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Mains 2021 Result declared - In or Out?

So Mains 2021 has begun. Essay Paper is here

1. https://blog.forumias.com/upsc-ias-mains-2021-essay-question-paper/


2. GS Paper 1 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-1-question-paper

3. GS Paper 2 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-2-question-paper 






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How was your paper? How did you approach the paper?

root,Neyawnand26 otherslike this
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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


in sab baaton mein kuch nahi rakkha hain. aap agli exams ki tayyari karein. gs main 2021 ka discussion prelims 2022 ke baad karein tohii behtar hoga.


Jajantaram Mamantaram
keephustling,Braveand2 otherslike this
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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


No but u can have a look at forum's model solutions. I feel thik thaak hain. 

Model answer dekh kr depression ho jata h. Lgta sab kuch miss hi ho gaya. Model answer post prelims

D503,GaryVeeand5 otherslike this
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@balwintejas bhai katai eye opener hai yeh , matlab kuch bhi chal raha hai duniya main ..😰😰


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@balwintejas environment toh , India main politicians, policymakers ke priority list main sabse last main hota hai ..



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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


No but u can have a look at forum's model solutions. I feel thik thaak hain. 

Model answer dekh kr depression ho jata h. Lgta sab kuch miss hi ho gaya. Model answer post prelims

Perfect antidepressant 😆😆

GaryVee,chamomileand9 otherslike this
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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


No but u can have a look at forum's model solutions. I feel thik thaak hain. 

Model answer dekh kr depression ho jata h. Lgta sab kuch miss hi ho gaya. Model answer post prelims

Ab toh kuch qs dekhke lgta h ye bhi pucha  tha kya paper m 20E

MikeWozniak,GaryVeeand3 otherslike this
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Post mains plans

 reality 


MikeWozniak,chamomileand24 otherslike this
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Impact of digital technology as reliable source of input for rational decision making is a debatable issue. Critically evaluate with suitable example. 


How you attempted it in such haste. It says impact being debated. And, then puts critically evaluate and examples too in question header. 

Tk17,
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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


No but u can have a look at forum's model solutions. I feel thik thaak hain. 

Model answer dekh kr depression ho jata h. Lgta sab kuch miss hi ho gaya. Model answer post prelims

Haan , Model answers 1 sawal ka full research krke banaya jata hai adhe ghante me . Yha 11,7 minute me respond krna hai bina ruke  . Koi benchmark nahi hai perfect answer ka . Main demand and structuring kia ho theek se and paap kam kie ho jeevan me ☺️to expect krein theek thak number bas yahi satya hai 

chamomile,keephustlingand2 otherslike this
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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


No but u can have a look at forum's model solutions. I feel thik thaak hain. 

Model answer dekh kr depression ho jata h. Lgta sab kuch miss hi ho gaya. Model answer post prelims

Ab toh kuch qs dekhke lgta h ye bhi pucha  tha kya paper m 20E

Mains ke wo 8 din doped state me rehte hai jo pen chal gya exam me wo chal gya bas . Sala ek gs khtm hoke kya kara hai socho usse pehle agla paper likhna hai . Ab to upar wale k hath me hai duryodhan bhai khel . 

Jab sath ho raghunath to kis bat ki chinta 


Duryodhan,
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Akkkusaid

Impact of digital technology as reliable source of input for rational decision making is a debatable issue. Critically evaluate with suitable example. 


How you attempted it in such haste. It says impact being debated. And, then puts critically evaluate and examples too in question header. 

Wrote about fake news - ex Assam lynching of audio engineers due to rumour of baccha chor.

Cyber warfare - ex Russian interference US elections , troll farms to push propaganda and sow division in society.

Governance - reliance on digital tools for PDS leading to exclusion due to fingerprints not matching or seeding issues. And govt claiming it as weeding out of fake beneficiaries.

Waki yaad nhi it was a one sided answer i think. Couldn't bring out the debatable aspect.




chamomile,Akkkuand1 otherslike this
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Any group for discussing GS papers ?


No but u can have a look at forum's model solutions. I feel thik thaak hain. 

Model answer dekh kr depression ho jata h. Lgta sab kuch miss hi ho gaya. Model answer post prelims

Ab toh kuch qs dekhke lgta h ye bhi pucha  tha kya paper m 20E

Mains ke wo 8 din doped state me rehte hai jo pen chal gya exam me wo chal gya bas . Sala ek gs khtm hoke kya kara hai socho usse pehle agla paper likhna hai . Ab to upar wale k hath me hai duryodhan bhai khel . 

Jab sath ho raghunath to kis bat ki chinta 



keephustling,nerdslayerand1 otherslike this
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Akkkusaid

Impact of digital technology as reliable source of input for rational decision making is a debatable issue. Critically evaluate with suitable example. 


How you attempted it in such haste. It says impact being debated. And, then puts critically evaluate and examples too in question header. 

Wrote negative effects:

In professional sphere: can affect duty-objectivity- ex CJI expressed worries about social media influencing judges' decisions

personal sphere->ex fake news-propaganda ->  hatred - mob lynching

positives:

in profession/public spare: ex more data->evidence based policy making ->more rational decisions. Also more participation.


positive in private sphere: e-commerce, entertainment(recommendations)


double-edged sword, rational use needed for rational decision making

D503,chamomileand2 otherslike this
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@Akkku basic stuff of digital data in governance & policy making

Then

Mentioned aarogya setu and vaccine data in better policy formulation during pandemic 

Cons 

How Data analysts in IIT failed to gauge the severity of second wave and ultimately policy affected


So need to verify veracity & use multiple sources etc to arrive at conclusions


Filled the pages 😶


EiChan,Akkku
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Hello community, I am seeking job in IT software development. I had 1.5 yr work ex prior to upsc journey(from 2018).  If anyone in similar situation in past,  what shall be done like studying first the basics and then apply or what?. Please guide
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I was going through the public disclosure document of non-recommended CSE 2020 candidates.

https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/PublicDiscl-CSME-2020-engl-010222.pdf

Here is what I found

~700 engineers out of 964 !!

chamomile,Tk17and2 otherslike this
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I was going through the public disclosure document of non-recommended CSE 2020 candidates.

https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/PublicDiscl-CSME-2020-engl-010222.pdf

Here is what I found

~700 engineers out of 964 !!


brownianMotion,sjerngal
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Akkkusaid

Impact of digital technology as reliable source of input for rational decision making is a debatable issue. Critically evaluate with suitable example. 


How you attempted it in such haste. It says impact being debated. And, then puts critically evaluate and examples too in question header. 

 in positives i wrote about"anticipatory governance", use in planning and policy formulation, eg disaster management by hazard mapping done by digital modelling tools, etc in negatives i wrote about how lack of digitalsation is itself a problem in India, issues of data security as well as obvious limitations of digital technology. I wrote about failure of bhawantar bhugtan Yojana in madhya pradesh due to lack of digitisation of land records. 


i wrote more but I'd be honest i am unable to recall anything else rn


Jajantaram Mamantaram
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Akkkusaid

Impact of digital technology as reliable source of input for rational decision making is a debatable issue. Critically evaluate with suitable example. 


How you attempted it in such haste. It says impact being debated. And, then puts critically evaluate and examples too in question header. 

Which paper did this question come in? 😂 I don't even remember writing an answer for a question like this fml

D503,MikeWozniakand11 otherslike this
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A general doubt


In GS answers ,I answered the core aspect and maybe add another dimension either social/economic in most question that's the maximum dimensions I must have presented

Some model answers suggest all PESTEL dimensions , will that approach fetch more marks even when questions were too specific ?

masteroptimist,
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