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

root,Neyawnand26 otherslike this
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@Capedcrusader1 will cutoff go down or up ~
I think it will go up 5 to 7 marks. 


Marking pattern last year jaisa rha toh cut off kum hi hoga

Bubba_gump,
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@zombieland imho this time exam was slightly easier than last time. Wht do u think .


MRITUNJAYA,
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pt 365kab ayegi
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@zombieland imho this time exam was slightly easier than last time. Wht do u think .


No, i dont think paper was easier than last year. Essay was much tougher. GS1 + GS3 similar to 2020. GS4 lengthier than last year.

Difficulty level of optional may vary. For anthro optional,  paper was easier but last year marking pattern was liberal. So it cannot be said that since paper was easy then people will get higher marks compared to 2020.

plmokn25688524,
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@zombieland anthro was not easier than last year. i have given my analysis some pages back on this.


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@Capedcrusader1 from March last week 


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@Capedcrusader1 not sure but it will be between March 14-18 


plmokn25688524,
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@zombieland imho this time exam was slightly easier than last time. Wht do u think .


No, i dont think paper was easier than last year. Essay was much tougher. GS1 + GS3 similar to 2020. GS4 lengthier than last year.

Difficulty level of optional may vary. For anthro optional,  paper was easier but last year marking pattern was liberal. So it cannot be said that since paper was easy then people will get higher marks compared to 2020.

Essay was indeed difficult..


I found GS 1 also a bit difficult..

Optional was almost same as last year...


plmokn25688524,
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gs 2 me ye toh halat h ki points hi nai mil rahe the.

if they give marks for only relevant points then im gone case.

because i was scrambling for points in many qs

plmokn25688524,Bubba_gump
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@Capedcrusader1 sahi baat h. Specially in 15 markers .


plmokn25688524,
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Did anyone clear the SEBI phase 1 result today? Please ping, we can prepare a strategy for the mains as it's due in 20 days only. 
plmokn25688524,
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gs 2 me ye toh halat h ki points hi nai mil rahe the.

if they give marks for only relevant points then im gone case.

because i was scrambling for points in many qs

I struggled in all papers.. I think my preparation was not as good as it is needed to make it to the list


Akkku,Anduin
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By the way..

Taliban and ISIS have called for peace between Russia and Ukraine

chamomile,plmokn25688524
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@Declared_Dead i dont know about this mystery called preperation in this exam. preparation kabhi puri nahin hoti. hamein lagta hum next attempt me tod denge. lekin is baar ki prep ko underestimate karte hain. next attempt me bhi apni alag unpredictability rahegi. sare papers alag ayenge
toppers rank laane ke baad kuch bhi bhaasan dete rahe selection ke pehle sirf list me aane ki ummeed rakhte hain
mental state sabka more or less same hi rehta hai


Dionysus,chamomileand1 otherslike this
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@Declared_Dead ISIS ab kahan hai. now they are not taliban terrorists, now they are taliban fighters. perception management. something russia does in a expert manner. read todays IE on this. couldnt understand everything on hybrid warfare


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First mains ,gave just iasbaba free mock a week before mains and few pyq on my own

In the few mocks I wrote ,I was struggling to complete 17 questions (marks were around 80) due to time constraints

But on the day of exam, I started attempting from 15 m and then 10m in GS ,in essay I just alloted 5 min for structure formation

Surprisingly I completed all questions on time and had 9-10 minutes remaining during which I added any missing terms ,underlining double underlining heading and terms like it's done in school 

I'm sure that neither quality of answers nor handwriting did not go too bad,it was mostly relevant points and legible enough

The person sitting next to me gave a weird look like how the heck  you got time to underline stuff even in Ethics😬

I know the marks cannot be predicted but I'm really afraid on finishing fast my papers although the average content and legible handwriting was there ,did anyone else experience similar surprising powers in exam hall ?
captainhaddock,
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First mains ,gave just iasbaba free mock a week before mains and few pyq on my own

In the few mocks I wrote ,I was struggling to complete 17 questions (marks were around 80) due to time constraints

But on the day of exam, I started attempting from 15 m and then 10m in GS ,in essay I just alloted 5 min for structure formation

Surprisingly I completed all questions on time and had 9-10 minutes remaining during which I added any missing terms ,underlining double underlining heading and terms like it's done in school 

I'm sure that neither quality of answers nor handwriting was relevant and legible enough

The person sitting next to me gave a weird look like how the heck  you got time to underline stuff even in Ethics😬

I know the marks cannot be predicted but I'm really afraid on finishing fast my papers although the average content and legible handwriting was there ,did anyone else experience similar surprising powers in exam hall ?

This is great..


You are the first candidate I m coming across who claimed to have completed the papers 10 minutes before the scheduled time..


You can teach us on time management..


plmokn25688524,Bubba_gumpand2 otherslike this
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First mains ,gave just iasbaba free mock a week before mains and few pyq on my own

In the few mocks I wrote ,I was struggling to complete 17 questions (marks were around 80) due to time constraints

But on the day of exam, I started attempting from 15 m and then 10m in GS ,in essay I just alloted 5 min for structure formation

Surprisingly I completed all questions on time and had 9-10 minutes remaining during which I added any missing terms ,underlining double underlining heading and terms like it's done in school 

I'm sure that neither quality of answers nor handwriting was relevant and legible enough

The person sitting next to me gave a weird look like how the heck  you got time to underline stuff even in Ethics😬

I know the marks cannot be predicted but I'm really afraid on finishing fast my papers although the average content and legible handwriting was there ,did anyone else experience similar surprising powers in exam hall ?

We generally perform better in terms of completion in real exam as compared to mocks. But just 5 minutes for brainstorming in essay this year is nothing but khatron ke khiladi. People would have not even choosen the essay topic in 5 minutes.

But a caution. Just check if you hv not committed mistake of writing on mango when the question was to write on alfonso mango.

Dionysus,Newton981and5 otherslike this
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