PSIR - Strategy, resources & discussion
Hi peeps. Let’s do this!
1. Previous papers from 2009 (both papers are in the same PDF):here2. Topic-wise PYQs: here
3. Look for PDFs of books here: b-ok.cc, http://libgen.rs/, archive.org
4. Model answers from SR:here
5. OnlyIAS notes, if you need extra matter for a few topics:here
6. SR notes, typed:politicsforindia.com
@nerdfighter @CaptainPeralta This is quite a story about SR! Then what happened to that legal notice? I wanted to join it too after college but then I saw the exorbitant amount that she charges + the duration of the course, aur phir mera hriday parivartan hogya :p
@Villanelle bach gaye! The trashing we do is not over the top :P
Villanelle,
Jai Shree Ram !
CaptainPeralta,thesleepyhead
As@babu_bisleri said, we were just given handouts and pdfs to go through, not much happened after that.
EiChan,thesleepyhead@thesleepyhead She told us one day that the matter had been taken care of and then the telegram group was blocked so that no one could message and the doubt classes came to a minimum, and any doubt about the timeline of the course was hardly entertained.As@babu_bisleri said, we were just given handouts and pdfs to go through, not much happened after that.
Wow! And last year, I was kinda feeling bad for not joining the course since everyone around me had joined it. 😂
But it's true, one of my friends told me that Plato went for 25 odd lectures in their batch and I was like, itna toh khud Plato ne nai bola hai :p
@thesleepyhead She told us one day that the matter had been taken care of and then the telegram group was blocked so that no one could message and the doubt classes came to a minimum, and any doubt about the timeline of the course was hardly entertained.As@babu_bisleri said, we were just given handouts and pdfs to go through, not much happened after that.
Wow! And last year, I was kinda feeling bad for not joining the course since everyone around me had joined it. 😂
But it's true, one of my friends told me that Plato went for 25 odd lectures in their batch and I was like, itna toh khud Plato ne nai bola hai :p
But ek baar mata ke darbar me chadhawa chadhana hota hai. Dekhlo kab chadhana hai. :P
Jai Shree Ram !
A fun read on Machiavelli
Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? | Books | The Guardian
The author says that on closer reading of Machiavelli, it can be argued that through The Prince, Machiavelli was actually trying to warn people against tyrants and despotic regimes. And even later philosophers like Bacon, Spinoza and Rosseau thought of it this way. Rousseau called The Prince "a book of republicans" under the guise of giving advise to kin.
whatonly,@thesleepyhead She told us one day that the matter had been taken care of and then the telegram group was blocked so that no one could message and the doubt classes came to a minimum, and any doubt about the timeline of the course was hardly entertained.As@babu_bisleri said, we were just given handouts and pdfs to go through, not much happened after that.
Wow! And last year, I was kinda feeling bad for not joining the course since everyone around me had joined it. 😂
But it's true, one of my friends told me that Plato went for 25 odd lectures in their batch and I was like, itna toh khud Plato ne nai bola hai :p
But ek baar mata ke darbar me chadhawa chadhana hota hai. Dekhlo kab chadhana hai. :P
Vichar karenge :p
sstarrr,thesleepyhead,@thesleepyhead lol. ours was limited to the notes being incoherent and those checkboxes in tests making no sense. yaha toh kuch aur hi chal raha :P
I, today feel low key proud of my extraordinary decision making skills. :p
could anybody please tell me what are the contents of the crash course of SR , does she provide some current affairs material as well for IR part , is the content different than the monthly magazines of Vision ??
The crash course contains:
1. Test series (model answers are uploaded too)
2. Discussion videos on the test questions
3. Lecture videos on different topics (not sure how they are chosen)
4. Material on different topics, usually corresponding to the videos but some extras too
I joined the 2020 one. I couldn't find time to watch any of the videos so can't comment on that. The material is usually a collection of facts and scholar quotes. Some IR topics were covered, some weren't. Since it's IR it contained current events too under these topics, but I don't recall any separate current affairs (others please correct if I'm wrong).
You will still need the Vision magazines (or any CA source). Even for IR, you can't rely entirely on the crash course material, because a) it doesn't cover every topic, and b) the schedule is unpredictable. I think the way to use it is to make your notes on your own, and add points that you find useful from the crash course material.
could anybody please tell me what are the contents of the crash course of SR , does she provide some current affairs material as well for IR part , is the content different than the monthly magazines of Vision ??The crash course contains:
1. Test series (model answers are uploaded too)
2. Discussion videos on the test questions
3. Lecture videos on different topics (not sure how they are chosen)
4. Material on different topics, usually corresponding to the videos but some extras too
I joined the 2020 one. I couldn't find time to watch any of the videos so can't comment on that. The material is usually a collection of facts and scholar quotes. Some IR topics were covered, some weren't. Since it's IR it contained current events too under these topics, but I don't recall any separate current affairs (others please correct if I'm wrong).
You will still need the Vision magazines (or any CA source). Even for IR, you can't rely entirely on the crash course material, because a) it doesn't cover every topic, and b) the schedule is unpredictable. I think the way to use it is to make your notes on your own, and add points that you find useful from the crash course material.
Then why is there so hype about her test series? checking is pathetic and so is her crashcourse. Whats good then?
could anybody please tell me what are the contents of the crash course of SR , does she provide some current affairs material as well for IR part , is the content different than the monthly magazines of Vision ??The crash course contains:
1. Test series (model answers are uploaded too)
2. Discussion videos on the test questions
3. Lecture videos on different topics (not sure how they are chosen)
4. Material on different topics, usually corresponding to the videos but some extras too
I joined the 2020 one. I couldn't find time to watch any of the videos so can't comment on that. The material is usually a collection of facts and scholar quotes. Some IR topics were covered, some weren't. Since it's IR it contained current events too under these topics, but I don't recall any separate current affairs (others please correct if I'm wrong).
You will still need the Vision magazines (or any CA source). Even for IR, you can't rely entirely on the crash course material, because a) it doesn't cover every topic, and b) the schedule is unpredictable. I think the way to use it is to make your notes on your own, and add points that you find useful from the crash course material.
Then why is there so hype about her test series? checking is pathetic and so is her crashcourse. Whats good then?
Same thing we hear every five years: aur option hi kya hai :p
But jokes apart, I've heard crash course videos especially about the test answers are quite helpful.
Paper checking is terrible but the questions themselves covered many topics which came in the actual paper.
EiChan,sstarrr
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