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(COMMUNITY INITIATIVE) MGP 2024/2025 Discussion/Doubt resolving thread

This thread aims to form a community of aspirants writting MGP 2023. Aspirants can share their doubts and discuss answers or approaches towards particular questions. 


"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much" - Hellen Keller

Neyawn,DMand23 otherslike this
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AK48said

@Neyawn  sir,

 Mai Cohort -8 , MGP -2025 ka student hu. Mere kuchh doubts hain - 

[1] Mains answers likhte -likhte ye kaise pata chalega ki improvment ho raha hai ya nahi ?
     Kya eska ekmaatra parameter marks hai ya kuchh aur bhi ?


[2] Why MGP is flexible? Yadi possible ho to please at least self-assessment test ko flexible na rakhe taaki discipline maintain ho, yadi self-assessment test flexible na honge to Half Lenght Test khud-b-khud taiyar ho jayega. 

[3] Hindi medium wale aapse kaise mil sakte hain? Please provide your sessions and meet-up with us also. 


[1] 10-15 marks ka difference aa sakta hai, agar aapke writing styles pehle se hi acche hain. kuch logon ka jinka writing skills bilkul theek nahi hota ya parhai nahi kari hoti unka marks 30-35 marks increase hota hai over a period of time. best way to judge if you are improving or not is (a) marks and (b) your understanding of the questions. dont have a passive aproach , ki test diya aur gayab, read answers, see others copies, and note down in your diary what are the things you need to improve.

[2] MGP humesha se flexible hai... kyunki ye year long hai..itne lambe samay tak rigid schedule maintain karna possible nahi hota hai.. short duration ke liye rigid schedule maintain ho sakta hai.. iske like answer writing focus group hai ( awfg ) dono complimentary hain.

[3] main classes me caught up tha... main koshish karta hoon..hindi medium ke liye appke paas 3 mentors hai..MKN center par .. achche mentors hindi medium me bohot mushkil se mile hain.... kyunki hindi medium me multiple interview appeared bachche hote hi nahin hai.. jinka interview call aa jata hai.. woh ya toh select ho jaate hain.. ya 100% state pcs ya kisi group A ya max B me chale jaate hain.. 3-4 interview ke senior veterans ko maine select kiya lekin ek rajasthan me ek up me deputy collector me chale gaye..


Overall look for 3-4 things in your answers.

1. are you hitting the question directly or beating around the bush

2. is there clarity in writing and ease of read - so that I can vertically read your answer

3. are you adding some ideas from yourself for novelty ( Level 2 , after you know how to address the question )


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@Neyawn sir, I am reading mains part for MGP test for the 1st time and trying to make comprehensive notes ensuring I bring in some nocel value addn in them. But I am consuming a lot of time in this process( hunt for novel points on internet) as a result of which despite putting in descent hours I am not able to complete the test portions and delaying writing tests.

How do I know that the content I have (readymade) is sufficient enough to cover the topic exhaustively and I need not make notes since many sources don't cover pyq dimensions? 

How to cover the test backlogs? Should I just do the basic read for topics not touched and finish the test? Or any other way?

How do I change this habit I mentioned above?

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@Neyawn Sir, Penalty Marks kab lagte hain UPSC me ? Penalty marks n lage to uske liye answer writing me kya avoid karna chahiye?

Please clear my doubt. 

BHAKTI27,
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AK48said

@Neyawn Sir, Penalty Marks kab lagte hain UPSC me ? Penalty marks n lage to uske liye answer writing me kya avoid karna chahiye?

Please clear my doubt. 

There is a thread on this.


AK48,
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AK48said

@Neyawn Sir, Penalty Marks kab lagte hain UPSC me ? Penalty marks n lage to uske liye answer writing me kya avoid karna chahiye?

Please clear my doubt. 



AK48,
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AK48said

@Neyawn Sir, Penalty Marks kab lagte hain UPSC me ? Penalty marks n lage to uske liye answer writing me kya avoid karna chahiye?

Please clear my doubt. 

https://forumias.com/blog/common-mistakes-in-mains-examination/



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DM,AK48
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DMsaid

AK48said

@Neyawn Sir, Penalty Marks kab lagte hain UPSC me ? Penalty marks n lage to uske liye answer writing me kya avoid karna chahiye?

Please clear my doubt. 


Try to avoid writing in any space other than just below the question space ! 


AK48,
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@Neyawn

Sir, aapse ek request hai. Please provide Library facility in Mukherjee Nagar for ForumIAS' students at low cost (if possible). We all know ki ForumIAS ka crowd sab se cream crowd hota hai aur unke sath rah ke padhne ka experience sach me kafi helpful rahega. Esliye yadi possible ho to please Mukherjee Nagar ya uske aaspas jaise ki Parmanand etc wale area me Library Service provide karne ki kripa kare. 

Thanking you.

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@Neyawn

Respected Sir,

 Mai ab tak 3 attempts de chuka hu aur back to back har baar prelims k satge pe hi fail ho jaa raha hu.

Mujhe PYQ analysis karne ke about doubt hai. Kuchh talk me mai lagaatar sun raha hu ki PYQs me sabhi question ke sare options pe v kuchh - kuchh content taiyar karna chahiye. Mai sach me confuse hu ki exactly PYQ ka analysis kaise hota hai ?
Es beech mai Toolkit ko v dekha hai jo ki undoubtdely ek shaandaar book hai. Lekin exactly uske sath karna kya hai ye nahi samajh paa raha hu. Kya sirf toolkit ko solve karna hai ?
Please sir mujhe bataye ki PYQ analysis kaise karna hota hai ??

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AK48said

@Neyawn

Respected Sir,

 Mai ab tak 3 attempts de chuka hu aur back to back har baar prelims k satge pe hi fail ho jaa raha hu.

Mujhe PYQ analysis karne ke about doubt hai. Kuchh talk me mai lagaatar sun raha hu ki PYQs me sabhi question ke sare options pe v kuchh - kuchh content taiyar karna chahiye. Mai sach me confuse hu ki exactly PYQ ka analysis kaise hota hai ?
Es beech mai Toolkit ko v dekha hai jo ki undoubtdely ek shaandaar book hai. Lekin exactly uske sath karna kya hai ye nahi samajh paa raha hu. Kya sirf toolkit ko solve karna hai ?
Please sir mujhe bataye ki PYQ analysis kaise karna hota hai ??

Hey, there is one separate playlist regarding PYQ on forumias you tube channel, plz ushko ek bar dekhiyae, u will get some clarity.

Thanks and Regards

DM



Shivam vats,AK48
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Has anyone made notes (pre oriented) on ASSAM ACCORD, NRC and its RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. (new to forumias)

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@Neyawn I see the good copies are either not following word limit (and hence time limit) or are close replica of model answers + there are factual errors as well. How do we find the "actual" good copies who have followed time, word limit, no copying from model answers? It would be helpful if the original + evaluated copies from the batch itself (from those have secured a rank amongst top 10/20are uploaded, and not from the previous batches.  


Mansi22,SCAOEand1 otherslike this
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@Neyawn I see the good copies are either not following word limit (and hence time limit) or are close replica of model answers + there are factual errors as well. How do we find the "actual" good copies who have followed time, word limit, no copying from model answers? It would be helpful if the original + evaluated copies from the batch itself (from those have secured a rank amongst top 10/20are uploaded, and not from the previous batches.  


Two things

1. Do not worry about the word limit as long as you are not bypassing the space limit and word limit.

2. It may happen that some people have copied from answers. Try to look for that one copy which has not and is still put up as a good copy. It is very difficult to allege / explain to a student that he has copied EVERY QUESTION & EVERYTHING from the model answer. Sometimes it does happen that the student's answer is closely aligned to the solution provided.


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AK48said

@Neyawn

Respected Sir,

 Mai ab tak 3 attempts de chuka hu aur back to back har baar prelims k satge pe hi fail ho jaa raha hu.

Mujhe PYQ analysis karne ke about doubt hai. Kuchh talk me mai lagaatar sun raha hu ki PYQs me sabhi question ke sare options pe v kuchh - kuchh content taiyar karna chahiye. Mai sach me confuse hu ki exactly PYQ ka analysis kaise hota hai ?
Es beech mai Toolkit ko v dekha hai jo ki undoubtdely ek shaandaar book hai. Lekin exactly uske sath karna kya hai ye nahi samajh paa raha hu. Kya sirf toolkit ko solve karna hai ?
Please sir mujhe bataye ki PYQ analysis kaise karna hota hai ??

Har sal number kitne aaye hain?

Toolkit ke roz 50 question solve karne hain. Uske baat solution dekh lena hai. Important points whose knowledge may have helped solve the question may be noted in a notebook called the register of errors.

Jyada Til ka taad nahi karna hai. Move and do and do next 50 next day.


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AK48,
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1st attempt - 52
2nd attempt - 79.45 
3rd attempt- 75 (expecting )


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AK48said

1st attempt - 52
2nd attempt - 79.45 
3rd attempt- 75 (expecting )


1. same basic books ko 7-10 times revise kariye

2. PYQs solve kariye. Itne achche se ki sawal puchhun toh year bata sakein ki ye question 2013 aur 2018 me repeat hua hai, aur answer ye hai

3. toolkit ko roj 50 questions solve kariye in 1 hour

4. daily newspaper reading / ya monthly magazine ko theek se parhiye


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Siebzehn,TheNishkaamAspirantand3 otherslike this
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@Neyawn Thank you so much sir.
Upar likhi har ek baat ko execute karne ki puri koshish karunga 


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@Neyawn  would there be any mgp programme for forest service this year?

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Hi I have enrolled in MGP+ 12 2025 . Still figuring out this community blog thing. I gave the first test on the day itself. Would like to know how long it would take to get the copy checked? @neyawn
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Hi I have enrolled in MGP+ 12 2025 . Still figuring out this community blog thing. I gave the first test on the day itself. Would like to know how long it would take to get the copy checked? @neyawn

Use this to ask self - study related doubts is how you use it.

Also share your preparation journey and little learnings, set study targets.

Avoid coaching related threads, including forum to keep it clean.

I try to help here like other community members in an individual capacity, avoid representing the forum here officially.


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