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[ Official ] How was the Prelims 2021 paper?

How was the paper guys ? 

jack_Sparrow,curious_kidand28 otherslike this
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Scored 127.xx in 2020 prelims officially. Hovering around 94-97 this year.


PS: checked only forum and shanker keys. Didnt go into digging controversial qstns and cutoffs, better leave to upsc.

EiChan,plmokn25688524and1 otherslike this
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Daily looking at this Tussle btwn Chenab & Satluj, but my mind is Peaceful (I did Jhelum:smile:)

EiChan,plmokn25688524and8 otherslike this
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2 weeks back thise time we would hve completed paper 1 and all felt it to be easy 😜😂..only agter keys we had a rude shock 🧐😏
plmokn25688524,Voyager
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that speaks a lot about the difficulty level of the paper sir. Can you please let me know how are people scoring in your circle and how many around or above 100 


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@palindrome7 ..due to randomness of paper or couldn't give time to prelims this time?


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@srivalliguru940 i know only two friends. one is scoring 97-100, another above 90. 

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This preliminary paper will be become more random with year after year


reasons:

1. Increasing coaching institutes especially online ones/telegram ones

2. rising people attempting it

3. less seats (Its now half o what used to be in 2014 -15 i think)

4. Only 100 questions ..they need to frame within this

5. csat becoming eliminator and especially RC one cant comprehend in limited time

6. role of AI/ML (which some coaching centres started to use)


I feel atleast they should recruit twice an year...like jee exams being conducted twice


one year cycle (multiolied by attempts)  is a criminal waste of talent,energy,money and aspirations


EiChan,plmokn25688524and2 otherslike this
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ohk sir, that means that most of the experienced people are below 90 and this probably reflects the possible cut off score. Anyways, all the best sir :) 


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@Aurang_mirasudar or those who have cleared Prelims once should be allowed to write mains directly. I mean validity of Prelims score should be there for 3-4 years. 


EiChan,Ayushi7and3 otherslike this
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@Dinzz888 making educated guesses were difficult this time due to randomness and more factual points. reg preparation part: Referred similar sources, didnt attempt more random oriented mocks this time due to paucity of time/momentum(like gs score, insights). In hindsight, could have improved marking only on 4-6 qstns.

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@Dinzz888 making educated guesses were difficult this time due to randomness and more factual points. reg preparation part: Referred similar sources, didnt attempt more random oriented mocks this time due to paucity of time/momentum(like gs score, insights). In hindsight, could have improved marking only on 4-6 qstns.

How was the csat? Could be the factor again this year for low cutoff?

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@balwintejas didnt check CSAT, dont have trust on any institute. But it was tough, like last year. 


I didnt dig much into controversial q, frst i feel its futile, second im just tired bcz of exam and prep, simply trying to get out of it 😀

kohliwag,balwintejas
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@balwintejas I scored 140 last time in csat

This time I am expecting 100 something.. 

RCs ko haath bhi nahi lagaya


plmokn25688524,balwintejasand2 otherslike this
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CSAT this time was tougher, cut off will get impacted by it. 

A guy who has given two interview, scoring around 120 in paper 1, may flunk csat, so you all can understand and estimate 

GaryVee,Denisovan2019and2 otherslike this
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@Aurang_mirasudar or those who have cleared Prelims once should be allowed to write mains directly. I mean validity of Prelims score should be there for 3-4 years. 


Yeah good idea...

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@madeye hmm. Right.. Same with me.. Gs score in range of 110-115 but csat around 67.5 taking all  doubtful questions as negative..this is my last attempt. 


MichaelScarn,
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@madeye hmm. Right.. Same with me.. Gs score in range of 110-115 but csat around 67.5 taking all  doubtful questions as negative..this is my last attempt. 


Bhai this was my 6th attempt (last attempt),I will get through csat, but gs paper mei score is around 86, so I am in another level of anxiety, 

GaryVee,
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Me too last attempt,

Vision-91.33

Shankar-89.66

Toppers-104

Purely on luck now to clear, 2 questions against my favour and I'm out permanently.

GaryVee,plmokn25688524and1 otherslike this
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Can anyone share toppers answer key??
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Me too last attempt,

Vision-91.33

Shankar-89.66

Toppers-104

Purely on luck now to clear, 2 questions against my favour and I'm out permanently.

I pray that you sail. Cheers. ☺☺

plmokn25688524,keephustlingand3 otherslike this
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