A good essay is a comprehensive composition on a particular topic; beneficial, convincing and easily comprehensible for a reader. Essay writing is a skill of formulating your ideas about a topic in an adequate manner with the aid of rational arguments which convince the reader about what is discoursed in the essay.
The essay is a particularly academic form of writing and is a standard method of developing and demonstrating a student’s intellectual abilities at almost all levels of a humanities degree programme. Developing skills in essay-writing is, therefore, crucial to success in your studies.
QUESTION FORMAT (CSS Exam): Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500 – 3500 words) on any one on the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourse e.g. description, narration, illustration etc.
How to write an Essay
In essay writing, the most important starting point is to listen carefully to what the essay title is telling you.
AoA, Today I am sharing some basic reasons for failure in css exams which was originally posted by by Miss Naqvi on CSS Forum.
Some Basic Reasons for Failure in CSS Exams (By: Syeda Zahra Naqvi)
Lack aptitude
There are many candidates who actually lack aptitude but go for it. For CSS one has to grow the thirst of knowledge to its heights. There are some basic reasons due to which many of the students appear in the CSS exam. Some of them are listed below:
For the wish of their parents
For following the example of some relative who is a CSP
Being over-confident because some of their mates or friends has said that you cannot qualify CSS
By being impressed for the perks and privileges a CSP owes in our society
There are many other reasons similar to these, such candidates lack aptitude and go for CSS on the basis of motivation that alone is insufficient to get the desired result. In short to qualify CSS is the dream as Albert Einstein said,
“Dream is not something that you see while sleeping rather it is something that don’t let you sleep”
Competitive exams are a diverse package overall. Going for these exams require your whole concentration. Your final marks will be based on well you handle your time when giving the exam. This piece of writing will clarify the approaches that can assist you to marks well in all kind of competitive exams in Pakistan.
1. Time Management is the key to success
In any kind of examination Time Management is the key to casing the position successfully. While writing a competitive examination, be more careful with your time. After allocating a bit of time for revising, distribute the rest of the time to the questions to be answered.
2. Distribute your time across the exam
Don’t allocate more time to any of the questions than is needed. If you are not getting the answers even after the stipulated time suitable for that question, don’t spend any more time on that question; instead, move on. Proceed to the next question and remember to come back if you have time.
3. Try to complete the questions you know well before the stipulated time
That way you will have more time for questions covering subject-matter you are less familiar with. Always follow the pattern of answering the questions that you know really well first, then proceeding to the questions that you don’t know that well.
4. Be attentive while writing the exam
Take care when answering multiple questions (MCQs). Most often the competitive exams contain multiple choice questions. You need to be extra careful while answering multiple choice questions. Read the questions thoroughly, taking care to not miss important points.
Read through the options. Select the one which is the most apt. Sometimes options are given in such a way that two of the options may look similar. In that case, be sure to choose the correct one, knowing that the similarity is on purpose. Take extra care while choosing such an option.
5. Allow yourself a cooling time before starting the exam
Go back through all the questions after completing the exam. That way, you can decide which questions should be answered first and how much time needs to be spend on each article.
6. Remember to revise the answers
Though you have carefully answered the questions, faults may occur. The final half hour of the exam should be dedicated to revising the answers. Look if you have missed any of the questions that you know.
Watch Video: 25 Preparation Tips on How to Study for CSS at home
One of the toughest tasks in CSS written part is to get through the Essay paper. CSS aspirants put around 60% of their efforts in preparing English Essay, and English Grammar & Composition papers. However, they account for only 17% of the overall weightage. Some clichés, false practices and our mindset make it a herculean task. Without delay, let us ponder on the issue and hope things will get easier after that.
Mostly people view that take notes from some far famed academy or join some teacher who is CSP(either he knows ABC of English or not but if he is CSP then do join) I am not declining that CSPs are not cognisant of essay techniques or ABC of English rather my point of view is something else.
First of all the teacher you are going to join must have quality time for your essay preparation, if he is of the view that I will take class once in a week rest is up to you then I would decline this joining .your teacher must need to give you proper time if not then don’t join.
Secondly mostly people think that joining CSP will be beneficial as he will give us his written essays and for this they spend a large amount I don’t second it because in case if those topics won’t come in paper what will you do???
15 Magical Tips on How to Study for CSS Exams at Home
Once aspirant decides to become CSP officer is his/her goal, the very next query comes to notice is coaching or self-study. If you have decided to learning from home then make sure that you have a appropriate direction in your homework for CSS Exam.
To crack country’s toughest examination you need not be intelligent and studious. Throughout the examination process FPSC, examine the general knowledge, common sense, aptitude, ethics and communication skill. If you are ready to mold yourself with a proper guidance, you can crack the exam easily by preparing from home.
There have been many aspirants who have cracked and topped in the FPSC Civil Services Examination by studying at home and without attending classroom coaching. They just followed self-paced study method. It is defined as something studied by oneself without any type of help or supervision by a teacher.
Here, we bring you the 15 magical tips that will break the myth that ‘one cannot prepare from home’. Follow these tips to study from home and prepare yourself for the FPSC examinations.
Only fittest students can clear the CSS exam. You will have to become a multidimensional person for becoming a 17th grade officer. We shall write a series of articles on this topic to guide you. It’s the second article in this regard. I stood first in a competitive exam that’s why I am sure that I can share golden tips with you in this regard. I saw many duffers too during my government service a gazette government officer.
Today we are going to discuss how to make notes from Newspaper for any competitive examination. It could be any exam you working on. It could be banking, PMS, CSS, PPSC or any other exam your working for. So now I tell how to make notes from Newspaper. Notes making from Newspaper are very if you understand the right strategies. First of all, I want to start with Dawn newspaper.
Generally, it is said that newspaper editorial part is very important. Most of the question came from that portion. Let me tell you that are not exactly right. It is not sure question came from Dawn editorial or any newspaper editorial. In exam question came from short Article that we never expect. If you are reading any issue that time you have to search on Google see its historical perspective.
What is the history of that issue write these issue and you have to highlight the best issue. So that you do not confuse later. Once you have made notes on any topic that topic nobody snatches from you. You are going to the best forever.
How to make an actual timetable for CSS Preparation?
Time is the greatest significant resource for everyone! This element is even more vital for CSS candidates, who are formulating for hardest examination. With an ever increasing and wide syllabus to cover, managing time in an actual way becomes a key factor for cracking the CSS examination. In spite of dedicating 8-10 hours for CSS studies, aspirants repeatedly fail to achieve daily goals and suffer from tension, depression and nervousness, which in turn hinder the complete study process.
