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Best wishes + Paper Discussion Mains 2023

@tedmosby , how much correct attempt do you have paperwise ? 

Agree with you, in P1 most questions were either lengthy or calculation error prone. 

P2 , Modern Algebra was the bottleneck otherwise non compulsory selection was tough. ( Q4 - oscillation not a known term, Q7 - Mechanics tough one, wave Q non rigid boundary, Q8- Navier ) 

Overall , selection was key in both papers. Which ones did you pick ? 

I picked 3,4,6 in P1 and 2,3,6 in P2

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@Davidjones ,

Dost, luckily it was achcha din. Attempted 480 ( Getting 220+ correct in each paper ) 

But again would say , P1 was lengthier, error prone and In P2 modern algebra was bottleneck.

For me, It was case of "Doodh ka Jala chach bhi phonk phonk kr pita hai ". Got 227 in maths last year due to time mismanagement in last month before mains and panicked after P1. But this year did rigorous practice , gave around 50+ tests. Used calculator extensively to ensure high accuracy. 

Overall, I felt question selection was key this year, some question would take 40+ mins to ensure correct attempt like Q2 in P1 but some can be done in 25 mins if comfortable with concepts like Q4 in P1. 

In both papers , had 25 mins for last non compulsory tough question but luckily picked right one and didn't panic like last year. 

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