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Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

I guess they awarded 5 to avg answer 6 to good and 7 to best answer out of 10 . . In 15 marker same pattern was 5-6 , 8 -9 and 10 -11 . . Out of 20 could have been 10 , 12-14 and 14 -15 for best. . Seeing the scores of guys and difficulty level of paper. This could have been the marking scheme i guess

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People got 300 even with descent 230 mark attempt inboth papers

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Nice to see this. . This year can normalisation happen in anthro because anthro seems on easier side this year but other optionals especialy technical optionals were on difficult line????

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Yess. . Also contribution of tribals in freedom struggle,impact of budhism on tribes,impact of various tribal policies, concepts arised out of village studiesmain kuch bhi case sudies ka scope nahi tha. . Ngo,media,industrialisation and village main likhe kuch case studies✏

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In paper 1 Q2. . Bipedalism, mesolith and kinship by RC brown and Levis strauss
Q.4Race criterias, approaches to religion studies,balanced and transient poly morph
Q6 Victor turner, adaptations for height, methods of growth studies

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Paper 2 focused lower paleolith and soan valley,contribution of tribals in freedom struggle, budhism impact on tribals,
Harrapa civilisation, impact of media, impact of industrialisation
Concepts arised outof village studies, Ngos, various plans for tribald and their critical analysis

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I wrote about social structures, general and special structures and how kinship is part of it. . In levis strauss i made maess writting about his dual system and explain kinship on the basis of in group and out groups which is wrong. . Not the good answer

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@sat_009which one?? I was not well versed with phenomenology

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Nope. . Lack the examples of non hindu schedule caste. Except sikhs i dont know other religions. . Also nation state and tribes topic i left. . Only last question was manageable

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@sat_009yes. . But in short. . Focus on its impact on evolution of language, tool typology, migration, speech, co inhibiting.

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Long gestational age. Bond between mother and child. . Starting of family. . Etc. Impact pe focus jyada

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Mahars were hindu. . So it was wrong i guess. . Examples from sikhs, jains,muslims christians were not known

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Moths example in transient where as sickle cell in balanced. ! 1 st example was not asked

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Dont know how upsc checker will react because nearly all of my friends who wrote this answer had written the example of moth

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I think 2 of the 15 marker in every optional are not well manageable. . They set the combo in such fashion. . Every other optiinal guy i talk also made the same comment. . Also 10 markers of paper 2 anthro were very general. . Dont know how the scores will be awarded

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@sat_009yess. . I was not knowing in detail about that. .thats why i left that question

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@Valar_morghulis- which 3 u write?

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@sat_009kk. . I tried the same. . Have written many current examples like reservation for son of soil in MP and Telangana in regionalism. . Have drawn the map

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@sat_009yess. , done it in balanced in detail

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@sat_009which 3 u wrote and how u wrote in paper 2 as well as 1 . . U seems to be expert in anthro. . Im just beginer

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And how u wrote. . Just outline. . Especialy for paper2

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Lets form a thread for anthro mains discussion2019. . How many are interested???

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@sat_009i wrote these examples for current relevance

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@sat_009u r invited to anthro page

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Low to lowest

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@sat_009what was your gs score? U have realy studied welll this year

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Wrote cyberdome on cybersecurity theme. . Just write types of vuknerability with no explaination, mentioned the points like rigitalisation of data, ipr strengthening, easy procedure, Mibistry of ayush, promotion of reseaech etc in traditional knowledge question but not used word TKDL,wrote weong about vishweswaraiya 's work, had stopped reading recent current affair in august itself so was little aware of UAPA but still write general answer,rest of my questions are good. .. My paper 3 story which i found difficult

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Completed the total paper gs 3

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After seeing the discussion of the questions here i still not able to decipher whether i have written good answers or not. People still want IBC format or some structure which i have nt maintained in many questions. . Also i have written mix of point format and para format which may award me less marks as many claimed that examiners just see the heading and subheading and not the entire answer. My answers if not read well and examiner only see the headings then are empty. . Also word limit has been crossed in the questions where i know relevant content. . I answered only what is asked and concluded. . Not given the detailed intro n conclusion except few. . Also good, avg, namesake ratio varries in each paper with low good answers in paper 3 as specific was asked. . Essays were okay.. Optional i dont know aboout marking scheme scaling and all stuff discussed here. .only positive is i have written relevant content and not extra and attempted all questions in all papers except paper 3 , 2 10 markers were just 30 words. . Still in dielma about result as

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Ye to hadd hai. . Vats bhai khud select hoke kahe dusroko pareshan kar rahe ho. . Apni engineering ka knowledge apne pass hi rakh do. . Lambe fasoge nhi to aage jake

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Result 2014 main 4 month baad aya tha due to jaaat issue. . May b yeh ab 16 jan ke baad hi aye

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@TETRACYCLINEhow was ur medical science???

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@TETRACYCLINEthik thak tha bhai. . Bohot leli humari medical science ne. . Usse to thik hua

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I found her name in the list of students who passed the preliems. . 5802688 is the roll number. . Seems true

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I was not aware of exact provisions of UAPA and ammendments. . I bluffed alot on general terms in that question. . Also in ancient knowledge question i write all other things but not TKDL i just mentioned the digitalisation on data. . In food processing question i missed word SAPADA. . Also i write mediocre answer of cyberdome and vishweswaraiya part and types of vulnerability. . I think paper 3 was very tough as exact demand was mentioned in question and also reduction in weightage of economy which used to award me 100 plus marks in previous attempt. 100 plus seems difficult this time atleast for me. . Baki UPSC meherban

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Bhai maine bhi iss sal job join kar di hai. Ab acchi salary hai so relatives to chuup hai. . Isse tension kafi had tak kam ho gaya hai a

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Seeing the proceedings and more number of candidates claiming the possesion of certificate upto 16 th august, more delay is possible in result. . But that might last till next 2 -3 days. . This week is d week

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Telegram group ka naam batao. . Kaha discuss ho raha hai mattwr

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@AnduinNaam to batao

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@AzadHindFauzUpsc has long history of winning the cases that went into the HC and SC . . It will be repeated now

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@Aequitaswhich tg group. . Name??

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