Here are ten golden rules for all students of Public Ad. Whether studying for preliminaries or mains, whether studying about administrative thinkers or Indian Administration:
1) Analyze what you KNOW and not what you थिंक you know.
2) Read less, remember more.
3) Administrative thinkers thought everything for you so you don't have to think about outsmarting them. Remember,whenever your "bounded rationality" coincides or collides with theirs, U.P.S.C. will always prefer their point of view over yours.
4) Don't over-rationalize. Never Under-rationalize (over-rationalize if you have to)
6) Indian Polity is a triple-edged sword. Don't underestimate.
7) Popular quotations are all the jazz, remember as many as you can.
8) Some relatively lesser known but nevertheless good books are: Newstrom (Organizational
