CSS EXAM PREPARATION AT EARLIER STAGE “Tomorrow is too late, yesterday is over, and now is exactly the right moment. So start.” Those ...

CSS EXAM PREPARATION AT EARLIER STAGE

“Tomorrow is too late, yesterday is over, and now is exactly the right moment. So start.” Those who decide early in life (after X or during XI or XII standards) that they want to become officers to serve the nation and people. Most students get inspired by famous civil servants or by their own family members at this teen age. So, here are some tips for them:

1.    Improve your English Grammar and English Writing Skills. Consult good books on grammar i.e. All about Competitive English (Prof. Muzaffar Bukhari), Practical English Usage (Michael Swan), Grammar in Use (Raymond Murphy), and clear your basic grammar skills i.e. Articles, Tenses, and Punctuations.

2.    Read at least two recommended books of important compulsory subjects (Current Affairs, Pakistan Affairs and Islamic Studies) very carefully as they are little encyclopedias and also comprehend them carefully.

3.    Read one national newspaper (Dawn Newspaper). Students are advised to read the Editorial & Opinion Sections and learn "how the arguments take place and how arguments are built up". Note down difficult words on a register. Use dictionary most of the times. Don't ignore the words which are new for you. Check the meanings again and again and try to learn them.

4.    Write a paragraph daily and get it checked. Try to use newly learned words in it.

5.    Make your habit to read stories, novels or quality books.

6.    Discuss things/news items with your friends and family members that will give confidence of taking a stand against any issue.

7.    Once you spend some time in this way, you can go through the past papers of respective subject.

8.    In the first step itself, if you take the question paper and if you don't know most of the questions, it will deject you. There is nothing to get dejected at this stage.

9.    If you complete your one or two Compulsory subject(s) at the earlier level, it will be easy for you to crack the CSS Exam in the first attempt itself. Wish you all the best!