1. Strength in basics is highly required.

10th and 12th standard should be

good. Student should be very good in fundamentals of Physics, Chemistry,
Mathematics, Statistics and Biology. It is not for only CSIR it is for their
whole life, as after clearing the exams they will go for research and if they
lack in fundamental knowledge they will good for nothing. So clear and
proper fundamental understanding with a hunger of more knowledge should
be the main driving force for the candidate.
2. Time factor: It depends from student to student and also on their level
of previous knowledge. But on an average, 6 month hard work is required at
least. During preparation proportion of the subjects based on the students
own strength should taken care off.
3. One cannot be master in all the subjects, so its better to concentrate
on the strength of the student. If someone is good in subject A, he/ she
should put stress more on that. Definitely the other portions cannot be
overlooked but he/ she should not miss even a single question in their area.
The competition is too tough, so missing a single question in your own area
may leave you far behind.
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4. You will have doubt with regard to where to start and end preparation
for different subjects? There are no such specifications, but one should be
very strong in basics till 12th standard. If they feel that there are loop holes
in their basics then they should take care of that first. Once they are
comfortable with the basics then slowly they can consolidate their degree
subjects. Out of three, good hold in any 2 of this is enough to crack the
exam.
5. Coming to the standard and nature of questions in this exam, major
focus is on the basic understanding. There are sections where advanced
topics are covered but answering those require proper understanding and
little bit research experiences helps in those sections. For a student who just
passed his Masters is bit difficult to handle this section as it changes with the
advent of the technologies and time. So its better to concentrate on the
basic level more.
6. What kind of practice is required before appearing for the exam?: There is
no specific method but practicing with proper timing like other competitive
exams will help the aspirants to manage the timings during the examination.
Clear vision, grip over the subject, time management are the key factors.

7. What type of books and material to follow?: Students can take up

any standard available books, except very cheap series which does not
convey the proper understanding. In the mean time they should go too
much deep in a particular paper as time management and finishing the
overall syllabus itself is a challenging task for a student. So there should be
a balance during preparation: how much to read, what to read. Good book
does not mean they have go through the whole book. Most important is
extracting the best described chapters from different books as per the
requirement and finishing them all in time with proper understanding. To
maintain this they can even take help from the coaching institutes if they
feel that there is a need.
8. Depending on the self assessment of students capability, one can
decide on whether he may or may not go for a coaching. If the basics of the
student is strong and he can do well in the present situation and manage
time for preparing all the portions then there is no need of coaching. But if
he feels that he is having problems with any of these then he can go for a
coaching institute provided he has the details of the very institute. The
ultimate goal is to crack the exam whatever way it is possible, the student
have to look for it. There should not be any inhibition with the preparation
and exam because final judgment depends on your preparation and you
have to justify it whatever way it is possible.
9. Many of CSIR successful students are from rural areas. Some are too
good who dont need any external support to get through the exam. On the
contrary the average student who may crack the test with the help of their
hard work suffers a lot or ultimately fails to get through due to language
barrier. To overcome the language barrier one must read Standard English
daily news papers and get acquainted with the language. Moreover they
have to write in English during the test. If they are week in the language and
if they somehow cross the 1st paper, then they face problems in writing the
2nd paper as it is of descriptive type. Language efficiency somewhere plays
a crucial role. Its nothing to do much with the subject knowledge which
students gain from their local language written books but definitely with
their proper written expression and understanding of the terminologies.
10. CSIR exam is highly competitive and prestigious one and is the
dream of most of the students. I suggest all the science PG students to go
for CSIR exam with sincere commitment, dedication and hard work to
achieve goal. Once student clears the exam it is his/her choice to select the
university/ R&D Lab and guide. Many of the R and D labs are running short
of scientists in this country. At this stage one can take up CSIR exam,
complete it successfully PhD program then go for Post Doc, publish good

papers come back to India where opportunities are unlimited with good
remuneration. Good Luck to CSIR Aspirants

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