gs 1 was tough altogether... if i evaluate myself , i would not give myself more than 70s ... shit...feels like this attempt gone bcz of gs 1
I had the exact same feeling after giving the paper itself 😂
The only problem is this is my last attempt 😕🥲
Socio walo ke kya haal the specifically .
Ppr 1 data & info wala and trajectory of devlopment(like coaching wala talked abt rustow thoery and then hdi n all)
Ppr2 leela dube and harmonic wala
Data and info - I think data referred to statistics while information referred to the interpretation, which most of the times is wrong as we don't take into consideration the perspective of those who created the data (eg.capitalist bias, masculinist bias) 😅
Didn't have any idea on development perspectives on social change
Leela Dube - I got lucky as I had read it somewhere
Harmonic - I have written about CCP ( harmony-all 3 aligned, disharmony- non-aligned)( I don't know if it's correct or not 🙈😂)
GS1 - Indian Society - How to Study?
I always thought Society in GS1 is my strong area. But struggled to write answers in Mains 2022.
what we usually study: problems of women, poverty, urbanization, secularism, regionalism and other standard topics. Questions in Test series are usually direct and I scored well in this section.
But in UPSC exam,
Topics are difficult: Tier 2 cities & New middle class, salience of sect, globalization and new technology; And last year - population education, Gig economy & Women etc.
UPSC questions are one layer deeper than Test series questions. And are have a new dimension .
How to prepare for Society? What new sources to study to cover this extra level of deepness of topics? Do we have to look for any sociology material?
@Neyawn @caped_crusader @Kenshein @Ganesh_Gaitonde others
I feel I can suggest something
I have sociology as optional
This year almost all the questions had reference to sociological terms: sect, family, tribes, new middle class, secularism
I would think it would have been really difficult for many candidates who are not aware of these terms
My suggestion would be to go through Sociology NCERT 12th STD.
And you can have a look at essential sociology book by Nitin Sangwan - it's a summary of all topics of sociology optional ( just refer the part 2 of the book which is about Indian society)
You can ignore the thinkers part and just refer to those parts which are in the syllabus or have been asked in PYQs
I don't know if it will work but I hope it helps :)
