@paranthapijja every year discussions normally pick up late.i remember the 2020 mains we didnt have anything till 1 month and then suddenly till result came in 23 march everone was discussing on all questions.
Gs1 yeah a bit tricky specially for someone who doesnt read geo deccan trap,troposphere was bit tricky rest was good
Gs2 was ok but seems specific demand was not met in vice president, french president,disabilities couldnt remember 2016 changes so wrote generic stuff
Gs3 wrote generic stuff in photochemical as forgot chemicals name on time. Vague stuff incellulose n some way finished vaccine question in last 4 mins with just diag
Gs4 again was difficult to complete left short notes wala question half. Wrote case studies first so was with less time with 13 question but again same happened in 2020 ethics.
@Capedcrusader1 i wrote in the exam .but still think they were not upto the mark had to prepare some at the time . In ur ppr how many questions were like u didnt know much but wrote around one point or likewise?
@Capedcrusader1 aise aur konse questions lage jo normally sabko nhi aate the across gs 1 2 3
@Truthseeker9 same
@Aspirant123 i didnt mention heading in 2020 and was shit scared but got 140
@Fighterlegend6 yep same thing happened after drawing nagara i realised it was abt sculpture and yhen took time to change ans. Deccan trap i wrote all possible things like coal minerals but i know it was just page filler. Hope socio part saves in gs1. Isthumus i wrote panama n then under pressure was making someth8ng up😅
@rockhard u found only 2 questions off track,. Dont get desheartened everyone else is in same or mostly even more difficult situations
@krishna96 leela dube no idea what was worse i bluffed and got it completely wroong. No idea on rustow theory just wrote hdi and some perspectives so not satisfying demand as trajectory was asked. Data and info dont even remember what i cooked up at that moment
@Fighterlegend6 great on leela dube actually it was a lottery of 5 marks.it will give an edge
@Panchayat ha bluff nhi karna chahiye tha dube wala. Last 3 min bache tge pressure mei aa gaya isliye 1 page kuch likha .but mostly sideline pe hi khela witg .other thinkers. But again nhi karta toh it would have been best
@Panchayat optional mei bharosa nhi 2020 mei kam hi bane the iss baar dekhte 40 marks ka 500 mei already bss likha hai yaa gaya hai. Dekhte kya banta. Tumhara ?
@Capedcrusader1 tumhare hi thoughts rakhdo .pointers milenge analysis ke liye.
@Capedcrusader1 could u attempt imd , primary rock and deccan and sect question satisfactorily in gs 1 ? French president vs Indian president in gs 2 ? u left 2 in gs 4 last year or this year ?
bro i am doing holistic analysis here. i sat with both previous and this year papers. if this we year we had france and evolution of mcc then last year we had 14th fc,earn while learn,cbi (i didnt justify it holostically). so the issue is have it attempted what i knew well. like for eg i forgot dc wadhwa in governor but then i didnt remember legislative council provision last year. so im doing comparitive analysis.
gs 1 is an exception but insiders say its liberally checked. i knew primary rock but then uske next page me i also included sedimentary and metamorphic because i thought content hi nai h utna. imd is gone for sure. but that is out of competition. even if it is, a certain margin is there
Haa bss isme dekhna padega ki like gs2 mei last time upsc ne halka hath rakha tha mostly marks diye the similarly gs3 mei kata tha strictly iss baar bhi same rakhte yaa badal dete
@Capedcrusader1 ha gs2 mei halka hath tha. My 7 -8 frds had good in gs and least was 96 n highest being 110 amongst them while in gs3 it went all over the place from 76 to 101
@Capedcrusader1 there was certainly advantage for sociology aspirants as topics like definational problem of tribal, new middle class, WFH impact and sects were asked at a basic level in GS-1 paper
Agreed some advantage was there as u could drop words like conspicious consumption filial bonds or sect in rebellion with major religion,reinterpretation but this advantage was negated by deccan trap , color coding in geography
@Stormtroper luckily was able to attend both these questions decently as knew about them.color coding i had in my disaster management notes and knew deccan from vision test series of last year😅
Great u could see great boost in gs1
@Capedcrusader1 I don't think so the optional guys had much advantage. The keywords in the questions were quite general which just needed 'better' analysis.
- Socio questions were doable if you have read Indian Society NCERT, did PYQs and followed current affairs 'broadly'.
- The main problem with Geo questions was that they were quite unexpected (easy questions like primary rock (types and characteristics) made me go blank but however time management helped me attempt that question) plus when I read some Geo questions in the first iteration, my mind went like- "What to write now?" (But again, I had not prepared for Geography that well so that feeling won't be the same for everyone. I had completely relied on revising diagrams and maps during prep. So in the end, I broadly addressed the keywords and drew a labelled map in those rubber plantation and wind energy questions (covered 1-1.5 page). For other questions like ocean currents and straits, I drew 2-3 maps and wrote about keywords with some examples).
- For the colour-coded IMD question, if you have seen maps in Disaster Manageme nt - the common colours are red, orange, yellow and green- whose meaning doesn't change much. You can just "broadly" write on that with a map showing cyclone prone areas (I made an educated guess here which turned out to be right, I was analysing PYQs (NDMA Reports were asked) so I thought of going one step ahead and ended up skimming through various maps in NDMA reports. I thought that different govt agencies won't colour code maps differently so I ended up mentioning these 4 colours).
- Deccan traps question is again from understanding of map of India. I was just reading about formation of Gondwana Coal, black soil etc from Wikipedia when I happened to come across this term (it appeared quite frequently). Plus the question was about resource "potential" so there was scope to write stuff.
- Troposphere question - I just loaded the whole answers with diagrams and addressed the keywords in few points.
Therefore, I think the paper would have created a huge advantage for the Geo/socio optional people if some "specific keywords" would have been there which are not known by a normal non-Geo/socio optional person. In this paper, I believe everyone has atleast read enough things to address them with relevant "examples" and "keywords".Note: I am not saying the paper was easy but I think the paper was more about common sense. Even if the socio/Geo optional people had an advantage, it wouldn't more than few marks.
Gondawana deccan trap mei ata ? I remember some geo optional guy said to me i wrote coal in deccan trap he said dekhte hi kaat dega
Note my geo knowledge is worst but i wrote coal n whatever came to my mind
@Stormtroper how many marks r u expecting in that q then ?
I m thinking 1 de de.
@Stormtroper Arre bro .. I said that I was reading about Gondwana Coal and Central India from Wikipedia when I happened to encounter the "Deccan Trap" word (Random mentions hote hai na). Fir mene vo padda udhar just to "understand" things. I was surprised to see ki random knowledge bhi kahi kaam aa sakti hai.
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Some info from a reliable source. (Fake news)
1) GS 4 marks have come down while GS-3's have increased. (Can't say how much exactly).
2) cut off is around 15 marks more than last year
3) optional marks have only increased by around 10-15 marks.
4) Literature, maths, Anthro and unorthodox optionals have performed well. (Don't know about rest)
P.S. can't say if this will turn out to be 100% true but the source is very reliable and a friend of mine. I have shared what I received.
1) GS 4 marks have come down while GS-3's have increased. (Can't say how much exactly).
2) cut off is around 15 marks more than last year
3) optional marks have only increased by around 10-15 marks.
4) Literature, maths, Anthro and unorthodox optionals have performed well. (Don't know about rest)
P.S. can't say if this will turn out to be 100% true but the source is very reliable and a friend of mine. I have shared what I received.
@AureliusM this was circulating in telegram grp .cant confirm.
