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[ Official ] How was the Prelims 2021 paper?

How was the paper guys ? 

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What is conseus on nawab of arcot question 
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I see about 3000+ people see these messages but very few comments ,, either they are very sure or they are more hopeless than we are
phoebe,
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@srivalliguru940 but the doubtfuls are already wrong as per the keys (particularly in my case). so i am telling the score exactly according to answer keys. there is no doubtful question which is right according to answer keys in my case! 


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@Hawkeye1301 score and key? friend circle?


Lowest by forum 96

Highest by nextias 112

Most of the keys 104-108

Frnd circle : one is getting 98 ,other 94 rest all 80-85

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@Hawkeye1301 you will get through definitely! wish well for us too


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how was the reviews on CSAT this year? was it easier(doable) compared to 2020? i dont face issue with csat but this time found them tough.


It was hard ,not only reading comprehension but even maths was a bit tricky , my score decreased by around 10 marks this year in csat 

Udit_pathak,
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alright. Because you see, we people generally come to know the answers of most of these doubtful questions based on past experience. But this time to my surprise I’m coming across good number of people who are taking all doubtful as wrong ! Something that generally doesn’t happen. This is Probably due to 2020 prelims marks. 


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If the cutoff stays around 90, me qualifying for Mains feels like walking a thin wire like Philippe Petit. Hopefully, in the end, my fate is the same as his. :) All the best, everyone!

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@Hawkeye1301 you will get through definitely! wish well for us too


I am concerned party in most of doubtful questions, moreover last year i got 91.8 which was merely 0.68 marks below cutoff, so i am preparing my mind for any kind of result 😅😅

Udit_pathak,
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@srivalliguru940 those people who are scoring 85-90 after takeing 11-12 doubtful questions as wrong are either too innocent to realize the God sent oppurtunity given to them for writing mains or they are lying here. Because they have no job being on this thread. my view on them.


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alright. Because you see, we people generally come to know the answers of most of these doubtful questions based on past experience. But this time to my surprise I’m coming across good number of people who are taking all doubtful as wrong ! Something that generally doesn’t happen. This is Probably due to 2020 prelims marks. 


no actually the case was similar last year. but there were less doubtful questions in last year which made people sure about answer keys more than this year

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ohk ok probable. 


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ohk ok probable. 


yeah. people have confusion regarding questions like indus river and magnetic particles etc which cannot be sustainable

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CSAT was quite lengthy , I m from non maths background and it was giving me chills
Tk17,Biryani
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CSAT was quite lengthy , I m from non maths background and it was giving me chills

your score in both papers? and how about your peers?

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yeah actually the thing is, many people were complaining that their marks in 2020 got reduced by 10-15 marks. Even if we consider two deletions, This can happen only if questions like carbon nanotubes, artificial intelligence etc go wrong based on “ best possible option “ principle.  In that case, magnetite pollution question is something that has to be doubted this year. 



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Prelims(csat included) is getting scary and unpredictable each passing year

But I believe ppl scoring 90+ should save their energy for mains preparation


Udit_pathak,
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Prelims(csat included) is getting scary and unpredictable each passing year

But I believe ppl scoring 90+ should save their energy for mains preparation


yeah! the preparation should be continued rather than being demotivated!

Tk17,
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yeah actually the thing is, many people were complaining that their marks in 2020 got reduced by 10-15 marks. Even if we consider two deletions, This can happen only if questions like carbon nanotubes, artificial intelligence etc go wrong based on “ best possible option “ principle.  In that case, magnetite pollution question is something that has to be doubted this year. 



Most probably those questions were the culprit in reduction of score. 

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yeah that’s what even I felt 


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