Geography optional Mains 2019 discussion | Lessons Learnt

@Arrah_JilaI did not attempt this one but I think biosphere reserve is for species diversity. So mention of UNESCO mab is needed with core buffer circular diagram.

@Hartshorneyes that could be one of the many examples ..but overall holistic coverage require

few examples of insitu :-ike MAB program,National park ...even ramsar wetland conservation program or tiger reserves (if u read summary report if recent project tiger report ..it has done excellent work on conservation of genetic diversity) ,etc

Ex situ like botanical gardens ,gene centres ,zoo etc

So yes MAB and it's diagrams can be one good point ..

@Arrah_Jilapart 1 urban climate features UHI etc. 2nd part linked it to climate change for global envirmonment. way ahead me wrote city planning , green spaces , roof top greening etc.

what u people wrote on " ongoing space prog and implication for national security in future"

@jumboEMISAT, gsat 7 7A, new relaunch vehicle tech cryp tech and few others

@vvvikas0078212Maine ANTISAT bhi include Kiya hai and have written few lines like it will act as detterent against any enemy attack to our existing and future space programs ..hence strengthening our national security

Is this relevant here ??

@jumbowrote about navigation and communication satellites, remote sensing sat, earth observation and weather monitoring sat, cartosat for Topo studies, research sat like chandrayan and mangalyan. For security part wrote about defense communication sat, food security by agro monitoring sat, water security by observation sat, mission Shakti etc. Wrote about space debris challenges.

Included weaponization of space, space as 4th theatre of warefare, saarc satellite, gagan, and other rhetoric.

@Arrah_Jilayes I also included it. Shakti was in news.

@madeyeIn paper 1 ,I have written 8 good answers,rest average or below average. How many marks should I expect?

@Bubba_gumpsorry, can't comment.

@Bubba_gumpgood quality answers fetch 60% plus marks in optional.

@vvvikas0078212In that case if someone attempt all 19 questions good then he will get 150 marks. But in geography optional to be particular we've seen marks have reached even 165 in paper 1 and 173 in paper 2. So good answers definitely get 70% marks in optional, average get 40-50% and below average answers 20-30%.

@vvvikas0078212what about u guys ?How many of answers have been addressed well by u guys ?

@Bubba_gumprather than telling about the number of questions, we should tell the total marks which are well attempted (name of scholars, maps/diagrams, addressing all parts of question, introduction and conclusion), average attempted (some aspects missing from above criteria) and below average answers ( like nrr, tombolos, phreatic eruption).

In my case :

Paper 1
140 marks well attempted
70 marks average attempted
40 marks below average

Paper 2
155 marks Well attempted
65 marks average attempted
30 marks below average

@hirockyrocks7101this might take u to 250 ,

@Bubba_gumpiam comparing performance with 2017 in which the paper 1 was tough and I left 50 marks blank in both papers still managed to get 268(127+141). Final marks may surprise but this is my honest estimation without being biased in favour of my performance.

@hirockyrocks7101I found this year tougher compared to 2017. I had 133 in P1 in 2017. Good answers fetch 60% plus, meaning 150+ score, depending upon how good they are.

@hirockyrocks7101since I m newbie .Can u share ur strategy and resources for optional.

@hirockyrocks7101left 50 marks in each paper or combined?