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[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021

Because of the corona virus issue? If it does not happen then worst affected will be people whose interview is stuck, around 600-700 such people I think are yet to appear for their interview.


@neyawn sir and others, what is your take?

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jack_Sparrow,curious_kidand137 otherslike this
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Can anyone give me pdf of KSG CSAT and GS paper 1 answer key?

Bhai koi achi answer key btao csat k liye?

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Pre and Post 1991(until 31st march 2020 or any earliest if available) data has to be compared.Then we can find the growth rate increased or decreased.

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Best CA magazine konsi h is time??? Jo succint aur to tje point important topics ko cover kare..... 
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@Bawra man The hindu and indian express


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Meri alag hi samasya ho gayi hai. Answersheet me count koya tha to 79 bubbles the, aur question paper me 83 dikh rahe. Samajh me nahi aa raha ki sahi wale miss huwe hain ya galat wale? Aur naye calculation se marks me ab aur variation ta gayi. Ab 91-102 ghoom raha marks. Khararnak anxiety hai, considering it’s my last attempt.

I am already 31. Was in a well paying job. Quit kiya in 2018, to dedicate more time to preparation, after successive close failures in prelims. Score 114 in prelims last year. Couldn’t clear mains.

And this year again, I am stuck at God knows where.

Have rejected good job offers from

abroad last year for preparation. 

And when I quit my job, and took this course, people close to me abandoned me, including my fiance.

I have paid a huge price for this journey, and cannot recall when I slept for 6 hours last time. 

And after all this, UPSC throws this lottery selection system paper.


I question all rhe wisdoms now like “Hardwork pays off”, “Sacrifices pay off”, and “Upsc sets paper for selecting civil servants”.


I lost 4 years, a job, family life, fiance, self confidence, socially vibrant life, and trust in the system.


I will do something good for sure, but the dream of be the part of policy making, and implementation is at God’s mercy now.


Sorry, I made it a sad story. But there is a reason for it.


Those who are reading it, must know that this exam is not just about hardwork, but about strong luck factor too. When all things are in place, then only you will get through. It’s our duty to work hard, but that alone won’t get you through. There are things beyond that too. Much like Nepolean. He was not just brilliant, but extremely lucky too, and he always made sure he chose his commanders who were invariably lucky people. 


Anyways fingers crossed.

I wish luck to everyone. Everyone has worked hard here.

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@Knt going through the same things man , can feel your pain . You will clear prelims don’t worry . If not, there are better things waiting for you .Picture abhi baaki hai 🙂


Wish you all the best !!

Aawara,Kntand1 otherslike this
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Kntsaid

Meri alag hi samasya ho gayi hai. Answersheet me count koya tha to 79 bubbles the, aur question paper me 83 dikh rahe. Samajh me nahi aa raha ki sahi wale miss huwe hain ya galat wale? Aur naye calculation se marks me ab aur variation ta gayi. Ab 91-102 ghoom raha marks. Khararnak anxiety hai, considering it’s my last attempt.

I am already 31. Was in a well paying job. Quit kiya in 2018, to dedicate more time to preparation, after successive close failures in prelims. Score 114 in prelims last year. Couldn’t clear mains.

And this year again, I am stuck at God knows where.

Have rejected good job offers from

abroad last year for preparation. 

And when I quit my job, and took this course, people close to me abandoned me, including my fiance.

I have paid a huge price for this journey, and cannot recall when I slept for 6 hours last time. 

And after all this, UPSC throws this lottery selection system paper.


I question all rhe wisdoms now like “Hardwork pays off”, “Sacrifices pay off”, and “Upsc sets paper for selecting civil servants”.


I lost 4 years, a job, family life, fiance, self confidence, socially vibrant life, and trust in the system.


I will do something good for sure, but the dream of be the part of policy making, and implementation is at God’s mercy now.


Sorry, I made it a sad story. But there is a reason for it.


Those who are reading it, must know that this exam is not just about hardwork, but about strong luck factor too. When all things are in place, then only you will get through. It’s our duty to work hard, but that alone won’t get you through. There are things beyond that too. Much like Nepolean. He was not just brilliant, but extremely lucky too, and he always made sure he chose his commanders who were invariably lucky people. 


Anyways fingers crossed.

I wish luck to everyone. Everyone has worked hard here.

Take a vow whn u get selected u ll nt glamorise ur success or advertise how u successed etc in tiktok , fb, instagram, quora or utube.. u ll just live ur life happily contained So that another innocent soul does nt loose his/her precious time in all these . People go in to so much show off these days .. over glamorisation nd considering it something equal 2 nirvana (i have seen such meme) , larger than life.. higher than himalaya etc is a big hurdle .

mandeepsngh123,Knt
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@rafael absoultely right. 


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@appyfizz Did you find the link for ethics?


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rafaelsaid

Kntsaid

Meri alag hi samasya ho gayi hai. Answersheet me count koya tha to 79 bubbles the, aur question paper me 83 dikh rahe. Samajh me nahi aa raha ki sahi wale miss huwe hain ya galat wale? Aur naye calculation se marks me ab aur variation ta gayi. Ab 91-102 ghoom raha marks. Khararnak anxiety hai, considering it’s my last attempt.

I am already 31. Was in a well paying job. Quit kiya in 2018, to dedicate more time to preparation, after successive close failures in prelims. Score 114 in prelims last year. Couldn’t clear mains.

And this year again, I am stuck at God knows where.

Have rejected good job offers from

abroad last year for preparation. 

And when I quit my job, and took this course, people close to me abandoned me, including my fiance.

I have paid a huge price for this journey, and cannot recall when I slept for 6 hours last time. 

And after all this, UPSC throws this lottery selection system paper.


I question all rhe wisdoms now like “Hardwork pays off”, “Sacrifices pay off”, and “Upsc sets paper for selecting civil servants”.


I lost 4 years, a job, family life, fiance, self confidence, socially vibrant life, and trust in the system.


I will do something good for sure, but the dream of be the part of policy making, and implementation is at God’s mercy now.


Sorry, I made it a sad story. But there is a reason for it.


Those who are reading it, must know that this exam is not just about hardwork, but about strong luck factor too. When all things are in place, then only you will get through. It’s our duty to work hard, but that alone won’t get you through. There are things beyond that too. Much like Nepolean. He was not just brilliant, but extremely lucky too, and he always made sure he chose his commanders who were invariably lucky people. 


Anyways fingers crossed.

I wish luck to everyone. Everyone has worked hard here.

Take a vow whn u get selected u ll nt glamorise ur success or advertise how u successed etc in tiktok , fb, instagram, quora or utube.. u ll just live ur life happily contained So that another innocent soul does nt loose his/her precious time in all these . People go in to so much show off these days .. over glamorisation nd considering it something equal 2 nirvana (i have seen such meme) , larger than life.. higher than himalaya etc is a big hurdle .

Was going through comments all these days, 

How people take UPSC to be sacrosanct, how they raise fingers on the ones who have failed or someone questioning this random selection procedure rather than these kind of sham papers who put people who have devoted years, nights, sacrificed so much for a dream at equal pedestal with a newbie who hardly has toiled much! 

Not taking away anything from anyone, but if it's all about hard work, upsc is surely not the exam for that. If it's about toughness , upsc is again not the exam, but glorifying randomness. Of late it has turned more into picking any 10-12k to write mains thanserious aspirants. Firstly it was converting 2 papers to 1 in prelims, then randomising the questions asked in prelims and then justifying them through detailed Google search. Have been in the same boat, devoted way more hours than I ever did while writing mains. To avoid falling prey to prelims like 2018 , went through everything for months with sincerity. And at the end of it, this is what you get. But it is what it is. It would be better if people stop falling prey to those glorifying videos and articles here and there, surely the way system is working, spineless bureaucracy is one big reason! How the ethics paper is torn to pieces once people get into services. But well, could be just one of the many rants to dissolve into the noise and eulogy 

rafael,Rakhmabaiand5 otherslike this
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Kntsaid

Meri alag hi samasya ho gayi hai. Answersheet me count koya tha to 79 bubbles the, aur question paper me 83 dikh rahe. Samajh me nahi aa raha ki sahi wale miss huwe hain ya galat wale? Aur naye calculation se marks me ab aur variation ta gayi. Ab 91-102 ghoom raha marks. Khararnak anxiety hai, considering it’s my last attempt.

I am already 31. Was in a well paying job. Quit kiya in 2018, to dedicate more time to preparation, after successive close failures in prelims. Score 114 in prelims last year. Couldn’t clear mains.

And this year again, I am stuck at God knows where.

Have rejected good job offers from

abroad last year for preparation. 

And when I quit my job, and took this course, people close to me abandoned me, including my fiance.

I have paid a huge price for this journey, and cannot recall when I slept for 6 hours last time. 

And after all this, UPSC throws this lottery selection system paper.


I question all rhe wisdoms now like “Hardwork pays off”, “Sacrifices pay off”, and “Upsc sets paper for selecting civil servants”.


I lost 4 years, a job, family life, fiance, self confidence, socially vibrant life, and trust in the system.


I will do something good for sure, but the dream of be the part of policy making, and implementation is at God’s mercy now.


Sorry, I made it a sad story. But there is a reason for it.


Those who are reading it, must know that this exam is not just about hardwork, but about strong luck factor too. When all things are in place, then only you will get through. It’s our duty to work hard, but that alone won’t get you through. There are things beyond that too. Much like Nepolean. He was not just brilliant, but extremely lucky too, and he always made sure he chose his commanders who were invariably lucky people. 


Anyways fingers crossed.

I wish luck to everyone. Everyone has worked hard here.

Bhai have u marked side by side ....??

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25-26 ko results aa raha kya?? Authentic news ??
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@Tokyo Haa. Ye I marked accordingly, but I guess I missed bubbling some, as I struggled to finish the paper. I had left some for 3rd round, but struggled to finish the second round only. 

Never happened that I couldn’t finish paper in all my attempts or mock tests, even in 2018 when I was sleep deprived. 

But this paper man!

Everything under the sun and a new pattern and unpredictability every year cannot be tackled.

Some people are good at something, others are good at some other things.

At the end, it’s all about which set of people did the paper favour?


Mzp6628,hotstepperand1 otherslike this
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@Tokyo Haa. Ye I marked accordingly, but I guess I missed bubbling some, as I struggled to finish the paper. I had left some for 3rd round, but struggled to finish the second round only. 

Never happened that I couldn’t finish paper in all my attempts or mock tests, even in 2018 when I was sleep deprived. 

But this paper man!

Everything under the sun and a new pattern and unpredictability every year cannot be tackled.

Some people are good at something, others are good at some other things.

At the end, it’s all about which set of people did the paper favour?


Very weird paper..Tore us apart!!

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Kntsaid

@Tokyo Haa. Ye I marked accordingly, but I guess I missed bubbling some, as I struggled to finish the paper. I had left some for 3rd round, but struggled to finish the second round only. 

Never happened that I couldn’t finish paper in all my attempts or mock tests, even in 2018 when I was sleep deprived. 

But this paper man!

Everything under the sun and a new pattern and unpredictability every year cannot be tackled.

Some people are good at something, others are good at some other things.

At the end, it’s all about which set of people did the paper favour?


Very weird paper..Tore us apart!!

Yes...weird paper, unconventional paper, tricky, difficult, asking anything from sun...but still cut off kam nahi hoga...I don't understand the logic...either our assessment of paper is wrong our Shankar's prediction of cut off is wrong.

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@Knt get a good job again and start your life. Even if my juniors come and visit me to ask for my advice I tell them not to attempt this exam. I was in the same boat once, by god's grace something else came along the way and I was able to get out.

PS unnecessary advice


Sankoza,gauravbrly409
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Kntsaid

@Tokyo Haa. Ye I marked accordingly, but I guess I missed bubbling some, as I struggled to finish the paper. I had left some for 3rd round, but struggled to finish the second round only. 

Never happened that I couldn’t finish paper in all my attempts or mock tests, even in 2018 when I was sleep deprived. 

But this paper man!

Everything under the sun and a new pattern and unpredictability every year cannot be tackled.

Some people are good at something, others are good at some other things.

At the end, it’s all about which set of people did the paper favour?


Very weird paper..Tore us apart!!

Yes...weird paper, unconventional paper, tricky, difficult, asking anything from sun...but still cut off kam nahi hoga...I don't understand the logic...either our assessment of paper is wrong our Shankar's prediction of cut off is wrong.

Shankar's prediction is wrong!

Soemetimes, Their Lower End is breached and at times Upper.How They can be trusted wholeheartedly.It just has been a convention,though fallacious,in the past few years to blindfoldedly believe Shankar's Cut Off Range as They are best amongst the worst in predicting it but This argument is not worth buying.

Aspirant123,
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what is the right answer for desher katha?? vision and vajiram giving different answer

Vision Answer is correct. The statements were verbatim lifted from book of Ishita Dube on Page 232. Hence, option A is correct


D is right read ist page of deshar katha book

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biochar is good for nitrogen fixation 

Is it promote nitrogen fixing micro organism ?

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