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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.



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https://m.timesofindia.com/india/cji-polls-no-guarantee-against-tyranny-of-elected/amp_articleshow/84003422.cms
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@thesleepyhead ye jo vichitra DP laga ke yaha ke logo ko "kaisi jeebh laplapai" wali vibes tum de rahe ho, bhagwan maaf nai karega.

Main aaya hee iss dunya mei inn cheap thrills ke liye hun! :D

Chips thrills :\.

Bingo 😂

mehuifs,Usain_bolt
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Why does it rain on UPSC result days saw that in Aspirants too :p

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In Patal Lok, it rains on interview day.


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Saw her today after 6 years and was mesmerized by her beauty. She looked stunningly beautiful , or should I say divine and otherworldly ? She was my school time love . We talked for 2 hours , I was totally hypnotized while talking to her. I was drawn in by her hazel eyes and captured by her smile. I felt like I had known her my whole life and we have just been separated, so we had a lot to catch up.  

I tried cracking some lame jokes to break the ice. And she giggled, oh god, my heart skipped a beat. We talked about our lives, she has completed her masters , her dad is about to retire , her brother whom I hated got covid few weeks ago but now he is doing well. 

She asked me whether I still play my useless guitar and sing those 90s Bollywood songs hopelessly . I told her I have not touched it since last six months . The tabs and chords which I sometimes used to make her feel good are now lying somewhere in a corner of my head. I have even forgotten how to play DDLJ tone. My finger tips have healed from the scratches of the strings . 

After few minutes, two hours passed. It was time to bid adieu. Finally I mustered the courage to tell her that she looked beautiful. She touched her hair and said 'thanks'.  After a final bye we parted ways. 

Now I am back to studying Ethics. Will write a mock test this Saturday.

🥲🥲 Had a similar experience just after giving this year's mains. I avoided meeting her during the gap between gs and optional exams. 

Time does fly when meeting such people. 😅

* Sings original Aadat song by Jal* 

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attempted 2020 pre lga kisani kar lena chahiye itna agri relatd qsn pooch rakha


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It's July already



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@TabsAndChords well hope you get good marks  in your ethics paper:sweat_smile:


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All of you are respected, intellectual and laborious as well as upsc aspirants. Therefore I want your advices.

I have experience of guiding top 40 students among all youths in area of science as they were choosen by me personally from 10 villages. But corona deferred the process. I again want to do this in a better way. I want to develop the firstly nearbies rural villages in terms of jobs especially government services and sports or new age businesses or any interested area as music etc,  therefore in my mind I am fostering an idea that's 
I with my team, that will come in existence as requirement, will provide a new library or rejuvenate existing libraries and will provide complete syllabus as per job requirement and guidance of this as well as of sports, music etc, considering following indexes
Every village index on education i.e. qualifications and streams
GDP of village at lumpsum level
Young age youths i.e enthusiasm level means a cluster of young persons 
Digital tools use 
Extra carricullar activities performances etc.
By these index the performance before and after  implementation of idea mentioned above will be taken into consideration and by results the youths or entire village as head of village will be given a prize in terms of any item or cash etc.
I have written above in not a good order or in manner.

How may I implement this in a better way . As what should be the correct procedure or how to use of indexes etc.
It's also related to development of villages in real meaning. I think so.
I am hoping the suggestions to this post.
And also sorry if I hurts anyone by this post.
D503,
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In ethics case studies, word limit indicated is 250. Most of the toppers copies reflect answers much more than this limit. While trying to write core issue/ethical dilemma of the case study, stakeholders, pros/cons, suggestions etc would definitely exceed the word limit.

Is UPSC expecting brevity from us in this aspect? Would like to know if anyone has faced similar problems and any possible ways to overcome it

My feeling is that: if actually one tries to write within 250 words, time also should be sufficient but writing more in case studies is leaving less time for theory portion, thereby difficulty in completing overall paper

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In ethics case studies, word limit indicated is 250. Most of the toppers copies reflect answers much more than this limit. While trying to write core issue/ethical dilemma of the case study, stakeholders, pros/cons, suggestions etc would definitely exceed the word limit.

Is UPSC expecting brevity from us in this aspect? Would like to know if anyone has faced similar problems and any possible ways to overcome it

My feeling is that: if actually one tries to write within 250 words, time also should be sufficient but writing more in case studies is leaving less time for theory portion, thereby difficulty in completing overall paper

Exactly the same issue i faced. 

vision has given 5 pages per case study in their ethics mock test. 

How many pages are given in the real exam for writing a case study ?

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Exactly the same issue i faced. 

vision has given 5 pages per case study in their ethics mock test. 

How many pages are given in the real exam for writing a case study.

What I recall is: 3 pages for most, occasionally 4 in exam booklet(depends on length of case study and its translation). Others can correct this. 

Most of vision toppers booklet has this menace: To be specific, I reviewed Visakha Yadav's booklet a while ago, and actually counted words to see if this can be realistically replicated in exam hall. Figured out that there were more than 400 words on most case studies.

I'm not sure how she could have written them, legibly in given time. That is for another discussion but I'm intrigued by this: 250 word limit for case studies, is writing more penalised?

Or general pattern we see about incorporating stakeholders, ethical dilemmas, pros/cons, suggestions etc etc is misleading and if UPSC actually is not expecting all of that

EiChan,TabsAndChords
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Hi guys, 
Someone had posted a very nice word document containing a table for constitutional, non-constitutional bodies etc some time back. I can't seem to locate it now. Can someone please direct me to the concerned post. 

Thanks in advance. 
MaeveWiley,
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@JoMarch2021 it wasn’t me but maybe this will be of use to you. 


I love your username! Never thought I would see Jo March here :’)

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For some reason, I find it very hard to complete mains mock test within 3 hours. When I gave them in test centre it wasnt that hard. Even more easier so in actual exam hall due to adrenaline rush and pressure. But now at home, even if I eliminate all distractions, I am still finding it hard. I am certain its procrastination. Any suggestions most welcome.

I m fretting about this more than I should

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Today, I saw an ad on The Hindu about Communist Party of China celebrating 100th year. This is not the first time but has happened quite a few times before too.  Is it appropriate and ethical for Indian newspaper particularly when Indian soldiers were killed not too far long ago. I agree both are not linked but isnt it hurtful to those families. 

I know this is only an ad and I am all for rights of any newspaper to earn revenue what it deems fair, free to publish their own views and heck even free to write an article celebrating this anniversary. But I want to ask where should the line be drawn, if at all it is to be done. So it breaks down to whether its jingoism, which is not certainly helpful, or understanding and appreciating the sensitivities, especially when it has a wide readership across the country. 

I am sorry for digressing from this thread, I have been meaning to ask your views on this.  Thank you. 

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Has anyone referred to Only IAS notes on their website? How are they generally? If not, can you please recommend some other website which has static notes on all parts of mains syllabus (including mains only topics like governance, security etc.) ? Thanks.
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sbhatisaid

Has anyone referred to Only IAS notes on their website? How are they generally? If not, can you please recommend some other website which has static notes on all parts of mains syllabus (including mains only topics like governance, security etc.) ? Thanks.

I downloaded their society, internal security, disaster management notes. 
Have gone through only society notes as of now . And I find them very good. 
I personally don't like Vision Ias value addition(which I guess 90% people go through), only because I find it quite boring to be honest. So, Only IAs really was the better choice for me. 
You can download some from their telegram group/website and see for yourself . 

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Arsenesaid

Today, I saw an ad on The Hindu about Communist Party of China celebrating 100th year. This is not the first time but has happened quite a few times before too.  Is it appropriate and ethical for Indian newspaper particularly when Indian soldiers were killed not too far long ago. I agree both are not linked but isnt it hurtful to those families. 

I know this is only an ad and I am all for rights of any newspaper to earn revenue what it deems fair, free to publish their own views and heck even free to write an article celebrating this anniversary. But I want to ask where should the line be drawn, if at all it is to be done. So it breaks down to whether its jingoism, which is not certainly helpful, or understanding and appreciating the sensitivities, especially when it has a wide readership across the country. 

I am sorry for digressing from this thread, I have been meaning to ask your views on this.  Thank you. 

Question is if chinese embassy wants to publish an ad in a leading daily, can you deny them the permission ? Presuming this ad was at behest of embassy. Also related to this question is the ethics of receiving health supplies from china during covid. Would it be ethical given the hostilities? Is it possible to take aid and deny ads.

That aside, A similar question beckoned to me yesterday when YouTube recommended a few chinese videos to me. I noticed how Mao statues and pictures dot china. I thought this guy is so important in chinese history that the apparently athiestic people have elevated him to the status of a God yet I know nothing about him except ofcourse SR's famous power comes through the barrel of gun, and superficial understanding of great leap forward, cultural revolution so on so forth. But then should I really read about him given the war history and most importantly given that people can legit get arrested for possesing maoist literature (whatever that means)?



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