@upsc2020vision monthly me ye diya hua hai
This is correct. RRB already had 75% PSL and now UCB also have to give 75% PSL increasing it gradually.
Statements: Some glasses are not goggles.
All glasses are gases.
No glass is a goose.
Conclusions: I. Some gases are geese.
II. Some gases are not goggles.
Both follows?
Yess. MP leads Karnataka with a narrow margin of 4, I guess.
Please explain..
D?
What all prev year papers are you referring to?
Is Vice President part of parliament?NO
Why?
Wouldn't ex officio Rajya Sabha chairman be part of parliament?
Is Vice President part of parliament?NO
Why?
Wouldn't ex officio Rajya Sabha chairman be part of parliament?
Yes, He is a member of parliament as ex officio chairperson.
In the constitutional set-up, the holder of the office of Vice-President is part of the Executive but as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha he is a part of Parliament. He has thus a dual capacity and holds two distinct and separate offices.
https://rajyasabha.nic.in/Chairman-Rajyasabha/Ex-officio-position.htm
Good point. HOwever for all intents and purposes, if this question is asked in prelims - Parliament shall consist of the President and the two Houses ONLY.
I guess not. Since you're including the upper house in parliament, it automatically assumes the RS chairperson as its part.
High latitude forests store more carbon than tropical rainforests.
What is the reason for this?
I guess that due to soil carbon content. Pretty much everything is decayed in tropical forests thus most of carbon stored in tree is released back to environment once they're dead. While decay rate is quite low in temperate forest.
If someone has it in their notes, can you please share the top five revenue expenditure items of the Union Govt. And also top three non-tax revenue receipt avenues.
Search Budget at glance on google.
Any time efficient method for this?
4 in hundredth place has ->9*9=81 numbers
3 in hundredth place, 4 in tens place->9 numbers
3 in hundredth place, 4 in ones place->9 numbers
Total numbers->81+9+9= 99
@Steph_Curry Is this the answer?
The number of times 4 appear in one place(except 344 where 2 4s are there) between 300-399, the same number of them won't be counted between 400-499 as we will always have at least one 4.
So these both being complementary to each other, number would be same as count from 400-499 except removing 1 as we didn't account 344 earlier.
Just remember and understand what are components of M0, no need to get into the depth. The more you overthink, the more likely you'll get it wrong.
Can we all guess the most probable areas that can be asked from various subjects in the prelims - it will be very helpful@Steph_Curry @sjerngal @Upsc_2020 @HeNeArKr @sstarrr @Archand @calvinhobbes and all others
Everyone can list the topic by quoting every subsequent comment. Will maintain continuity.
1) Env -
Protected areas - location and approx physio
Species
Env laws and rules
2) Pol
Preamble, FR, DPSP, FD thoroughly
3) Buddhism and jainism
4) Eco survey - almost 2 questions every year alone from this
5) Law enacted in last 5 years
thanks!
introspecting about "all of these" in sci tech xD
bas hoping for official key before prelims
I guess 2 questions were removed from calculation. Score out of 196 was scaled to 200.
Saying this because decimal digits aren't .33 or .66
But if we calculate 92.51/200*196 which comes out 90.6598 pretty close to what cutoff marks decimal must be. Still 90.66/196 is tooo low.
This feels like such a bummer this close to the exam. How can it possibly go this low?!
Even if it did, I was comfortably scoring above it as per various keys. Still didn't make the cut. Makes me second guess my capabilities for this exam. The answer key alone would be able to unravel this mystery. Meanwhile, I would keep running the various scenarios that could've played the spoilsport like marking the omr wrong etc. I definitely have no doubt about my csat performance so it's something with GS only.
Yesterday's forum open gave such a boost to my confidence and now, after watching the cutoff it dropped to even below the status quo ante.
Sorry guys just ranting here. Does anyone have any idea when would the answer key be released?
Wrong omr is definitely not the case. There are many people scoring 95-100 not getting through including you and me. Surely there would be many surprises in answer key.
@Shailputri also, in que 58, the word "merely" is enough to mark the statement wrong. Religion in India is not "merely" a private affair. There are way too many caveats involved.
Rest, I believe have been answered well by others.
And even I marked the Strait of Malacca que wrong..
Yes. Doubts resolved.
Often we casually say marriage, religion, family are private affair unless it lands up in court. I took that too seriously. Nothing is private in India it seems. Not even when we have freedom of conscience, faith and belief. :D
Malacca one...as Villanelle pointed out rightly...qn mentions "around the strait" and not "between".
Fun fact- even your car on the road comes under public place :p
Just keep this in mind if you end up fighting with policemen as car being your private space and can consume alcohol.
What is the remainder when 51 x 27 x 35 x 62 x 75 is divided by 100?
(a) 50 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 1
how to solve this?
There is a multiple of 2 and 5 so the last digit would be 0. Now the only possible remainder for 100 can be 50.
@Jurgen_klopp try to cancel 100 using numerators, then I think 2 would remain in denominator which would give answer 1.
Something wrong with this method.
UPSC released the official cut off for 2020 prelims.
Cutoff ka maatam toh kab ka mann gya, ab tehrvi ka samay aa gya.
Guys please suggest any one good full length mock for paper-1.. Except forum because I have given many mocks with forum and I don't want to be polarised in my preparation...
I want to give a final full length mock before the D-day..
The answer is (C).
Shouldn't it be D? Because Animal fats/ oils do contain trans-fats.
All the options are incorrect btw, trans fats are partially hydrogenated since they're still unsaturated fats. Hydrogenated oils which are saturated fats need not contain trans fat. So saying non-trans fat food is not hydrogenated is wrong.
I need a paper for simulation before 10th, can someone suggest any? Not going with atish because I solved around 4 tests and they didn't seem lengthy like 2020 paper.
Did they scale the numbers to 200 after leaving out contentious questions. Coz mera number 106.35 hain! It's not possible normally!
106.35/200*196 will give you the correct decimal. Score this obtained would be your descaled marks out of 196.
Edit- it is coming .22 but when I did the same calculation on cutoff and other marks, it was coming out to be .00/.33/.66
@Rambo93 Maths is saying that.See we get marks like 100,100.66 or 101.33 or 102.Its always a multiple of 0.33 or to be exact, a multiple of 0.66Select cutoff for any category and multiply it with 200/196.The resultant will always be a multiple of 0.33 just like our normal marks.If 3 Q were cut,u will have to multiply it with 200/194 which doesnt give a multiple of 0.33U can try for other numbers as well.So maths says 2 Qs r cut.My guess-Gandhi Irwin pact and Current account deficit Question.
*196/200 :p
if it is gandhi-irwin and CAD then surely I was at disadvantage lol
Anyone here who has done capf, cds pyq? Was there any repetition of concepts or facts wrt CSE
@sjerngal any inputs?
I had history in undergraduate level , so read some other authors as well. They say Indo - greeks were the first one to issue. Largest number was issued under Guptas.
Atish mathur in his polity pyq lecture once said, lawyers get the most polity questions wrong, economists get the most economics question wrong and same goes for historians. Such is this exam.
Don't refer any undergrad material, stick to ncert imo.
If anyone has noted down the ancient/ medieval terms given in the sidebar of History NCERTs, could you please share?
Yes please! :)))
@komarambheem3 are you sure those keywords are of new ncert? Seems like old ncert to me
@Purplesunbird Any idea what could be considered as a good score of Mathur sir test 7?
I haven't given 7th test but someone I knew got 170+ that was because many concepts/facts were already repeated in different mocks. I've personally given till test 5.
For the reference
@Purplesunbird Rural-dual, urban-only RBI
Rural except PACS. PACS is not under RBI, I think?
Yes, because they're not covered under Banking regulation 1949
@Purplesunbird Rural-dual, urban-only RBI
I think duality of control is still there. Only mrunal says RBI is the sole regulator now.
That's what my notes says too.
Bro how can Rna be attached to DNA? Rna is single-stranded, DNA is double.Yha vo Rna ko double stranded dikha rha hai means he might have converted RNA into DNA ( by reverse transcriptome).
RNA with its complimentary bases makes up the DNA with similar genetic info carrier. Both vaccines work on similar mechanism, just the carriers of genetic info of virus antigens are different i.e. RNA and DNA
SC in their judgement said they can also punish for contempt of HC, subordi, tribunals
Saturated fats are those in which no more hydrogen can be added as they have no double or triple bonds.
Unsaturated fats have double or triple bonds and more hydrogen can be added to it. To increase shelf life and save cost, company makes unsaturated oils by partially hydrogenating them but they are still unsaturated.
Also, saturated fats are less harmful compared to unsaturated or transfats.
Nooooo, saturated fats are more harmful compared to unsaturated fats.
Edit- saw the correction later
15.125
1st year -SI and CI both 200
2nd -
3rd
SI - 200
Which crop are strictly kharif or strictly rabi? I searched online and it seems even rice is both rabi and kharif. Context is 2020 question-black gram is both cultivated as rabi and kharif. Please anyone clarify
Upsc didn't want you to know that fact. Just wanted you to check upon statement 2 of that question
