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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How was your paper? How did you approach the paper?
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@Philip_Marlowe this is exactly what i did. i had been doing quizes and monthlies. because of revision i had remembered thiings. never mugged up anything. and after pre, wrote mocks and answers. and in the process my only aim was to fulfilldemand of questions. also read mains 365 the data of which was used in some places in final exam. but other than that the roi was very miniscule. its full of information and questions asked were unrelated
Anybody knows how to check whether someone has got UGC NET or not, other than RTI? Like, are there result PDFs on open domain, year wise? I couldn't find any (Someone I know goes around taking classes for UPSC, saying that he has got UGC NET, and considering my past experience with him, I think it's just bullsh*t).
Yes this happened in almost all the papers last year. In GS3 I left one 15 marker. Another 15 marker only half done. Didn't know what was the GST Compensation issue (I know) so wrote some random bakwas in that too. Didn't know National Clean air program or something like that so I remember leaving that too. In other answers too I wrote below average answers only. I got 92. And Rank 1 got 97. Again if I would have checked my own paper, would not have given that much. Same story in Optional and GS1. GS2 and GS4 were the nail in the coffin though.Is it true that most people score more than their expectations, especially when they're not hopeful of a good score? Because from what I've noticed, despite not having any specific content or essay practice, they were able to score average(around 120s) in essays.
I think only Ethics and Essay paper accurately manifests the feeling after writing the exam in terms of marks scored.
in essay on perception of me is reflection of u,my reaction to you is an awareness of me, wrote one dimension as : pls tell is it right?
the perception of woman as weak gender reflects the patriarchal nature of society and government responses in the form of creating awareness, promoting women empowerment through schemes like stand up india shows the reaction of government against gender inequity and awareness towards the needs of women.
Jesse_pinkman,Singhkritiin essay on perception of me is reflection of u,my reaction to you is an awareness of me, wrote one dimension as : pls tell is it right?the perception of woman as weak gender reflects the patriarchal nature of society and government responses in the form of creating awareness, promoting women empowerment through schemes like stand up india shows the reaction of government against gender inequity and awareness towards the needs of women.
I think it is excellent.
Akkku,Sahilkumar@AureliusM Thats a great score in GS 3 given low scores in 2020 too and that too after leaving 25 marks. May be all other questions were well handled. 👍
@AureliusM 'same story in anthro' means after writing the answers which you expected would be awarded below average ended up good scores finally?
EiChan,@AureliusM 'same story in anthro' means after writing the answers which you expected would be awarded below average ended up good scores finally?
Yes. I left 45 marks worth of questions in both papers combined. And in the remaining questions I usually ran out of content in the middle of the answer to write. So in those scenarios I started connecting what was asked with the current society around us and ended up writing a very GS ish type of answer. I eventually got 251 which was much more than I expected.
@AureliusM in how many questions did u write case studies, contemporary relevance and mention anthropologists in paper 2? this time my paper 2 went GS type. and how marking is done in paper 1 especially physical anthro part?
EiChan,Lol :D
Marking, I am guessing (I don't know how it's actually done), depends upon the difficulty level of the paper and the scaling associated with it to bring parity in marking scheme. Last year Anthro paper was extremely difficult especially Paper 1. Paper 2 also had a couple of bouncers. That's why I think I got more than expected marks. This is all just a conjecture so take all of this with a grain of salt.@AureliusM in how many questions did u write case studies, contemporary relevance and mention anthropologists in paper 2? this time my paper 2 went GS type. and how marking is done in paper 1 especially physical anthro part?
I did use Anthropologist's name in a few places not a lot. Contemporary relevance I remember using more than other elements in my answer writing. Case studies I don't remember how much I wrote. It's all a blur. Writing all of that in such a short time span is liking riding in a train and looking outside. Objects cross your eyes so quickly that everything gets blurred. :D
I don't know. Frankly speaking after looking at my score I started having doubts on the wisdom of what toppers say. I didn't write point wise, relied completely on paragraph format because this is what happens when you don't know how to answer a question accurately. In most of the answers, rather than giving 5-6 points I wrote 2-3 and elaborated upon that to fill space. I didn't underline any keywords in the answer sheet. After walking out it felt like a terrible mess. Still I got 92. This is a mystery that has baffled me for the last 5 months.@AureliusM Thats a great score in GS 3 given low scores in 2020 too and that too after leaving 25 marks. May be all other questions were well handled. 👍
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