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[ Official ] How was the Prelims 2021 paper?

Can someone tell what is the answer for 1)moss,lichen …2) British model 3)HC have power to review its own judgement 4)magnetite 
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@Shubz Can someone tell what is the answer for 1)moss,lichen …2) British model 3)HC have power to review its own judgement 4)magnetite 


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@morty In 2020 prelims , I got 104 according to vision ,but according to upsc it’s 94 ….2 questions got deleted but marks were normalized 

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@CHRIS12 this year too 15 marks variations possible can’t rely on coaching keys at least for me 

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@Qwertie I found csat tougher this year …last year attempted 45 questions and got 112.5 and this year again attempted 45 questions got 99.xx


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@morty wait till results …meanwhile prepare optional and ethics 


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@bhuvanamalar1015412 it’s pretty obvious according to the marks I got …one question is CDM which got deleted and the other I don’t know ..may be the trade one 


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@bhuvanamalar1015412 last year there is an error in translation(Hindi) of CDM question ..and other question of trade I think there is no correct option 


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@leftfaithinmyself what is your score excluding those ? 


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No matter what even if all the questions are wrong , u will be in 
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@leftfaithinmyself yeah but u r considering all wrong even then the score is 75 which is higher than the cutoff 


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Which one of the following in Indian polity is an essential feature that it indicates it is federal in character? 

Which is more appropriate for the above question ..option A / B ? If A y is B incorrect 
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@assistant all gave A as the answer ..


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@Capedcrusader1 ok but y is B wrong ? 


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Can anyone explain in the federal question y is B wrong ? 
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Is there any chance that for federal question answer can be B and also for British model answer can be A ? 
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@bhuvanamalar1015412 so u mean answer is A and C respectively for sure ? 


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So the answer for federal character is A and British model is also A ? 
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This year only 9300 people qualify prelims …
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@SacredGames both sides 


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So the cutoff is the mark of 3700th person right …so how many people are scoring above 90 taking all doubtful questions as wrong ?
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@Shubz true cutoff will be in the range 92-93 ..they just need 3800 students 


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I think British model answer will be C only as they asked with reference to British and India .
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@BhallaRobert last year 4100 got selected ..this year just 3750 ..so the cut off cannot be less than 90 it can be 93+-2


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@D503 true I hope the same …


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Anyone scoring above 88 considering all controversial questions as wrong will surely write mains this year 
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@Guesswhoshere confirmed 2and3 


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@atulji statement 1 is definitely wrong 


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Anyone with anthro optional ? Which test series is good ? 
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@Haryana being ifs changed answer to art 14 


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@vish_rat2116865 some institutes gave 2 and 3 as answer …and also for source it’s there in this discussion only …check 2-3 days back 


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@traveller25 most probably 


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Yes the answer should be B 
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For the lichen question is the answer only 2 ? 
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@PeLhidunga result not before 27th 


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Is the answer for moringa (B) and lichens (2&3) correct ?
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@Capedcrusader1 csat tougher than last year 


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Anyways less than 6 days for results …all the best everyone 
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@Lastworrier vision ias 90+-2 


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@javelinthrow general cat …score 86 considering all doubtful ones as wrong 


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@javelinthrow around 5-6 people are getting near 100 but according to keys


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@BhallaRobert highly impossible representations window open till 16th oct …how can it be tomorrow ? Not less than 27 th 


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@parle ji_ the point is they have to wait till the representation window is open ..else what is the point of representation window …they may not consider the questions


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@chikuiasbano Art 14 …and for federal it is A/B ..most prob A


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@parle ji_ yes over but it takes atleast 10 days after that 


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@parle ji_ it’s not that they have changed the system ..as the time was less they have released results earlier ..if it was the case in 2018 then also they would have released within 15-20 days 


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See the date it’s written 20th oct 2021 lol
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@Aman_Katiyar yes highly possible 1,2,4 


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@Udit_pathak what about British model and right to city ?


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@Udit_pathak last 4 definitely wrong 


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@Udit_pathak in first 5 u may get 2 correct 


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(Worst case- best case) 

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@oopsie true ..during exam sure of getting 110 plus …but after checking key and debates  its 80s 


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@Capedcrusader1 I think in the representations list all 100 could have appeared one way or the other 


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@traveller25 source? 


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@kohliwag it’s not 5 lakhs ….gs plus csat combined it will be greater than 7 lakhs 


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Can some one share the telegram group (insider info) ? 
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@GOT8 2 


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@srivalliguru940 it should …but don’t know upsc can still go with B 


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@rawhull true 2 will be correct not more than that 


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@rawhull pressure is right 


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@javelinthrow yes no issues ..but 1 question on moss and lichens which mostly C will be right and also Right to city question ..no comments on that 


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Just 5 days for the result at max …some claiming it to be today also 
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1) moss and lichens (2 and 3 ) 


2) federal (A) 


3) British model (C) 


4) magnetite (D) 


5) Right to city (C) 

6) Supreme Court judge (C) 

how many can be correct ?

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@ash25 thank u getting 83.xx marks considering all wrong 


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@Stay_happy 2) I marked C but it can be B also ..3)option A


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@oopsie yes if we have ratio then also we can get 
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@oopsie  most probably it will be B only 


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@BhallaRobert which are those 2-3 questions ? 


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@balwintejas what do u think are the answers for those ? 


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@balwintejas EPF and casual labour imply the same question ..then what is the 4th question


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@rawhull what about remaining 5 questions are all 5 correct ?


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@sleeplessnights89 constitutional status ? 


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@madeye only 1 out of 4 is correct and every coaching gave C for the last question


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Lol upsc key no one knows …if anyone scoring above 85 considering doubtful ones as wrong they will be writing mains this year ..
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@rawhull yes cutoff will be mostly 88+-1 from the upsc key


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Except byjus (100 lol) all predicted in the range 88-92
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