@itsvarun focus on optionals now as it can be a make or break situation..had left 105 marks in gs last year but was able to secure an interview call though got only 237 in optional(left around 50 marks here as well)..all the best for optionals and language paper(don't take it too lightly)..
@leftfaithinmyself total was around 150 160 marks counting optional but that doesn't matter as was able to clear mains by just 4 marks..though last year upsc had gone bonkers with interview marks so with 215 could have gotten irs..its just stupid that they are reducing the mains the cutoff and increasing the relative importance of interview which is much more subjective (got 171 which is not bad but not great either) lets see what happens this year though answers like who guidelines are as good as leaving them blank..
@SnowLeopard yes I'm from general category
@sjerngal yes they have limited space for every answer so atmax i guess one can write 5 6 lines..2 questions per page from what i remember can be 3 as well not sure..
@piano yes..entire paper 2 remaining..
