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2021 Prelims Official Answer Key released!

Some doubtful questions are as follows:

Official answer key:

1. Casual worker-B

2. Copper Smelting-B

3. Magnetite Particles-B

4. Symbiotic relationship-D

5. Arcot, Mysore, Rohilkhand-B

6. Chenab/Sutlej-D (It is Sutlej)

7. Pressure Cooker-C

8. N. Gopalaswamy-B

9. Shri Devi Lal question DROPPED

10. Right to City-D

11. Definition of "State"-A

12. High Court review judgement-A


My questions:

1. Why did they drop Devi lal question?

2. Also, apparently Magnetite isn't in all options, even if we have source of it on internet.

3. High Court cannot review judgement like SC. What's the word play here? 

4. Right to City bamboozled.

BattingBaba,Krrish
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Tatasaid

@Neyawn any last days tips? Sab dhundla dhundla lag raha hai…….

Yes.


For starters, get a microfiber cloth and clean your glasses. Things will look brighter, trust me.

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ZakirAnthony,dalphaand15 otherslike this
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@Mandalorian30 Ummm I don't think so. What has definitely changed is the depth of questions. Anyone with high-attempt and avg-accuracy strategy can still achieve good score provided your static/concepts are top-knotch, and the "out-of-the-blue" questions don't rattle you in the paper. In my experience, what has changed is the mindset in the paper. It has become 50% mindgame, 50% knowledge compared to earlier years of 80% knowledge (more or less). I think UPSC has done this because today there is no dearth of information/knowledge due to internet. Every serious aspirant will know a simple fact (mostly). To separate the wheat from the chaff UPSC now goes 2-3 steps ahead and asks the "application" of that fact. Right or wrong I am no one to comment. But you should be confident in your strategy, don't try to copy someone blindly who says "maine sirf 70 kiye, 5 galat". I always do 90-95, no matter if paper is tough or not. And for me this has worked every single time. And when I did not do it, because I fell victim to the previous 70-limit gyaan, I flunked prelims.
So, gist is-strategy for you should be your own, and stick to it. You will be more confident with it. When going to fight a war, it is always better to be comfortable with all other aspects of your ammunition (read strategy here), because UPSC will be , and has always been, highly unpredictable, trying to rattle you and make you uncomfortable. Don't add more discomfort to yourself by changing strategy, specially at this last moment! Good luck!!
Neyawn,dalphaand8 otherslike this
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@Mandalorian30 Yes, agreed. "Blatant" is hardly a rewarding strategy. Since last year you suffered, it would be better for you to calmly analyse your mistakes. The yardstick generally speaking is,the static/basic/easy ones must never be wrong, never ever, they should not be even left unattempted because "yaad nahi aa raha revise nai kiya".I am sure you would agree, our mindset is affected more negatively when we can't do justice to easy ones because of lack of revision. That's why revising and sticking to PYQ is the soul of this prelims paper. New content, specially in end days, is like forbidden fruit, tempting us to taste it. We all know what happens when we taste it. Pray that temptations don't take the better of us, and revise PYQ/static. Good luck! 


Neyawn,dalphaand5 otherslike this
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Which one of the following best defines theterm “State”?
(a) A community of persons permanently occupying a definite territory independent of external control and possessing
Yai doubtful nahi hai bhai
Ishka answer yahi hai
Neyawn,DMand4 otherslike this
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Maybe we can settle for the fact that focus on high accuracy first followed by maximizing attempts. With the vagueness increasing in the Questions blatantly attempting 90+ has amounted for overkill for people around me at least. and In recent years ive seen people clear on this basis only, with just a fair amount of basic knowledge. Depth surely has increased but so has the randomness. Precise accurate application of a concept still is a safe game than attempting vague questions risking negative. Like yours truly last year(face palm) on an advice "90 + to karna hi"
Foucault1,Naukar_Shahand4 otherslike this
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Mandalorian30said

Do you guys feel era for average accuracy and high attempt is over?

UPSC is always about average accuracy(about 70%) and good number of attempts(About 90-95%). If you have put in effort for more than a year.. you will be able to achieve this number.

Civils Mains:2017,2018,2020,2021,Forest Mains:2021.

DM,Foucault1and4 otherslike this
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jassikamboj16303said

@nimbus2000abc Hmmmm even I thought so. But only post-mortem analysis. Even none of the answer keys picked it up. Revise static as much as possible I guess. Currents ka toh waise bhi nahi pata kaunsi source se uthayenge


+10000

DM,crikeymateand3 otherslike this
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@nimbus2000abc Hmmmm even I thought so. But only post-mortem analysis. Even none of the answer keys picked it up. Revise static as much as possible I guess. Currents ka toh waise bhi nahi pata kaunsi source se uthayenge


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jassikamboj16303,RN_UK Singh
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I think it's very obvious thing that their source for current affairs must be primary source like websites of Organizations and particularly about us section of that organizations site or primary press release or PIB statements for government schemes. I can't even imagine that they will ever frame question looking at PT365.

Foucault1,crikeymate
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@appyfizz just look at the last column of their answer key they tried to claim every possible question i think in that too 80% is indirect thing like we asked something similar to this in test series so you must have been able to solve and blah blah. The thing here is if they are claiming questions from their sources so must get right answers for them like 5-6 wrong answers are okay that some interpretation differences between us and Upsc but not these many wrongs. The conclusion of they are getting wrong themselves is we are confidently marking them wrong as based on their answer key in their mock test.


crikeymate,appyfizz
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@Mandalorian30 to an extent yes. 2 of my friends faced this. One of them attempted 92 and couldnt qualify. The other one attempted around 80-82 and scored 107.
I guess good/very good accuracy in static parts like eonomics, polity, Modern history will be the key to qualify. Attempting too many questions jst for the sake of it makes no sense


Mandalorian30,RN_UK Singh
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DMsaid

Which one of the following best defines theterm “State”?
(a) A community of persons permanently occupying a definite territory independent of external control and possessing
Yai doubtful nahi hai bhai
Ishka answer yahi hai

This is taught in the first class of any Polity Class Coaching across the country.

State has 4 elements - territory, people, sovereignty, central Authority.

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DM,nebula
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Seriously what makes them drop question?
BattingBaba,
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magnetite particles, N. Gopalaswamy, Right to city and High court review judgement....... were answered wrongly in vision ias key ......it means we have to score 105+ for sure selection in pre.....if we score around 90 then it might end up our score either 100+ or less than 80...
Foucault1,
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jassikamboj16303,
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Neyawnsaid

Tatasaid

@Neyawn any last days tips? Sab dhundla dhundla lag raha hai…….

Yes.


For starters, get a microfiber cloth and clean your glasses. Things will look brighter, trust me.

Even Apple cloth is not working :(


Dead Man,
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CSE 2021 Prelims mismatch.docx


Hi All,

There were 6 mismatches in the answer provided by ForumIAS for UPSC CSE Prelims 2021 compared to the official answer key provided by the UPSC. 

 

In Q.2the 1st statement says that "All casual workers are entitled for Employees Provident Fund Coverage" which was marked correct by us based on the ruling of the Supreme court of India which ruled that casual workers are also entitled to social security benefits under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act.

But it has been considered an incorrect statement by UPSC.

 

Q.25was regarding magnetite particles are generated as environmental pollutants through which of the following.

As per UPSC official answer key Microwave stoves within homes and Telephone lines doesnot generate magnetite particles.

We considered them as correct options based on various sources.

 

In Q.42the 2nd statement says that "The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.  "

We marked it as an incorrect statement as it gave a separate electorate but doesnot talk about the reservation of seats.

But UPSC has considered it a correct statement. This was an interpretational mistake from our side.

 

In Q.48the 1st statement says that "The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State. "

We marked it as a correct statement as the Nizamat of Carnatic (Arcot) was a dependency of Hyderabad Deccan and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad.

But UPSC has considered it an incorrect statement, maybe because it was a protectorate state but did not emerge out of Hyderabad.  

 

Q.80has been dropped by UPSC

 

In Q.81the 1st statement says that ''Right to the city'' is an agreed human right and the UN-Habitat monitors the Commitments made by each country in this regard.

This was marked as correct as different sources also talks the same.

But UPSC has considered this an incorrect statement.

 

In Q.88the 2nd statement says "A High Court in India has the power to review its own judgment as the Supreme Court does. "

We marked it as correct as High Courts also act as court of record so they have the power to review their own judgment.

But UPSC has considered this an incorrect statement. I think we missed the part as the Supreme Court does in the statement, so it has been considered incorrect.

 

lord_voldemort,
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PrelimsTeamsaid

CSE 2021 Prelims mismatch.docx


Hi All,

There were 6 mismatches in the answer provided by ForumIAS for UPSC CSE Prelims 2021 compared to the official answer key provided by the UPSC. 

 

In Q.2the 1st statement says that "All casual workers are entitled for Employees Provident Fund Coverage" which was marked correct by us based on the ruling of the Supreme court of India which ruled that casual workers are also entitled to social security benefits under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act.

But it has been considered an incorrect statement by UPSC.

 

Q.25was regarding magnetite particles are generated as environmental pollutants through which of the following.

As per UPSC official answer key Microwave stoves within homes and Telephone lines doesnot generate magnetite particles.

We considered them as correct options based on various sources.

 

In Q.42the 2nd statement says that "The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.  "

We marked it as an incorrect statement as it gave a separate electorate but doesnot talk about the reservation of seats.

But UPSC has considered it a correct statement. This was an interpretational mistake from our side.

 

In Q.48the 1st statement says that "The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State. "

We marked it as a correct statement as the Nizamat of Carnatic (Arcot) was a dependency of Hyderabad Deccan and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad.

But UPSC has considered it an incorrect statement, maybe because it was a protectorate state but did not emerge out of Hyderabad.  

 

Q.80has been dropped by UPSC

 

In Q.81the 1st statement says that ''Right to the city'' is an agreed human right and the UN-Habitat monitors the Commitments made by each country in this regard.

This was marked as correct as different sources also talks the same.

But UPSC has considered this an incorrect statement.

 

In Q.88the 2nd statement says "A High Court in India has the power to review its own judgment as the Supreme Court does. "

We marked it as correct as High Courts also act as court of record so they have the power to review their own judgment.

But UPSC has considered this an incorrect statement. I think we missed the part as the Supreme Court does in the statement, so it has been considered incorrect.

 

Q2 solution was always going to be incorrect, since there is wage limit of 15000 for EPF. Didn't see this mentioned in any answerkey.


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