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History optional is very popular, if opted by you will help you immensely throughout the exam cycle of the UPSC exams. Mains examinations are conducted to check your level of intelligence & applicability of the information, and not just merely facts and memory. While other papers are very dynamic in nature with very little scope of predictability, it is the optional which helps you in balancing the marks to rank high in the merit list.
Piyush Kumar Sir at Momentum IAS coaching classes will guide you in History optional, to take you to the level of skill where you will be able to write answers effectively in lesser time, along with the personal guidance to work upon the weaker areas. Under the “History Optional Answer Writing Program” you will be provided with all the necessary notes to give an insight into profound answers and the questions are designed keeping in mind the varying requirements of every topic of the History optional and the pattern followed by the UPSC
‘Piyush Kumar Sir’ is well read in History, he is an MPhil from Jamia Millia Islamia and associated with the University teaching for the past 9 years. He has been mentoring the students of civil services for past 10 years and has helped hundreds to reach their dream job.
He carries a very practical approach to his classes which helps students get better hold over the subject. He teaches history in a theme and concept based manner and not fact based thus making it easier for the students to understand the process of transition from one epoch of the history to another.
He conducts special Answer Writing Session for History. The insight he provides into the society and polity in historical perspective will help you write effective and outstanding answers.
The high rank jobs, that the exam offers makes it a very competitive field. The toughness of the examination or the optional melts down to the level of interest one carries for that particular subject. One who finds it interesting to study the process of history which has resulted into what we are today, will not find the history optional tough at all, rather will find it easier to right good answers with multiple perspectives.
Give some time and understand the real demand of the question. Start with a good introduction, mention some facts and examples to substantiate what you claim in the answer, write in small paragraphs or bullet points, highlight or underline the key words, try to draw maps and flow charts as much as possible.
Joining a good History Optional mains answer writing programme will help you immensely in polishing your skills.
“Syllabus of the History optional” is vast but scoring at the same time. Start with understanding each and every word mentioned in the syllabus, read the standard books for history, don’t go for many sources rather keep you sources limited and read them multiple times, take help of the map, revision is the key, and most importantly practice more and more.
You can join Momentum IAS foundation batch for history optional, all the topics will be covered from scratch with adequate attention on writing skills as well.
Yes, studying History optional will not only help in scoring good in optional papers but will also help in GS Paper 1 immensely, and in writing good essay as it gives you a deeper historical perspective of various issues.
If prepared with proper planning and strategy, completing history optional will take around 7-8 months.
However, you can also join Piyush Kumar UPSC History Optional Coaching, to reduce your efforts and get better results in less time, as the entire history optional syllabus is cover in 4 – 4.5 months, along with adequate answer writing practice.
The examiner judges you through the answers that you have written, you will not get the benefit of your hard work if you have not written effective answers. Thus learning the art of answers which showcases your hard work to the person analysing your copies is extremely important.
And Momentum IAS “History Answer Writing Program” helps you gain that skill and write answers that outstand in the crowd.
Test series has a lot of benefits it helps students get a better understanding of the type of questions asked, gives an experience of exam like environment, it also helps the students in maintaining consistency in their studies, and students learn time management and enhances reading, learning and writing skills.
However joining a good trusted test series is essentially important. Momentum IAS test series for History optional comes with all the benefits like printed notes, timely assessment, model answers that too at affordable price(15,000+GST).