[Official] SFG 2022 - Level 1 | Calendar & Noticeboard

"Seldome have I seen a question in GD where ghe context alters the most appropriate answer."

You have made a good observatio .

Remember two things.

1. Even in Mains, if you have a paragraph long text, followed by a direct question, remember that you will get marks for answering the direct question ultimately

2. In life if someone tells you a long good thing and then put a but and then says sonething else - the part said before "but" is BS.

Example, "Though your marks are very good, and you have studied very hard, and you deserve to clear this exam more than you friends , but ..."

Example 2: "Look i really like you, but .."

I am not understanding that all things are mentioned in NCERT. Are you not reading NCERTs or you are just trying to take it lightly. My point is this is the time to do NCERTs. Not later than this. If you dont do it well now, it will be difficult later.

Everything has to be done at a certain time. Do you know why some people are caught in low wages? because they did not skill up at the right time. Thing of a CS Engineer, who passed out from college. He has been on bench in TCS and things company is giving him free salary. Five years like that, and he has no skills. Now 5 years later, he wants a hike. Management fires him because he has no skills and a fresher can be hired at less cost. Now this guy will have to again join some company at fresher salary.

Reading these things that are given in the book are very important. If you do not do it now, even if you do it later, it WONT matter!

There are some people I know who have not read basic books. Now their attempts are over. Now when they join job at Byju's or Unacademy, they are reading these books for the first time. Also they will end up getting less salary. Just the same as someone who has given 1 attempt AND NOT READ THE BASIC BOOKS. The people with 6+ attempts feel entitled that they have 6+ years UPSC experience but when the technical round happens for job in EdTEch companies, they get hired at fresher salaries. This is the time to study and finish them up.

In the end and in the exam, we will solve things by guess work only. Educated guess work I should say. But right now, what is to be done from book, has to be done from the book alone.

What could be the possible reason to miss somethng verbatim from the book ( though the question is conceptual )

Bro, don't think this as a Test, instead see this as an opportunity to zero in on your weaknesses....

Many times what happens is that when we give FLT mocks, we might score well because at most 10 - 15 questions are asked from any one subject.... So even if your command on any subject is weak, that gets pushed under the carpet. Like, you may score high despite choosing to not attempt 9 out of 10 questions from that subject.

But now, because we are going through the micro topics, this can help us identify exactly where and what has gone wrong, or what we need to focus more on.

I will give my example only....

I scored really good in Test 17 and Test 18. The syllabus was from first phase of revolutionary activities to 1939

But I scored really bad today and yesterday, the syllabus being 1939 to independence, and today's syllabus on Peasant, tribal revolts, education, press etc....

Yes I am really sad. I spent 6 hours yesterday and for a moment I felt that had I spent only 3 hours also I would have scored same....

But then I can at least go back to these chapters again and focus on where exactly I am making mistakes right?

While reading I might have skipped through some finer details, and now I can go back an focus on them.

So don't worry, take this as a journey towards your success

And one simple and obvious tip to increase your score is try and get all 10 PYQs correct no matter what....

(Even I have to improve my accuracy with PYQs 🙈 )

Kitna kam score karwa sakte ho?

Forum: 

Forumias to all those who did not take society ncerts seriously

@SFGTeam @forumiasacademy @Neyaw

Just a technical suggestion (read it as request)

It would be great if we can have a filter of Correct/Incorrect questions in the personalised solution webpage. This can surely help to review wrong questions at last minute.

Thanks :)

Scored31.33.

This is way lowest than lowest itself.

- Opened Sociology NCERTs for the first time for this. While reading Ifeltthere is nothing much of "Substance" in the books. Read half-hartedly, without any interest.

Learning- "RESPECT EVERY BIT OF THE PROVIDED SYLLABUS"

Glad that now 

Same issues I am highlighting on daily basis from start of Modern history portion before that all were fine. About questions with their subjective nature,  sources consideration dwindling between NCERT and Spectrum. Agreed that we need in depth analysis but turning and twisting statements on base of spectrum unhidden meaning I am not able to analyse properly. Even in two days Modern history will be done but still I'm not sure about answering question and analysis part. Many of us are in same queue. Few are outspoken few are not.

I am glad this makes you angry. If the paper did not make some of you angry, it was not designed right.

Coming to your question, any commentary you will read on Democracy will state ( almost in the first two paragraphs itself ) is that elections merely do not ensure democracy. At least 3 NCERTS including the Post Independence one have the line in some format - "but merely periodic elections do not ensure democracy"

Pakistan has elections - would you call it a true democracy? It has a deep state problem.

China has electoral process - they will call their Govt democratic and representing the will of the people . Problem? Single Party system.

Note that many small states of Africa will have a dictator who will call it a democracy as he will be elected every time. Sometimes, he may be elected as he is the only one contesting. Elections are a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition, for democracy.

Me to Ancient History

Happened literally with INA topic 😂 

@forumiasacademy As per programme launched In both online and offline mode. And now many people will write tests in offline mode. A genuine Request to upload the exam question paper before the paper start and people (of other cities apart from Patna and delhi) who want to attempt it on paper by printing same and Answers will be filled or bubbled on online portal. It will help us to take offline exam feel. Many of us wants the same.@Neyawn Sir if possible please accept the request 

You should not be disaapointed at this time at all. All you have to do is wait for offline students and see how they score. You will know if people used infair means, though I think that the kind of paper it was, lot of unfair means could not be used.

We are more than 5 months from the Prelims. This is the time when we can work and drastically change where we stand just before the exam on June 5

@Neyawn Sir there has been a issue I guess lot of us are facing this time with SFG particularly in history and it is that statements are directly picked up from spectrum or say NCERT and put as questions and options. Now one way of looking at it is you want us to learn spectrum thoroughly and all but on the other hand what I see is it actually promotes and perpetuates rote learning and not applying the critical mindset.

Polity questions were analytical and expected thinking on broader lines and questions were not so direct but here in history questions are directly picked from book's para and even like if you miss a statement or just think on broader lines who will get the question wrong. 

In history its all about interpretations and different people can see different causes for different events and its not true that spectrum is always right wrt to interpretation of events .

And hence would really like a change in pattern in the way questions are asked to actually help us think on broader lines and not really just rote learn spectrum. 

Loved the RC section. I was like