@Archand I think last one was more like exception. More number of questions from polity section and the questions was on easier side and questions from S&T was bit difficult to handle (atleast for me). That wasn't very balanced paper but this one is indeed on the line of UPSC where you are forced to think before choosing options, as options were very close.
I couldn't do well in the last mock, so if the last one wasn't UPSC like I'm glad :P
The good thing about both the tests have been that you get rewarded for your efforts in static portions. That is similar to how UPSC makes its paper as well.
This paper was rather closer to what we can expect from UPSC in the actual exam. Fairly well-framed questions and decent difficulty level as well.I agree. Had a higher complexity than the previous test which can perhaps help us attune ourselves to the unpredictability of the real exam.
I think right now the practice of leaving questions and elimination is most important because eventually, we will have to face it in exam no matter how much we mug up facts.
I agree. We don't find enough good mocks so I'm happy that we had one such mock. Do let me know in case you find other good quality mocks :)
@Archand shankar ias mock test 1 was good. it was conducted on 19th sep and 2nd one is today..you can check that in download section of shankar portal. i found paper well crafted and elimination technique could be used well in that.https://www.iasparliament.com/downloads
Thanks a lot!
Will check both Shankar and OpenIAS.
Also,@Voyager will highly recommend not to attempt any Insights test. Questions will be binary and arbitrary. Tests like Insights this close to the exam can unnecessarily demoralise us.
This paper was rather closer to what we can expect from UPSC in the actual exam. Fairly well-framed questions and decent difficulty level as well.I agree. Had a higher complexity than the previous test which can perhaps help us attune ourselves to the unpredictability of the real exam.
I think right now the practice of leaving questions and elimination is most important because eventually, we will have to face it in exam no matter how much we mug up facts.
I agree. We don't find enough good mocks so I'm happy that we had one such mock. Do let me know in case you find other good quality mocks :)
the 4 simulators of batch 2 were also good in my opinion, but slightly on the difficult side. However, one can practice elimination and leaving in such papers.
Oh yes. I have given two of them, really good questions. Saving the other two for the next week!
I wonder what has happened to insights and vision. They seem to have completely lost track of the pattern. They are fixating on the 12 random questions that upsc asks out of a 100 and replicating them to a level of 60/100.@Archand shankar ias mock test 1 was good. it was conducted on 19th sep and 2nd one is today..you can check that in download section of shankar portal. i found paper well crafted and elimination technique could be used well in that.https://www.iasparliament.com/downloads
Thanks a lot!
Will check both Shankar and OpenIAS.
Also,@Voyager will highly recommend not to attempt any Insights test. Questions will be binary and arbitrary. Tests like Insights this close to the exam can unnecessarily demoralise us.Back when I started preparing they used to be the benchmark indicator of preparation. But now they should be the last ones anyone should be attempting especially this near to the exam.
Precisely. Last year I would get really affected because of the scores in Insights, Vision. This time, I just gave a couple of mocks to see if they have improved and then shifted to better tests.
Will take a couple of years for the trend to change.
» show previous quotes» show previous quotes😆😆 And I was thinking I have got good score this time since everyone was praising the qsn paper in the morning for being upsc like
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