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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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@Chuatur_ Prani Yeah true, I think after giving any exam thinking about its results ruins our chances for what next. This is also a skill which new aspirants like me have to get right asap.


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Palakkhinvasaea,
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@Biradar Please give link of that random googling .Anyways Let upsc decide n not waste time 


https://www.literai.com

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@Biradar Please make sense of the song

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@Biradar Cant say the story makes sense 

"What rules a surface of all?" asked the Scarecrow, pleasantly. 

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@Biradar https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/22/1007539/gpt3-openai-language-generator-artificial-intelligence-ai-opinion/amp/


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@Biradar https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/22/1007539/gpt3-openai-language-generator-artificial-intelligence-ai-opinion/amp/


https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/30062/short-stories-written-by-an-artificial-intelligence


Also this


https://play.aidungeon.io

Read these

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with the borderline scores, it has become so difficult to study , I always decide I will not come on this thread but that anxiety land me up here more often than not. 

Regarding the answers I think it is better that UPSC decides what is the answer especially for AI. When aadhar can be made mandatory for schemes funded out of CFI has been accepted as aadhar is mandatory for it as framed in the question by the junta. Accepting all or 1,3,4 for AI shouldn't be a big deal as such.

Sankoza,
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2015 prelims


. In which of the following activities are Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites used? 
1. Assessment of crop productivity 
2. Locating groundwater resources 
3. Mineral exploration 
4. Telecommunications 
5. Traffic studies

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only 
(b) 4 and 5 only 
(c) 1 and 2 only 
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

similar option formulation to AI

if one goes with 123 and 5 as applications of remote sensing...then i wl have to mark 12345..but telecommunication is done by communication satellites we know that..

hence most apt is 123 only ignoring 5th option .hence one doesnt know

just Posted here as someone was arguing 1234 is right and hence 5th option must be right for AI.




Aspirant123,Shramjeevi_express
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2015 prelims


. In which of the following activities are Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites used? 
1. Assessment of crop productivity 
2. Locating groundwater resources 
3. Mineral exploration 
4. Telecommunications 
5. Traffic studies

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only 
(b) 4 and 5 only 
(c) 1 and 2 only 
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

similar option formulation to AI

if one goes with 123 and 5 as applications of remote sensing...then i wl have to mark 12345..but telecommunication is done by communication satellites we know that..

hence most apt is 123 only ignoring 5th option .hence one doesnt know

just Posted here as someone was arguing 1234 is right and hence 5th option must be right for AI.




5th option is already in existence. I attached proofs fyi


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techgenyz.com/2019/06/12/charge-ai-wireless-charger-from-lg-and-hitachi/amp/


https://devmesh.intel.com/projects/smarter-wireless-power-transfer-technology

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@Biradar Okay.lets see.

i aint an expert in AI but gut feeling says its wrong as we are Still miles to go in electrical power transmission wirelessly.

all the best@Biradar ..ab focus on mains


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@Biradar Okay.lets see.

i aint an expert in AI but gut feeling says its wrong as we are Still miles to go in electrical power transmission wirelessly.

all the best@Biradar ..ab focus on mains


What? New Zealand already has wireless power transmission.

 https://mercomindia.com/this-wireless-new-zealand-transmission-system/


We already have FFC and NFC communicatiin. We already have wireless charging for EVs. General Maxwell equation has been in use in microwave transmission since inception, that's what forms the bulwark of wireless electricity generation and transmission


Obviously let's focus on mains but forumwasi are too misguided on Wpt

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@Aurang_mirasudar People will find number of articles saying IRNSS can be used in traffic  studies but it's all upto UPSC.Its never about right or wrong.My thought  was that why  UPSC was using so many words presently effectively meaningful  and then Wireless  transmission  and clubbed with 134.


Equalizer,Aurang_mirasudar
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@Biradar Ok .

Frankly many of us would have listened to it first time wireless transmission and AI ..post exam..then we google to learn more of it. 

I can provide counters for the same from google. But i guess lets focus on next lap :)

all the best bro



Aspirant123,
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@Aspirant123 Either to confuse or to Push/force to mark all the above. Even i marked all initially..then thought more and changed to 134.
lets see..
god only knows


Aspirant123,
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KGPIANsaid

@Raja123 Aurang keys seems to be quite close to be infallible...however i personally feel that 85% agri answer is wrong..... Answer should be B..... someone pointed out that newspaper article talks about agri value chain... But its not mentioned in passage.... And we have to answer only according to things mentioned in passage only..... On the other hand high global agri prices are mentioned.....shankar and CL also gave answer B.. . Rest all the answers of Aurang are right and match with how UPSC thinks in passages


Haha. Then for genome editing answer would be B because the passage does not talk about transfer of genes from one plant to another or anything related to that. Also, then right to privacy answer would be D because the passage does not mention anything related to setting up digital institutions.


And agri answer is C 100% because the main theme was having a good price incentive. It can come from higher global agri commodity prices but it is not essential. If value added products related to horticulture and livestock are created, that price incentive holds. So 4 is definitely wrong. 2 and 3 is correct. Agar passage mei verbatim diya hai to it is right. Upsc will never waver.

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@K_9 lol how do you know genome editing is not B and Right to privacy is not D.....i can post many answer keys which have given these same answers...moreover you cant compare these with AGRI wala que......in these que we have not ruled out something which is verbatim given in passage...however you want that in Agri question we should outrightly rule out what is given in passage (global agri prices) and blindly follow value chain which is nowhere mentioned in passage.....And how do you know UPSC will blindly follow newpaper article only......out of which it has copied only 5-6 lines ??


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KGPIANsaid

@K_9 lol how do you know genome editing is not B and Right to privacy is not D.....i can post many answer keys which have given these same answers...moreover you cant compare these ith AGRI wala que......in these que we have not ruled out something which is verbatim given in passage...how you want that in Agri question we should outrightly rule out what is given in passage (global agri prices) and blindly follow value chain which is nowhere mentioned in passage.....And how do you know UPSC will blindly follow newpaper article only......out of which it has copied only 5-6 lines ??


RC samjha karo yaar pehle. Then bola karo. It stated that high global agri commodity prices were responsible for fall of poverty in india. This was an example. If you can't link price scenario with value chains then kuch nahi ho sakta fir aapka. And what proof do I have that upsc blindly follows newspaper articles? Past years ka experience. It always blindly, unquestionably follows the article. Apna mann behlane ke liye 2 and 4 sahi maan lo waise.

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@K_9  I dont care even if my Agri que gets wrong...i am getting aroung 100...however you seem to be offended......may be your fate depends on this questions.....so i wish you will be right....All the best for Mains !!


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KGPIANsaid

@K_9  I dont care even if my Agri que gets wrong...i am getting aroung 100...however you seem to be offended......may be your fate depends on this questions.....so i wish you will be right....All the best for Mains !!


Not at all offended. I just want logical consistency. Agar aap bol rahe ho right to privacy ka D aur genome editing ka B ho sakta hai, then I'd agree for agri waale ka B. Agar source articles ko follow kar rahe ho, then follow them for all. Pick one logic and stick to it.

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