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SFG 2022 - Level 2 | Program Starts 14th March 2022

SFG 2022 - Level 2 | Program Starts 14th March 2022

5th March Update:


Dear Students,

The Entrance Test-2 of SFG 2022 Level-2 will be conducted on its scheduled time at 11 AM on 6th March 2022. The students who are going to attempt the 2nd Entrance Test should follow below instructions:

PleaseClick Hereto get updates regarding Timing, centre locations and instructions.


22nd Feb. Update:


Dear Students,


We are writing to inform you that the results of SFG 2022 - Level 2 Entrance Test 1 has been announced and also shared to candidates respective mail id’s.


To see the rank list of Offline candidates, pleaseClick Here.

To see the rank list of Online candidates, pleaseClick Here.


Payment link (First Month) for students selected in SFG (Select Focus Group) - Rs. 1700 + GST (18%) per month:https://go.forumias.com/83


Payment link (First Month) for students selected in RLG (Reserve List Group) - Rs. 2300 + GST (18%) per month:https://go.forumias.com/84


Note: Before proceeding the fee payment for 1st month of SFG please select the mode how you want to continue SFG. It can be either Online or Offline. It will not be changed once you pay your fee by selecting the mode.


The deadline for accepting the fees is 5th March 2022 by 5 PM, after that fees will not be accepted.


For any support, you can email us at helpdesk@forumias.academy




21st Feb. Update:

Dear Students,


2nd Entrance Test of SFG 2022 Level-2 will be conducted on 6th March. 2022 at 11 AM. The registrations for the 2nd Entrance Test are open from 21st Feb. 2022 and lastly you can apply by 4th March 2022, 5 PM, after that registrations will be closed.

Click Hereto register for the 2nd Entrance Examination.

The students who couldn't appear in 1st Entrance Test of 20th Feb. 2022, may appear for the 2nd entrance test of 6th March 2022 by emailing at farej@flaviant.com

Dear Students,  

February is here and we are hardly120 days away from Prelims 2022 schedule for 5thJune 2022. Now is the time to shift focus from Mains Examination completely and ramp up your Prelims Preparation, especially for aspirantsto whomPrelims has proved to be a stumbling block.  

 

With Prelims 2021, the Commission has stood up to its reputation to be dynamic, challenging, and ever-evolving. This year we have seen the continuation of conceptual questions derived from a rich balance of static and current affairs, there has also been a return of pre-2013 format with assertion/reasoning basedquestions, questions on personality, and major sports events etc. 

 

Validating our performance with more than 2000+ selections in 2021 through our SFG Test series, we are hereby announcing SFG LEVEL 2 for the 4th year of one of our most innovative programs for successfully cracking the Prelims Examination. 

 

The Select Focus Group test series has been designed exactly to the demand of the Prelims examination. In Level 2 we will focus on: 

  1. Developing theart of solving prelimsquestionshelping consolidate and revise knowledge base.  
  2. Complete chapter wise coveragefrom recommended and advanced textbooks.  
  3. Focus ondeveloping analytical acumenthrough interlinked and multi - dimensional questions. 
  4. Focussing onpattern and difficultywhich is similar to UPSC prelims paper.  
  5. We will becoveringcomprehensivelyboth static and current affairsportion for Prelims 2022. 
  6. 5 Previous Year Questionswillbe covered in each test, to accustom the students towards the type of questions asked by UPSC. 
  7. We will coveringcomplete CSAT portionover 8 – 10 tests.  



Important Dates and Updates:  

Registration for Entrance Exam Starts: 1stFebruary 2022 | 8 PM. Click here to register  

Registration for Entrance Exam Ends: 18thFebruary 2022 | 5 PM  

Hall Ticket and Exam Instructions: 19thFebruary 2022 | 5 PM 

Entrance Test: 20thFebruary 2022 | 11 AM  

SFG Program Starts:7thMarch 2022 | 7 AM

Updated date of SFG Level-2 commencement: 14th March 2022 | 7 AM

*If you have any clash with any other exam, you will get an opportunity to write the second entrance exam.

*SFG is available in both Online mode and Offline mode at Hyderabad, Patna, and New Delhi.

* ForumIAS CGP 2022 students are mandatorily required to register for the entrance test.




SFG – How it works 

  • Select Focus Group (SFG) is a small group of students who are selected by ForumIAS every year for coaching them to clear the UPSC Prelims Examination.
  • Every single candidate selected and retained consistently in the group with Top ranks has cleared the Prelims examination in the past.  
  • 100 Students will be selected for the Select Focus Group, through the SFG Entrance Test, who will be required to report at 7AM every day 6 days a week to write an hour-long test based on a pre-planned syllabus, followed by a discussion on the same.
  • Candidates who are unable to make it to the SFG, will be maintained in a Reserve List, who can also write the tests. Candidates who couldn’t clear the cutoff and are unable to make it into both SFG and RLG can register for the 2nd Entrance Test. 
  • Tests are conducted daily and results are provided within 8 hours of the test with Name and Rank list for candidates to evaluate their daily performance. On the basis of ranks, about 50% of bottom-performing students from SFG are migrated to the reserve list on a weekly basis, and an equal number of students from reserve list (RLG) are moved into SFG.  
  • The decision of the management in this regard is final and not subject to dispute. Please note that this migration is done not keeping in mind the overall merit list but moving away bottom 50% from SFG and picking up an equal number of people from RLG. 
  • Thus those who may be getting more than RLG students, but are bottom 50 in SFG will be moved to RLG.  
  • Every month, the bottom 20% or so non-performing students are eliminated from the program to maintain the quality of competition.  
  • All candidates writing the CSE 2022 are eligible to apply for the entrance test.  
  • This year we introduce some changes as to how we conduct the SFG exam. Please note that changes that we bring are always in response to the examination pattern, the student feedback, and our own learning with respect to how to best enable a serious candidate to clear the exam.   

    Application Procedure  

    • The program will commence from 7th March 2022, admission to which will be entrance-based. The Entrance Test will be conducted on 20thFebruary 2022 in both online and offline mode. The results of the Entrance Test will be announced by 22ndFebruary 2022.  

    • Admission to the SFG and RLG are based on the rank of the candidate in the merit list of the SFG Entrance Test. Students can apply for the program by registering for the Entrance Test by paying a fee of Rs. 500+ GST. Candidates can register by visitinggo.forumias.com/sgfL2. The candidate must appear for the entrance test on the designated date and time, subsequent to which he/she will be admitted to the Select Group or the Reserve List.   

    • 100 students will be selected for SFG - 50 from online mode and 50 from students who gave the test in offline mode in Delhi and Patnacenter. The remaining students will be selected for RLG. Students can switch from online to the offline mode or vice versa before attempting the first test. The ranklist of online and offline students will be published separately. 

    • The candidate must pay the program fee as per the group he/she is allocated.   

     

    Note:   Admissions to the SFG / RLG Group will only be on the basis of the merit position of the candidate in the entrance test.   

     

    No admission will be granted to the candidate without appearing for the Entrance Test.    


    Click Hereto register for entrance examination.  





















                                          Sakshi2409,Oshoand16 otherslike this
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                                          @Hawk eye Few topics have been clubbed together. Check the last section of the time table.


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                                          Can't access the updated schedule.. can someone post link?
                                          Potterhead Mallu ,
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                                          Muffinsaid

                                          Can't access the updated schedule.. can someone post link?

                                          +1

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                                          can anyone provide me with  updated study plan ,i'm not able to acess it 
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                                          Please start SFG 2 from March 7 itself and not March 14. If you start it from 14th March, the program would end by 18th of May and there would be no time left for practising full length mocks, revise SFG tests or go through 1-2 subjects again and revise current affairs properly. 

                                          It would infact be better if SFG-2 starts from 1st March itself as it would then end by 4th May, leaving us with an entire month for thorough revision and practising full length tests. 

                                          Please consider this. And there is no use of starting the SFG by 14th March and ending it by 11th May itself as it would cramp up the schedule. 
                                          Oasis,Oshoand9 otherslike this
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                                          Please change the schedule and bring back the previous schedule which started from 7th March and ended on 11th May . This one starts from 11th March and ends on 11th May. The schedule of en entire week has been adjusted which would just add syllabus to each day and reduce our efficiency. We would have to breeze though it rather than reading it throughly. 
                                          tuckerbudzyn,Naukar_Shahand2 otherslike this
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                                          Dear Admin, the updated schedule is not accessible...it says ...email xyz@abc.com can't be found in the flaviantnetwork.sharepoint.com directory. In previous schedule...no such issue arised..it was simply accessible without any login. 
                                          13.1k views
                                          Dear Admin, the updated schedule is not accessible...it says ...email xyz@abc.com can't be found in the flaviantnetwork.sharepoint.com directory. In previous schedule...no such issue arised..it was simply accessible without any login. 

                                          +1

                                          @SFGTeam please do the needful

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                                          As per schedule, program ends on 7 may, as test are only 47....last 9 test after that are copy of old schedule (so what was the need to reduce test papers,increase daily syllabus and delay program by a week).
                                          Hawk eye,
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                                          8 tests for polity and 3 tests for environment.....when both sections have on an average equal weightage in exam......
                                          Hawk eye,Preitam
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                                          @Neyawn Sir, i think more or less equal time should be alloted for each section..

                                          Example:

                                          Polity 6 tests

                                          Economy 6 tests

                                          Modern 6 tests

                                          Geography and agriculture 6 tests

                                          Ancient/Medieval/Culture 6 tests

                                          Science and technology 6 tests

                                          Environment 6 tests

                                          Total 42 tests

                                          Csat: 5 to 6 tests

                                          Because giving 2 days to science and 3 days to environment is not feasible as per student point of view.....


                                          I hope you to consider the suggestion if possible.


                                          Thank you

                                          Hawk eye,Batman011
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                                          @Vidushi_Pandey last minute schedule changes are such a thing here :(
                                          Only yesterday I was hoping they stick to the original plan. And here we are. :/

                                          Now, revise your respective schedules, friends. 


                                          TsarBomba,
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                                          An equal number of Tests for all subjects, please! Also would prefer an early start from March 7 instead of 14 Match as need to give time for Full-length tests in the month of May.
                                          Hawk eye,
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                                          Can anyone clarify please how the time table for sfg schedule has been set after 7 May. Is the program ending on 7 or 11th May as they have added the science and agriculture portion after 7 May as well.
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                                          start from 7 march is better option. The new schedule is hasty  and overdone. Please start it from 7 march only like previous schedule.
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                                          @Neyawn please consider starting sfg from any date before 14 March, if not 7. Reshuffling the schedule leaves us with very little last round of revision + cramps up the daily targets

                                          TsarBomba,
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                                          hello all, I am going thorugh the comments. There are so many reasons why we can do it from a certain date. However, the date of 14th March provides existing SFG 1 with the 2 weeks revision before they go for the next round.

                                          Some people have said that there is too much syllabus. I have said this before and I will repeat it now, if you plan to study ONLY when the test / exam is there, then this exam will become very difficult for you. We have 1 month before SFG starts. If I were you, I would start studying Month 2 of SFG 2 and finish off in next 15-20 days so that i do not have undue burden in the last month.

                                          But more than that, if in 8 weeks you cant complete the syllabus, how do you plan to finish it off in 3-4 weeks after the SFG gets over.

                                          Start studying from now on.

                                          Anyone who is thinking they will study daily and write tests and not start things now, they are anyway not going to meet daily targets.

                                          One person somewhere in this thread or last rightly said, that one thing you have to know about prelims is that you have to be studying the basic subjects from much before the exam, and not just 3-4 months before the exam.


                                          I am no knight. Do not call me Sir

                                          DM,Foucault1and17 otherslike this
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                                          @AzadHindFauz  Can you take a look at the plan and give your inputs? 


                                          I am no knight. Do not call me Sir

                                          DM,AzadHindFauz
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                                          Dear Team ForumIAS, 

                                          Firstly, thank you for shifting the start date to 14th March. It has given me the much needed space to cover my backlog (from level 1) and work on my weak areas. Thank you!

                                          Secondly, I like this schedule but, in my humble opinion, would like to recommend a few changes.  

                                          We can reduce the numbers of polity tests to 6 and club 1 test of ancient with 1 test of medieval to make a total of 3 tests for ancient and medieval history together. We could use the spare ones to increase the tests in environment (1-2) and science & technology (1).

                                          Thank you!

                                          Newveen,Preitamand3 otherslike this
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