UPSC Success Story: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam is one of the tough exams. Candidates have to work day and night for many years to crack this exam. Today we are going to tell you about a candidate who cleared the UPSC exam in the third attempt. Let’s know how the preparation went.
This person’s name is Siddharth Shukla, who secured 18th rank in UPSC exam. Even before this, Siddharth Shukla had given the UPSC exam twice. In the third attempt he cleared the exam with 18th rank.
Siddharth Shukla has two elder brothers. Siddharth’s father Shrikant Shukla works in a private job in Delhi and mother is a housewife. Hailing from a normal family, Siddharth Shukla’s path to UPSC was not easy, but with his hard work and dedication, he cleared the UPSC exam and showed that if you work hard, you will surely succeed.
Let us tell you that the financial condition of Siddharth Shukla’s family was not very good but then he did not give up. His father didn’t let him get in the way of his studies, but Siddharth’s real struggle began when his father passed away.
…when father’s dream came true
According to Siddharth Shukla’s uncle Ravindra Nath Shukla, Siddharth’s father Srikanth Shukla also wanted to become an IAS officer. Srikanth attempted the exam three times but unfortunately could not clear the exam due to some reasons. However, his son Siddharth has fulfilled his father’s unfulfilled dream by clearing the UPSC exam.
This was Siddharth Shukla’s UPSC strategy
During his initial preparation for UPSC, Siddharth Shukla self-studied his chosen subject, History, and took coaching for General Science. When the first attempt failed, he did not get the desired result. After this he changed the strategy of UPSC. At first he distanced himself from social media and relied on his mother’s phone for occasional conversations with friends. He believes that the use of social media should be minimized while preparing for any exam as it is distracting.
Let us tell you that Siddharth’s journey in the UPSC exam was full of failures. In his initial attempt he faced major failure in the main examination. The second attempt didn’t go well, with a low score in the interview round. Although he was successful in the second attempt, he was not happy with his rank. However, in the third attempt, he did not get a chance to appear for the interview.
After failing in the third attempt, he gave himself enough time to improve his reading style and write answers without mistakes. Along with this, they solved mock tests and test series within the time limit set in these plans. With his hard work and dedication, Siddharth cleared the UPSC CSE 2022 exam with 18th rank. Let us tell you that Siddharth got success in UPPCS 2020 before the UPSC exam. In which he got 27th rank.