How to avoid failure in IAS Prelims 2021 ANI | Updated: Feb 02, 2021 12:49 IST New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI/SRV Media): Sense of urgency and preparation among the IAS aspirants is heating up as the date of UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2021 is coming closer. IAS Prelims 2021 Notification raises the temperature and seriousness among the candidates. Some candidates qualify IAS Prelims in the first attempt, while others repeatedly fail despite spending years in preparation. The most common reason is focusing only on traditional subjects like Polity, Constitution, History etc. Actually, only 25-30 questions in IAS Prelims 2020 were from this section and fact is that candidates spend 80 per cent of their time on these subjects.