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How to prepare for a government exam in 90 days: a week-by-week plan

Mock tests every Sunday, a revision cycle in the final month and a sleep schedule that works.

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  • Weeks 1-4: finish the syllabus once.
  • Weeks 5-8: topic tests and error log.
  • Weeks 9-12: full mock tests, one per day.
  • Last week: revise your error log only.

Pick one book per subject and read it twice rather than five books once. Write short notes on one page per topic, so that you can revise in the last week.

Sleep at least seven hours. Students who studied until 2 am in the fictional sample survey scored lower in mock tests than those who stopped at 11 pm.

This is a demo story: every name, place, organisation and figure in it is fictional.

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