Hornbill Forestry 🌱 IFoS 2025

🪂 HOW 🪂

Except for a very few questions, most are repeated multiple times in the last 15 Years.

So, things remain the same year after year for everyone, except "the way of writing" ✏️

All the best 💐💐

UPSC/IFoS 2024 Main 💐💐

🅰️ VIDYANSHU SHELHAR JHA ⭐️

IFoS 2023 🎉 AIR 5

IFS Mains strategy Discussion

1️⃣ General Studies ⭐️

1. Don't run after content. In 50 days you have to do 2 optional. Doing bare-minimum in itself is a difficult task.
2. My Optional Notes (Forestry + Agri Engg) & 10 year PYQs should be enough
3. The question of the exam might be too tough. They may not be there in my notes or PYQs. But then it is tough for everybody. Don't panic, build your answers around what you understand
4. Test series isn't really a requirement, because usually you won't have that much time
5. Try to "Score 300 in English + GK" and "220-240" in each optional.

1️⃣ FORESTRY ⭐️

1. Do my notes 🖥 Try to finish them in 10-12 days.
2. Do topics wise 10 year PYQs. You'll get them from Hornbill 🖥
3. You may join the Hornbill online Forestry course, for conceptual clarity on some topics.
4. Make a compilation of Tree names & figures you find in notes. Try to have few tree names (scientific names) and figures in almost 70-80% questions
5. Use colour pencil to draw diagrams

1️⃣ Agricultural Engineering ⭐️

1. Do my notes. Try to finish them in 20-25 days 🖥
— Our syllabus has 8 subjects: 4 long and 4 short. I've compiled all 4 short ones in 1 PDF
— Start with PDF" 2,_4,_6_8", which is compilation of 4 short subjects. 20-30% of questions can be done from these 4 short subjects
— try to finish this short subjects PDF in 4 days (1 day for Each small subject)
— Then try to finish each long subject (PDF number: 1, 3, 5, 8) each in 4-5 days
2. Do topicwise 10 year PYQs. You'll get them from GateforAll
3. You may join GateforAll online course, for conceptual clarity on some topics. With my notes, you can play videos on 2x speed

1️⃣ ENGLISH 4️⃣

1. Do grammar for last 10 years. Can use RK Gupta book, or ChatGPT
2. In letter & report, find CBSE format. Themes & topics are often repeated from PYQ
3. Essay : Topics are GS-based and straight-forward. Usually 1 topic is from Environment

🕔 IMPORTANT 🪂

1. Focus more on time management, as we have to do 24 question
2. Give 6 minutes to 10 markers; 9 minutes to 15 markers. In both types, you'll get 2 pages. Keep an eye on time, not on how many pages you filled.
3. Only History needs special attention, as 2-3 questions (out of 4) come from ancient & medieval. Broad themes like IVC, Ashoka, Guptas, Sultanate are asked, unlike CSE where fringe questions are asked
4. SnT may have bouncer questions. But then it is for everybody

- All the best