u/Bronislaw_Malinowski

Hi everyone,
I want to rely on Raman Tiwari Sir’s YouTube/Unacademy videos, especially his crash course, one-shot lectures, and PYQ sessions. Sadly, most of them have been deleted.

If anyone has them saved, downloaded, or in a Google Drive or on Telegram, I’d be super grateful if you could share. These videos would truly help me understand the basics.

Please DM or comment if you can help 🙏

Hi everyone,
I want to rely on Raman Tiwari Sir’s YouTube/Unacademy videos, especially his crash course, one-shot lectures, and PYQ sessions. Sadly, most of them have been deleted.

If anyone has them saved, downloaded, or in a Google Drive or on Telegram, I’d be super grateful if you could share. These videos would truly help me understand the basics.

Please DM or comment if you can help 🙏

I have never followed Vision monthly CA pdfs. Always waited for the PT365 to arrive. Read the newspapers daily but had to rely on PT365 for everything as newspaper readings were very casual. In fact, what messed me up more is that fact that PT365 comes so late into the prelims phase of studying that you can barely pick up the last few months pdfs by then. Revision is impossible then and I mostly have to rely on half year's CA! That is from April-Nov mostly. Naturally, I remain weak in CA year after year.

So this time I am thinking of trying out monthly current affairs. I would try to follow one youtube source for daily current affairs, 1 newspaper brisk reading and monthly pdfs.

So my questions are:

1. Are you guys doing the same?

2. If yes, how early should I start from? April 2026?

3. Do you guys split and merge monthly pdfs subject-wise to resemble a PT365?

4. Will it be feasible to revise monthly magazines of all these months before prelims?

5. Do you read the PT365 too in the end?

6. Another option that comes to my mind is following monthly pdfs, reading them, trying to memorise them, etc. but following PT365 as the last source before exams so that I have a consolidated pdf for each subject. Is this feasible or will it create a bigger mess? Most CAs would be known to me by then so it might consume lesser time to read them. Also the language and components might just remain same.

7. Last option is doing monthlies from Vision but reading the annual compilation of Mudit Jain in the end. No revision of Vision monthlies needed and 1 consolidated thing to read in the end. What do you think?

I have never followed Vision monthly CA pdfs. Always waited for the PT365 to arrive. Read the newspapers daily but had to rely on PT365 for everything as newspaper readings were very casual. In fact, what messed me up more is that fact that PT365 comes so late into the prelims phase of studying that you can barely pick up the last few months pdfs by then. Revision is impossible then and I mostly have to rely on half year's CA! That is from April-Nov mostly. Naturally, I remain weak in CA year after year.

So this time I am thinking of trying out monthly current affairs. I would try to follow one youtube source for daily current affairs, 1 newspaper brisk reading and monthly pdfs.

So my questions are:

1. Are you guys doing the same?

2. If yes, how early should I start from? April 2026?

3. Do you guys split and merge monthly pdfs subject-wise to resemble a PT365?

4. Will it be feasible to revise monthly magazines of all these months before prelims?

5. Do you read the PT365 too in the end?

6. Another option that comes to my mind is following monthly pdfs, reading them, trying to memorise them, etc. but following PT365 as the last source before exams so that I have a consolidated pdf for each subject. Is this feasible or will it create a bigger mess? Most CAs would be known to me by then so it might consume lesser time to read them. Also the language and components might just remain same.

7. Last option is doing monthlies from Vision but reading the annual compilation of Mudit Jain in the end. No revision of Vision monthlies needed and 1 consolidated thing to read in the end. What do you think?

I am having this dilemma of whether to spend my coins on a XYZ pack if the players I would replace by buying that pack are still working fine.

Suppose, VVD in defense is working fine till now. He is definitely not the best option there but he does the job. Even Huijsen is good. They are weak links in my otherwise good squad but they are actually still very good cards to use. They don't cause any such problem yet against normal F2P teams. Should I fix something that is still not broken?

Free cards are also adding value to my squad. Nico, Diouf, Gerrard, Ronaldinho, Xabi Alonso, etc. are still doing a decent job and have proved to be exceptional picks. But should I stop at this?

This confusion of getting new players drives me crazy when a stellar pack drops with a great player. Like Rummenigge, Mbappe, Etoo, etc. I have lost a lot of coins in that pursuit.

What should I do?

In fact even if I go for profile-based selection who can fit my ultimate squad, there are so many options. Like Etoo, Rummenigge, Mbappe, etc. can all fit my pick of a CF. In fact, new better cards will always come with better profiles. For CBs there are so many good quality cards like Rio, Desailly, Varane, Thuram, etc.

Then there will be a set of my own real-life favourite players who I would like to pick in my squad like probably a Sergio Ramos, Bonucci-Chiellini, Neuer, Hummels, Jordi Alba, Iniesta, Vieira, Suarez, Lewandowski, Henry, R9, Zidane, Kroos-Modric (if they ever come), etc. There are so many more players that I have watched growing. They are some of the cards I started playing PES with back in the day. They were all top-tier Black balls back then. They may not be anywhere close to Meta but they still have some very usable cards.

I had studied from Karandeep sir about 2yrs ago but couldn't revise well that year. Due to my health issues, I had to skip reading optional in the last year fully. I prepared solely for GS and then Prelims came up. Left optional completely. I am now having my state pcs mains in 3-4 months. How to go about it after such a big gap. How do I pick up optional?

I have an exam coming up in a year and my paper is on Anthropology. How did you guys decide to pursue this subject, learn about it and get motivated to work on it? What fascinates you about this subject and how can I develop a liking for this subject so that this whole exercise doesn't feel dull or boring. I want to love this subject by the end of it all.

I had studied from Karandeep sir about 2yrs ago but couldn't revise well that year. Due to my health issues, I had to skip reading optional in the last year fully. I prepared solely for GS and then Prelims came up. Left optional completely. I am now having my state pcs mains in 3-4 months. How to go about it after such a big gap. How do I pick up optional?

Our paper is shifting towards more focus on PIB and other govt sources. Is it time we also follow PIB like RBI, NABARD and other regulatory exam aspirants? I am not sure how is the content like. I have heard of Affairscloud and CGB Mentors too. I think they are good too but need suggestions. I saw their playlist but they have very short videos (comprising 3-4 news daily). Not sure if they are only focusing on RBI specific news only and not news from all ministries under PIB. If they are following only govt schemes, then we are good to go with the PT365 or annual compilations. If anyone has given regulatory exams here, can you please confirm and suggest some sources?

I don't get the logic why we should not follow PIB when they follow it. Yeah the length of time to be followed for them is lesser. Usually 6 months of PIB is sufficient for them (correct me if I am wrong). We are anyway studying for different exams and following an authentic source like PIB can just ensure we cover relevant news which govt gives more focus (through PIB Explainers, more coverage, etc.).

Usually people don't cover PIB and this year many questions came from PIB. I am considering to target other exams as well where PIB is really important. What will be a good source to cover PIB holistically.

I have heard about Affairscloud which you guys follow. I found some people mentioning about CGB. Do they cover news from all ministries? Or are they specific for banking and economics/finance GK?

Which one is better?

Recommendations required if I wish to prepare for 1yr. YouTube playlist, daily PIB, telegram channel, etc. whatever you guys would suggest me.

Usually people don't cover PIB and this year many questions came from PIB. I am considering to target other exams as well where PIB is really important. What will be a good source to cover PIB holistically.

I have heard about Affairscloud which you guys follow. I found some people mentioning about CGB. Do they cover news from all ministries? Or are they specific for banking and economics/finance GK?

Which one is better?

Recommendations required if I wish to prepare for 1yr. YouTube playlist, daily PIB, telegram channel, etc. whatever you guys would suggest me.