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How to start preparation? Exam Tips For Civil Service Main Exam 2017

Keep in mind that the Main exam has descriptive type of questions. It tests the candidate’s ability on various levels. The time limit for the essay paper is set for 3 hrs. without a word limit. However for the optional paper, there are questions having specific word limit like 250 words in optional subjects and 250 words, 150 words and 20 words in general studies. It is necessary to attempt and answer these questions quickly and effectively and in minimum words. Candidates often get confused about whether to adopt the paragraph or the point style of answering questions. It would make sense to adopt a style reliant on the question asked. If the question requires you to discuss, analyze or critically examine, it would be better to answer the question in the paragraph format. If you are required to list the advantages or give reasons for/ against etc., it makes sense to pick the point format of answering. Answers should highlight the facts and concepts in an attention-grabbing way and should never read like a passage from a book.

Get Previous Years’ Question Papers: This is the best way to get an idea of how the questions in the Main exam of Civil Services are asked. The exam pattern and types of questions asked make you familiar with what the actual UPSC IAS Mains 2018 exam shall be like. Take these question papers of all sets of the UPSC Civil Services (IAS) Mains Exam.

Make a Proper Plan: If a study plan for weeks split into number of days which are further split into number of hours allotted to each topic saves a lot of time which is otherwise wasted in chaos when all the subjects and all the topics pile up in the end.

Practice Mock Tests: A candidate must keep taking mock test as it gives the actual feel of the exam. There are online mock tests for the UPSC IAS mains 2018 exam. One can practice on a regular basis to encounter questions based on each topic in detail. Candidates appearing for the UPSC IAS mains 2018 exam this month in October 2018 may visit online educational websites & practice at least two tests a day till last 3 weeks.

Being Simple: Try using simple English and avoid ornate language which takes the attention away from the original facts and the opinions about a given topic.

Time Management: Practice writing the answers as it is the best way to manage the time limit set for the exam. Practice daily and try finishing your answers within the allotted time it will help you get used to the time and word limits.

World Health Organization to celebrate its 70th anniversary tomorrow - Pragnya IAS Academy - News Analysis

World Health Organization to celebrate its 70th anniversary tomorrow.

World Health Organization (WHO) will celebrate its 70th anniversary tomorrow. The tagline for this year's World Health Day is "Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere".

WHO offices worldwide are organizing events to mark the day with WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus joining celebrations in Sri Lanka. The organisation said in a statement today that with 194 member states, across six regions, and working from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united to achieve better health for everyone.
World Health Day 2018 falls on the 70th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, the United Nations agency set up to handle global public health. The day offers the agency a chance to publicize its 70 years of achievement and a critical need – more health workers, particularly in Africa.
The WHO Constitution came into force on Apr 7, 1948, and the anniversary has been celebrated since 1950 as World Health Day. The agency organizes international, regional and local events on the day.
It has identified the serious shortage of health workers across the world as a critical problem. In an article in the British Medical Journal, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) organization criticized the new WHO plan to tackle the global shortage of health workers because it fails to address economic constraints. Countries struggling to address health challenges need sustained international support and targeted measures to address underlying inequities in the global health workforce distribution, according to MSF. The agency sees the shortage as one of the most critical constraints to the achievement of health and development goals.
In its 2006 World Health Report, the WHO estimated that over 4 million more health workers are needed to bridge the gap – with 1.5 million needed for Africa alone.
Across the world, 57 countries have been identified as having “critical shortages” – 36 of these are in Africa.
The strategy forecasts the creation of 40 million additional jobs to meet the global demand by 2030 – but mainly in high and middle income countries. Demand is based on the country’s domestic capacity to fund such jobs and implies only 0.5 million of these extra jobs will be generated in Africa, to meet their total demand of 2.4 million workers. However, calculations based on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) norms (4.45 professional health workers/1000 inhabitants) indicate that 7.6 million health workers will be needed in Africa in 2030. Benchmarks based on an ability to pay maintain fundamental inequities in target setting and hide the widening mismatch between Human Resources for Health (HRH) needs and availability.


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World Health Organization to celebrate its 70th anniversary tomorrow.