Arth Jain UPSC Marksheet: Here’s the Preparation Strategy of the AIR 16 for Other Aspirants

UPSC has declared the result on 24 September 2021. Since then the toppers of UPSC CSE 2020 have become the central point of news. Everyone wants to know about their preparation strategies and success mantra. Why? Because Civil Service Examination is one of the most popular examinations. Every year thousands of candidates embark on their UPSC CSE journey.

Here in this article, we are going to talk about UPSC CSE AIR-16, Arth Jain. This boy from Delhi has secured 16th rank in his second attempt only. Let us find out about his success journey and preparation mantra in this article.

Arth Jain Biography

Arth Jain is an IIT graduate who secured 16th rank all over India in UPSC CSE-2020. His hometown is Jabalpur where he was born and raised. He currently resides in the capital city, Delhi. His father Mukesh Jain is an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is currently posted as the state’s transport commissioner. He also has a younger brother who is preparing for the UPSC.

Name	Arth Jain
Age	22
Fathers Name	Mukesh Jain
Mothers Name	Not known
Sibling	Younger Brother
School	Sanskriti School
Graduation	Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Hometown	Jabalpur

Educational Background

Arth Jain completed his schooling at Sanskriti School, New Delhi. After this, he did Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Delhi. In the second year of his graduation, he decided to prepare for UPSC.

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UPSC Journey

In his second year of graduation, Arth Jain decided to prepare for UPSC CSE. He started his UPSC preparation in 2017 along with college. For this, he took several weekend coaching classes. In 2019, he gave his first attempt at CSE. In this attempt, he was not even able to clear prelims. Rather than getting disappointed, he reflects on where he went wrong.

Reasons to Fail for the First Time

According to Arth Jain, various factors contributed to his failure. Among them, the most prominent were insufficient revision, narrow view of base subjects, less number of solved test series, nervousness.

Final Success

Arth Jain gave his second attempt in 2020. This time he was well prepared and solved his shortcomings. This time luck favoured him and he got the sweet fruits of his hard work. He not only cleared UPSC but also was able to secure 16th position.

Name	Arth Jain
Year	2020
Rank	16
Attempt	2
Optional Subject	Mathematics
UPSC Marks	1021

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Arth Jain UPSC Marksheet

Subjects	Marks
Essay	122
General Studies-I	099
General Studies-II	117
General Studies-III	092
General Studies-IV	124
Optional Subject-I (Mathematics)	145
Optional Subject-II (Mathematics)	154
Written Test	853
Personality Test	168
Final Total	1021

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Preparation Strategy

# Revision: Arth Jain emphasizes the importance of revision. He says that revision is a crucial aspect of your final preparation. He says that everyone should at least revise each book three times rather than reading nine books at one time.

#Timetable: Another important aspect of preparation is the timetable. Every candidate should read the syllabus at least three times and then divide their time accordingly. They should give more importance to weaker subjects. Moreover, special importance should be given to optional subjects. One should give at least 50% of his time to his optional subject preparation.

# Correct Optional: Another important thing is which subject you should opt for your optional subject. According to Arth Jain, candidates should opt for that subject that is more scoring and which they find interesting.

# Proper Booklist: Another tip he gives to fellow aspirants is the preparation of the correct booklist. One should give time to research all suggested books for UPSc and then prepare a proper booklist accordingly.

# Answer Writing: Answer writing is an important aspect of mains. Students should practice writing different answers daily.

# Short Term Goals: Arth Jian himself divided the syllabus into different smaller goals. He set his daily and weekly targets. This gave him a clear roadmap.

# Read Answer Sheets of Successful Candidates: You should also read answer sheets of previous year’s successful candidates. This will give you a clear idea of how to structure your answers

# Essay Writing: Essay is a scoring subject of UPSC. But aspirants are not able to give proper attention to it. But according to Arth Jain, everyone should give attention to this scoring subject. They should practice writing one to two essays daily.

# Interview: For the interview, candidates should be ready for questions related to their DAF.

# Exam Day: On exam day you should relax and have faith in yourself. You should not be busy revising your notes. Rather you should smile and say out clearly yes I can do it.

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Toppers of UPSC CSE 2020

Rank	Name	Written Test	Personality Test	Total Marks
1	Shubham Kumar	878	176	1054
2	Jagrati Awasthi	859	193	1052
3	Ankita Jain	839	212	1051
4	Yash Juluka	851	195	1046
5	Mamta Yadav	855	187	1042
6	Meera K	835	206	1041
7	Praveen Kumar	848	193	1041
8	Jivani Kartik Nagjibhai	858	182	1040
9	Apala Mishra	816	215	1031
10	Satyam Gandhi	827	201	1028
11	Devyani	842	182	1024
12	Mithun Premraj	845	179	1024
13	Gaurav Budania	850	173	1023
14	Karishma Nair	834	187	1021
15	Ria Dabi	859	162	1021
16	Arth Jain	853	168	1021
17	Sarthak Jaiswal	822	195	1017
18	Radhika Gupta	838	179	1017
19	Shashwat Tripurari	852	165	1017
20	P Srija	831	184	1015

Conclusion

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