CSE 2021: Plan / Strategy / Daily Routine
Hello 2021 aspirants. I thought it would be nice if we can share what we are doing and intend to do with one another here.
This could be a thread for discussing everything prep for 2021.
No one method fits all but to see the plans and progress made by fellow aspirants might help with the finer details of preparation and also keep one on track.
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Good morning guys! Its first iteration day for GS 1 (whoowee!- not really). Targets for 1.12.21 are:
Geography- physical
Geog- environ
Society
Env- DM
PSIR- schools of IR
PSIR- 1B (1/2)
Ethics- AWP
Let’s see how much of this i manage to get done by the end of the day. Let’s get this bread!
Managed to do all except PSIR. GS took much longer than intended
Can anyone please share their approach for compulsory language papers?
I am kind of freaking out as if the optional and gs were not manageable already, these papers won't even be checked if the language papers are not qualified.
I am answering this with an assumption that you have hindi as compulsory language.
wasn't posting for a week as My phone got damaged
Targets for 01/12/21 will be
*GS3-Economy
@Investment models
@LPG&Economy
@Agri marketing
@Major crops and cropping patterns
@Irrigation
@Economy CA notes revision.
*All Done except Economy CA revision
Tomorrow's to do list is:-
*GS4 revision.
*2 hrs for S&T[Biotech,Nanotech,AI]
*Covered substantial portion of GS4
*Done Biotech,Nanotech
03/12/21 targets will be:
*Gs 4 revision
Can anyone please share their approach for compulsory language papers?
I am kind of freaking out as if the optional and gs were not manageable already, these papers won't even be checked if the language papers are not qualified.I am answering this with an assumption that you have hindi as compulsory language.
I plan to read a few Hindi newspapers in the week gap for vocab building (I intend to make note of few daily use words). Just skim through Grammar books for eng and Hindi to get hold of grammar part. Essay, precis writing and descriptive passage will be manageable. Along with that, I plan to simulate the tests one day just before to get into the zone.Want to share something from my last mains experience. In the English to Hindi translation part, struggled to get Hindi words like'अनुशासन' for discipline. We know them but due to our Hinglish dialect, are out of practice.
adding to this, you can pick up last 3-5 years papers and make a list of words.
Usually, constitution, democracy, environment etc are themes often repeated in the exam.
Hope this helps!
Good morning peeps of forum. Targets for 3.12.21 are:
GS 3- environment
GS 3- SnT
Test
Ethics (1/3)
Keeping my targets light as it’s my first day of classes (well, technically second because I missed classes yesterday as I forgot to check my mail on time :p). It feels weird to go back to college after so long. But wish me luck!
3/12/21 Targets : Repeat y'day targets. If I can't wrap up the 3 GS by this week, I am badly 
@LetsGetThisBread All the best!
Can anyone please share their approach for compulsory language papers?
I am kind of freaking out as if the optional and gs were not manageable already, these papers won't even be checked if the language papers are not qualified.
Answering from the perspective of Hindi paper.
I was in a similar situation in my 1st attempt. I speak my mother tongue at home and study/read in English. Hindi is something I'll use casually with friends only. Plus the last time I wrote even a Hindi word was in class 10. Understandably, I was freaked out. I tried doing a lot of things (reading Dainik Jagran editorials, looking at previous year papers, learning some grammar etc.). Even after the paper I was afraid I'll fail (because I ended up writing a lot of nonsense). When the marksheets came, turns out I'd scored in the 140s.
This year, I went through 100s of marksheets of candidates who gave Mains (selected as well as not cleared) {its available in a telegram group}. I found one candidate who'd failed hindi and 1 candidate who'd scored 82 (passed). Everyone else, no matter the language, had scored above 100. Of course there's some selection bias here as people who scored less probably won't post. But still the trend is clear. It's easy to pass the language exam, provided you prepare well.
Here are some things you can do:
1) Go through past year papers to get an understanding. Plus solve atleast 1 year's paper fully.
2) Focus on the grammar section (Q6). With some effort, you'll score above 30 easily here. I spent about 15 mins a day for two weeks memorizing the paryavachi shabd. And about an hour going through muhavre (all available online). That's sureshot 14 to 20 marks. In the remaining 2 parts, you'll know some answers atleast without any prep.
3) Translation portions are easy (Q4 & 5) (especially Hindi to English). If you can't remember specific technical words, write simplified versions. Or you can even write the word in quotes in its English pronounciation (like I wrote 'ऑफिसर' because I didn't remember Adhikari or something similar). You may not get great marks but at least you won't be stalled
4) In the summary question as well as the reading comprehension (Q2 & 3), I directly used the words from the passage itself. Again this is not a high scoring method. But it's a safe method to pass. The key is to avoid silly mistakes.
5) I attempted the Essay at the end. The reason was I knew anyways I won't score much here so better to capitalise on the other portions. Another reason was that by the end, I'd read through the entire paper. So I knew roughly where certain words were. This became useful because I used the words from the question paper only to write my essay. This helped me avoid silly spelling mistakes. Also I chose the topic which I understood and had some GS content (like in 2019 I wrote on divyango ka sashaktikaran because this was the only topic I could understand :P plus I had decent GS points).
If you've noticed, I didn't spend a lot of time beforehand on preparation (in 2020 atleast). I spent about 5-6 hours memorizing paryavachi + muhavre. And I reserved half a day before the exam to attempt one previous test + some general revision. The rest was all utilizing the question paper maximally.
You can start by going through previous year papers. Solve one. If you're not satisfied, read editorials and practice more papers (just for the sake of your piece of mind). But otherwise, besides the grammar portion you won't need much work.
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