@LetsGetThisBread My friend advice me this time ki bhai PG kr lete hai apne apne optional se ya kisi bhi subject me bus PG honi jarui hai.. So i said OK..To be specific CUET PG ME kuch programme bhare hai.. Admission ke liye.
Bhai yahi par mai ek unsolicited advice dena chahunga jo mujhe bhi mili thi but maine maani nahi and abb mai heavily regret kar raha hu. Marzi ho toh consider karna ya fir you can chuck it off altogether.
If you are considering doing masters, I would suggest ki open se karo rather than kisi regular college/university se. Because regular course ke khoob chochle hote hai for eg, attendance, internals, assignments and what not. Inn sab mei kaafi time chala jaata hai and CSE ki tyaari ka satyanaash ho jaata hai. Also, naye naye log bhi contact mei aate hai toh usse bhi kahi na kahi asar padta hai.
Mai bhi 2020 mei join kara tha kisi ek central university ka regular masters course and meri tyaari has gone for a toss tbh. Prior to 2020, meri preparation rock solid chal rahi thi but masters ki vajah se sab gadbad hogaya.
Ek example deta hu apne case ka. Mere course ka last sem ka exam iss saal ke mid May se leke first week of June tak thay and side by side June 5 ka prelims bhi tha. I was planning to skip this year’s attempt but mujh par pressure bana ki iss saal ka attempt dena hai kisi bhi haal mei, so I decided ki college ka last sem drop karunga. Abb yeh realisation aayi drop karne ki, prelims se 30 dinn pehle, so mere paas Pre ki tyaari karne ka limited time tha. Iss limited time mei mai GS paper 1 ka max tyaari kar paaya but csat ko dhyaan nahi de paaya, and vohi hua jiska darr lag raha tha, 5 June ko GS1 ka sahi gaya but csat mei tabiyat vala fuck-up ho gaya. Abb na hee mains likh paa raha and naa hee degree hath mei aa rahi iss saal. :/
So inn baato ko consider karna decision lete huye. I’m saying this because I’m assuming you are trying to take admission in some regular course as you mentioned CUET.
Agar CSE ki tyaari aur regular course ke chochle ek sath manage kar paao toh boht hee Badia but aisa rarely hota hai. Mera course kuch aisa hai ki meri class ke 50 baccho mei se 45 bacche consider/want to give CSE but course hee itna hectic hogaya ki unn 45 mei se mujhe mila ke 1-2 aur hee hai jo college mei hone ke sath sath attempt bhi diye hai CSE ka, baaki 42-43 logo ne seedha kaha ki course complete hone ke baad hee attempt dengay kyuki time hee nahi milta tyaari karne ka sahi se, so I hope issey tum ek effective decision le paao. :)
Did not pass state psc :(
Guys please suggest any funny /comedy anime /series/movies/youtube channels. Searching for something new to watch.
Just because the word “anime” is mentioned, I’m wanting to share what YT recommended me this morning and it is freakin’ awesome. Hoping you are aware of the DBZ universe. Enjoy!
Couldn't even clear CAPF!
Never wanted the job though, but wanted to face UPSC interview before actual interview. Thik h, am meant for greater things I believe.
Ho jayega yaar. This reminds me of the story of the rabbit and the elephant. Rabbit and the elephant were expecting babies around the same time. Rabbit had many babies and made fun of the elephant which has a really long gestational period. But when the elephant baby was born and it grew up all the other animals looked at it in awe. Hum bhi haathi ka baccha paal rhe h, khargosh toh bohot milenge.
Aisa haathi ka baccha jo na chana khaata, na gudd(jaggery) khaata.
Yeh khaata toh ek niwaleh mei poora ka poora saal khaata! 😂😂
Memories :’D
Spotted this beast in front of Vajiram today.
Kaun se institute ki kaun si faculty isme padhaane ORN aa rahi bhyi…. 😆😁
Yahi sab dekh k one 28 years old coaching going kid says ki khOjha Sir Bihar k CM ban jayenge(with all seriousness& innocence). Because He has huge fan following!
Kya hoga is desh ka😭
khOjha sir ko agar ticket milta hai election ladne ka, toh unko rally isi mei nikaalni chahiye 😆
Spotted this beast in front of Vajiram today.
Kaun se institute ki kaun si faculty isme padhaane ORN aa rahi bhyi…. 😆😁
Damn ! How do I apply for this job. Paovajiram here I come...
Bhai agar naukari lag jaaye toh iski jagah ek McLaren 720S nikalwa lena 😆
Nikaal to abhi lu but meri gali me auntiyo ne itne speed bumper lagaye hue hai is gaadi ko dhua dhua kar denge 😆
Auntiyo ko bolo ki Sunday ride par chalna hai sath toh gali ke speed bumpers tudwane padengay! 💀
Hi! Just wanted to share something. After failing 3 prelims including 2022 one, I decided to give my preparation a break and started looking for a job. I'm 27 and was devastated this time cz after doing everything in my capacity, I didn't clear this exam. I left ORN, came back and in mid-august gave an interview for researcher post in a zoo, got selected. Now after 2-3months, I'm finding it difficult to focus on my studies along with a job. The workload is not much, but the journey takes about 3hrs in total. How do I keep myself motivated and consistent now? Will posting my targets here help?
Man; how can certain things be so similar in nature!
Even I am 27 y/o. Even I am 3 attempts down and haven’t cleared the prelims yet. Even I joined a job a month back. Even my preparation is not going as it should be but somehow I’m trying to manage it jaise taise.
The only difference is that you left ORN but I, on the other hand, am visiting this place on a daily basis as my office is at ORN only haha!
Now coming to the “How do I keep myself motivated and consistent now?” part, what I try to do is that I make sure that I am not putting a complete full stop to my habit of reading and studying for this exam. As my working days are 5 days a week, I make sure that I am giving at least 3-4 hours during my shift days, reading things related to the exam. I commute by metro and it takes an hour to reach one side, i utilise the travelling hours by reading newspaper and current affairs, so you can do the same, as suggested by Joey as well. For the weekends/ offs, I have planned to try to pull the maximum I can ie around 9-10 hours but abhi ke liye yeh ho nahi paa raha lol.
Also, I am of the view that as you have put in quite a few years into the preparation, so you must be having notes prepared along with you for most of the syllabus. And hence I would suggest to scan these notes and make pdfs and store it in your primary device which you use. You can read and revise your own scanned notes whenever you are free at your workplace, maybe during break hours, or whenever it is possible, as you mentioned there isn’t much workload wrt your job profile. I do the same, i use a tablet as my primary device. I am doing GS4 right now so I have my notes scanned in pdf format, jab bhi I get time, I revise those notes.
Motivation is something jo khud andar se aati hai. So I would request you ki ekdum band na kar dena tayaaari karna, kam padhna but padhna zaroor, aise hee motivation ka momentum bana rahega and with time, consistency bhi ayegi.
About the “daily target posting part” ; I can’t help much as yeh mere sarr ke upar se jaata hai.
Wishing you the best of luck dost. :)
hello friends!anyone who has passed class10th Icse board before 2014, unique IDs were not provided that time and index no was supposed to be our roll number, but upsc OTR isn’t accepting that.if anyone can help me with it, please
Our index number is our roll number only I guess(for those who did their Xth pre-2014). I read it on Quora too.
I also tried registering, just after reading your post. I tried entering the roll number with the two forward slashes in between; it wasn’t accepting. Then I entered the index number sans the forward slashes, it is accepting it now. So try doing this.
Life update for all those kind souls who care about me : Not giving the exam this year. I am focusing on completing my LLB. Telling this because while we are in this preparation, it is so damn easy to forget that there exists a huge & beautiful world away from the civil services examination
Today, I am here as I thought of sharing some of my learnings as a lot of my friends have started shifting gears towards prelims prep. I felt a I should share my learnings with you all For that I need to give you all a background as well. Here we go :
I am someone who has failed prelims twice & also managed to clear prelims twice
2019 :I couldn't Crack it mainly due tolack of revision(didn't have short notes + obviously first attempt naiveness), blunders in Economics (Static part) & lack of what I call thestillness of mind. I attempted around 78 Questions & fell short by 4 marks
2020 :Attempted Vision tests + Revised throughly + Kept still during exam + Made short notes. I attempted 87 questions & cleared by a narrow margin of 2 marks
2021 :This was the attempt that pained me the most. This is where I was most prepared but still I choked. I was so shocked to see sports questions & I couldn't digest that questions were still so difficult for me despite putting in so much efforts. None of my friends & even I till this date cannot believe that I attempted only 68 questions. I fell short by 4 marks again. This is the attempt that made me realise about the need for a strong mental state and how "Losing your mind in the face of a crisis(here - shocking prelims paper) is a good way to become crisis itself"
Then began the roughest & the toughest phase of my life from Nov 2021 to June 2022. This year I decided to Join FORUM IAS test series & thoroughly analysed the PYQ. I realised medieval history including name of kings is bound to increase given the trend from 2020. Thus, I made short notes from Satish Chandra as well. This time, I didn't want to leave any stone unturned.
I focussed more on understanding & inquisitively thinking about things that appear. I used YouTube, watched a lot of documentaries to FEEL things. This time I also decided to completely ditch Vision (despite massive FOMO) . I just couldn't stand the dry language. Instead I relied more on PMF IAS Current affairs notes & Only IAS Videos. Another thing I focussed was on being anti fragile (concept by Naseem Taleb) & develop nerves of still. I gave all Forum tests at center & attempted Abhyas. While Vision did simulate UPSC in terms of toughness , I still found Forum SFG & Test series question, the most relevant. Vision's questions irritated me a lot. I still don't know why 😒
Again in this attempt, I could only attempt 81 questions. I had only one principle : I will not make any random Tukkas (But do know that in my humble opinion - Prelims cannot be cleared without taking risks & making intelligent guesses. Hence I was satisfied with even 81 questions. As per keys, I was scoring around 102-106 and cleared the cutoff
While this was my journey, following are my learnings
1.Short notes + Revision: For me, it was impossible to revise anything without short notes.So if you believe you have time, please do invest on making smart & short notes2.Practice for Randomness. After the COVID shock, countries are moving towards developing resilient economies. UPSC aspirants too need to develop anti fragility & resilience. This can only come by facing shocking papers. Then come back & analyse how you could've fared better. List those things down & try again
3.You MUST know what NOT to study. Prelims test series provide a lot of random stuff. You must learn to separate the chaff from the grain. I don't know how a new aspirant can develop this skill. But I believe this is a very very important skill and Seniors are able to do this very easily. They are able to eliminate the FOMO & still carry massive confidence
Also, I never studied any frog species that was discovered or random facts. I knew I won't be able to remember them. Hence eliminated them completely. I never focussed on Polity current affairs as UPSC has stuck largely to the static part only. For rest, I believed that TS would make for it .4. Method in madness :Develop a method & STICK TO IT TILL the end. Which test series you'll practice, how you'll Revise & how you'll analyse. Understand WHY are you practising or WHY you are reading a certain book/chapter. Once the objective is clear, your efficiency would increase a lot. For eg- I never focussed on making notes out of Vision Abhyas as I felt my only aim was to simulate & not develop content out of it especially it is held in April end & May. But with Forum & SFG (Till April), I did make notes
5.Do what works for you: Vision current never worked for me. I found it very very dry. Even for Mains, I couldn't stand the document (Still don't know why)
6. Study everything (especially biotechnology) withinquisitiveness & interest- In all my 4 attempts, this has always helped me solve some questions easily. Watch youtube videos to understand concepts (Discussed above too)
7.The last learning (for life & not prelims) that is very close to my heart is I began to appreciate ALL those around me who were putting their heart and soul in to the preparation . It didn't matter what score or what result they got or whether they would make it or not. I began to respect them solely for the efforts that they were putting in. I don't know how relevant this is for the exam. But whenever, I went to write Prelims test, I felt very very proud of all my peers who sat along with me, each going through their own struggles, and coming back test after test. Maybe some of us were not moving in the right direction but all of us fought like fierce warriors and that's what mattered !
At the end I would say : Feel free to ignore anything that you're not able to connect with. I am just posting this because a lot of peers messaged me that they had benefitted in some ways from some of my posts. Hence even if one of you benefits from this, I would be content. All the best to ALL OF YOU. Go get it this year ! 😁
P. S : Putting it here as I couldn't find the relevant Prelims thread. If there is separate thread, do let me know please.
This is good stuff. The first two lines of the 3rd pointer wrt “You must know what not to study” are so relatable ngl. Even I struggle to separate the chaff from the grain, when it comes to analysing test paper solutions. FOMO ke chakkar mei I end up spending double the amount of time I decided initially to spend upon, by reading everything, thinking padh hee leta hu kahi isse in future koi question na bann jaaye!
P.S AzadHindFauz bhai tried reviving the Prelims 2020 thread. Udhar copy-paste maar doe if possible.
Here is the link: https://forumias.com/post/detail/Prelims-2020-Preparing-Repeatedly-Asked-Questions-1599284307?page=20
Please help me with this question. Shouldn't statement 1 be wrong since the requirement of being a voter in parliamentary constituency regarding Rajya Sabha was dispensed with in 2003. So this statement should be true only for Lok Sabha, not for Parliament.
Source: https://rajyasabha.nic.in/FAQ
P.S. Statement 1 is a general statement. In order to contest elections, be it of LS or RS, one needs to be registered as a voter, then only can s/he contest such elections.
