@Vikait was my first attempt and first mains. I found history paper easier than last few years’. In gs I did nothing exceptional but optional is making me bite my nails. Have no idea about the marks in such paper even after attempting full 500 marks paper confidently, I have a strong intuition that mains result will shatter and shock all of us.
@abhishek_pand any senior who gave mains this year with history optional. What are your views on the extent this paper can be shocker even after having some relatively easier questions??
@STyr sample space bada ambiguous rhega aise predictions me. Bahut dhurandhar bethe hai upsc ki race me...900-870 me hi khub nikal jaenge
@Jayson_BourneGave my first mains with history optional this year. Found questions quite straight forward compared to previous years. Not sure how this will impact the score. Might lower down a bit.
@Vikain ancient I found everything from U Singh, just wrote down exact language of textbook( Q 3 and Q4). In medieval, sanskrit ques (could not remember text but had rough idea from ignou that sanskrit was limited to translations of old text and nothing new was written) , zainul(exact text from satish chandra) european impact( bit of ncert and ignou- halo behind jahangir, choice of colour and tones, objects in paintings),capitalism( ignou stuff, had hard time compiling everything). Modern I found quite straight forward(I think p2p Was source of most of the questions) . In world attempted q 5 and 6 (was able to write relevant stuff but no idea how it will be examined ) was my first attempt, history sucks hell to of time and my GS prep suffered cuz of my optional. Not sure to continue with history or take anthro which is known to have a short syllabus (people say so) and is more awarding(atleast 270 marks )unlike history
@Vikaeven at the exam centre, some senior players told me that history is a dhokhebaz subject.
That students from engineering background must go for anthro, PCM or their graduation stream. History is least rewarding optional. And all this was said a day before optional paper.
Will be focusing on RPSC Aen mains for few months. Dont want myself to get struck in this cycle of upsc without a backup!
@Shubzwas watching gs score video by piyush kumar. He was saying that we can mention more than one site and write about one and upsc is quite liberal when it comes to mapwork. Hope that’s also followed in practice at upsc
@Vikayeah, but wrote what I knew..covering most of the aspects in 150 words
@Phagocytei wrote like this. India a nation of multiple languages and within a language there are multiple dialects across regions with their distinct literature. Cultural variations in food dance drama within smaller pockets similar to those across India. Filled up 2 pages with such stuff
@Ravsi answered it in this way. Non performance k reasons- personal or financial obligations, conflict of interest. Leads to trust erosion and delayed redressal affects quality of work if done in hurry afterwards as there will be misuse of funds and arbitrary use of authority in haste. Such sort of bakar. Its tough to create answers on the spot!! Still insights junta claim it as the easiest paper of human history!
@dancingminion
employment- earlier they were restricted to homes, globalization gave opportunities but with rising male incomes women again got restricted to homes
health- reproductive, lifestyle-related
political representation
then the invigilator took the answer booklet from me as time was over. Found this question a bit confusing so attempted in the end...not expecting marks
@Minimumwagesaw their explanation of indigenous medicine question. Bhai aise sapne exam hall me nahi aate, and ye log bhi nhi padhate itna kuch!!
@ranyo_asokabest part is that..nobody except iasbaba is claiming that their test series had similar questions and they possess an amazing hit rate
@Deltahistory optional me decent score hi 230-250 hota hai
@AllMightwell according to a senior(currently in IAAS) one must be confident that 16 sites must be absolutely correct(along with 30 word theory)..this year..I think serious aspirant could have done 16-17 sites with accuracy
@AllMightI dont know. I myself gave my first attempt This year...just sharing experience of seniors..
When it comes to checking mains answer copies, there is a general pattern followed in state PSC/UPSC
There is a head examiner and representative of UPSC who thoroughly discusses the question paper with examiners. They are also briefed with the answers provided by those who have framed the question. Every question is analyzed along with every dimension related to that question, degree of easiness or toughness, marking criteria etc. Then the checking of copies finally starts. No examiner can award more than 60%( i.e 150) marks in GS. If he does, the copy is again rechecked by the head examiner, who confirms if the candidate really deserves that score.
So verdict is, Examiners are already familiar with multiple versions of an answer and give marks accordingly.
(My father is a professor who has checked state PSC copies, and few of his friends have had attachment with upsc as an examiner)
@ranyo_asokabut likhna kya tha 250 words me usme??mujhe answer banane me kaafi time lag gaya..
@duster2019my first attempt and first mains...literally..brain cant get over those questions..!!
@Aadyabharuin gs3 questions, we had something write...thats it..none of the GS papers were EASY
@kuttachalo bhai fir aap apni marksheet daalo..kuch hum first timers ko motivation mile...yaha ummido ki lanka lag chuki hai discussions k bad..
@Chacha420yeah..I always cant believe people saying..I didnt studied much for mains or never studies for GS4..bhai seriously...to 3 month kar kya rahe the if you were not studying for mains aur aisi himmat kaha se laate ho...humare paas to nahi hai
@kutta
Thanks for your marksheet..
Lets then agree on this fact that toppers were lucky..thats it!
@kuttaI kept myself away from forum post prelims..joined forum just few days after prelims in order to get idea about what is general trend this year...I saw lots of confused guys..left forum throughout my mains prep..
Now I am here to demotivate myself..in order to bear shock of mains result
plus prepare for other exams as well.(RPSC Aen in my case).not completely lost in dreams of fabulous mains result and lbsnaa life
whatever he wrote in his answer sheets..doesnt matter to us..we all wish he gets rewarded for his hardwork. And about his answers at forum, he might or might not have written the same in mains, atleast we have explored a question through various dimensions it can cover which we didnt knew earlier. Chill!
@paranthapijjaI am personally against the idea of maps and flowcharts as I believe that for a 50-60-year-old examiner, the text is more comfortable than diagrams...but thats just me..do diagrams elevate scores?
@Caesareven their bio says, cleared prelims 2019 in first attempt- sharing STRATEGY to counter prelims in 90 days without The Hindu....
@ranyo_asoka10 dec I think, interviews by 1 Feb
For me, it was my first attempt and first mains. I only left 1 question in GS, that too 10 marker in GS2( federal supremacy one). But in rest of the question, most of them were completed in 2-2.25 pages( 250 words) and 1.25 page(150 words), for few question where I had ample of content, I wrote 2 page , 3 pages respectively, but such questions were not more than 7-8 in every paper, some 15 markers were written in 1.5 page. So I think if one aspires to complete 20/20 questions in GS, some questions had to be cut short otherwise its impossible!
( I am reading The Hindu regularly since 2017 when I was doing my graduation, means I started my preparation bit earlier which kept me such position that I had something write about in every question)
@corrigible_87copy checking process as much I know was finished yesterday. Insider info. Might be wrong
@ranyo_asokayr maine apni university k prof. se baat kari thi, some prof. known to him returned from Delhi yesterday after staying for 1 month there(for copy checking). He said that answercopies of optionals and GS are checked, no idea about essay. Preparing result takes time.
@MalcolmIf you have any wedding invitations, attend some of those weddings, socialize and have some great food(what I am doing these days). Because after the mains result, one might have another year of isolation and confinement...
I also wrote stories in both essays-
Courage wale me - ISRO initial failures to Successful MOM
AI me- I started with an anecdote from movie Naya Daur in which new tech(motorcars) were seen with apprehension by bullock cart driving villagers but later they realized benefits of tech of the day..type stuff..
KAT sakta hai...lagta hai..
I am horrible with philosophical essays, my practice sessions confirmed that. Took 2 hours to complete first one, AI one found something in my domain, had plenty of bakar abour it
@Scorpion888in courage one I had few examples from history which I gave and diversified essay by blending climate change and social aspects with it.
In AI, the only report I knew was of ILO future of work, rest govt. schemes, NITI aayog NAIM, AI garage. It divided this essay into impact of AI in primary, secondary and tertiary sectors and scope of upskill and reskill. Did not include Socio-economic-political factors .
@vvvikas0078212matlab?
@vvvikas0078212yeah..baat to sahi hai..
First attempt wala gamble hai..chal gaya to theek nahi to courage to accept what went wrong and dedication to improve
@surendra19i also gave isro eg. Then whats courage and why accept, then wrote about accept-improve for great men(mk gandhi)-common individuals (our daily lives)- nation (made by individuals-Japan eg)
then what after success-courage to accept(successfull business impact on env. Lives of people and dedication to improve the same). Then a conclusion that I dont remember
@ranyo_asokatime kaat raha hu...mains k result tak
@atuljibiased media wala was I think the toughest topic. Maintaining a balanced view in this topic is itself an art as we all know the current state of Indian media and reason behind its biasness which we cant openly say in upsc paper(imo)
@bevancomessay is something, we can easily recall about what we wrote in exam as the info is much less. This is not the case with GS..where one hardly one can recall even faintly each and every point they wrote..after 60days
@bevancomsahi baat hai...
But those sharing points here might be first attempters with confused brains having no idea what they wrote, and no one to discuss answers with. So they share their answers, so that a senior can give some insights about what can go wrong. Although one must not trust blind opinions on forums butstill 1% bhi kisi ki baat kaam ki nikal jae to khud ki galti pata chal jaegi...that why I am here
@zombielandtrue that, from personal experience I can confirm that starting with a story is an escape route when we are out of good ideas or facts(which happened with me while I was writing in exam)..rarely I have seen any good essay that starts with a story, only upsc junta has opted this methodology to such an extant
@Chanakyaworst part, they did not even whatsapped copy of result to chairman, otherwise I
Could have asked MP of my constituency to forward it to me
A relative of mine gave mains in 2017, he wrote one essay in 6 pages, another in 5. He has an elbow problem so cannot right fast so restricts himself to few pages. But he spent initial 1 hour in brainstorming those 6 pages each essay. He got 146. Could not get selected due to horrible marks in GS and optional as he was not able to complete paper. But those 146 marks speak a lot about how essays are evaluated
@nikhilrai0827880As much I know, a candidate is known by a serial no. not the role no. written in the front page. So dont worry
@AllMightclassic books for essays?? Is there any time left for that? If anybody has done this, please suggest some books
@zombielandso that we can have a list of what went wrong
qki mains result k baad koi ques discuss nahi karne wala
Recently in Rajasthan Assistant Engg Prelims
Cutoff were as follows
ST- 121
OBC- 115
Gen- 101
SC- 49
All candidates of st and obc were declared qualified by the High Court stating that, reserved cat. cutoff cannot be higher than Gen. This happened for prelims result. Total no. candidates eligible to write mains were increased so that Gen cat. seats are not affected.
@sat_009jo bhi ho...ek to Rajasthan me home state ka fayeda nahi milta upar se jab mains k liye qualify kiya. around 15% lene hote hai total no. of seats k, OBC me 21% le liye, ST me bhi 20%+ ..bematlab ka compititon badha diye..baki unfair bhi hai, 15% se jyada qualify kar dena
@vvvikas0078212upsc ki key ke bad pata chalega ki const. K random article ko refer kare ya indian express me pdt achari ko
@STpata nahi sab ethics ko easy paper q bata sare the(except insights, unke to secure se paper bante hai to comment section walo ko hamesha easy lagte hain). Static portion in section A se jyada diff nahi ana cuz sare topper kehte hai ki no. Case study me aate hai aur waha to kata hai sabka
@Chanakyame too
@abhishek_pexaminers are not selected by the government of the day. The UPSC Chairman makes a panel to recommend names and then examiners are personally contacted by the Chairman office. There is a certain criteria for selecting examiners, like they must not have been a part of paper setting process, they are not part of any book(authored or co authored) whose reference is there in question paper etc. The panel consists of all UPSC members. Having seen some interview transcripts, I can surely say that UPSC members do not align to any specific ideology and are neutral in their approach.
Aise frnds aur relatives ko nationwide NRC me illegal ghoshit kar dena chahiye...
Hamara to chota town hai..mera pre clear hua tha tab meri hi whatsapp dp par congrats likh do gulab k phool edit kar papa ko bhej rahe the....ab shadiyo me bhi chain se paneer-tikki-chawmin nahi khaane dete..result kab aa raha hai mains kesa gaya..suna hai is baar to bahut easy paper de diye..
@vision2020cuz BHAKTS in north India were busy worshipping the wrong guy!!
@vision2020the main reason behind bhakti in south was the emergence of the institution of temple in the south under the patronage of local vassals and a central authority which were the actual beneficiaries of the rise of Bhakti cult. Such an institution, at the same time, was not present in the north which had lack of political stability unlike south...itna hi yaad aa raha hai..
@Bubba_gumpwhats wrong with RAGAeshwar??..he is a pure soul..cuz his Dadi had perfected the art of Sterilization
http://paulgraham.com/wisdom.html
Roman saini retweeted this essay. Its well written and gives some idea about how to approach a philosophical essay.
And yes I am also Tired of these fake pdfs and waiting for results. So sharing something I found helpful.
@DKTI read both TH and IE for 2019 pre. After giving paper I found both of them overrated for pre(they are very useful for mains). Whatever I scored to clear pre was due to insights and Vision CA booklets and some grip at statics and some tukkas gone right.
agar result itna late(5 jan ka baad) ho raha hai to interviews(and then results) aur pre k beech gap to kaafi kam ho jaega. cuz is bar interviews bhi late shuru hoenge as UPSC DAF 2 k liye atleast 15-20 days degi, fir time table and all...so latest 15-20 feb se start ho sakta he..
Agar worst case scenario wala case hua to 2020 ka pre to gaya...
kya karna chahiye abhi....done with movies and time pass stuff, it is my first attempt so I seriously dont have any idea what to do now...and there is no one to guide...so experienced log apni apni rai dijiye.
@K_9wese bhi award show dekh kar new year manana hai, result aane k baad tv jaldi band kar denge...celebration wali chidiya jab se prep start kari hai aas paas bhi nahi aayi
@abhino please dont attempt. Now its upto you that to follow advice of someone randomlu commenting your query on a forum where everone is anon
@abhiyou are never fully prrpared to give this exam. You mist be confident enough. Attempt few tests by downloading from any TG group. You will be able to analyse yourself.
@TeddyWestsideexcept essay, 2018 was easier than 2019( some might disagree with me on GS1 but I think GS1 this year was not easy, bahut sochna pada that kuch ques me, readymade answer nahi the)
@TeddyWestsideGen 755 ews 740
obc 730
sc 710
st 710-705
wild guess hai, not backed by any reason
I find events of JNU so overrated after witnessing student politics in my university. All I can say about current events in JNU- Taali ek hath se nahi bajti. I have me friends in SFI NSUI ABVP and all I know about these student unions is that they just intend to propagate mayhem to prepare the ground for their future political adventures.
I have seen their activities so closely that I find zero sympathies for them and their bleeding heads, they are just nuisance, law and order problems
@pysh12950plus writing - watching international cricket, otherwise they can ask about big bash league, why they dont have Indian players in the squad but IPL is full of foreign players
@pysh12950A friend of mine studied in NIT Srinagar. Few years ago when there were protests in order to fly the national flag in the premises, just in order to promote nationalistic sentiments, He watched and pleaded others to watch only Indian Adult Content.
(people are free to downvote my comment)
@pysh12950I have seen people fighting others who were downvoting their comments on forum.
Reason- Affects their reputation digits on forum
@pysh12950bhai kya farak padta hai, konsa DAF me jaega
Aise to forum par account delete karte hi we loose our REPUTATION
@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!!
CSE prep karne wale aur kon kon se paper de sakte hai?
Though I am 22 with 5 attempts left, but yr ye UPSC bada ganda feel kara rahi hai. Post mains to maano punish hi kar rahe hai for giving mains. And backup k naam par mere pas currently kuch nahi hai gaanv jaa kar kheti karne ke alawa..
I am good in quant but speed nahi hai questions solve karne ki.(any books or channels jo yaha help kar sake?)
@Ms-dhoniTG ki chats se to adhe wese bhi charsi lagte hai...sab bakar hai bhai!!
Result ek dum se ayega!
@aryaishaan-648573"postmains2019 "search kar lo." Result:wait ends today" wali pehli gaadi pakad loaap
@STkonsa state hai bhai...hamare yaha to 8 PM no CM ho jata hai
@QuestforIASactually that group on tg is of 10-12 people only who gossip among themselves, baaki to bhatakte bhatakte aa gaye he random msg dekhne!
@keshari-siddhartha07137bhai kisi ko koi idea nahi hai, bas bakwas pel rahe hai..even that fb id of Saxena is Fake !!
@majormiketangoyar secure to itna worth nahi laga is mains as me as its oriented towards current affairs part only, and there are so many static questions being asked recently- TLP is good, rest forum or vision.
I did not make to final list, but just sharing my experience
@Jayson_Bourneyepp anybody with history, me to out ho gaya. Paper k bad laga tha, is baar hoga. But looks like sare optionals ki barabar butchuring hui hai
@TeddyWestsideaapko interview k baad thoda free time mile to thoda guide kar dena
