Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

@Dijkstrai dont have any insider info, but mujhe lagta hai 12 se 15 december ke bich result aa sakta hai

@bevancom

Lo bro dileri

g.s-1 100
G.s-2 90
G.s-3 90
G.s-4 90
Essay 130
Optional 270

@TeddyWestsidewch optional

@TeddyWestside
Congrats

@dr-ahmednaaz8567haha
Fail hone ki badhai

@sat_009इतिहास

@TeddyWestside
Are nahi bhai badhai 4 interview call.

Anybody with some suggestions on books. Non fiction preferably. Read Why Nations Fail, it's good.

@dr-ahmednaaz8567are nahi yr; cutoff 770-80 ke beech honi hai ye to pakka hai

@TeddyWestside
To 770 ban to raha hai aapka.

@dr-ahmednaaz8567are cutoff pe aake faayda bhi kya aur expected se 15-20 kam hi aate hain

@TeddyWestsidecoaching ke model answrs se kitna percent match kar raha aapka answers, mera vary kar raha from 40 to 50 percent in some questions to 80 to 90 percent in some questios (i read gs score, lukmann model answers plus approach of vision ias )

@dr-ahmednaaz8567aap ka exit poll kya kahta hai dr sahab

@sat_009didn see any coaching ke answer bhai; ab aur attempts dene bhi nh hain to chill hai

@sat_009Bhai what were ur mrks in vision abhyas?just to have a frame of reference cuz maine bhi attempt kiya tha

@sat_009just my hunch, for general category cutoff will be in 750-760 range

@sat_009
Gs1, optional paper 1, and essay will increase cut off. gs2, gs3 and optional paper 2 will decrease cut off. Easy section A in ethics will be balanced by difficult case studies. So IMO cut off would dip by very less margin if at all. 770 is by bet as per 2018 evaluation.

@sat_009coaching ke model answer mat dekho.upsc ko something different chahiye hotahai.In2017 I attempted on average 15 questions in each paper,saw coaching model answers and my answers were'nt even 10%of coaching answers.I expected 40s in each paper but to my surprise got more than 90 in each.
From this experience I realized not to believe in coaching model answers.if answers r original,things r different from others person is rewarded even if answers r average

@BrickThe argumentative Indian by Samartha Sen

@vvvikas0078212Amartya