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Mains 2021 Result declared - In or Out?

@SnowLeopard nishkama karma, commodity fetishm, example of covid times, Buddha cause of misery is desire etc what about you..


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@leftfaithinmyself I also write 7-8 pages and got 121 last year
. don't worry


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How was sociology paper? For me first paper was good and wrote paper 2 also but was not getting many thinkers in that..
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@Declared_Dead Am being straightforward... probability is very low..i was in same situation last year so i don't want to give you false hope..


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@aa12 chill brother ignore their analysis there is no need to match the content..


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@aa12 no one remembers so much details as told by these institutes... Hope for best..


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@chikuiasbano optional - Sociology

my score was 123 in P1 (expected 140 here)

124 in P2 (expected 110 here)


w/o a single test... directly wrote in UPSC in 1st mains

Bhai ji while analysing marks after paper how many marks you gave yourself in 10 marker and 20 marker? if you attempted good and what if you attempted it as average.. I am facing issue in calculating my marks

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@GOT8 Thankyou bhai ji


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@zombieland Thankyou bhai ji


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@Street_lamp Chill brother..except essay I was in the same situation..have completed the paper on time (before 2-3 minutes) and underlined the keywords. In essay I took some time probably 10 minutes per essay.In ethics I was somehow able to complete paper on time but I had to rush. paper 1,2 and paper 3 completed in less time. Its my 2nd mains.Best of luck buddy.


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@Declared_Dead I was in the same situation last year..but somehow I was able to complete this year...hope for best buddy


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Actually I watched answer writing tips a day before exam..


The experts gave these points and I tried to incorporate them in the first few answers I wrote in the gs papers..


But as I moved on to 5th 6th answer.. it became gibberish

There may be chances that you get good marks if you have written above average in other questions..so there are good chances brother..Baki Kisi ko bhi na pata ki kya work karega kya nh..paper complete karna selection ka assurance nh hai...Dar ka mahol hai..Baki dekhte hai kya hota hai

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@chikuiasbano It was easy as compared to previous year..my paper 1 was good and paper 2 was average what about you-sociology


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@chikuiasbano Around 15 march


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After seeing marks of some fellow aspirants I also want to share my thoughts..This is second mains  in my first mains I was expecting too much so now I give myself 2.5 marks for average..4 for very good ansers out of 10, 6 for good ansers out of 15. I am open for criticism of this formula and myself also...expecting 120 in essay, 80-85 in gs1, 85-90 in gs2, 80-85 in gs3, 90+ in gs4. Optional is sociology..no guess here paper 1 was good and paper 2 was average where i did not knew one answer very correctly.If someone else can also share their expectations it will be good. I am aware of this fact that this is a futile exercise.Jai Mahakaal
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@krishna96 expecting 145 in essay, 110 in GS1, 100 in GS2, 90 in GS3, 115 in GS4 and 280 in optional😁😎


Awesome marks..optional kya hai



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@krishna96 My take is that they give more marks.Imagine if 40% is highest marks for very good answers then how people got 115 in GS 1 121 in GS 2 108 in GS 3 131 in GS 4
And not just one but many have good  scores in these range.
It is difficult to believe that a topper writes very good answers  to all 20 Questions.
May be 7-8 very good answers 7-8 good answers 4-5 average answers.
However, what is good and what is average is subjective. 

In my opinion they give 5-5.5 marks for exceptional answers 4-4.5 for good answers 3 3.5 for average and 1 2 for bad answers out of 10 marks.

Based on my past mains,many of us specially in 1st mains mismanage time and end up somehow completing 7 8 questions in hurry.Even if we write some good answers,number of average answers r high. Moreover, sometimes we miss demand.All these factors contribute to low scores.

Thankyou brother...I have completed all questions in time..with relevant points...but After seeing GS-3 paper I was not able to give myself 100 in any...agar ata bhi hai to lagta hai ki mai kaha paunga itna..isliye sab me kam hi dia hu..10 marks zyada aa jaye khushi hogi..kam aya to dil tut  jata hai..Jokes apart..Thanks for sharing your inputs.. I definitely agree with your point





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also why are corporates like apple etc worried

why are their sick hearts going for ukrainis?

do corporates also have heart?

its understandable that whole world is hurting but why corporates? 

so my real question is, how is their business hurting due to this conflict?

Ok I am working with Ebay.com (USA) and they ship product under GSP programme to Ukraine and Russia..and now most important thing is that either shipping is not possible or shipped product could not be delivered...most of the shipped product include apple products.It is reducing the profit margin of both ecommerce and Apple. As neither return is possible due to supply chain being destroyed nor they are able to contact customs to clear their shipments.

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@chikuiasbano in my view ..In comparison with last time .
Essay : difficult 
Gs 1 : same level 
Gs2 : easier 
Gs 3 : difficult than last time 
Gs4 : easier 

Optional : easier .

I also think same

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Sabka optinal dekhne ke bad lag raha ki mera socio hi badhiya hai... history lene ka soch raha tha lekin ab dur hi hu..10 din me acche se revise to ho jata hai socio kam se kam
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Can anyone who wrote mains 2021 share their opinion on sociology optional? 

It is a good optional..and you will get good sources to cover them.

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@krishna96  Bhai even I wrote the mains. My question was in the context of how my peers felt?


I felt that it was easy as compared to last year..i was able to complete it in time and used some thinkers in every answer and tried to write a sociological  answer..what about you...I am expecting 250+

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@Admgenalanezh aapka bhi socio hai kya

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@krishna96 Ditto. Same was done by me and I expect the same score. 


What was your source to study sociology?

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GOT8said

@krishna96 which attempt with sociology? did wrote any mock tests? 


2nd attempt with sociology and no mock what about u

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@krishna96 nithin sangwan primarly.. bought vikas ranjan test solutions too. What about yours?


vikas ranjan test solutions helped ?

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@krishna96 Yes bro it did. What were ur sources?


nitin sangwan,ignou and internet,self made notes

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GOT8said

@krishna96 3rd attempt, 2nd mains with sociology


kaisa raha exam bhai ji and coaching or some other source?

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@krishna96 Thik tha... lets see... no coaching... but wrote test series from Vikas Sir


any review of the test series and it's discussion

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insider apna muh ek dum band rakhenge ab bilkul mood nai h ab

warna main aar dekhunga na paar seedha gariaunga tum logo ko

i have wasted my 1 day on this anxiety for absolutely no reason

i left mobile phone one month back to completely avoid all this bs

ab yahan bhi start ho gaya jabki ye achha platform hai


pata na ho chup raha kariye. warna likha kariye aage "man ki baat" jaise main likhta hu ya aur log

faltu insider tag leke 2 rupiya na milega


Bhai dil ki bat tumne bol dia...

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Any computer science engineering graduate ,let's share if we come across some quick reviser of grad subject

I am...OS architecture,meta ,blockchain and basics of networking..what do you think

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Any computer science engineering graduate ,let's share if we come across some quick reviser of grad subject

I am...OS architecture,meta ,blockchain and basics of networking..what do you think

We can add to it 

Artificial intelligence, Cybersecurity aspects as it's in news frequently

yes these are core topics

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