Dhatri Reddy

 Please find below the PDF links of all my notes. I received many messages where readers reported issues with viewing the notes in Evernote, hope these PDFs are more useful. Thanks to 'Our Study' for taking the pain of compiling these PDFs. Prelims GS1 GS2 GS3 GS4 Sociology Committee Reports

Sociology can be an overwhelming subject for beginners. Especially for those from non-humanities background. I faced something similar when I realized in my coaching classes for the first time that Sociology itself can be defined in many different ways. While it can take time to get your head around the terminology and understand basic concepts, once you give it time, you can get comfortable with the subject. My approach I had enrolled for coaching at Vajiram for Sociology. It was good to begin with as it made me well acquainted with the basic terms and concepts. But that's about it. Rest of the work was done by myself. I made my own notes from multiple sources, wrote answers for previous years questions, gave several tests before the exam day. Making notes: The most important part of preparation. Even if you not a "notes person", I urge you to consider making notes for Sociology. This will help you in revision and retaining things else you could get lost in the ...

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Below I have shared my complete notes. It is a compilation of different sources that I've read during the course of my preparation. Apart from these, I made short notes (similar to my GS notes), in order to be able to revision multiple times in the shortest time. TOPIC WISE NOTES PAPER 1 Sociology - The Discipline Sociology as Science Research Methods and Analysis Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx Emile Durkheim Max Weber Talcolt Parsons Robert K. Merton Mead Stratification and Mobility Works and Economic Life Politics and Society Religion and Society Systems of Kinship Social Change in Modern Society PAPER 2 (A) Introducing Indian Society (B) Social Structure (C) Social Changes in India Systems of Kinship in India Population Dynamics Social Movements in Modern India Challenges of Social Transformation

My first UPSC interview in 2019, Satyavati Ma'am as board chairman, afternoon slot.  Chairwoman (Satyavati ma'am): What is the meaning of 'Dhatri' (my name)? Do you know who in our mythology is known as the child of the Earth? What was your work in Deustche bank? Did you work on preparing prospectus? Which clients have you worked on? What kind of nukkad did you perform? Did you present solutions too? What is Clinton Global Fellowship? (mentioned in my DAF) What is the NGO you founded? Who were its members? What is NDT (in metallurgy)? M1: The US has become self-sufficient in its fuel requirements, how? What do you know about shale gas - how to extract? What materials can help in dealing with environmental degradation? Do you suggest any changes we need to make in UPSC syllabus? M2: What is the physiological process of poison? Can you say good morning in Sanskrit? What materials are used in agri sensors? Opinion on Syria issue. Should we allow...

I appeared for two UPSC interviews.  First interview: 20th Feb 2019 (Afternoon).  Board - Satyavati Ma'am. Score - 176 / 275. Interview transcript 2018 Second interview: 3rd March 2020 (Afternoon).  Board - BB Vyas Sir. Score - 204 / 275. Interview transcript 2019 Some funda based on my limited experience of two interviews: When to begin? The actual and exclusive preparation can begin after Mains exam or once Mains results are declared (based on tempo levels). But one should spend good time in researching before filling DAF so as to not add any unwanted/complicated things to it.  (More on DAF in a separate blog post soon)  How to get started? Pick each key word that you mention in your DAF such as your home town, your college name, your hobby, everything. Prepare a list of potential questions from all these areas and read up as much as you can about these topics. The other area you should focus on is current affairs. Slightly different approach from mains, he...

GS3 has been my favourite and I generally reserved it to study when I was bored of the remaining topics. It has many sub-parts, so I made topic wise notes and kept adding points from current affairs over time. Subject Sources My notes Economy Mrunal videos (great to start with) NCERTs Any standard book (I did Ramesh Singh, totally optional) Current Affairs Economic Survey (I looked forward to this document all year. It was my favourite read and I went overboard by making notes myself and reading past 5 years surveys. You may refer to my notes for value add points to use in mains) Budget Mrunal notes GS3 mains notes Economic Survey and Budget notes Agriculture notes Security Any standard book (I did Vajiram yellow book) Current affairs Security notes Environment Shankar IAS material Current Affairs ARC for Disaster Management (find any summary) Env and DM notes S&T Current affairs I practiced diagrams and graphs...