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Please Share your Marksheet. Especially Those who are Geography Optional.

Letz see The Pattern and Marks variation

ssver2,Sam230and2 otherslike this
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@HarveySpectre Sure bhai. Wrote 'Courage to accept and dedication to improve' one from section A and Primary Education and Healthcare from Section B.
For Section A started with a Quote about Change (Read in PSIR). Build up the narrative about the inevitability of change in the next couple of paragraphs. Then linked it to accepting changes and trying to adapt and improve rather than living in denial. This was the basic premise. Later built upon it by citing examples from different spheres - Ashoka from Ancient History, India's freedom struggle as well as the progressive legislations passed after independence. Similarly quoted examples from social sphere (Like R Roy, Vidyasagar etc), economic sphere (like WTO, BASEL norms). Linked it to present about climate change and the leaders like Trump who are not even willing to acknowledge it. Also quoted examples of people who have stood against all odds and succeeded. So it was basically about examples from different spheres and 1-2 paragraph on each one of them. I think I covered 6-7 dimensions. Concluded with something on the lines of the need to acknowledge the modern day problems (terrorism, climate change, poverty etc) and trying to improve on that front, included a quote as well. Honestly, didn't feel very good about it but maybe it worked out. 

Primary healthcare and education was easy I think. Had some data about India's expenditure on Education and Health and world average as well. So used it to substantiate how we spend less on them. Also used PRATHAM report findings, and poor primary healthcare. 
As far as preparation was concerned, I didn't have much time between pre and mains due to hospitalization for nearly a month. Hence, focussed on optional and GS. The only thing I did was I collected some data and quotes on expected topics like health, education, women, climate change etc. Infact, I have worked more on Essay in last 2 weeks than what I did last year. 

Aurora,EiChanand6 otherslike this
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@Jokar Yeah, forgot to add that I have a decent handwriting and presentation was neat (no cuttings).


EiChan,Kapiushonand3 otherslike this
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@Hitman2021 bro my topics were
primary health education

best for individual not neccessarily best for society

2 paras per page , neat presentation with underlining with black pen

dint write essay in a biased way ,like dint let it go negative 

in philosophical took the middle path by talking about both aspects 


health education startd with a self made story/scenario containing both healtheducation aspect and ended with that

philosophical startd with gandhi and hitler moving to religious and spiritual dimension nd so on with emphasis on environmnt, sustainable developmnt circular economy nd stuff

tried addressing every dimension with 1-2examples per para

concluded the essay taking 2 sides of the sheet

ended with the same story which i startd health education vala

nd philosophical with a progressive quote 

also used quotes in between the essay

also the individual in philosophical essay was not limited to individual person ,addressd individual person ,indi nation ,society ,planet and so on

finished both essays in 9 -10 sides of the sheets

sonder,EiChanand2 otherslike this
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Essay-108

GS1- 69

GS2-66

GS3-57

GS4-108

PSIR1- 104

PSIR2-130

that was my third mains. totally unable to fathom my marks in Essay and GS-1,2,3.  any insight?  @doodlebean  


plmokn25688524,Nomadic_mahn15and1 otherslike this
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Essay-108

GS1- 69

GS2-66

GS3-57

GS4-108

PSIR1- 104

PSIR2-130

that was my third mains. totally unable to fathom my marks in Essay and GS-1,2,3.  any insight?  @doodlebean @Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh @Neyawn 

I think you need to invest most of your energy on GS 3, 2. It was my third mains too. I figured out paper 1 is beyond repair in my case. Had I been at your place I would have worked for paper 2 and 3 and of course there is a scooe of improvement in PSIR also. Although your subject score is descent( a lot better than mine). But if u improve your paper 1 by 30-40 marks and paper 2 by 10-20 marks, you can see yourself in the final pdf.


Kindly give your insight/comment on my marks as well. Thank you advance.

plmokn25688524,Nomadic_mahn15and1 otherslike this
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@kpss886823  Thanks for the insight. PSIR definitely needs improvement, targeting a score of 280 at least. GS3 score in 2017 was 115, so unable to understand what happened this time. But now I see it as a pattern many people have got low marks in GS-1,2,3 this year and unbelievably high marks in GS-IV, in the range of 150! but no complaint. needs to work lot harder than I have done till now:)  


plmokn25688524,Nomadic_mahn15and1 otherslike this
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@kpss886823 can't comment on optional. for GS in the words of Mr. Anudeep- "learn to put dense quality content in few words" that's the crux..will need lot of careful planning-source selection, dedication and answer writing(with sufficient content IMO).


plmokn25688524,Tk17and1 otherslike this
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essay 137

gs1 79

gs2 76

gs3 69

gs4 123

med sci 1 105

med sci 2 109

was my first mains 

Can you please explain your essay approach. Topics on which you wrote. What might have worked for you as its a good score. Your suggestions will be helpful. 

Kapiushon,HarveySpectreand1 otherslike this
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GS1- 55

GS2- 61

GS3- 61

GS4- 97

Essay- 128

Psychology 1- 90

Psychology  2- 72


Kindly share your all subject and GS and Essay score.

plmokn25688524,Nomadic_mahn15
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Jokarsaid

@Shubz Bhai did you attempt all the questions ? And was this your first mains? Sorry for too many questions but I just wanted a perspective to analyse my score which is quite similar to yours except GS 1 (I have 72 there ). 
I just wanted to know because I missed a lot of questions (couldn't write any mains test, thanks to ill health). Left around 240 - 250 marks in all 6 papers taken together. I have a very different writing style than what is suggested by most toppers. So I just wanted to understand that should I just focus on improving writing speed or do I need to change style.


My second mains but first serious one.

Dnt fall for the strategies doing rounds in market. Last yr i wrote whatever i felt and scored better in gs2,3 than this yr even after attempting only 15-16 questions each....but this year i followed all the advises doing rounds in old rajinder nagar coachings and got screwed badly.

So write simple, straightforward,to the point answers. Even introductions are overhyped. Dnt waste more than a sentence in intro and draw diagrams only when it is absolutely necessary and it adds meaning to the ans and is not just a substitute of things which could be written normally

EiChan,anandnew162590
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essay 137

gs1 79

gs2 76

gs3 69

gs4 123

med sci 1 105

med sci 2 109

was my first mains 

Nomadic_mahn15,thepolicydreamer
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@Hitman2021 bro my topics were
primary health education

best for individual not neccessarily best for society

2 paras per page , neat presentation with underlining with black pen

dint write essay in a biased way ,like dint let it go negative 

in philosophical took the middle path by talking about both aspects 


health education startd with a self made story/scenario containing both healtheducation aspect and ended with that

philosophical startd with gandhi and hitler moving to religious and spiritual dimension nd so on with emphasis on environmnt, sustainable developmnt circular economy nd stuff

tried addressing every dimension with 1-2examples per para

concluded the essay taking 2 sides of the sheet

ended with the same story which i startd health education vala

nd philosophical with a progressive quote 

also used quotes in between the essay

also the individual in philosophical essay was not limited to individual person ,addressd individual person ,indi nation ,society ,planet and so on

finished both essays in 9 -10 sides of the sheets

Great approach Bro.

You deserve those marks. Well done.

Good luck :)


Denisovan2019,INVICTUS21
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For those who are in CSAT borderline.....

PT 2020 - P1 - 109 , P2 - 98

plmokn25688524,Hitman2021
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Prelims:

P1: 115.34
P2: 106.67

Mains:
Mat puchho


plmokn25688524,Hitman2021
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Papee-1 : 94

Paper-2: 105

plmokn25688524,
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Paper 1 143 

Paper 2 65

plmokn25688524,
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P1 99

P2 85

plmokn25688524,
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@Hitman2021 highest marks in PSIR ??


May be of Navneet Mann ma'am though not sure about it.

vinaysingh59_,
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@Shubz Thanks bhai, would stick to my style then. I write in paragraphs as I feel it is more coherent and I rarely draw diagrams. Could attempt only around 200 - 210 in each paper and seeing the scores I feel if I could have attempted all the questions, I would have probably got the interview call. So improving speed is the main focus now. Were your essay scores similar in both attempts ? Or there is randomness in that as well? A bit paranoid as I had a fairly decent score this year (143)


Kurosawa,
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