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Dear Candidate,
All the very best for your upcoming examination. This exam is crucial for your career growth across the CSS hierarchy, so serious and smart preparation is essential. Team Lakshya Plus has analysed the Previous Year Questions (PYQs) and the resources available for this examination. We find that most candidates are already well-versed with the rules, and the resources are easily accessible on the websites of the nodal Ministries and Departments.
The real challenge is retaining facts and revising concepts. Doing this well minimises silly mistakes and maximises your overall score and percentile. With this in mind, Lakshya Plus has studied the PYQs and created mock questions that closely follow the UPSC pattern.
Recent amendments, orders and OMs have been favourite areas of UPSC. PYQs also typically draw 20–30% of the questions on subjects such as GFR, CSMOP, FR/SR and RTI from related orders, OMs and websites rather than the main text. The real challenge lies in the trickiness of the questions and their mix of facts and concepts. Our mock tests take care of all these factors. Regular practice with them will help you revise the entire syllabus, retain facts and concepts, and avoid silly mistakes in the examination.
We will also be sharing concise pointer-notes in the final weeks before the exam — a handy, comprehensive, last-minute revision resource designed to cover a large share of the questions likely to be asked.
So stay tuned and keep up the hard work. In the end, every resource is only a helping hand — your real score depends on the time and effort you dedicate to your preparation.
Official Resources
SO LDCE – Paper-I
Constitution, Parliament, Business Rules & Current Affairs
- 01All about RTIWEB
- 02Lok Sabha ProceduresWEB
- 03Rajya Sabha ProceduresWEB
- 04Constitution of IndiaWEB
- 05Allocation of Business RulesWEB
- 06Transaction of Business RulesWEB
- 07PIB Press ReleaseWEB
- 08RBIWEB
- 09Government SchemesWEB
- 10Gazette NotificationsWEB
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Official Resources
SO LDCE – Paper-II
Office Procedure, Financial Rules & Service Rules
- 01Central Secretariat Manual of Office ProcedureWEB
- 02General Financial RulesWEB
- 03Delegation of Financial Power RulesWEB
- 04CCS Leave RulesPDF
- 05CCS CCA RulesPDF
- 06CCS LTC RulesWEB
- 07CCS Conduct RulesPDF
- 08FRSR Part-IPDF
- 09FRSR Part-IIPDF
- 10Pension – Orders & NoticesWEB
- 117th CPC Revised Pay MatrixPDF
- 12DoPT's OMsWEB
- 13DoE's OMsWEB
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Practice Material
Previous Year Question Papers
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