Toppers' Talk by Laghima Tiwari, AIR 19, UPSC Civil Services 2022

Published at : 17 Dec 2025

Laghima's telegram group https://t.me/laghimatiwariAIR19

Laghima Tiwari achieved the All India Rank 19 in the UPSC Civil Services
Examination, 2022 with Anthropology as an optional subject. She has completed
her Bachelors in Electronics & Communication Engineering in 2021 from Delhi
Technical University (DTU).
00:00 : Promo


02:36 : How to start preparing?

05:20 : Book List

05:50 : NCERTS: Which one to read and how much to read?

06:59 : Indian History, Art & Culture Book List

08:12 : Geography book list

08:40 : Society book list

09:04 : World History and Post-Independence study materials/strategy

13:27 : GS Paper II book list

13:35 : Polity book list

14:41 : Governance study materials

14:57 : IR Study material/strategy

18:29 : GS Paper III Book List

18:35 : Economics book list

20:11 : Agriculture Study Material

20:31 : Internal Security study materials

21:25 : Environment book list

22:32 : Science & Tech study materials

25:50 : Disaster Management

27:25 : Importance of Toppers Copies

29:10 : Ethics book list & strategy

34:30 : Broad strategy for preparation started

35:34 : Brief optional strategy

41:52 : Importance of toppers talk

43:16 : History notes making

46:06 : Prelims specific strategy start

48:10 : How to read prelims specific current affairs & newspapers?

55:45 : Importance of Previous Year Papers in Prelims preparation

57:03 : Prelims mock test strategy
1:01:52 : CSAT strategy

1:05:27 : How many questions to attempt in prelims?

1:09:40 : How to make notes for prelims?

1:14:27 : Revision strategy

1:19:45 : Current affairs range

1:20:30 : General mistakes

1:22:07 : How to utilise current affairs magazines for prelims and mains?


1:25:45 : Mains specific strategy

1:25:51 : Mains specific notes making & answer writing

1:32:55 : Ethics notes making & answer writing

1:35:18 : Mains test series & answer writing

1:44:40 : Time management while answer writing

1:50:27 : Optional strategy

1:50:59 : Anthropology book list

2:00:27 : Time management

2:11:00 : Essay strategy

2:16:32 : How to manage optional and GS study together?

2:21:06 : How to select an optional subject?

2:27:04 : Interview related preparation

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