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[ Official ] How was the Prelims 2021 paper?

The paper of cse prelims is on the line of slumdog millionaire ,, anything random can be asked and your own life may have the mystery whether you can solve the prelims
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What is about lichens and mosses ?


Is it both lichens or mosses or only lichen ???

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In supreme court retired judge recall , ANY JUDGE CAN BE RECALLED is not correct in my opinion as only judge who has given consent to be recalled can be recalled to act as judge , I think everyone is aware about appointment of adhoc judges but the TRICK here is ANY , what is your opinion over this
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To get the exact position on State let's file a pil in supreme court and they will refer it to constitutional bench , this way two questions can be checked and who knows they can put the case first to a retired supreme court judge and we may ask the recall questions too ?😂😂
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When I gave exam I didn't prepared only one thing which was indus river system and when I saw the question I didn't even read it , I skipped it , I lamented ki padh leta to ye kar leta but ab jab dekhta hu ki itna bada court matter chal rha hai indus river system par to lagta hai accha hua attempt hi nhi kiya
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Two mistakes of mine can cost me Prelims this year ,,,, one is I marked order of suba pargana wrong even after knowing the answer and second I wrongly read least water efficient crop ,,,, I missed LEAST word and marked D instead of sugarcane ,,,these 5.20 marks would have brought me @96 now I stand at 88 with 

Considering following wrong 


State B 

Copper as 2,3 

Mitochondria as 2 only 

Casual workers as 2,3 only 

Supreme court judge question as 2 only ( I think consent is needed)

Cooker 1,2,3 

Federal structure as B ( RAJYA SABHA logic)

Ab dekhiye Kya ho 😞😞😞😞😞😞

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What about consent of judges needed or not 


This is something I think can be debatable too

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Please don't shout at me guys but I think in terms of black money also the option D is given by most of the people but I marked it as B that more concern of black money is that people invest it in non useful things which reduces money multiplier 
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/santhosh-pens-down/black-money-a-serious-menace-to-be-tackled-24487/


This mentions B as option for black money ,,,, though it mentions D too but both B and D can be options 

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Right to city हिंदी translation is also faulty 


Btw what is consensus on right to city question ?

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

My friends who cleared mains last year are not getting more than 85 

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This was so bad yaar ,,, I had my heart out my roll number was not in list , such YouTubers should be banned ,they can play with sentiment of anyone for views 
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@oopsie it took away breathe for a second


I had even tears 😒

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Mosses and lichen 


Magnetite 1,2,3,4,5


Pressure cooker 1,2,3


Copper smelting 2,3


Casual workers 2,3


State - B


Federalism - B


Black money - B


Supreme court judge - 2 only 



These are my doubtful questions ,,, if any of the two gets right I will be 90+ 


I rest my case 

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@Udit_pathakwhy they do this but ?


Just to gain views at there YouTube channels to make it 4000 hours 

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@Udit_pathak what about British model and right to city ?


 I marked right to the city as 1 only 😂😂😂😂



And in British model my answer is both 1 and 2 are correct and I think it's the right answer 

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uppsc de rha h koi?

Yes and more than studying those boring current affairs data I m on forum

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@Udit_pathak in first 5 u may get 2 correct 


आपके मुंह में घी शक्कर और चॉकलेट केक

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Mosses and lichen 


Magnetite 1,2,3,4,5


Pressure cooker 1,2,3


Copper smelting 2,3


Casual workers 2,3


State - B


Federalism - B


Black money - B


Supreme court judge - 2 only 



These are my doubtful questions ,,, if any of the two gets right I will be 90+ 


I rest my case 

if this is how everyone gets 80s then i wont be surprised if cutoff goes upto 95 .

I m getting 88 considering all of these as wrongs 

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@Udit_pathak tayari ho gayi achhe se?


हौले हौले हो जाएगी 


Just revising my notes of monthly current affairs from study for civil services GYAN channel ,,, past two years only lack of current affairs drags me out , 40+ are current in uppsc which are tooo different from upsc 

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D503said

@Udit_pathak in first 5 u may get 2 correct 


आपके मुंह में घी शक्कर और चॉकलेट केक

mishri makkhan khila do ghee jamta nhi apne ko or cake toh yuck


😂😂😂 लखनऊ आइए best मक्खन मलाई मिश्री 

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Mosses and lichen 


Magnetite 1,2,3,4,5


Pressure cooker 1,2,3


Copper smelting 2,3


Casual workers 2,3


State - B


Federalism - B


Black money - B


Supreme court judge - 2 only 



These are my doubtful questions ,,, if any of the two gets right I will be 90+ 


I rest my case 

if this is how everyone gets 80s then i wont be surprised if cutoff goes upto 95 .

I m getting 88 considering all of these as wrongs 

u would easily reach close to 100 if u added them in negative marks ,atleast 4 r right.

Let's see fingers are crossed 😐😐😐

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I wish uppsc may become transparent ,they haven't declared even cut off of past two years prelims 
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Taking a break from mains prep to catch up on the debates.  

Cut-off prediction is difficult when your previous anchor point is unreliable, e.g.  2017->2018 (difficulty jump, first time below 100), 2018->2019 (EWS ka introduction), and 2019->2020 (pandemic year, new paper style, difficult CSAT paper, etc). But  anyone who's given several of these attempts and has cleared somewhat consistently will have a good estimate of the main parameter that sets the cut-off, which is the difficulty. All the other factors - size of competition, number of seats, etc , exam attendance, are all secondary factors which mostly cancel each other out.  There's no way to objectively definitively 100% state that paper was easier or harder, but if you've written multiple attempts and have cleared or gotten close to, you should trust your gut. 

I can 100% say that to my eye, both papers were harder than last year. I've never had any CSAT issues and even this year will not have any CSAT issues, but even while reading the paper I could tell that it was going to be difficult for people. Usually I attempt >70 questions, but last year could only manage 65 and this year only around 60 questions. CSAT was vague, had confusing conflicting passages, had tricky math questions that could easily eat up your time, etc etc. This is more so than last year. And GS paper was definitely tougher - new topic areas, hard questions ,vague questions, bad translations, etc. This idea that there are enough easy questions to push the cut-off up is laughable - everyone who wrote the paper knows the kind of mental pressure that occurs while writing and how easy it is to slip up on those sitters. I for e.g. skipped the Bethune question because it was right after the Gandhi question and I didn't have the nerve to tick the right answer, even though I'd circled it. The only point at which the paper would seem easier is in the few days afterwards, when you sit with the paper and curse yourself or watch the coaching centres gaslight you into thinking that your brain was wrong. It's a combination of anchoring effect, desire for risk mitigation, insecurity, etc etc. 


Anyway, longwinded way of saying that I can definitely believe the assessment that the cut-off would drop by 2.5 questions (i.e. 5 marks) due to the GS paper, and another 1 question (i.e. 2 marks) because of  the CSAT. I don't think the impact from reduced seats will be felt - some 500 lost places will hardly account for more than half a mark at the border and will be more than compensated for by the fewer number of people who would have written the exam with a decent level of preparation (I don't know about you guys but I know that the 2nd wave definitely impacted my own preparation). 

Am taking Shankar, Hardworking Human, Kaptaan and Vision's rough benchmarks and trusting my own gut and have moved accordingly. 

I totally agree , paper seems to be easy only after exam , during exam literally it was so tough to handle it , in csat during first hour I could only solve 8 questions of maths ,,, later I ended up solving 48 ,,,, 



And in paper one , there were surprisingly shocking questions which used to make mind nervous ,, I don't think anyone would have ever studied चौसठ योगिनी मंदिर , triclosan , right to city , water credit , the dynasty chronological question , the details of adenovirus  and so on 


To sum up paper was tough and those who took risk and holded nerves would sail 

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gopalswamy aiyyanger 1 only

mitochondrial 2 only

state defination B

casual workers 2,3

magnetite 12345

right to city 1 and 2

copper smelting 1,2,3

How many of them can be correct???


I have also marked mitochondria as only 2

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PLEASE DO NOT BAN MEE, I AM ALSO A ASPIRANT, BUT I ALSO GOT THE NEWS THAT RESULT WILL COME ON TOMORROW, LAST YEAR ALSO I DID THIS, FAILED BY 1 MARK LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR I AM GETTING 90 FROM ALL KEYS,

CONSIDORING

SUTLEJ (D) WRONG

MONTFORD(B) WRONG

STATE (B) WRONG

CO (123 CORRECT)

METAL (ALL CORRECT)

LED (A WRONG)

ARTICLE 32 ( D) WRONG

AYANGAR (C) CORRECT

COOKER (D) WRONG

MITOCONDRIA (C) CORRECT

VIRUS (1,2) CORRECT


You will get through 100% mark my words 

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@Udit_pathak cutoff of 2020 is 120 minimum UR


Minimum 95 correct answers out of 150 after नेगेटिव is must

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So sad to see this 😒😒💔💔💔

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So sad to see this 😒😒💔💔💔

 I missed MBBS in 2009 by one mark 

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@Udit_pathak bhai UP current video h scs ka. abhi tak dekha nai h. 1:15min ka hai. ise dekhna chaiye kya? matlab important h ye? i saw last 3 years papers and analysed them. i couldnt find more than 10 questions which is pure UP based qs. Im removing medieval out of this figure.


Study for civil services video includes all current affairs including UP, last year only 4 UP bases questions were there , rest 36 were national

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@Udit_pathak national wale bhi thode tedhe questions banate hain. ill see scs. will studytill last hour.


 Can help you a bit , send me your email id I will send you hand notes of these videos 

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As per vision key my score is 90.66 considering copper 2,3 as wrong , epfo 2,3 wrong , state B wrong , federalism 2 wrong , cooker 1,2,3, wrong , judiciary 2 only wrong  


Let's see where it goes 

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Speed of light is ALWAYS same ,,, due to this I marked light year as C - लाइट travels in straight line as speed of light is different in different mediums 


Don't know what is settled opinion

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Maine bi exam me yehi sochke galat kiya ki its different in different mediums. But then light bends also when it travels from one medium to other.. ( Rarer - Denser)


when u are talking about astronomical distances we consider light travels in straight line. Answer will be D (100%)

Speed of light as well does get changed while Traveling from one medium to another medium I.e it is expressed as  V = C/refractive index of the given medium through which light travels …frequency being the only thing that does not get changed while light travels from one medium to another medium.

So what is answer as per you 

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क्या बवासीर हो भाई , कल तो बहुत हाथ जोड़ रहे थे कि कोई ब्लॉक ना करे  , तुम वही हो जिसने कल फेक वीडियो result का डाला था और FIR की बात कहने पर हाथ पैर जोड़ने लगे थे । थोडा THND रखो , ये काबिल गिरी कहीं और दिखाओ

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As per Jatin verma IAS ACADEMY RIGHT TO CITY is ONE ONLY 


I am telling it just to tell ki sab jagah sb kuch chal rha hai ,,,, he marked supreme court question as only 2 right

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Haltsaid

So, I know I am too late, and there has been possibly no discussion on this question, but a doubt


The question "With reference to Indian judiciary..."
Statement 1 is:

   Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit and act as a Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of India with prior permission of the President of India.



I marked C initially, but went with B, because I remembered that the prior permission of the retired judge is also necessary. Every answer key has given the answer as C, and no one has discussed this here. Just a passing, inconsequential doubt, if anyone would help clarify it.

I am also on same page as you , only consenting can be recalled 

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Haltsaid

So, I know I am too late, and there has been possibly no discussion on this question, but a doubt


The question "With reference to Indian judiciary..."
Statement 1 is:

   Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit and act as a Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of India with prior permission of the President of India.



I marked C initially, but went with B, because I remembered that the prior permission of the retired judge is also necessary. Every answer key has given the answer as C, and no one has discussed this here. Just a passing, inconsequential doubt, if anyone would help clarify it.

Yes prior consent of the judge is needed, but can he be called back with the permission of President? Yes. That's what is asked 

No even with permission of president the consent of judge is needed  reach article again

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This year many would fail in csat ,atleast 25 percent of those who cross the cutoff in Paper 1.cutoff shld be in the range of 85 to 87.5 .It could look low but most of the inflated marks would come down accrdng to upsc keys.

True my one friend is getting 100 in paper one but in paper two she is getting 60 

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Haltsaid

So, I know I am too late, and there has been possibly no discussion on this question, but a doubt


The question "With reference to Indian judiciary..."
Statement 1 is:

   Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit and act as a Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of India with prior permission of the President of India.



I marked C initially, but went with B, because I remembered that the prior permission of the retired judge is also necessary. Every answer key has given the answer as C, and no one has discussed this here. Just a passing, inconsequential doubt, if anyone would help clarify it.

Yes prior consent of the judge is needed, but can he be called back with the permission of President? Yes. That's what is asked 

No even with permission of president the consent of judge is needed  reach article again

It clearly mentions consent is needed before he sits and acts as judge but consent is not needed for chief justice to call him.in short,anyone could propose love but it's upto the person to reject it or not.

To sum up excess of knowing anything brings confusion

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After exam even those who didn't appeared for exam says "it was so easy"
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Considering following as wrong

Copper Smelting 1,2,3

Casual Workers 1,2,3

Magnetite 1,2,4

Right to the City 1,2

Pressure Cooker 1,3

Bacteria, Fungi, Virus 1,2,3

Indus Sutlej

British Model Both 1 and 2

Taking State wale ka A as correct

Getting 84.67 (OBC)

CSAT 142 from Vision Key.

Anxiety at its worst, hoping that something goes my way.

रब राखा

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GOT8said

@sleeplessnights89 CSP 2021 ki bhi bta hi dijiye... lge hath

86 for General:-


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Is that only me who choose concept of welfare as answer for concentration of wealth? 😐

Apun bii hai

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Diwali का कबाड़ा होने वाला है 
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Not cleared ,,, had scored 90.67 but not in list unfortunately will do best next time 
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I m not sure what cutoff is this year ,,if anyone can help 
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