + 5Arcs

• Demography - acc to UN state of population report india alone contributes 18% to the toltal world population   with 68% of working age population.  S. Jaishankar writes that country with such huge Demographic capital set their own narratives
• Democracy - India is known as mother of democracy 
• Dynamic economy - 5th largest economy. According to recent IMF reports India is one of the fastes growing economy in the world
• Diaspora - acc to Global Migration reports 2020- india continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with 17.5 million strong diaspora across the world , they are source of remittance & exhibits India's soft power diplomacy 
• Defence - acc to SIPRI - India is the 4th largest spender of defence. India has moved from being a net importer to also exporter of defense equipment eg BrahMos to Philippines 🇵🇭 
• Digitisation & Tech - india is making huge advances in form on DPI , UPI etc which is now being accepted by foreign nations as well.
• Diplomacy - various forms like cultural diplomacy, transit diplomacy, soft power diplomacy etc

India is part of 5 Arcs as stated by Rajeev Sikri
• Arc of growth and development 
• Arc of energy
• Arc of communication 
• Arc of instability 
• Arc of uncertainty

why bharat matters ? why bharat matters ? 
because of 7ds + 5arcs

• demography - acc to un state of population report india alone contributes 18% to the toltal world population   with 68% of working age population.  s. jaishankar writes that country with such huge demographic capital set their own narratives
• democracy - india is known as mother of democracy 
• dynamic economy - 5th largest economy. according to recent imf reports india is one of the fastes growing economy in the world
• diaspora - acc to global migration reports 2020- india continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with 17.5 million strong diaspora across the world , they are source of remittance & exhibits india's soft power diplomacy 
• defence - acc to sipri - india is the 4th largest spender of defence. india has moved from being a net importer to also exporter of defense equipment eg brahmos to philippines 🇵🇭 
• digitisation & tech - india is making huge advances in form on dpi , upi etc which is now being accepted by foreign nations as well.
• diplomacy - various forms like cultural diplomacy, transit diplomacy, soft power diplomacy etc

india is part of 5 arcs as stated by rajeev sikri
• arc of growth and development 
• arc of energy
• arc of communication 
• arc of instability 
• arc of uncertainty  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

Why bharat matters ?


1. C. Rajamohan  - Challenges of polarity dilemma  - many consider world to be unipolar ( USA) some consider it bipolar ( USA & China) while other consider it multipolar ( India ,china , russia , israel , japan , etc)

2. Brahma chellany - USA wants a unipolar world order , China wants a Bipolar world order but unipolar SEA , India wants multipolar world , bipolar Asia , Unipolar S. Asia

3. S. Jaishankar - India way - Trusted Partners and Trusted Territories 

4. S. Jaishankar- IR is an exercise of forging Convergence and managing divergence 

5. S. Jaishankar- Benchmark of a successful diplomacy is when citizens have to pay less for the petrol - through this he gives the significance of Diplomatic Balancing 

6. 3F - Food , fuel , fertiliser 

7. When any country has a huge demography we can set our own narrative 

8. I2 diplomacy ( Incursion and Infiltration) used by China and Pak against india

9. Separatism as propagated from far off countries like UK and Canada

10. Cheif of Defense staff has currently highlighted that there is also a threat of Grace on warfare ( non conventional warfare ) from China this includes - media , psychological, legal warfare etc

11. S. Jaishankar- current state of the world - we are moving forward wrt to technologies, research, development etc but we are moving backwards wrt to world politics i.e, towards cold war mentality of geopolitical contestation 

12. S. Jaishankar calls globalisation as a double edged sword which has led to interdependence 

13. Decoupling- means complete separation 

14. Derisking - diversifying the risk of supply chain - thus focus is on revival of the concept of strategic autonomy- focus of India through ANB campaign to ensure self reliance 

15. To conceptualise China+1 strategy , focus has to be on Trusted Partners & Trusted Territories

16. Major challenges that the world is facing :- 
• Arrival of china ( Revisionist power ) focus is on expansionsim by Grace on warfare , salami slicing, Chinese marshall plan eg BRI
• The issues of " Freezing the moment" i.e., maintaining the status quo which is the current startegy of great powers
• World is moving towards - regionalism and rise of minilaterialism eg- AUKUS , QUAD , I2U2, etc

jargons for psir ( paper 2 ) 
1. c. rajamohan  - challenges of polarity dilemma  - many consider world to be unipolar ( usa) some consider it bipolar ( usa & china) while other consider it multipolar ( india ,china , russia , israel , japan , etc)

2. brahma chellany - usa wants a unipolar world order , china wants a bipolar world order but unipolar sea , india wants multipolar world , bipolar asia , unipolar s. asia

3. s. jaishankar - india way - trusted partners and trusted territories 

4. s. jaishankar- ir is an exercise of forging convergence and managing divergence 

5. s. jaishankar- benchmark of a successful diplomacy is when citizens have to pay less for the petrol - through this he gives the significance of diplomatic balancing 

6. 3f - food , fuel , fertiliser 

7. when any country has a huge demography we can set our own narrative 

8. i2 diplomacy ( incursion and infiltration) used by china and pak against india

9. separatism as propagated from far off countries like uk and canada

10. cheif of defense staff has currently highlighted that there is also a threat of grace on warfare ( non conventional warfare ) from china this includes - media , psychological, legal warfare etc

11. s. jaishankar- current state of the world - we are moving forward wrt to technologies, research, development etc but we are moving backwards wrt to world politics i.e, towards cold war mentality of geopolitical contestation 

12. s. jaishankar calls globalisation as a double edged sword which has led to interdependence 

13. decoupling- means complete separation 

14. derisking - diversifying the risk of supply chain - thus focus is on revival of the concept of strategic autonomy- focus of india through anb campaign to ensure self reliance 

15. to conceptualise china+1 strategy , focus has to be on trusted partners & trusted territories

16. major challenges that the world is facing :- 
• arrival of china ( revisionist power ) focus is on expansionsim by grace on warfare , salami slicing, chinese marshall plan eg bri
• the issues of " freezing the moment" i.e., maintaining the status quo which is the current startegy of great powers
• world is moving towards - regionalism and rise of minilaterialism eg- aukus , quad , i2u2, etc  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

Jargons for PSIR ( Paper 2 )

For aspirant planning to appear for 2026 attempt- this is the right time to get yourself into the focused mode - No matter how much time it seems you have until the next prelims - it will never be enough !! So start creating short term targets 🎯 and let’s do it !!

2026 attempt for aspirant planning to appear for 2026 attempt- this is the right time to get yourself into the focused mode - no matter how much time it seems you have until the next prelims - it will never be enough !! so start creating short term targets 🎯 and let’s do it !!  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

2026 attempt

Comparative Analysis - PSIR Paper 2, Section A.pdf

Indian Government and Politics - PSIR Paper 1, Section B.pdf

Political Theory -PSIR Paper 1 Section A.pdf

International Relations - Paper 2, Section B (2).pdf

The one I referred to for adding current examples & to bring dynamism in my PSIR answers

psir answers the one i referred to for adding current examples & to bring dynamism in my psir answers  shakti dubey notes upsc

PSIR answers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJ6lLjO_fE

rank 1 cse 2024 shakti dubey | optional | strategy for political science & international relations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjj6lljo_fe  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

Rank 1 CSE 2024 Shakti Dubey | Optional | Strategy For Political Science & International Relations

Tests for prelims that i followed-
I did not enroll in any test series per say but i have attempted enough open mocks & solved multiple tests ( took from the market) 

The ones that i followed - Vision IAS sectional tests & Abhyaas, Vajiram & Ravi open mocks & Full length test , Forum IAS stimulator test , Next IAS Anubhav tests , GS Score open mock tests.
For CSAT i focussed more on PYQ (2018 onwards) and gave few mocks just to practice time management- Vision IAS Abhyaas test for CSAT were the ones i sticked to.

tests for prelims that i followed tests for prelims that i followed-
i did not enroll in any test series per say but i have attempted enough open mocks & solved multiple tests ( took from the market) 

the ones that i followed - vision ias sectional tests & abhyaas, vajiram & ravi open mocks & full length test , forum ias stimulator test , next ias anubhav tests , gs score open mock tests.
for csat i focussed more on pyq (2018 onwards) and gave few mocks just to practice time management- vision ias abhyaas test for csat were the ones i sticked to.  shakti dubey strategy upsc

Tests for prelims that i followed

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Good evening everyone, the UPSC Marksheet have now been released. But i won’t be sharing it for you to decode - rather i will decode it for you all by myself. 

This will break a lot of myths , a lot of confusions & will provide you with a better understanding. Especially for students who have a very distorted understanding of the term GUIDANCE.

After looking at my marksheet the biggest element of surprise were my GS IV marks (141) and as i have already mentioned on one of the platform that this was ONE of the subject that i prepared on my own taking cue from toppers notes , toppers test copies , etc which was shared by one of my mentor. For ethics i did not take help of any book / coaching notes rather did a lot value addition with relevant examples , case studies etc from newspaper, Better India website etc. 

Last year in my Optional ( PSIR ) my scores were 231 which increased to 279 this year which is a jump of 48 marks . To clarify it here - for Optional i was not associated with any coaching institutions neither for foundation nor for any mentorship . I prepared on my own with the help of IGNOU materials , some relevant freely available resources in the market ( I will share the details soon).

The idea behind this post is to tell you that Guidance in UPSC should not be equated with only Paid courses , because in the end nothing at all can help you if you’re not ready to put in your hard work . My marks of Ethics and Optional are one of those example which shows that UPSC is doable also on our own BUT only if we have clarity regarding the examination, have a proper strategy & we are ready to put in those hours.

So aspirants who dream of clearing UPSC but have financial constraints this is to tell you all - Guidance can come from any source - be it a mentor , teacher , parents, rankers etc. and to help you all i will be coming up with a detailed strategy video very soon.

Remember :- There’s nothing that YOU can’t do if you want to.

upsc marksheet - shakti dubey good evening everyone, the upsc marksheet have now been released. but i won’t be sharing it for you to decode - rather i will decode it for you all by myself. 

this will break a lot of myths , a lot of confusions & will provide you with a better understanding. especially for students who have a very distorted understanding of the term guidance.

after looking at my marksheet the biggest element of surprise were my gs iv marks (141) and as i have already mentioned on one of the platform that this was one of the subject that i prepared on my own taking cue from toppers notes , toppers test copies , etc which was shared by one of my mentor. for ethics i did not take help of any book / coaching notes rather did a lot value addition with relevant examples , case studies etc from newspaper, better india website etc. 

last year in my optional ( psir ) my scores were 231 which increased to 279 this year which is a jump of 48 marks . to clarify it here - for optional i was not associated with any coaching institutions neither for foundation nor for any mentorship . i prepared on my own with the help of ignou materials , some relevant freely available resources in the market ( i will share the details soon).

the idea behind this post is to tell you that guidance in upsc should not be equated with only paid courses , because in the end nothing at all can help you if you’re not ready to put in your hard work . my marks of ethics and optional are one of those example which shows that upsc is doable also on our own but only if we have clarity regarding the examination, have a proper strategy & we are ready to put in those hours.

so aspirants who dream of clearing upsc but have financial constraints this is to tell you all - guidance can come from any source - be it a mentor , teacher , parents, rankers etc. and to help you all i will be coming up with a detailed strategy video very soon.

remember :- there’s nothing that you can’t do if you want to.  shakti dubey topic-discussion upsc

UPSC Marksheet - Shakti Dubey

During this preparation i was associated with following institutions 

1. Vajiram & Ravi - Foundation course , Mains sureshot program 2024 , Smart current affairs 2024 , Interview guidance program 2023 & 2024

2. ⁠Sarrthi IAS - For GS 3 & Write Smart 2023 by Dr. Shivin & Interview Guidance under Sajal Sir

3. ⁠Understand UPSC :- Part of the mains support program & Interview guidance under the guidance of Satyam Jain sir in both of my attempts 2023 & 2024

4. Sajal sir has mentored me for my mains and his templates of answer writing and the tail-word analysis helped me a lot. His guidance helped me approach even the static topic with current orientation

association with institutions during this preparation i was associated with following institutions 

1. vajiram & ravi - foundation course , mains sureshot program 2024 , smart current affairs 2024 , interview guidance program 2023 & 2024

2. ⁠sarrthi ias - for gs 3 & write smart 2023 by dr. shivin & interview guidance under sajal sir

3. ⁠understand upsc :- part of the mains support program & interview guidance under the guidance of satyam jain sir in both of my attempts 2023 & 2024

4. sajal sir has mentored me for my mains and his templates of answer writing and the tail-word analysis helped me a lot. his guidance helped me approach even the static topic with current orientation  shakti dubey strategy upsc

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