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Geography optional Mains 2019 discussion | Lessons Learnt

Where are all the poor souls of geo in forum ?
Guys... What do you think about paper 1 ? Would it be like 2017 where people claimed they got much more than expected due to some lenient correction ?
Similarly in paper 2 I found that I had very less case studies and facts to quote on paper. Pls do comment so that we can have a gauge of the way optional is going.

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@Hartshorneआप कितना एक्सपेक्ट कर रहे हो मार्क्स ?

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@Hartshorneactually my marks expections are based on last year marking not 2017 based ....

2016 --106,129
2017---86,131
2018---123,148...
......On the basis of 2017 marking 1st paper m 123 nhi aane chaiye the 2018 m .....But esa lgta h jin question m quality achi hoti h wha really m ache number milte h ....2nd paper m 2016,2017 m maine pura paper attempt kia and mapping bhi 7-8 se km nhi thi but number itne nhi the ....Last year time ki kmi se 1 question 20 marks wale m answer kafi km likha and one 15 marks m only flow chart .....While nipah viras wala question was below the average .......

1st paper m as compare to last year bde questions sbhi ache hue h ...Comments m loss hua (phretic ,nrr ,amensalism ) ...But last year bhi davis wale question m maine critique nhi kia jo core demand thi , eurocentricity wala question I left , cobar and triwartha m some fundamental mistakes , ek question m only flow chart bnaya tha (lack of time ),exopolis wala question
Is like this year's NRR wala , and I was not so satisfied.......

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@132_SIDnrr me Jo feka he wo on correct lines he almost but grr me pata nai tha daughters only lete Hain so totally wrong. Relationship wrong show kiye hain. Let's see

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@132_SIDBhai pehla mains he 270-290 aa jaiye I will be happy. Paper good hi gya he ...

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@132_SID2 paper me marks jump hue Hain sabke due to liberal checking... Is Saal bhi Hoga kya aisa? Paper 1 me Aapne kon kon sa questions attempt kiya? I attempted 3,6,8.

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@132_SIDAapka Lagta he Hindi medium side effect he marks me?

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@Hartshornesome ways ....amensalism question is example of that ....Last year bhi environment education ke 3rd part m loss hua muje

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whats going to be good score this year?

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@RagsI know a guy who was not selected even after scoring more than 280. And one guy with 275 marks got air 25. So I think marks in Geo should be more than 270-280 to get decent rank.

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GS - 390, Essay -140 and Optionals - 250 = 780 (+ or - 15).
Will it take us close to list?

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@RagsI think i'tll just get you over mains towards interview. When you are in the border zone then you need like 190 in interview to make it to the list. That's a bit difficult. Usually the goal is to clear the cut off by 50 in mains.

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Agreed. But, it's not my score?
Just want to know bunch of people opinion on expected cut off.

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Guys better discuss some questions. That will change your mental map regarding your score. But plz say what you wrote and do not write some model answers? Questions on development paradigm?

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@HartshorneLol leave the answers ....I don't even remember the questions I chose. People are giving line by line explanation on that other thread.??

Anyway it is a good idea to discuss. Those who remember....
pls do share here.

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@Rand_Al_ThorI think they are some paid writers becoz such students were eliminated in pre itself.

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No much discussion on Geography optionals. Seems like all are happy with their performance?

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@RagsIf you want to discuss... pls start. I'll post whatever I remember writing in the question.

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How was the difficulty level of question for paper 1 and paper 2?
My paper 1 went pretty bad, could not put in geography in general questions. Paper 2 went pretty well, in map I knew only 2 places. Not much satisfied though. Expecting Paper 1 - 85, Paper 2 - 115.

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