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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MikeWozniak .

commented 3 year(s) ago

thepolicydreamer .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Was away from forum due to multiple reasons and just came back to read the recent messages of this thread. Found out similar things going on with others too. Wishing wellbeing, both mental and physical for all of us. Just writing to put out there that if someone in the community is not able to get any medical consultation due to restrictions or needs a second opinion on any loved ones covid situation, please let me know. I am a medical graduate currently preparing full time and may be able to help. Obviously not an alternative to in person consultation with an experienced doctor. Take care. Waheguru mehar kare. :)

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Purplesunbird .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Imomfsaid
@calvinhobbes if u look at the annual calendar cmse is already scheduled on 29th August and even after that the same day is also written as reserved....so no the date is not gone.....

Oh, cool. Thanks!

Imomf .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@thepolicydreamer that's really appreciable....and seeing u I also would like to extend my helping hand in case anyone wants to ask anything about covid ,having completed my mbbs 2years back......stay safe everyone.....

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SergioRamos .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Everyone wants a piece of UPSC pie.
Devdutt Patnaik Bhau with a new book on Culture!

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thepolicydreamer .

commented 3 year(s) ago

SergioRamossaid
Everyone wants a piece of UPSC pie.
Devdutt Patnaik Bhau with a new book on Culture!

This is so funny. Devdutt patnaik writing for CSE. :D

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commented 3 year(s) ago

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SergioRamossaid
Everyone wants a piece of UPSC pie.
Devdutt Patnaik Bhau with a new book on Culture!

In one of his interviews he once said that in his initial days he was also a UPSC aspirant!

# PuraniHasratein

chamomile,

SunnyParashar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

SergioRamossaid
Everyone wants a piece of UPSC pie.
Devdutt Patnaik Bhau with a new book on Culture!

3 years into this prep,I have realized upsc has become a business where almost everyone clearing the exam is writing books.A person scoring average marks in 2017 in ethics is writing ethics books.

That is the reason we get questions like customs,11,12 or rock cut in pap1 which require on the spot thinking and linking of several topics not found in a single book.

Same was the case with 3,6,8(called for linking digitalization with e gov),11,functionality,rajya sabha,quad which often requires us to justify things opposite to what we read in news and books.

Even in pap 3,question 1,5,6,11,14,ncap often need on the spot thinking.Almost entire pap 4 required on the spot thinking.

Even in my optional in pap 2 books werent of much help and things required an overall observation of surroundings.

I belive with more and more books and author coming,impprtance of books would reduce even further.UPSC will always be 1 step ahead of us and authors and over the years would devise such papers which would need a well learned person who can think on the spot in the exam and has understanding of things beyond books.

This is what I feel and believe would be the norm of future upsc exams

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mahi2501 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

It is on spot thinking for some, while it is absurdity to others.

UPSC is not one step ahead of others. UPSC is so far ahead that it risks a candidates future through its absurd questions.(especially ethics)

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Rambo93 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@SunnyParashar in this pursuit of on the spot thinking, subjectivity has increased like anything. especially going by this years mains result i totally agree.

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SunnyParashar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

See Tripura DM's video doing rounds. Any thoughts? Empathy, tolerance, compassion for weaker sections, kindness?Ethics paper?

BD,

Jokar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@mahi2501 Those who clear would believe that it is a progressive step without realizing that they may fail the next mains with this much of subjectivity involved. Those who fail would anyway be branded as losers and their complaints would be considered a case of sour grapes. The process is indeed unfair (I mean involves luck) at so many levels but such is life. The innocent new comers don't realize the vicious nature of this cycle and are fooled by coaching institutes and those who get lucky in their first attempt. But I don't think we can do anything about it. We have to just take our chances and move on if it doesn't work out.

P.S. Cleared mains this year after failing last year.

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SunnyParashar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Rambo93 @mahi2501 Bole to aap log bilkul sahi ho par hum kya hi kar sakte hain.I only wrote what I felt.Sorry if it hurt you.I agree with what you said whole heartedly

agrim005 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@Jokar sir can u please guide a bit regarding mains strategy if possible

Villanelle .

commented 3 year(s) ago

SergioRamossaid
Everyone wants a piece of UPSC pie.
Devdutt Patnaik Bhau with a new book on Culture!

Sirf Nitin Singhania toh padhna aafat hai, ab yeh bhi..XD

Pearson is striving hard to bring out books for the entire GS portion.

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commented 3 year(s) ago

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SunnyParasharsaid
See Tripura DM's video doing rounds. Any thoughts? Empathy, tolerance, compassion for weaker sections, kindness?Ethics paper?

Weaker Sections??

user_63635

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NOLEisGOAT .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Freakhotosaid
SunnyParasharsaid
See Tripura DM's video doing rounds. Any thoughts? Empathy, tolerance, compassion for weaker sections, kindness?Ethics paper?
Weaker Sections??

They werent from the weaker section economically atleast. Just a normal middle class family getting humiliated it seemed.