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Mains 2021 Result declared - In or Out?

So Mains 2021 has begun. Essay Paper is here

1. https://blog.forumias.com/upsc-ias-mains-2021-essay-question-paper/


2. GS Paper 1 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-1-question-paper

3. GS Paper 2 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-2-question-paper 






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root,Neyawnand26 otherslike this
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why is russia not worried about economic sanctions

I assume its Putin's ego now. He thought the entire operation can be done in 2-3 days( ie. replacing the current regime with a pro-Russian Government). He wouldn't have imagined that the entire West would come together so quickly either. However the War has stretched and it doesn't look like ending soon. His reputation has already took a severe hit and he can't turn back now. Besides how much would the sanctions personally impact him? 

Russians would be hit hard obviously. The Central Bank might hold for sometime but the economy will fail without a doubt. The Citizens are protesting but all that may not have any short term impact. 

Western nations shouldn't sanction Russia because this will affect the "Human Rights" of innocent Russian citizens who weren't actually involved. West would be committing great sin if it's sanctions affect day to day lives of russian citizens. And probably Putin understands that.




This is a valid argument. Large anti-war protests r taking place in Russia. Police has cracked down upon those protestors. They r already suffering due to dictatorship of putin. Sanctions will only increase their sufferings. On one hand west is claiming themselves as protector of human rights in Ukraine  On the other hand they r committing human rights violation in russia. 

West world ko dominate krne k liye hi new principles bnata h . Democracy,human rights ,free trade, liberalism etc sab wahi principles h jo west selectively use krta h apni hegemony bnaye rkhne k liye. 

masteroptimist,
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why is russia not worried about economic sanctions

I assume its Putin's ego now. He thought the entire operation can be done in 2-3 days( ie. replacing the current regime with a pro-Russian Government). He wouldn't have imagined that the entire West would come together so quickly either. However the War has stretched and it doesn't look like ending soon. His reputation has already took a severe hit and he can't turn back now. Besides how much would the sanctions personally impact him? 

Russians would be hit hard obviously. The Central Bank might hold for sometime but the economy will fail without a doubt. The Citizens are protesting but all that may not have any short term impact. 

Western nations shouldn't sanction Russia because this will affect the "Human Rights" of innocent Russian citizens who weren't actually involved. West would be committing great sin if it's sanctions affect day to day lives of russian citizens. And probably Putin understands that.




This is a valid argument. Large anti-war protests r taking place in Russia. Police has cracked down upon those protestors. They r already suffering due to dictatorship of putin. Sanctions will only increase their sufferings. On one hand west is claiming themselves as protector of human rights in Ukraine  On the other hand they r committing human rights violation in russia. 

So what should the West do? Kadi ninda?

Obviously kadi ninda  Other option is to sanction russua and destroy lives and human rights of innocent russian citizens while rich and powerful people like Putin aren't one percent affected by them.


Jajantaram Mamantaram
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someone please dm me this telegram group link where all the result talk is going on.
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I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


Are you afraid that your category may affect your marks??



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why is russia not worried about economic sanctions

I assume its Putin's ego now. He thought the entire operation can be done in 2-3 days( ie. replacing the current regime with a pro-Russian Government). He wouldn't have imagined that the entire West would come together so quickly either. However the War has stretched and it doesn't look like ending soon. His reputation has already took a severe hit and he can't turn back now. Besides how much would the sanctions personally impact him? 

Russians would be hit hard obviously. The Central Bank might hold for sometime but the economy will fail without a doubt. The Citizens are protesting but all that may not have any short term impact. 

Western nations shouldn't sanction Russia because this will affect the "Human Rights" of innocent Russian citizens who weren't actually involved. West would be committing great sin if it's sanctions affect day to day lives of russian citizens. And probably Putin understands that.




This is a valid argument. Large anti-war protests r taking place in Russia. Police has cracked down upon those protestors. They r already suffering due to dictatorship of putin. Sanctions will only increase their sufferings. On one hand west is claiming themselves as protector of human rights in Ukraine  On the other hand they r committing human rights violation in russia. 

So what should the West do? Kadi ninda?

Obviously kadi ninda  Other option is to sanction russua and destroy lives and human rights of innocent russian citizens while rich and powerful people like Putin aren't one percent affected by them.

and let Putin continue this madness in Ukraine? Next in line would be Latvia Lithuania etc. Keep on doing kadi ninda? Unfortunately, the only other alternative to economic sanctions is all out war. The Russian people would suffer, but may be then, they will do something to oust this mad man.

Newton981,
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I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


Are you afraid that your category may affect your marks??



I am a general category candidate. I am just curious to know how the process works. I was super confused after looking at youtube mock interviews.

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I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

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If given choice between IAS vs IFS , what will you choose and why 


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RaGasaid

I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

Compeltely wrong analysis. I know some general students whose interview was in the last week. U can message me, I can give their name nd marksheet.

RaGa,
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@zombieland yep. I too know it for sure.
RaGa,
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RaGasaid

I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

Thanks for sharing this. So I did a bit of analysis; went through some of the interview transcripts available on the forum platform and almost always found questions from areas mentioned in the summary sheet only. It might be a coincidence that I only referred to such transcripts but I am safely assuming that summary sheet is all they (board) have. I am rooting my preparation based on this assumption for now.

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I've read somewhere that many reputed tech giants in the West used to do a "faceless" interview, so that all those subconscious biases can be avoided. I also read recently that AI interviews have started too.
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RaGasaid

I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

Compeltely wrong analysis. I know some general students whose interview was in the last week. U can message me, I can give their name nd marksheet.

That is why I wrote "not aware of the process in recent years" 

So if it's not category wise then it must be region wise then. Thanks for correction btw

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why is russia not worried about economic sanctions

I assume its Putin's ego now. He thought the entire operation can be done in 2-3 days( ie. replacing the current regime with a pro-Russian Government). He wouldn't have imagined that the entire West would come together so quickly either. However the War has stretched and it doesn't look like ending soon. His reputation has already took a severe hit and he can't turn back now. Besides how much would the sanctions personally impact him? 

Russians would be hit hard obviously. The Central Bank might hold for sometime but the economy will fail without a doubt. The Citizens are protesting but all that may not have any short term impact. 

Western nations shouldn't sanction Russia because this will affect the "Human Rights" of innocent Russian citizens who weren't actually involved. West would be committing great sin if it's sanctions affect day to day lives of russian citizens. And probably Putin understands that.




This is a valid argument. Large anti-war protests r taking place in Russia. Police has cracked down upon those protestors. They r already suffering due to dictatorship of putin. Sanctions will only increase their sufferings. On one hand west is claiming themselves as protector of human rights in Ukraine  On the other hand they r committing human rights violation in russia. 

So what should the West do? Kadi ninda?

Obviously kadi ninda  Other option is to sanction russua and destroy lives and human rights of innocent russian citizens while rich and powerful people like Putin aren't one percent affected by them.

and let Putin continue this madness in Ukraine? Next in line would be Latvia Lithuania etc. Keep on doing kadi ninda? Unfortunately, the only other alternative to economic sanctions is all out war. The Russian people would suffer, but may be then, they will do something to oust this mad man.

1. reasons for Russia's engagements in Ukraine don't apply to Latvia or Lithuania

2. you may not know it/, be ignorant towards the fact that Latvia Lithuania are nato allies while Ukraine isn't but putin knows that necessary fact very well.

3. west has no locus standi here it's between these two nations. if nato is so holy should've given membership to Ukraine. use UN to criticize though, who's stoppin ya?

4. Russian people don't deserve to suffer for any reason whatsoever. the war began without their consent, they aren't perpetrators. 

THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CITIZENS BELONGING TO NON DEMOCRATIC REGIMES ARE EQUAL ABSOLUTELY TO THOSE BELONGING TO DEMOCRATIC REGIMES AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.


Jajantaram Mamantaram
nerdslayer,
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RaGasaid

I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

Thanks for sharing this. So I did a bit of analysis; went through some of the interview transcripts available on the forum platform and almost always found questions from areas mentioned in the summary sheet only. It might be a coincidence that I only referred to such transcripts but I am safely assuming that summary sheet is all they (board) have. I am rooting my preparation based on this assumption for now.

i had a doubt. i saw in a youtube video of BYJUs that ,in DAF 2 they ask only about current job  and not past job experience (in DAF 1, they asked about past job experience).. so during interview, do they have access to information of only DAF 2 or both DAF1 and DAF 2??

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RaGasaid

I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

Thanks for sharing this. So I did a bit of analysis; went through some of the interview transcripts available on the forum platform and almost always found questions from areas mentioned in the summary sheet only. It might be a coincidence that I only referred to such transcripts but I am safely assuming that summary sheet is all they (board) have. I am rooting my preparation based on this assumption for now.

i had a doubt. i saw in a youtube video of BYJUs that ,in DAF 2 they ask only about current job  and not past job experience (in DAF 1, they asked about past job experience).. so during interview, do they have access to information of only DAF 2 or both DAF1 and DAF 2??

Not sure about their access to DAF 1 or 2 but if they have access to summary sheet then they will have access to past work experience too. The summary sheet has details of both current and past work.

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RaGasaid

RaGasaid

I am new to Forum threads. I have a question regarding personality tests. Are questions asked from entire DAF or only from the summary sheet? I wonder if the entire DAF is visible to the board members at all? The DAF contains information regarding caste and categories and I read somewhere that the board is not aware about the reservation of the candidate. If this is the case, then the board must be having limited access to the DAF.


Someone please shed some light on how the process works. The youtube topper mocks have confused me; there the panel has access to the DAF in its entirety.


There is ambiguity regarding access to DAF, some say they only get to have summary sheet, but it would correct to assume they have access to your entire DAF.

Iam not aware of the process in recent years but I believe candidates were called in such a way that gen cat competed the interview process first and later others, this i had read on quora.

Compeltely wrong analysis. I know some general students whose interview was in the last week. U can message me, I can give their name nd marksheet.

That is why I wrote "not aware of the process in recent years" 

So if it's not category wise then it must be region wise then. Thanks for correction btw

Its random bro. Region wise call was followed few years back but now even this is not followed. Someone has mentioned that those giving interview in language other than eng r called first

brownianMotion,RaGa
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why is russia not worried about economic sanctions

I assume its Putin's ego now. He thought the entire operation can be done in 2-3 days( ie. replacing the current regime with a pro-Russian Government). He wouldn't have imagined that the entire West would come together so quickly either. However the War has stretched and it doesn't look like ending soon. His reputation has already took a severe hit and he can't turn back now. Besides how much would the sanctions personally impact him? 

Russians would be hit hard obviously. The Central Bank might hold for sometime but the economy will fail without a doubt. The Citizens are protesting but all that may not have any short term impact. 

Western nations shouldn't sanction Russia because this will affect the "Human Rights" of innocent Russian citizens who weren't actually involved. West would be committing great sin if it's sanctions affect day to day lives of russian citizens. And probably Putin understands that.




This is a valid argument. Large anti-war protests r taking place in Russia. Police has cracked down upon those protestors. They r already suffering due to dictatorship of putin. Sanctions will only increase their sufferings. On one hand west is claiming themselves as protector of human rights in Ukraine  On the other hand they r committing human rights violation in russia. 

So what should the West do? Kadi ninda?

Obviously kadi ninda  Other option is to sanction russua and destroy lives and human rights of innocent russian citizens while rich and powerful people like Putin aren't one percent affected by them.

and let Putin continue this madness in Ukraine? Next in line would be Latvia Lithuania etc. Keep on doing kadi ninda? Unfortunately, the only other alternative to economic sanctions is all out war. The Russian people would suffer, but may be then, they will do something to oust this mad man.

1. reasons for Russia's engagements in Ukraine don't apply to Latvia or Lithuania

2. you may not know it/, be ignorant towards the fact that Latvia Lithuania are nato allies while Ukraine isn't but putin knows that necessary fact very well.

3. west has no locus standi here it's between these two nations. if nato is so holy should've given membership to Ukraine. use UN to criticize though, who's stoppin ya?

4. Russian people don't deserve to suffer for any reason whatsoever. the war began without their consent, they aren't perpetrators. 

THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CITIZENS BELONGING TO NON DEMOCRATIC REGIMES ARE EQUAL ABSOLUTELY TO THOSE BELONGING TO DEMOCRATIC REGIMES AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe. If Putin is not stopped there, he will go further,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis warned last week in a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Looks like Lithuania doesn't think that way. In world history, AJP Taylor has assessed the actions of Hitler as a gamble. He states that more the West (mainly France and UK) tried to avoid confronting him, the more encouraged he became, and started his next invasion. The appeasement policy was one of the main reasons for World war 2. When another mad man, who even threatens nuclear annihilation, invades a democratic country, "we should not do anything but only condemn his actions"  doesn't appear a wise thing to me.

"west has no locus standi here it's between these two nations": yeah, so let them fight it out right? Wow! Didn't know there are still supporters for the law of the jungle. 

"Russian people don't deserve to suffer for any reason whatsoever": agreed, so do Ukrainians. Russian soldiers shouldn't die too. They're simply following orders and may even be brain washed to believe this mad man. The only solution is to stop war. If you've a solution other than kadi ninda (seriously? 🙏🏽), say it. 

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