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[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021

Was away from Forum for the last few days but glad to see so many people using Anki and other spaced repetition softwares. Being a lazy person who has always had problems with revisions, I have been trying to get into using Anki for a pretty long time. But the inertia of making all the questions and being consistent has always pulled me down. I am very grateful that others have shared their decks.

Post prelims, I would request those who have been successfully using it to further explain their experiences in detail and maybe we can collaborate and come up with a good set of decks for the far too factual stuff in the preparation. Having pre-made decks and even pre-made active recall type questions can be helpful for beginners. I also realize that since most of the people have a different study style, decks made by different people would be different but still having a good repository will be helpful.

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@Esha2020 Evernote and OneNote are both equally popular. It is just a matter of which one you feel more comfortable with. Evernote's snipping tool is probably better in my opinion, those who are good with tags like it better. One Note provides more functionality while being free (upto 5GB is free afaik), pages system is probably better to navigate, typing from anywhere etc. So no point really comparing them and better to stick with what you are already using.


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@Kasturi22 Yes, Anki picked up among doctors mostly because of the pre-made decks they have. UPSC's factual data repertoire is somewhat similar but I strongly feel that most don't start simply because making the cards take a lot of time. So subjects like History with its chronology, Spectrum's appendix, Environment, Geography etc all can be converted into decks. People have already shared and while I have not gone through them as of now, a collaborative effort in this and even the active recall questions would definitely come handy. So let's see what others feel about this post-prelims.


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