Dear All,
Prelims 2021 results are out . Click here to read more
https://blog.forumias.com/update-upsc-cse-prelims-2021-result-declared/
This page is not only to congratulate those who made it through th first round, but as a community to share what worked for them and what did not.
If you have made it, share what worked for you. If you have not made it, share what you missed.
Together, we are there for each other.
With this we close the the previous thread on Prelims 2021, which is nearing a million views.
https://forumias.com/post/detail/Prelims-2021-paper-discussion-1633845800
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Ultima_thule,
@TsarBombaSame here, I made notes from all the static books only to discover later (during mocks) that some important details were missing. This made me paranoid before the exam but at that point it was already too late to revisit the book and identify/fix the holes.
I think the optimal strategy here is to highlight in the book but make notes of the things which you often forget (or are hard to memorize).
plmokn25688524,
@Truthseeker9 I have given 5 civil and 5 Ifos prelims attempts (cleared IFoS this year-first time).SFG of forumias-helps to break the inertia built up over 5 attempts by getting up in morning and giving tests everyday. Rather than knowledge, you need mindset re-orientation. SFG helps in that.Also, I do not agree that without mocks you can clear. Please hear me out before bashing me for being mock-sympathetic. It is my personal opinion that since every serious aspirants (10,000 or so ) give mocks, you are inherently and automatically losing out the mind-game of confidence if you don't give mocks. Let me tell you what happens. Suppose you encounter a totally random question in the paper. Now, if you have done mocks and you still cannot attempt, you can be rest assured that no one else (or very very few) will be able to attempt. This momentary confidence gives you continuous boost in the exam, howsoever incremental. Your confidence remains intact, knowing full well that since you did mocks (AND REVISED THEM) this random question never came, so others also wont be able to do it. Positive mindset helps you attain atleast 10-15 marks more.But, complete opposite happens if you skip mocks. Random question starts giving you nightmares-what if this had come in papers of other coachings? OMG, other aspirants will be able to attempt it, I cannot. OMG, why did not I do mocks...........etc etc etc. You see the cynical negative spiral? This starts happening at that very moment. Now tell me, with this negative mindset, if even a world class top ranked experienced bowler like Bumrah also cannot stick to his line and length and keeps missing his toe-crushing accurate yorkers, how do you reckon you will perform? Your mind then automatically goes into damage control, you become over-cautious, over-think every question, start missing out the hints, and most sinful, you start marking basic, static questions wrong. All happened due to that simple logic-you did not do what your competition that year was doing.So, rather than for knowledge, it is more to remain alive in the competition that you should do mocks. Do of one coaching (that covers 80% of competition, because almost all coachings have a peer review among each other). If time permits, gather courage and do one more coaching. Thats enough to cover the mindset part.
I did SFG this year, and cleared IFoS prelims (GE). So, the strategy worked for me.
Can you please elaborate on sfg part how it can be integrated with prelims test series?
MM,
Kya strategy ?? This paper doesn't require a strategy to be honest.. Just pray and be alert in exam Hall....thats it...
Welcome to the Russian Roulette
Ummm, this is not the attitude by which you should be giving the exam.
No exam is fair and it is equally unfair to everyone. There are many shortcomings with the process. But it's only when you're out of the exam cycle you should rant about it, that's the most important key to any examination process that you're into it.
Also, my first and the only comment on this topic as it's an endless thing.
prelim 2020 key variation.pdf
I hope someone takes them to Supreme Court for this. Benzene fumes are a known pollutant in paints and varnishes. Benzene is used a solvent in paints. And it is a volatile compound. I am sure there must be people who lost out on qualifying pre because of this question.@jassikamboj16303 Key to Questions like Ecofriendly Agriculture, Benzene Pollution is blatantly wrong. Pathetic that UPSC is not even taking care of such errors
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