@princessconsuela488Baba website is user friendly so chose TLP over secure!
Cant comment on quality though!
@mokuI had joined MGP in November
It continues from June 23rd
16 more full length tests remaining,so not joining anything new!
@AmazingDonnaI haven’t done it!
But if you have time the no harm done I assume!
@sernihiloRead the whole thing
Make summary of your own!
There is a course in unacademy about that!
@VikaI have listed 170-180 topics from questions might appear
So I am preparing model answers to them in concised way paperwise so that it would be easy to look at it the day before exams!
Plus revising my own mains test series copies and paying attention to the comments they comeup with!
Do share if you have any more productive ideas
@VikaAlmost everything you mentioned is available in a single document ie NITI’s strategy for India @75!
Found it really helpful for paper 3 and parts of paper 2
@AkkkuWould be elated if essays would come on such topics!
@BehemothEven if you skip Mains 365 the topics have remained same to about 95pc!
You might have read from a different source but same topics as in mains 365.
@titanium17As per my experience whatever the keyword is they do expect us to write pros,cons,way forward!
But it gets tricky when it comes to discuss!
In forum tests they have been regularly asking me to discuss am clueless about how to discuss!
@STWas that supposed to be a low blow?
Anyways not in a position to get offended too
@arcygenzyMy optional test series penalises for both right and left sides!
Better to avoid
@LostThats lot better than forum!
Highest for a 10 marker is 5 and 7.5 for 15 marker
So practically you write a test for 125 marks here
@dancingminionwithin 15 most of the times!
@Kira0705Make sure you thank your girl friend after results bro!
Just Kidding!
@Kira0705OMG!
Sorry about that.
@CaesarConnected it to hijab ban in public by france and started to link provisions and articles
@Kira0705For regional variation I just divided country into North East West South and North East!
Ran out of ideas for it
@Kira0705I dont see any other approach!
Problem with paper 2 is they have given everything in the question and are asking us to comment elaborate which is very tedious!
@dancingminionECI,HC,SC
Appeal over judgment of SC!
@CaesarIt can be elaborated right?
I wrote his powers to take part in LS/RS etc
@dancingminionNGO-CSO-SHG linkage!
@Jayson_BourneI structured it around NAM
@harsh12345S R Bommai case
@harsh12345Thats I could recall though!
@LostDo UTs share federal relation with centre?
@dancingminionAmendment power-Limitations to absolute power by Art 13 and Judicial review methods
For Can basic structure be destroyed, I wrote it can be by quoting example of 24th amendment and judiciary can only give guidelines and law making is function of parliamnet
Concluded by writing why it should not be destroyed!
@LostNullius in verba!
@LostIt didnt bol bro
I just pooched
@Jayson_BourneBro what is this S Swami case
Elaborate please!
Shocked that I havent read about this
@ashutoshkulkarn820Exactly!But question starts with,can amendment power be unlimited
So that part is to be addressed
@shantanuchauhan11580What has this got to do with basic structure doctrine
@Dijkstra
Krishnaraja sagara dam
Vanivilasa sagara dam
Hydel power on cauvery and sharavathi rivers
Control of floods of musi in hyderabad
@quantumI forgot to bring my ethics notes to the hotel and when I started revising from some other source it felt like I havent read a single word in ethics and started panicking
Then I made my sister to "CAM SCAN" my notes and only got comfortable after that!
@AkkkuToo generalised?
How did you define South Indian culture?
Do you have any idea about differences between Tamil Sankranti and Kannada Sankranti
@Phagocyte
Defined Culture
2 lines about Uniqueness
Then took 5-6 parameters like cusines,dressing,dance,music,festivals and brought out examples
Later gave example of bhimsen joshi from Karnataka mastering Hindustani music to conclude that even though we have diversities intermixing of cultures integrates us
Added map for dances!
@paranthapijjaSame here
syllabus came to the rescue!
@DKTBro,if you are writing test series with any hope that vision/forum will churn out a question which upsc will repeat then its not the fault of upsc/coaching institutes!
Test series is a costly way of boosting our ego that we can finish papers and score well in those papers and nothing else
@STHope so!Banking on completion of paper and comparitively easy optional paper!
How was yours?
@MinimumwageKannada Literature
@TeddyWestsideGood to know you are a HIMYM fan!
Legendary
@TeddyWestsideA lie is a great story someone ruined with the truth!
True story!
@TeddyWestsideAlways rooted for ted and robin so happy the way it ended,but post season 5 show was on a decline tbh
Season 1-5 infinite loop for me!
@TeddyWestsideUrban flood management in Hyderabad on Musi
Hydel power projects across Karnataka!
Turning drought prone region of south Karnataka to rice bowl/sugar bowl via krs dam!
@HaeckelShould thank Karnataka state board!
we had stories of Sir M V 5-6 times in various classes
@ranyo_asokaBhadra dam was commissioned in 1968
M V was not involved with it I believe
@pravinshinde3592958August offer,cripp's mission,wavell's plan,Cabinet mission plan,Atlee's statement,Mt batten's plan,Radcliffe's line dillema etc had to be written!
@ShubzThats me
I have no idea how much I would score!
So went for the highest available option
@Yes_I_am_inHold your horses!
I have clearly said IMO in my post
If you don’t find it valid then feel free to ignore
This is a public forum and I know what and what not to post
Keep your advices to yourself
@jumboI am putting forth a simple point
A half filled paper doesn’t look good!
Not that you should write to the brim of it but atleast 1.75 pages for 10 market
@paranthapijjaBro I am not telling anyone that everyone who fills up pages fill quality
But writing 1.5-2 pages for a 15 marker and expecting 7-8 is illogical!
@paranthapijja
People use mc bc chu etc here and I am not discussing civicly itseems!
Anyways thats my pov and I don’t need a lesson of how to post from you
Ty for the unsolicited advice!
@dr-ahmednaaz8567I get it and have no issues if proven wrong!
But coming here asking me to tone down or asking me to stop “spreading false news” was annoying!
I mean all people do here is sell there propaganda,writing pages of answers for an exam gone past a month ago.
Anyways,apologies to anyone and everyone if they felt I was rude
@sat_009First mains bro,not able come to a conclusion tbh!
I havent skipped a single question plus as far as I know havent written any dummy answers other than cyberdome and optional has gone well.
@paranthapijjaPrelims discussion was hilarious here!
I was scoring 120-130 from various keys but by looking at analysis here had serious doubts on clearing!
@GloriousMess26Pretending to study forestry!
It’s about time I stop and read some novels or start optional
@abhishek_pYou should interact with people in tea points of ORN!
If they get hold of a noob,they will bloody hell ruin his career with advices!
@RagsExactly!
Mourning Afzal guru’s hanging was nothing short of treason
@Bubba_gumpAre you being sarcastic?
@sat_009Bro,dont worry about naysayers!
Its probably because they were not able write quality answers themselves,they assume no else can or even if they have written assume it to be fake!
People who were sure of flunking prelims came here and called all those confident of clearing prelims as chance takers/guessers!
Sour grapes.
@bevancomIf chilling in real life was as easy as it could be typed!
@ranyo_asoka39 seats more for obc compared to 2018
@pysh12950Wars and Rebellions are different right?
Paika,Kittur,Polygar,Few tribals in central and East India like Ho,Kol,Munda,Santhal are rebellions!
@TeddyWestsideWrote an intro quoting UN’s water stress definition
Later dived India into N S E W NE and addressed them with problems and possible solutions!
@CaesarIf you know your DL number you can get it issued from digilocker.
@dr-ahmednaaz8567
Stakeholders would be victim,accused,her family(apparently she phoned her sister),police(who told her parents she might have eloped with someone),Encounter team,Government of Telangana and of course citizens of the country!
Sexual assault in form,shape,time should be condemned severely and those 4 if they are part of this henious act deserved it!
But safety of self should be held at the pinnacle leaving aside all the women empowerment talks!Women/Men,nobody is safe along highways after dark when travelling alone and believing random strangers on street is grave miscalculation on her part!
Also lack of awareness on her part to stay near crowded areas(There was at toll plaza near by)
@CaesarSrilankan tamil refugees have already got citizenship and have integrated all over south and as of now I don’t see any unrest here!
Neaplese and Bhutanese are like quasi citizens of India!They can get jobs etc without hassle.
Also,the counter argument is these are persecuted minority of these 3 nations where Islam is in majority!
@RagsWhat is this national language?As far as I know my nation has none!
@Ragsexactly!
Wth is national language?
@Ragswho are we here?
@VivekanandSNot sure about numbers but a major chunk of those writing mains are veterans
Who feel no need to write tests.
@John_TitorIts a worldwide trend!
Nationalism and right wing ideology is on the rise!Am sure its just a phase.
@CaesarHe is an elected MP,which made him a minister
Hope you stop digging into technical details and divert the bigger picture in a good spirit of course
@CaesarTomorrow a tamililan/Kannadiga/Telugu guy will state that when his languages were churning out classics in 5-6-7th century,Hindi wasn’t even a language so make us the so called National language!
It’s throwing stone at a bee hive especially in India where languages isn’t just spoken but taken as an identity.
@tsswhy are you quoting me with all this?
I am very neutral about all the things happening around!I just questioned the word “goon”.
I think Mr.Shah can sue the guy who called him goon for defamation.
@Kevin_De_BruyneMust be a hard week for you this!
#GGMU
Manchester is red!
@Kevin_De_BruyneI was never Ole Out!
@Kevin_De_Bruyne
Thats good to know!Anyone you know of got offered a job?
@atuljiWe 12k are here because we were better than 4-5 lakhs of other aspirants!
Hashtag optimism!
@CaesarBut the most spoken language or dialect in the subcontinent remains largely confined to hinterland and not being spoken in frontier is a little surprising and I have talked about it with vajiram faculty but their answers were not satisfactory
@Jayson_BourneBecause even if people with “humanitarian” views agree or not non Islamic religions have been persecuted historically in Pak and Bangla equal to ethnic cleansing and lakhs of them have no one to turn to except India!
Yes I second the concerns of Assamese for sure,they are the worst affected demographically.
But not the concerns of Indian citizens of a particular faith taking to streets outside NE and burning things like goons and chanting shit!
@kochikaameSir,with all due respect if you are an Indian of any faith you shouldn’t not worry!
And if you read CAB it one fast forwards naturalisation for few communities and does not bar anyone from naturalisation!
The reason quoted for that is that these communities are a persecuted minorities!
And fearing is subjective!
This is not a dictatorship!It is a thumping majority government which is doing things promised in its manifesto!
Talking of judiciary I am sure you are aware of Shabrimala verdict!We in south are huge devotees of Aiyappa Swami and aren’t our concerns respected?Should I loose hopes on judiciary?
@Bubba_gumpSir I am kind of lost here!
How will NRC affect anyone who can proove he is a citizen?
This is a genuine question sir and not a rhetoric!
@Bubba_gumpOk then!
The basic concern is tribal rights then?
These protests,vandalism,sloganeering is done for tribal welfare?
Common bro!
@kochikaameSmall kids who wouldn’t know ABC are against CAB and indulging in stone pelting and you have already talking about NRC!
One stone pelter was asked what is CAB and he was blabbing some chartered accountancy BS!
Bro this isn’t about religion or anything!
If government was cancelling citizenship all people of particular faith then I would have taken to streets
This is pure fear mongering and I am vehemently against it!
@kochikaameThose poor can be Hindus/Chakmas/Hajongs as well my friend!
Why aren’t we taking to streets?
Wait should we?
@kaushik8890Yes yes!
I am all for it!
Only genuine concern is of North East!
Tripura’s tribals are now minorities in their own state!
Concerns are real there!
@vvvikas0078212I don’t speculate!
If and when NRC comes,if it is harmful to people will surely oppose it!
My views are about CAB as of now and reaction to it
The point here is poor are poor in every faith right?Why is it only one of them reacting to it and asking for azadi?
@vvvikas0078212Obviously everybody is allowed to have different opinions!
If SC finds FR being violated it can thrash it and we should respect it!
But everything that is going on has huge religious implications to it except in NE where there is existential crisis
I don’t care about who or what religion people are given citizenship!But branding Indians fascists and fear mongering is what I am opposed to which is excatly what is going on!
I can talk a lot of practical things but this isnt the place for it!
Lets hope peace prevails
Jai hind!
@LazydreamerYes!Exactly put.
The Big Picture - Citizenship Amendment Bill
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@Caesardepends!
He seemed resonable for my viewpoint including NE region!
@King_of_the_dead
this sounds like holocaust agenda against muslims!
Hope god gives them strength to withstand bruality!'
@John_TitorNRC was not discussed!
@vvvikas0078212is it ok in ur opinion to mourn jihadi like Afzal?
if those are the values which these places impart,waste of tax money!
@kartikayias234all those who have cleared prelims via ews and haven’t been able to upload certificate have been informed via mail about their candidature being revoked
@kochikaameProtesting is not bad!
Torching buses is!Pelting stone is!
Shouting Hinduose Azadi is!
Shouting Bharat tere _ _ _ hoga is!
They all talk about how bad India,Israel is for Muslims
Don’t they have guts to question uighurs of china?Oh wait leftists right?
@kochikaameI am talking only about protests of CAB!
Exact sloganeering happens every time when 35-40 year old students protest
@kochikaameok chill maadi!
@duster2019Opposing government using fancy words and being pseudo secular is the new cool!
PS:I don’t subscribe to your viewpoint of throwing out though
@LightYagamiRohingyas are not granted asylum in hardcore Islam countries of malaya and singapore!
You want them in India
@LightYagamiNo need to be Mother Theresa here!
Government of India has every right to allow or disallow any community depending on its reasons!
Art 14,15 or 1 billion!None of it is violated in the process!Go watch Harish Salve’s explaination!
Like it or not we are Hindu majority country and Sikh,Buddhist,Jains are culturally affiliated to this land and granting asylum and citizenship to them is correct in every respect!
Even if Muslims of someother countries want citizenship they can avail that via normal procedures of naturalisation!
Citizenship Act originally doesn’t even allow anyone to migrate but now it is being relaxed to allow persecuted minorities of these Islamic nations!
@King_of_the_deadWtf are you on with!
I am laughing at your pathetic act of fear mongering in the name of religion!
Keep these to twitter,where you might get RTs and followers
@King_of_the_deadYou are allowed to say whatever you want and same applies to me!
If you are in fear its your own apprehension and I have nothing to add!
All the best if you have written mains!
Cheers!
@TeddyWestsideCongrats bro
Hope you have found your Robin/tracy depending on how you hoped himym would end!
This was my second attempt and first mains!
I honestly believe I have done well but still apprehensive about results!
My question is for all those who have written mains before and have written again this time around!
Specifically w.r.t mains what went wrong with your failed attempts and if you believe you have done well this time what have you changed approach wise!
TIA
@CaesarPreemptive strike by pro CAA people!
@CaesarI see no wrong!
Is there a difference b/n 2 pics?
Am I missing something?Where is a specific religion being harrssed?
In that I am equally in threat of being deported as that of a person of particular religion now in streets!
Why am I not in streets and not feeling threatened?
@Yes_I_am_inPlease listen to Harish Salvey’s interview with regrads to constitutionality of the act!
It wouldn’t violate anything but expands the scope of citizenship act!
As far as wording absence goes Salvey said there is no hard and fast rule to mention everything in amendment per se!
@Yes_I_am_inBro your are giving undue credit to protesters
Most of them have no f’n idea why they are here!
Anynways lets cut this here!
Let “Will results come today” be the topic today
@PhoooooI would lend my full support if that was the issue being raised!
But news being fed here and unrest being instigated is all together on a different narrative!
CAA is harmful to Assamese and NE demographics and NRC is for poor,uneducated alike!
Where did religion arrive to the scene!
@CaesarThe growth rate targetted was 8 to 9 to 10 in phased manner
With this slump to reach that target we would have to grow in double digits to make up for lost ground!
Which is in all possibilities impossible!
@yummyOut!
Will workhard next time so that my roll number appears in every fake pdf!
@StarkHousePlease dont buildup expectations
@bevancomEither you will be a legend or will be a troll material after results!
I personally love your confidence though!I wish I had it.
@LalalashLets create a new thread for interview preparation
Whatever result maybe,would be good for future reference!
@NadigVinayBard of blood is good too!
@zombielandEnds on a cliffhanger and sets up well for season 2
Karnataka has many state funded universities,second largest number of private engineering colleges,one of the highest number of medical colleges!Top draw universities like christ,jain,manipal etc but political activity,vandalism,fightsetc are hardly seen!
I have done my engineering in a reputed college from Karnataka but never did we have any political gatherings ever!
How come trouble always finds its way in only certain institutions?
@kochikaameIf you observe election results of Karnataka historically,here elections are usually decided on local issues.
When Indira lost out everywhere post emergency she was given the highest number of MPs and she chose KA to come back to power too because back then INC had a very good leaders and support base was loyal!
But for the first time Karnataka went with national trend by giving 25/28 seats mandate to BJP and large part of it is to ascribed to the fact that elections were fought as modi vs the rest this time!
Even I was unsure about modi in 2018 but seeing the narrative of his opposition demeaning the whole country just for the hatred of one man,my political priorities took a U turn!
Leftists praising Tamil Nadu and Kerala as real Indian states for not giving mandate to BJP was top class cringe!
@Yes_I_am_inwings/feathers are fair as long as they are fair!
For instance these people wanted police to stay away from one university when they were pelting stones left right and centre also asked police who gave them authority to enter and now are asking where is the police in some other university!
From where I come from,student politics doesn’t make any sense to me so,right left centre whoever you are shut it and study!
@Yes_I_am_inOk you win!
Jai Stalin Jai Lenin
Lets stop it
@John_TitorNahh it isn’t victim blaming or anything!
I am genuinely surprised as to why inspite of being in college for 4 years,there was no such incidents and what drives these things to happen!
I personally have no idea of what student politics is about!
@Yes_I_am_inI don’t call names!
If you fancy yourself as one might as well give that to yourself
All the best!
@Yes_I_am_inThat’s the mistake man!
I don’t have any problem,that you should understand!
Take care!
@John_TitorNot that simple!
Its the creeping of ideology and involvement of parties in student lives that are playing spoil sport!
Waste of time and energy!
I was gymming very religiously till December first week and had taken 3 months membership
This constant postponing of results made me skip gym for most part of December as I was feeling rests less and nervous and now membership has expired and I am at loss of over a month!
UPSC should address my grievance!
@AzadHindFauzWhat exactly are they petitioning about?
Please explain the case in 250 words!
TIA
@TeddyWestsideBro,you are the right person to do predictions and along with it add few lines so as to why do you think cutoff will rise/fall!
@VivekanandSNever ever mess with UPSC
This year someone who had got ranks both in forest and civils was in trouble regarding obc certificates!
@VivekanandSNope some discrepancies!
Issue resolved and that person has got a cadre now!
But it was a close shave.
@K_9With all due respect sir,I believe there are few crucial points in this exam!Thats why I put this view out!
Though your viewpoint is highly appreciated too!
@pysh12950are u sure?
@kochikaameI talked about violence,politics and he/she on about CAA protests and solidarity with JNU
No sane human enjoys to see anybody injured and whatever wing they are,they should be punished in the highest way possible!
And coming to iisc iim manipal,I told we dont have political affiliations in our state among students and didn’t tell they aren’t spineless!
It was reactionary protests in solidarity with violence on Jamia and JNU not proactive politics!
Question was about gandhara buddha and you are on about mathura buddha!
Anyways whatever sails your ship!
@kochikaamewant to mention football but I follow premier league and literally haven’t watched a single Indian team play!
So bit apprehensive!
@AequitasSame problem with movies!
I am huge movie buff and total number of movies I watches in theatres last year is upwards of 50!
All of them are normal commercial movies of English,Kannada,Hindi!
But,I haven’t watched these classic movies which upsc’s old guns might like!
@AequitasI mean I have watched all of top 25 movies in imdb but a little nervous to mention it!
Finally would mention Watching and playing football,movies and trekking!
@pysh12950Waqt is a big,long,sandy “beach” bro!
Who knows what happens!
@K_9Is this estimated after leaving 250 marks blank??
This is some confidence/exaggeration!
@pranay3962129For me the thing was to write fluid,well structured,decent answers,complete the paper and hope for the best!
No idea of quality!
@Akkku
Popcorn time for us mere mortals
@RaillifeReading newspaper must be a habit and not a ritual!
Most of hindu,express whatever you read is filled with agenda articles!
One day a BJP guy praises PMJY and next day a Congressman or a Communist bashes it left right!
Rarely you get good editorials!
So just glance it everyday,if you find anything good,go to the website,copy paste it into your evernote!
Making notes is futuile!Trust me I have done this and found it hardly useful.You will end up with literally 400-500 pages of stuff in unorganised manner at the end to revise instead of which you can rely on vision/shankar/insights which will be well organised and written
@bevancomYou want people to believe you when you go on ranting about your prowess on answer writing,essay,blah blah pages of notes!
What makes you genuine and not him?
Even you got exposed few times if am not wrong!
@bevancomFor the purpose of mere mortals,you two gurus must put out in public these chats!
I am sure cosmic knowledge would flow and fill up forum on answer writing,essay etc etc!
I wish forum was under RTI
@TeddyWestside
1.Improve quality of roads ie having railings on the side,increasing number of bays for vehicles to stop to let other vehicles pass!
2.Also,only trained drivers must be allowed to drive tourist vehicles in difficult terrain which may also help find employment to locals
3.Identify the accident prone zones and deploy forces plus increase patrols!
@NadigVinayfounder of iasbaba!
@DreadfulAlso I heard from a 2nd person source that once you get into IFS,to get better postings high level political lobbying goes on and contacts matter for sure in IFS.
Donno how true it is though!
@DreadfulYeah I was told the same!
Also UN postings are those,for which most of the lobbying goes on itseems!
Either a high performing officer or a person with high profile links get posted in UN.
@dancingminionAlready an outrageous troll tweet legitimised by her majesty
@Valar_morghulisHappy Sankranti!
What is bhogi?Even I am from south,never heard of it?
@AnduinOhh nice!
Where do they celebrate it?TN?
@NadigVinayReally?
What part of Karnataka
I am from Shimoga and this is the first time I have ever heard of Bhogi
@madeyeNews doing rounds that upsc might appeal to HC over cat orders!
@kochikaameSome people here were frustrated before mains itself!
Old habits die hard
@TeddyWestsideMy favourite account in twitter!
I feel sad everytime I see his posts for not taking ifos seriously
@NadigVinaynadigre,aagtiroo tensionge baaayig barad pakka innu late aadre!
@NadigVinayyaarig helanaaa namma problemmu!
@AzadHindFauzKannada bruh!
@NadigVinayAraamagi Wild Karnataka documentary nodta idde ivatt mugitu antha
@NadigVinaykfd aranya page li aagle hd link bantu
Unreal feeling!
I was confident but you never know mains is dicey!
But first mains!
Cracking it gives special kick!
Hope god’s grace remains the same throughout and hope I get Karnataka cadre
For all those who cleared all the best,lets fu*king do this!
For all those who didn’t,stay strong,hard work never ever fails you!
