Twenty-six-year old doctor Ruveda Salam has become the first woman from the Kupwara district in Kashmir to crack the IAS examination. Her name is now added to the small list of youth Valley icons like IAS topper Shah Faesal and cricketer Parvez Rasool. Dr Ruveda Salam joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on how she prepared for the examinations, what difficulties she faced and her message to the valley's youth.
Q. Ma'am, which are the most scoring subjects for the mains? And are there any good combinations to score? Thanks. Asked by: aadil mir, Srinagar
A. Scoring non scoring just a myth, interest should guide you. New pattern requires more focus on GS.
Q. Madam, when should I start t prepare for the test. I mean as a parent when should kids be told that your time has come to start for this prestigious test? Asked by: Sajjad Bhat, Srinagar
A. Graduation is best time, but newspaper reading should start from school.
Q. Congratulations, as per the new syllabus from 2013 that too Mains GS Paper what is the right way to approach the syllabus and my 2nd question is how to make notes from the Hindu Newspaper? Asked by: Sandeep
A. Thanks, newspaper reading especially Hindu, journals like chronicle, yojana & a lot of internet, editorials should be saved, science and technology needs brief notes, rest business page is imp and international.
Q. What was your optional subjects? How much marks you got in each subject? Asked by: rohit
A. Public administration and Sociology, marks to be displayed today by UPSC.
Q. How many hours did you study every day and how did you set the time-frame for different subjects. Please help with tips. Hoping to appear in 2015. Asked by: Jaiveer Singh
A. Atleast 5 to 6 hours, you can divide accordingly..more time to be devoted to GS now.
Q. Is coaching is really need? If not how one can get a good guidance to crack the exam? Asked by: swarna
A. Guidance is now a days available on net, depends on your understanding
Q. Is coaching is really need? If not how one can get a good guidance to crack the exam? Asked by: swarna
A. Good guidance is vital, coaching is to be decided by you as per your understanding of subjects, internet and newspapers help alot.
Q. Do you think Kashmiri students have this in them that they will crack civil services. I mean not 10, but 30 in a year? And congratulations. Asked by: Showkat Hussain, Bijbehera
A. Thanks, yes, awareness and good ambience required.
Q. Ma'am a political Question! How do the separatists in the valley react to the successes of Kashmiri students in civils? Asked by: Abhishek Ghosh
A. Well, not heard anything from their side yet but general perception is that we have become a part of the mainstream.
Q. Congratulations Maam! Do you think it's possible to crack the exams with just self preparations and no coaching? Asked by: Abhishek Ghosh
A. Thanks, yes you can if you closely follow the syllabi & make good use of material online.
Q. Ma'am am a dentist preparing for UPSC. Should I prepare full time for this exam or do it simultaneously with dental practice? Please guide me. Also your book list for socio pls. Asked by: clandestine
A. Requires full time but if you start early like one year prior to prelims, it can help Socio : ignou b. A material, Haralambos, george ritzer and yojana.
Q. Can you please suggest me with books on general studies? Asked by: saikumar1510
A. NCERT of all subjects upto 12th, chronicle magazine, Laxmikanth's Indian polity, Bipin Chandra's modern India, economy by pratiyogita darpan and wikipedia.
Q. First of all,congratulations on the achievement Is the increasing success of Kashmiris in civil-services exam a sign of greater desire to be part of the Indian mainstream? Asked by: Arun Ramakrishnan
A. Thanks, yes both to be successful and to be part of our nation building (India).
Q. Do you think your case will set an example for the youths of the Valley who often go into wrong ways due to frustration? Asked by: Abdul, Kolkata
A. Education is must before they can be brought back from wrong path.
Q. How was your preparation and what was your daily regime to start with? Asked by: Ananthoju
A. Studied every day for almost 6 hours & increased gradually to 8 before prelims and mains.
Q. Is coaching required? else if self is preferred Please suggest me some referrals of preparation,approach towards civils exam. Asked by: saikumar1510
A. Coaching to be decided by your level of understanding & finances. Read NCERT, chronicle, the Hindu religiously and use govt websites and wikipedia.
Q. How have the elders in the locality reacted to your success-are they celebrating or do they feel that you have crossed the limits of what a woman should do? Asked by: Arun Ramakrishnan
A. Mixed, educated ones feel pride, others still trying to bring me down in terms of the service allocation especially if I get Ips & the state cadre..but I am prepared for any eventuality.
Q. Saw you on TV today morning and you don't seem to like Facebook? Why? Asked by: Shuja, Baramulla
A. I like it but only for ascertaining positive views of friends and the pages of the Hindu, news channels, Halfmantr, I don't chat on Facebook.
Q. How your experience with board and what was the typical question that you faced Dr Ruveda. Asked by: sasi
A. Thanks, PK Mishra's board, very cordial, they made me feel like one of their compatriots. Questions based on J&k, pragaash, global warming, medicine, women empowerment
Q. How to prepare for GS-Mains..the syllabus being so vast? Asked by: Arpita
A. Good question. Stick to syllabus, new pattern has come up with topics for the first time, use internet especially wikipedia, the hindu , chronicle
Q. Can you please share your pub-ad booklist? Asked by: Arpita
A. Prasad & prasad, fadia & fadia, rajni goyal & arora, sadhna & sharma & topics from ignou as per syllabus
Q. Saw you on tv today morning and you dont seem t like facebook? Why? Asked by: Shuja, Baramulla
A. I do like it, but I don't chat, I read couple of pages like the hindu, Indian express, halfmantr
Q. Can you guide me in little bit in detail how to make notes from the Hindu newspaper and from Frontline Magazine? Asked by: Sandeep
A. Editorials can be saved, rest of the pages u simply have to note down important facts, you can also save sc- tech pages..frontline: read only the cover story..basically frontline helps you more in interview
Q. Congratulations firstly. What is your sense on the separatists movement in the valley ? How genuine is it ? I sincerely want to know from a real Kashmiri sister. Asked by: Rajiv
A. Thanks, our destiny lies with India, emotions don't make a nation, I realise this everyday in Kashmir.
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