I don’t think pratiyogta darpan is good for civil services preparation. Except two or three things there is nothing which is useful in this magazine. There is topic on toppers interview which is good but other topics are crap not useful. I personally used it for my preparation but not found useful because of needless information given. that are not useful for exam point of view. I think for current affairs daily newspaper is the best source for any exam that can not be substituted by any crap magazine available in market. Make notes from daily news paper is the best magazine made by you.