Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

my bad eye is twitching last time it was twitching too

@Kira0705Omen??

@Kira0705stress + anxiety

@Caesarany specific episode?

@Behemothyea man i know its totally random and unrelated and unscientific but this is what upsc results ka darr does

@Rand_Al_Thor
Vaise toh I took your reply as a compliment but just for clarification I want to ask you that were you praising me in actual or being sarcastic by portraying the irony that how a person having a drug as its username is talking sensibly?(keeping in mind that most drug users are insane)

Just questioning for a correct interpretation.

@Behemothin 2017 i got 267 in socio...paper 1 - 147 (i have answered some questions very well...rest average...but there is one thing in almost all the questions content is there but structure was not upto the mark and according to my analysis giving dimensions is more important in sociology to fetch better marks...baaki iss baar paper 1 mein 180 marks ka badiya hua hai but rest mein bhagna pda due to paucity of time...paper 2 to har saal hi ajeeb lagta hai mujhe...iss baar thoda examples diye hai...baaki dekho kya hota hai..jai bajrang bali

@TETRACYCLINEkis basis pe marks diye bro? I mean good answer ka kitna ? Just attempted ka kitna ? And how did u know ki it was good or average?

@IthriveoncocaineIts both. I was saying that you made sense but yet pointing out the irony of the username. Basically just trying to be funny. And now since I had to explain this... well then it was not funny enough.
No offense man. But drug users cant be considered to be insane I think. Apparently many thinkers were drunkards or users.‍️

@Katsumotosocio me kitna marks expect kar sakta hu for good abg below abg attempts

@bevancomIt is simply because the area of study differs. JNU , JAMIA , DU , BHU etc are famous universities for study in social sciences , which helps these students gain better insights in govt's policies and programmes and they do not just limit their study to classrooms rather help common man fight for his just share.

On the other hand , IITs & IIMs have a very different orientation towards education like cultivating corporate utility and even area of study does not demand as such to embark so intricately on those issues.

@Akkku
The Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method (DLS) ....of Cricket ...kisi ko samajh aata hai

In UPSC too DLS method is used.

Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal
aggregate marks in CSE Exam, 2018, the tie(s) have been
resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the
Commission, viz.
(i) Candidate securing more marks in the Compulsory
Papers and the Personality Test put together is to be
ranked higher;
(ii) In case where the marks mentioned at (i) above are
equal, the candidate senior in age is to be ranked
higher; and
(iii) In case where the (i) and (ii) above are same, then the
candidate getting more marks in the compulsory papers
is to be ranked higher.

@DKTDLS tie vala method nhi h. It is used for target projection after overs are reduced.

@Rand_Al_Thor
Got it!
I wasn’t offenderd at any point. I was just seeking for a clarification.
And people with stable state of mind never opt for drug use(I mean abuse over here) and they all are well renound thinkers only because they were insane(crazy) in the sense that they thought of something out of the box and not what was common. And May be drugs helped them do so.
For example, many popular western artists who lost their lives due to overuse of drugs for example Heath Ledger, Chester Bennington and JuiceWRLD (all creative people).

@Lazydreamerkuch kahe nahi sakte...

@Katsumoto
2017 marking was more liberal i guess, paper was also more on the easier side but this time both papers where more on difficult side i feel so hopefuly thoda liberal hoga marking

@atulji
based on my experience on previous performance in mains 2017
i have included all factors like completion of paper quality of answers
mostly its based on my previous mains experience

@Ithriveoncocaineit's a lecture series, 10-12 lectures, start with the first, watch till u like(i was done in the 3rd or 4th only)

@Behemothsaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

Silence is so freaking loud.

So true! Applying Silence principle to relationships and storm unleashes both at emotional and psychological level.

This was my second attempt and first mains!
I honestly believe I have done well but still apprehensive about results!
My question is for all those who have written mains before and have written again this time around!
Specifically w.r.t mains what went wrong with your failed attempts and if you believe you have done well this time what have you changed approach wise!
TIA