Importance of English in UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam (Biplab Ghosh Blogs)

Importance of English in UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam

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English for UPSC holds the key to your success. What is the use of passing the Prelims in Civil Services and then failing to qualify in the English Compulsory paper in the Mains exam? This particularly applies to the Hindi medium students. They generally invest a load of time and money in preparing for GS and optional. But most of them do know how to write grammatically correct English sentences. So they fail to write Essay, précis and Descriptive comprehension questions in the English Compulsory paper. Language is a communication tool that can be both oral and writtenso, perfecting the art is absolutely inevitable for the UPSC aspirants.

Although the UPSC exam does not have a specific language requirement, one English language qualifying paper is mandatory. In the MAINS exam, if an aspirant's English Language paper score is below 25%, the other papers in the exam are not evaluated. To pass this test, you need to have a basic understanding of this language. To be successful in this paper, you will need to be able to understand and use the language being used. The types of questions asked are: translation, summarization, comprehension, basic grammar usage, and essay writing.

Most of the material you'll need to study for the UPSC exam is in English, and to some extent in Hindi. Many online resources are in English. Therefore, knowing English can definitely be helpful in this place. Although as a Rameshwar’s IAS Pro member you have full access to the entire site including all practice tests, explanations and features in Hindi. Rameshwar’s IAS is India's first fully bilingual practice platform for UPSC Prelims. Although English may be a difficult for some people, with the right approach and effort, it can be overcome. You are free to choose any language for your papers. Even if you take the interview in a different language, you can write your MAINS in one language and give the interview in another.

In short, it can fairly be said that in order to pass this qualifying test, you need to write correctly. The grammar questions are elementary and and comprises only about 25 marks. The main parts are essay, comprehension and precis writing. UPSC just wants to test your ability to speak and understand basic English. This is necessary for your communication if you are placed in a place where the only possible way to communicate is in English.