Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

Arey bhai log, hauwa(bubble) mat create karo

If I can butt into the conversation. The following two factors are absolutely unrealted to the actual marks you score in any paper :

1. How many questions you have attempted in any paper (provided you haven't left out a large chunk of paper, say 40% of it.)
2. Whether in your SUBJECTIVE opinion, you have attempted any question satisfactorily.

You will always be surprised. You score high in papers where you fucked up and vice versa especially in initial attempts where you are yet to get a hang of what UPSC wants and a plethora of online materials and guides is actively trying to brainwash you. And NO, your marks in Vision or vajiram/Sairam/Gangaram tests are not at all a good proxy for your real marks.

@Champak, attesting the last part of your comment, I received 52 marks in 19q in gs2 full length vision, 15 days before the Mains and finally got 107. A friend of mine recieved 95 in same paper and finally got 92.
Man upsc is full of surprises. Year was 2017.

@Biryanimafia_QED

Bhailog bahut darr lag raha , second mains h fear of failure bahut zyada h , padhai nai ho rahi h , GS ache nai gaye h

@Kira0705darr mat bhai.. bas padh.. kyunki bache optional super ghissssss rhe hain.. aap bhi ghiso..

@Kira0705watch this 5 minute video from School of Life. Helped me focus on optional after screwing up GS.

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hey thanks it was very good!

@Kira0705gs sabka Ek jaisa hi gaya hai. Optional hi rang layega, krlo revise

@corrigible_87okay bhai pichli baar se bura gya isiliye thoda jyada dar lag raha tha

@Kira0705tough aya hai bhai phichli bar se

Anyone writing with engineering optional?

Optional break:

Day 1: 4 parts of optional, 4days, 5th day ans writing & lang
Day 3: Spillover effect, will complete optional by 27 afternoon, then AW & lang
Day 5: Why is this optional a never ending story? When will i see lang papers? When to write ans? I'm screwed!!

@CaesarSimilar story bro..I was also like 4 parts in 4 days..

But since past 3 days new revelations..
a) This part left, that part left..
b) Fuck! one notebook of notes still left.
c) Test series discussion notebook half left.
d) What the heck are these tons of loose papers. (Ye kab notes banaye maine !!)

Bought Vision TS 15 days back.. Was thinking i am superman.. will put 16 hours everyday and do TS also.. Sadly!! Still lying in polybag and looking at me !!

Depends on the optional too. In subjects like anthro, last minute revision might help. Just help, not turn the tides. If your optional is PubAd, what does it matter if you wer studying these 5 days or making out with weed? In fact, the latter is more likely to help.

@STIsse achha to 1 din ka gap hota tha. 5 din ke jhaanse mei kuch dhang se padhai nahi hui

I agree. The whole point of UPSC exams seems to be to check how you perform under mentail drain and exhaustion. It makes sense considering that after selection, 90% of the time you are taking decisions under uncomfortable and suboptimal conditions. 1 day breaks simulate these conditions perfectly. In 5 day gaps, we all get too relaxed.

Bhai, I am the most screwed one here. Geography optional. Revised only two chapters till now. Although I was not well, so lost first two days of the gap.

@ChampakIs weed available in ORN ?

@K_9Bhai.. sirf hamari hi nhi hui dhang se yaa baakiyo ki bhi..Kyunki sirf agar hamne hi chutiya katwaya toh na...