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0:00 - 0:20 Intro
0:21 - 0:47 Shauraya's Intro
0:48 - 2:18 Importance of college & Democratised learning
2:19 - 3:39 Attempt Cycle
3:40 - 4:22 Content Bombardment and selective approach
4:23 - 5:09 CSAT is not CAT
5:10 - 6:08 Difficulty and Uncertainity; Amor Fati
6:09 - 7:05 Prelims Sources
7:06 - 8:29 Current Affairs for prelims
8:30 - 10:11 Mocks for prelims
10:12 - 11:05 Notes taking for prelims
11:06 - 13:30 Mains Strategy
13:31 - 16:10 Answer Writing
16:11 - 17:46 Notes taking for Mains
17:47 - 18:25 Current Affairs for Mains
18:26 - 19:43 GS wise sources for Mains
19:44 - 24:47 Optional Selection and Strategy
24:48 - 26:25 Managing Optional and GS
26:26 - 29:18 Marks Predictability
29:19 - 31:20 Community Engagement & Association
31:21 - 32:34 Mindset conditioning
32:35 - 33:59 Alternate Plans: IFoS
34:00 - 35:00 Parting words
35:01 - 35:45 Outro
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