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‘Chamomile Tea with Toppers’ an initiative by Unacademy wherein we speak to various Toppers and get to know the best of the best.

Apala Mishra secured AIR 09 in the 2020 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil service examination. In this episode, we get to know more about the topper's preparation journey. She is also a doctor by Profession.
00:00 Introduction
02:52 Tell us about your educational background.
03:22 What motivated you to take up Civil Services as a career.
05:52 Tell us about the challenges you faced during your preparation.
07:33 How many attempts did you take to clear this exam?
10:00 How do we get to know if we are on the right path?
11:55 What changed in you as a person during this preparation journey.
15:00 Did you ever feel like giving up?
16:04 How important it is to have the right guidance?
18:00 Did you expect AIR 09?
19:32 How critical is time management?
22:58 What did you do to maintain a good mental health?
23:57 Tell us about your Booklist.
25:51 Tell us more about your strategy for prelims.
28:09 Role of PYQ’s in your preparation.
29:26 Tell us what happened on the day of your prelims exam.
31:01 What was your strategy for CSAT?
32:50 Last week strategy for Prelims.
33:50 Take us through your strategy for Mains exam.
37:00 Strategy for GS 1,2,3 & 4.
39:28 Tell us more about your journey with regards to Ethics as a subject.
41:10 You are the highest scorer in history of UPSC CSE interview process. How did you achieve it?
45:20 Could you recall any of your interview questions?
49:02 Tell us more about your optional subject i.e. Anthropology and everything associated to it.
55:44 Tag a topper friend.
56:16 Message to the aspirants.

In this episode of the CTwT UPSC CSE series, Apala has comprehensively discussed her UPSC CSE preparation strategy.
She has discussed the UPSC Prelims strategy and the most important books for UPSC Prelims. She has also discussed mains answer writing, current affairs preparation, how to read the newspaper and the UPSC CSE interview experience and tips.

This interview will be helpful for all the UPSC CSE beginners in understanding the UPSC CSE syllabus and UPSC CSE 2021/2022 preparation strategy.

Want to know more about the topper's preparation strategy? What makes you the elite UPSC CSE topper? Watch the video to get all the answers in one place.

Let's Rewind To Exam Day of UPSC CSE AIR 9 Dr. Apala Mishra. Watch what happened before, during and after the exam that helped her secure AIR 09 in the UPSC CSE 2020 examination.
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