Mains 2022 - All Papers PDF + R**** Rona + Paper Discussion
Guys, Essay Paper is over. How was it?
History optional
paper 1 :Qns 2,6,8
Paper 2: Qns 3,4,6
Maps : around 16 identified correct with good description ,
Three Qns most likely wrong
wrote Sannati instead of kanganahalli for ashoka statue , Gupta coin hoard I wrote Tamralipti and for the Metal sculpture hoard I wrote Lohanipur first although added Sultanganj in description atlast
IMO
Ancient was bit more analytic than previous year
Medieval the art based question were bit factual demanding
Modern History : Post independence Qns pattern was bit different
World history : compulsory Qns complex
Earlier I had chosen world over modern and Ancient over Medieval ,this time I have switched the choices
Kenshein,
Formulaic approach can backfire in essay at times. In 2018 my score dropped from 139 to 108 even though I thought I wrote pretty relevant content.
First essay was on poverty and prosperity and second on customary morality. Started both with anecdotes (slumdog millionaire in first and navtej johar in second) and tried to tie them in the conclusion.
Aaj tak samajh nahi aaya ki anecdote ki khunnas thi ya quotes wagarah se chidh gaya examiner. But at the end of the day, you can't be too harsh on yourself. Just try and make the essay as natural and flowing as possible and leave rest to the powers that be.
I know this comment is not directly related to the question paper discussion but still I want to ask this question as many of friends asks me about forum IAS and quality of student support and test series.
whether anybody else also feels that forum IAS this mains has been less Student friendly and the test paper checking was not of good standards?
I had bad experiences this mains, that's why I feel that the quality of forum IAS was not of good standards this mains.
Omen,Jiraiya
Jiraiya,@Capedcrusader1 kuch nhi hoga...unless deliberately aap kuch likhe ho margins me...
Nai Aisa kuch nai h
mera last year -5 ho gaya tha
@Capedcrusader1 I wrote my answer in optional at the other side of margin due to space constraints.Nothing happened.Just a dot is not going to affect anything.
Thanks _/\_
Panchayat,
in 2021 i wrote my first essay on " The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced." in sec A. The essay was in line with the explanations that floated in market by coaching institutes.
My second essay was about " Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." where I wrote 10 pages in which I dedicated 1.5 page just to explain my interpretation of the essay. And I didn't even considered the dimension of "role of a mother" in my entire essay( at that time I was wondering that, its not just the role of a mother to rock the cradle, and I might look like a person who is patriarchal ....weird but such thoughts do come when essay papers have all the topics that are just way too unconventional.)
I discussed my second essay with my senior after mains. He said that if there is a quote which is said for a specific purpose and you try to drift away from it, no matter what you write and how brilliantly you try to explain your interpretation, you will be heavily penalised.
My essay score in 2021 was 58
116 in 2019, 120 in 2020
Given that , 2021 was the first time I joined a test series for essay writing, wrote more than 20 essays beforehand, worked on my content, had a group of friends to discuss and improvise my structure...in short I really work hard on my essay in 2021..but still it was 58
So all I can say is that, until and unless you are extremely lucky, and examiner is a person with an open mind, expect poor marks for an essay that's drifts apart from actual interpretation of the quote known to the examiner.
Above that, I much I know, before checking our booklets, examiners are briefed about every topic, marking scheme etc. etc...so they already have a structure in mind and evaluate our essays based on that. SOme might take the pain to understand your view point, but that's rare...so all the best.
And about every section being checked by a different examiner, I never paid attention to the last page in my previous attempt but a friend of mine said that after every question number, there is a column for marks and signature of the examiner, which proves that different examiners check our copies. Though this time I checked the same but there was no separate column for signature...but I assume it is being checked by different people.
Faced a similar experience with the essay last year. Chose the same two topics. The first essay was written reasonably well I believe. Interpreted the second essay along the lines of women empowerment which was a blunder by all means. Scored a round 100 in essay. Cost me a rank taking into account my scores in the other papers and interview. So yes, interpretation does matter. It should revolve around the examiner's expectation at least peripherally
BattingBaba,
brownianMotion,
we can list the questions in gs papers that will not be making much difference this year ..questions like color coding and primary rocks in gs 1...cellulose in gs 3 .. French president and disability act in gs 2 etc.
I can't say about others but for me I found these questions moderate to difficult to write in exam conditions
1) GS 1 (2nd part of primary rocks question (Types), Lion and Bull figure, Specific Sects of regions and caste, Globalisation and Technology)
2) GS 2 (Disability, Case law of question 11, French presidential election, Donor agency, I was also facing difficulty in recalling the DC Wadhwa case so made a mistake there)
3) GS 3 (Cellulose, Gothenburg protocol, Unique features of James Webb Telescope, I was facing difficulty in differentiating between basic principles and working of vaccine)
we can list the questions in gs papers that will not be making much difference this year ..questions like color coding and primary rocks in gs 1...cellulose in gs 3 .. French president and disability act in gs 2 etc.I can't say about others but for me I found these questions moderate to difficult to write in exam conditions
1) GS 1 (2nd part of primary rocks question (Types), Lion and Bull figure, Specific Sects of regions and caste, Globalisation and Technology)
2) GS 2 (Disability, Case law of question 11, French presidential election, Donor agency, I was also facing difficulty in recalling the DC Wadhwa case so made a mistake there)
3) GS 3 (Cellulose, Gothenburg protocol, Unique features of James Webb Telescope, I was facing difficulty in differentiating between basic principles and working of vaccine)
Apart from these, I felt questions like Isthums & Colour coding were also tricky but I was able to attempt them with decent content as the isthmus question was somewhat covered in 2 questions of the optional test series and I remembered that one of the colors was orange so got lucky there.
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