Mains 2021 Result declared - In or Out?

root

| 4 year(s) ago

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

[Download] UPSC IAS Mains 2021 GS 1 Question Paper

Download pdf of UPSC IAS Mains 2021 GS 1 Question Paper. it has been conducted in the first session

[Download] UPSC IAS Mains 2021 GS 2 Question Paper

Dear Friends, As you all know that UPSC is conducting the mains 2021 examination. On the 2nd day of this exam, it has conducted GS paper 1 in the first

UPSC IAS Mains 2021 - Essay Question Paper

UPSC IAS Mains 2021 Essay Question Paper in the text format and in the picture given below that.

How was your paper? How did you approach the paper?

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Duryodhan .

commented 3 year(s) ago

zombielandsaid
Duryodhansaid
Agogsaid
@HankShrader 1 lady was vibrantly active on Forum too last year residing in metro,having 4 wheeler ,talking egalitarianism et all stil used ews to get into IFS and then claiming"gaon ki beti"!deja vu of Ilma Afroz mam

Yahi hota h. Jo bhi hulchul movie k paresh rawal k jaise sabse zyada uchalta h ,wahi gadbadi karke baitha hota h .
Samajh nhi aaya

TheFinalStand .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@zombieland well had I known it..i would have been on YouTube instead of forum😂

Forumite .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@TheFinalStand I don't know what works and what doesn't works in Ethics.

However,I have noticed that some people give too much time on case studies. Part 1 is of 130 marks,more than case studies,i dont see how it can be less scoring than case studies.

In a survey on telegram of around 500 people, I saw that on an average people gave just 70-80 mins for 1st part.

Is giving less time on part 1 hurting overall scores?

It may happen that a person who gives equal time to both case studies and part A may get more marks.Quality in any part wont be poor and always average or above average .

I dont have data to answer this

Just a hypothesis

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GOT8 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Forumite got 104 last time … I think u may be right … attempted 1st part more satisfactory as compare to case studies… was 1st mains … and case studies were long .. and gave same time to both

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Forumite .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@GOT8

Very good score

How much time did u devote to Part A?Did u attempt part A 1st?

Forumite .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@GOT8

The questions of ethics are more demanding in terms of understanding the context. Unlike GS1 2 3 where there r many predetermined points to write,one has to generate arguments in ethics based on demand of question.

Adding to that if one gives less than 6 mins,its very difficult to write good answers.

plmokn25688524,GOT8

GOT8 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Forumite Yes… I completed part A first then moved to Case studies… almost same time for both part … felt good after completing part A

Forumite,sjerngal

GOT8 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Forumite yes u r right …

plmokn25688524 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Ethics questions this time were asking 'with illustrations'. that was very tricky to produce hypothetical examples with clock ticking.

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GOT8 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Admgenalanezh yes they were

TheFinalStand .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Forumite agreed..

Forumite,

zombieland .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Admgenalanezhsaid
Ethics questions this time were asking 'with illustrations'. that was very tricky to produce hypothetical examples with clock ticking.

This was good only. Generally toppers say that they gave lots of examples. Many candidates donot giv so much examples.

This year they will be forced to write example in many questions. So it can help in bringing in bridging this difference

Purplesunbird .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Admgenalanezhsaid
Ethics questions this time were asking 'with illustrations'. that was very tricky to produce hypothetical examples with clock ticking.

Are illustrations ≈ examples?

And I thought they were asking me to draw relevant diagrams. Lols :)

krishna96,sjerngal

necromancer .

commented 3 year(s) ago

I thought illustrations meant diagrams so I drew diagrams of the scenarios I could think about like a comic strip

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RaGa .

commented 3 year(s) ago

llustration means suitable example/anecdote bringing out the meaning of the term?

Edit: The definition of an illustration isa picture or a drawing or the act of creating the drawing, or is an example used to explain or prove something. An example of an illustration is a picture accompanying a magazine article.

So technically both are true, but did people draw diagram of some sorts to explain?

plmokn25688524,

Akkku .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@RaGa Haha. It doesn't mean diagrams. GS mai bhi rahta hai yeh keyword. Its just another form of example. But, example may be just giving names, illustration is like explaining it well to prove the points.

RaGa .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Akkku ye to dictionary meaning nikala hai maine Google karke... Maine bhi examples hi likhe hai jitne yaad aye.

Akkku,

GOT8 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Forumite

Example after every dimension/points... same followed in this year mains (image - forum IAS MGP)

can u comment about this?

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Philip_Marlowe .

commented 3 year(s) ago

GOT8said
@Forumite
Example after every dimension/points... same followed in this year mains (image - forum IAS MGP)

can u comment about this?

(Unrelated to the comment) Shouldn't we first state that "bureaucratic attitude, though commonly used in a negative way, need not be contrary to a democratic attitude always" kinda sentence in the beginning? Then illustrating would be better right? I mean, in an exam conducted to find future bureaucrats, isn't that a better way to address the question?