To crack UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) it requires both Knowledge and Skills

How to clear UPSC Civil Services Exam 
Before we mention anything about Skills (UPSC Exam Guidance or Strategies), let us share you some important links to build the knowledge part for UPSC Civil Services Exam.
• IAS Study Materials 
Material for self study and Mock tests is in PDF format

• UPSC Prelims Online Mock Exams 
• UPSC Syllabus (Know the requirements of UPSC Civil Services Exam)

Click on the above links to access FREE resources from Gurmarg as a support material to crack UPSC Prelims, Mains and Interview. Required skills for success in UPSC/IAS State Civil Services Exam.
Besides knowledge, guidance, skills and strategies are equally important to crack UPSC/IAS State Civil Services Exam (CSE).

Memory Techniques
• Question Paper Solving Techniques
• Intelligent Elimination Techniques
You can just go through the below links for specific guidance for each stage of UPSC CSE.
• UPSC Prelims Guidance.
• UPSC Mains Guidance.
• UPSC Interview Guidance.
How should you start UPSC/IAS Preparation?
Every IAS aspirant has one question in common i.e., how to start preparing? It is truly a concerning question. With increasing coaching institutes and a plethora of materials available online and offline, their worries are only compounded. We at gurmag (www.gurmarg.com) believe that it is very important to address such basic queries of all fresher’s. 
GURMARG EDUCARE provides free IAS online coaching, guidance, strategies, online study materials and mock tests with a vision that no candidate should be left out of UPSC exam competition due to the unavailability of expensive IAS classroom coaching. Now, you may go through our advice listed out . We hope this guidance-post to be equally helpful for everyone who is confused – beginners or veterans.