Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

Same problem with unacademy. Unqualified people deceiving gullible students.

@K_9I once came across an unacademy video of history optional booklist....the tutor in that video was addressing Upinder Singh(ancient history author) as Sir instead of madam....bas uske baad kbhi un galliyon me nahi gaya mai

@Shubzaccha kiya bhai.. aisi gali jana b mat
Unacademy is crap except mrunal course

@K_9don't know why, but I have this irrational hatred for anything and everything related to unacademy. Right from the educators to their cringy af talk show where toppers are treated like some celebrities.

@John_TitorFor all the great physical comedy prowess of richards and general funniness of Jerry, I personally think essence of Seinfeld is George. He made awkwardness, laziness and insecurity funny again.

I sometimes feel roman saini shouldn't have left ias. There are already so many coaching institutes;his idea of creating some sort of education revolution through unacademy was ill-conceived and something which was not required.
I just pray he gets satisfaction out of it.

@duster2019I think purely commercial aspect of that decision has already made it a worthwhile punt.

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UPSC marking secrets by joint secy

@pysh12950said inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

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UPSC marking secrets by joint secy

Thank you for posting the link
+1 Must watch

@dancingminiondsnt it change every year? max n min marks

@ranyo_asokaZero is not to be awarded unless a candidate has left the question blank. Maximum marks than can be awarded do vary depending on the marking scheme for that year.

@pysh12950He told the dirty secret of examiner factor. So basically luck can play a role.

I have heard interviews of people who spoke to retired UPSC examiners talking about how examiners are in a hurry and donot even read the content...relying only on subheadings and impression of 1st 2-3 answers

@pysh12950now when i see...almost saare papers me starting k questions nahi aate the mjhe..buss likh diya jaise taise

@K_9yes even 0.5/1 can make difference between selection and not in fray

@pysh12950tabhi structuring becomes important along with content in GS

Sometimes after such videos, I end up believing that, top 100 is just a matter of luck...good examiner( as he said some give 140 and some 170 for the same paper)..

@pysh12950
They do not just read subheading but yes they do not read whole paper word by word either rather they scan for key words, and yes impression of 2 or 3 excellent answer effects overall marks. And similarly 1 or 2 wrong answer create a bad impression which also effects overall marking.

@dr-ahmednaaz8567so it settles the debate that writing in short bullet points(than flowing paragraphs)with clear subheadings has more chances of getting rewarded from a non-serious examiner

@dr-ahmednaaz8567an excellent answer for us has a lot of content which may get less reward than a simple plain answers easy and known to the examiner