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Mains 2021 Post result Thread: What went wrong and way forward.

No matches foundhurts more this time. I was very confident, even started light interview preparation too, alas!


I felt I had consciously identified mistakes from my last time and worked on them. Like :


In GS

1. I have revision friendly notes for substantial portion of syllabus.

2. I was part of AWFG, I wrote it deligently, made notes of WYSY, I also Worte MGP, added content from it to enrich my notes

4. Worked on writing neat and clean paper.

5. We, me and my friend, prepared a list of Hot topics, and yes questions came from it.


In optional

1. Exclusive map, diagram, enrichement focus.

2. Revised well, decently utilized those 5 days.

3. Wrote best optional paper 1 till now.

4. Most importantly, I was confident about optional preparation, this was something new!


Ab itna sab hone ke baad lagta hai ho hi jaana chahiye, Par nahi huwa!

I don't know where I messed up or what went wrong, par nahi huwa. However, when I look back, In actual exam there were unsatisfactory areas like :

1. GS 3 paper especially Sci tech and environment questions (WHO guidelines, S400, COP 26, blue LED)

2. I wrote first three case studies very poorly, I mean, it felt like I was writing the same thing again again.

3. I missed out on geography questions in paper 1. It used to be a scoring zone for me. But this time around, I knew I messed them up in the exam hall itself.


Going forward, I am a bit clueless. Things will get more clearer as marks get disclosed.Tab tak ke liye phir se wahi SFG lagana hai..

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@GOT8Words, you write in exam, are precious commodity. They are limited by space and time constraints. Being said that, exceeding by 10 20 words isn't a big issue in some question. Unless you do it excessively, like writing twice the limit, you are good to go.
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