Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

@DKTbhai socio me 300+ good
Essay 155 how u can be so sure last year Kitna tha ?Not doubting ur assumption but just curious is it predictable
Any way 130 k above bhi best score h
Kch gudie krne ka how do u practice essay which one you attempted any quick recap
Socio ka bhi idea do kch

@DKTMention not. We all are tensed. At least, we all have the right to be truly informed. Correct information is the only relief until the result is declared.

@AzadHindFauz
really thanks for credible information

@DKTsaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

@TETRACYCLINE
Though in the previous comments I have written about my exam performance and expectations of marks

But u said here so I am telling u my final expectations/predictions

GS1- 100 plus
GS2- 95 to 100
GS3- 115-125
GS4- 105 -112
Essay- 80+75= 155
Optional sociology
Paper1- 145 to 150
Paper 2- 155 to 160
On an average
100+98+118+108=426
145+145+155= 445
Total= 871 ( *if scaling... 10 to 15 marks may increase )

Bro these are my final expectations......I don't know about UPSC.....UPSC me vision IAS ki tarah copy check nahi hoti......so I am hoping that good marks will be awarded for good answer... I still believe in each GS paper I hv written best answers for at least 15 to 16 questions.

• sorry for miscalculation if any bcz i was sleeping and suddenly....need khul gai..to forum check kiya

Let's wait and watch

@DKTbhai se har paper main 20 kam kar lo. These are my expectations!

@dancingminionsaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

@DKTsaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

@TETRACYCLINE
Though in the previous comments I have written about my exam performance and expectations of marks

But u said here so I am telling u my final expectations/predictions

GS1- 100 plus
GS2- 95 to 100
GS3- 115-125
GS4- 105 -112
Essay- 80+75= 155
Optional sociology
Paper1- 145 to 150
Paper 2- 155 to 160
On an average
100+98+118+108=426
145+145+155= 445
Total= 871 ( *if scaling... 10 to 15 marks may increase )

Bro these are my final expectations......I don't know about UPSC.....UPSC me vision IAS ki tarah copy check nahi hoti......so I am hoping that good marks will be awarded for good answer... I still believe in each GS paper I hv written best answers for at least 15 to 16 questions.

• sorry for miscalculation if any bcz i was sleeping and suddenly....need khul gai..to forum check kiya

Let's wait and watch

@DKTbhai se har paper main 20 kam kar lo. These are my expectations!

Bhai, mere marks to inke aas pass bhi nai hai, phir bhi hopeful hu

@dancingminion
jyada humble ho rahe ho app to

@MahaRana
i used to write Essay- weekly challenge in Insights IAS

my 2019 mains topics were

1. Individual good not always good for the society- in this essay there are two parts -lets first talk about second part which is skipped by many aspirants.

second part is that good for individual is good for society like empowerment of women can empower family society as a whole e.g. Mother Teresa , Mukesh Ambani ...if he become more richer...more expansion of business thus more GDP growth and more employment to poor thus poverty reduction

now lets move to first part ( what i wrote.....i used different dimensions-

1. Evolution- Human exploited the nature from the beginning for example when sapiens reached in australia all large animals were easily killed.....

2.Administrative-mega corruption in India by Kalmadi in Commonwealth.
3.Political- Eemergency in india.
4. international relation- America's aim to destroy the iraq, Baghdadi, Binladen-world trade centre.
5. Economic- Vijay Malya, Neerav
6. Historical- Aurangzeb, General Dyre
7. Agriculture- punjab haryana- greedy farmers-soilpollution-Cnacer Express
8. Environment- Greed vs need, we use straw, plastic bottel- ocean pollution etc.
9. Mahabharata- Duryodhan, Dhritrashtra
10. Women-

aur bhi kuchh likha ab jyada yad nahi

in Way forward- wrote about middle path- Buddha's sying, Gandhi's point, golden mean etc. and finally concluded
in each para of essay i put 2-3 examples to make it interesting and in the beginning of para i used to write like- 'moving forward', 'lets talk about' after discussing political dimension lets move to economic dimension etc. to maintain flow

my second topic was - South Asian societies ( i will explain later )
thx

Do inner voices just after examination matter? because in some papers you get the feeling of doing it right and in some you dont feel so optimisitic. Anyone felt the same?? Do inner feeling just after examination have any relation with marks obtained?? Somebody shed light on this.

@Behemoth
had strong feeling after gs1 and optional second paper that i have done well
and felt numb after gs 4 lets see kitna atahai
last attempt me optional deke thoda satisfy to hua tha and had got 297 but significant differences hosktehai marking pattern ke wjah se
this subjectivity makes this exam horrifying

@Behemothyeah I am also confused about it. Some people on forum did wrote that, inner feellings just after giving the exam are the most genuine evaluation of ones performance. My inner feelings were in that way very positive as I prepared every part of the syllabus through various question(tlp, secure, vision) so I wrote answers based on set framework and felt satisfied. The moment I came across some asnwer keys and answers by some aspirants on forum and heights of confidence of others...mujhe laga me to gobar kar ke aya hu papers me...aisa contradiction ho gaya hai ab!!

@abhishek_pBro , dont let others confidence disparage you. So far the answer keys/format of various coaching had the luxury of time and space.

@TETRACYCLINEAgree.

Guys what if all this is no worth in the end

@dancingminionordered the book y'day. Thanks for suggestion.

@BulbulSenThis is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend

The end
Of our elaborate plans
The end
Of everything that stands
The end
No safety or surprise
The end
I'll never look into your eyes
Again. (The Door).

@majormiketangosaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

@dancingminion
jyada humble ho rahe ho app to

bhai ye humbleness nahi hai. Sach hain

@visionmanYou can absolutely mention that in your DAF. No problem at all. Just prepare a few questions like what injuries are common, famous marathons in Inida, famous atheletes, how you will manage it after selection, health benefits.

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@DKT
Kisi ne notice kiya UPSC website me pics move karti rehti hai.....same pics are moving since last 5-6 years.....

@BulbulSen
Tl;Dr: We are all working for our own sense of happiness. You may call it satisfaction/goals/pleasure/desire/whatever else.

The very fact that we have a physical form means that there must be a reasonable nexus of materialistic goals and ideational goals for us to live happily till the time we don this physical form.

Life is all about this reasonable nexus which is essentially a weighing scale. Most of us are trying to balance this scale in our own ways to remain happy. We find our balance in pursuing this goal. Some others in some other way.

Everybody is working around this weighing scale. Most try to balance it. A good mix-up of both side. Some try to go either side of it, wholly.(A tiktok lover with no intellectual goals vs a hermit with high sense of intellect)

The point being if you stop the act of working around this scale, you'd lose the sense of living. Nothing will interest you anymore and nothing will attract your ire. Those who lose sight of the weighing scale fail to see any reason to do anything. But, how will they obtain happiness? Happiness needs a via media.

The person eventually loses the sense of happiness. The next thing you do is question the sense of living. This is the tipping point. You know what happens next.