Civil Services Mains 2020 Results: In or Out ? Way ahead, gratitude and Pain
The Civils Mains result has been declared. This thread is for sharing your grief , joy , mixed feelings - absolutely anything and everything.
The seen and unseen as you guys have suggested are very long 3 hour podcast suggest some short onesWhat topics are you interested in?
Like philosophy, public policy, history etcPublic policy what are other options I don't all such yeah history can be one also
You can check out All Things Policy. Its episodes are usually less than half an hour long.
There are other current affairs podcasts like The Big Story, which I haven't listened to but are quite well known.
I haven't listened to many policy related podcasts so can't recommend more. My interests are more football related or philosophy related.
I understand the inevitable need to mug up stuff for this exam but I am just too lazy to do Anki/active recall/flash card stuff and spend hours staring at screens (as if I don’t do that already, but that’s not the point)…
Summarising and re-reading wale log bhi exam nikalte honge. We want representation :P
I fall into a weird hybrid zone between mugging up and re-reading. I’ve always been terrible at mugging up (just don’t have that sort of dedication) but I understand that this exam does require some amount of it. So I compartmentalise stuff mentally into things that require reading and things that require mugging up and then learn accordingly.
Villanelle,Am I the only chomu who got so excited reading the podcast discussion that they immediately got a Spotify subscription, only to see the comment about the free google app a few minutes later, and then the length of those podcasts a few more minutes later? :pOne does not simply buy a Spotify subscription. The ideal way is to be a complete cheapskate and use the free plan and to put up with the annoying ads they play after literally every 3 songs. :P
Would like to correct you on a crucial point... it’s every two songs. Unless, your app crashes frequently, in which case it is after every song.
Villanelle,
@Ajatshatru @Villanelle @Jammu @nerdfighter @D503 @DeekshitaP @hashtag2020 @Rewl1 @dalpha @whatonly
All from PSIR??//
Main reh gaya. Main bhi hu. :D
@thesleepyhead andthe O.G@AzadHindFauz ..Done:)
Tumlog toh gang bana liye ho yaar. I am jealous.
On a serious note, a big thank you for keeping your discussions and thread alive. I must confess I silently visit your thread more than this thread and I bet I am not the only one doing this.
The minute details may vary but the broader approach to all the optionals is same. So your discussions are helping other guys also.
About essays, how do we use a quote other than English? I mean, English essay mei Devnagari ya Urdu script toh use nai kar sakte? I am still to come across an answer sheet having quotes other than English though. Any inputs, gentle fellas? :p
Use kar lo Ghalib ko, no issue : )
Bracket mein English translation likh do, meaning explain kar do, it would look wonderful, I have seen in some : )
thesleepyhead,
Not only in essay.I did this this in all gs papers and even optional.0 answers written.
Even in pre I wrote 0 pre tests.
I had decided f**k all coachings,all toppers advises as they led to my downfall in last attempt.
I decided I would write whatever I feel in whatever way I feel in the exam in all the 7 papers and even in pre.
Thanks to rishab pant and his coach.
Dekho kya hota hai.
Bhai, for all the good suggestions that you have given, I feel compelled to point out some problematic ones as well. I do this not to discredit your hard work or even your strategy, as you said, we don't know yet. You might end up with a single digit rank or even outside the merit list. Although, probability is in favor of the latter for each interview appearing candidate :) But I really wish that you achieve the former :) Your hard work of making hand written notes, mugging them and going through these long committee reports must've helped in scoring big in mains.
I am doing this for other aspirants who are reading this thread. 2k views and hardly 30 contributors, so in the interest of this silent audience. The claim is not really accurate of writing 0 test, 0 essays, 0 answers. I understand that perhaps you are referring to not writing any test series. But, but, we have to be very careful with our words. You already had experience of one mains. Mains 2019. Which I am sure you must have analyzed and learnt from your past mistakes. This is important to highlight.
So, for others who are reading this, guys, it is not advisable to venture unprepared into mains examination. You don't compulsorily need to write any xyz coaching test series ofcourse :) But one must be well versed with UPSC PYQs and better get your answers verified by someone experienced. Just to know that you are on the right track.
Also, I want to highlight what Rishabh Pant said recently in a post match - "With experience I have learnt that there is nothing called as play your natural game. One needs to play according to the situation."
Practice is important to know how to react in different situations. Also Sunny might have done his struggles to reach the right sources, but following a test series can help a beginner in course correction in terms of targeting one's energy especially when there is abundance of coaching material, toppers, their strategies, their material, their notes, every year.
Nevertheless, his advices are really valuable. Originality is rewarded big time (experienced this myself) ; revision should be one's utmost priority ; some things you have to mug up, no alternative to this exists ; Intro and conclusion if prepared in advance for broader topics will help in saving crucial appox 15 mins in each paper.
Cheers@SunnyParashar just wanted to give a clearer picture of what I understood that you wanted to convey.
About essays, how do we use a quote other than English? I mean, English essay mei Devnagari ya Urdu script toh use nai kar sakte? I am still to come across an answer sheet having quotes other than English though. Any inputs, gentle fellas? :pUse kar lo Ghalib ko, no issue : )
Bracket mein English translation likh do, meaning explain kar do, it would look wonderful, I have seen in many : )
Right! Thankyou. :)
About essays, how do we use a quote other than English? I mean, English essay mei Devnagari ya Urdu script toh use nai kar sakte? I am still to come across an answer sheet having quotes other than English though. Any inputs, gentle fellas? :pUse kar lo Ghalib ko, no issue : )
Bracket mein English translation likh do, meaning explain kar do, it would look wonderful, I have seen in many : )
Even I have the similar doubt, for example if I want to write Kabir doha, do i write it in English alphabets or devnagari script? I know we are supposed to write the english translation in bracket.
But can we write the specific doha in devnagri script. ?
Hello everyone, my optional is sociology and I have no prior experience in this optional.
I wanted to ask if using best practices of world, movies references are good value addition in answers with an aim to fetch extra marks. For example quoting successful Capitalist economies in Karl Marx theories?
Kindly help and guide
EiChan,About essays, how do we use a quote other than English? I mean, English essay mei Devnagari ya Urdu script toh use nai kar sakte? I am still to come across an answer sheet having quotes other than English though. Any inputs, gentle fellas? :pUse kar lo Ghalib ko, no issue : )
Bracket mein English translation likh do, meaning explain kar do, it would look wonderful, I have seen in many : )
Even I have the similar doubt, for example if I want to write Kabir doha, do i write it in English alphabets or devnagari script? I know we are supposed to write the english translation in bracket.
But can we write the specific doha in devnagri script. ?
Yes, I’ve seen it very often in Mock Essays, GS IV. Like Sarve Bhavantu Sukhina (in Devanagri) is favourite conclusion for many in many.
But I have never seen Doha, etc written in English script, I feel that would look very bad to read.
sjerngal,any review of qep my mk yadav sir ?
No idea as such, never joined. But marketing zyada lagti hai, and kuch cheezein wakayi kaafi achchi hain. Jaise ye
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ZX0zqAeTUhe_wFk3SL_wzhpujJgVz9K/view?usp=sharing
Not only in essay.I did this this in all gs papers and even optional.0 answers written.
Even in pre I wrote 0 pre tests.
I had decided f**k all coachings,all toppers advises as they led to my downfall in last attempt.
I decided I would write whatever I feel in whatever way I feel in the exam in all the 7 papers and even in pre.
Thanks to rishab pant and his coach.
Dekho kya hota hai.
Bhai, for all the good suggestions that you have given, I feel compelled to point out some problematic ones as well. I do this not to discredit your hard work or even your strategy, as you said, we don't know yet. You might end up with a single digit rank or even outside the merit list. Although, probability is in favor of the latter for each interview appearing candidate :) But I really wish that you achieve the former :) Your hard work of making hand written notes, mugging them and going through these long committee reports must've helped in scoring big in mains.
I am doing this for other aspirants who are reading this thread. 2k views and hardly 30 contributors, so in the interest of this silent audience. The claim is not really accurate of writing 0 test, 0 essays, 0 answers. I understand that perhaps you are referring to not writing any test series. But, but, we have to be very careful with our words. You already have experience of one mains. Mains 2019. Which I am sure you must have analyzed and learnt from your past mistakes. This is important to highlight.
So, for others who are reading this, guys, it is not advisable to venture unprepared into mains examination. You don't compulsorily need to write any xyz coaching test series ofcourse :) But one must be well versed with UPSC PYQs and better get your answers verified by someone experienced. Just to know that you are on the right track.
Also, I want to highlight what Rishabh Pant said recently in a post match - "With experience I have learnt that there is nothing called as play your natural game. One needs to play according to the situation."
Practice is important to know how to react in different situations. Also Sunny might have done his struggles to reach the right sources, but following a test series can help a beginner in course correction in terms of targeting one's energy especially when there is abundance of coaching material, toppers, their strategies, their material, their notes, every year.
Nevertheless, his advices are really valuable. Originality is rewarded big time (experienced this myself) ; revision should be one's utmost priority ; some things you have to mug up, no alternative to this exists ; Intro and conclusion if prepared in advance for broader topics will help in saving crucial appox 15 mins in each paper.
Cheers@SunnyParashar just wanted to give a clearer picture of what I understood that you wanted to convey.
Can you please elaborate upon Originality part?
Just to give my two cents on the Mugging Up vs Re-Reading debate going on here
I sincerely feel that if one manages to mug up substantial portions of the Optional and the four GS papers topicwise notes with value additions wherever required, one really stands a great chance of increasing the number of questions where relevant, succint and exact answers are written. This would help in cutting down the number of questions where Man ki Baat/Less than average Improvised answers are written. And howsoever simple it might sounds, this would improve selection chances manyfold.
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