anyone?
@Warrior100 curious about this too, would we see higher cutoffs due to people dropping out? :l
read somewhere that cutoffs may go higher than what would have been normally as working aspirants got equal time for prelims because of lockdown .
@ArpitaJ cut offs are not so easy to determine, at least not before the exam.In 2018 when seats were reduced everyone thought cut off will increase, however it saw a dip of 7 marks.Similarly, last year everyone said how it was easier than 2018/people were better prepared to deal with unconventional paper but again cut off was same as 2018.If some people got more time to study, lot of others were disturbed too - lack of study material, libraries closed, also one can't remain in pre mode from March to Sept. There was a dip in efficiency as well.I am not saying cut off will go down. But its too early to say it will increase.
Agree ! i shared what few were discussing in telegram group as cut off discussion ws going heree.
@Freakhoto some of the questions were directly from insights test series. That is the reason people find it moderately difficult
Ohh,really?
"Hidden syllabus" of Insights btw-
https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/06/18/must-read-analysis-of-prelims-2019-paper-1-and-hidden-syllabus-upsc-prelims-and-important-tips-to-ace-prelims-in-2020/
Total randomness,nothing works except ur luck on exam day,what specific sort of questions u have done,doesnt matter what standard ur prep is,they can pick questions even from the 5 rs GK booklet sold in train coaches.
,i guess there are some who get scores above a good threshold,but this is very random process.
better than vision pt in terms of returns for time i guess.
https://iasnova.com/topics-iasnova-pro-got-right-in-prelims-2020/
One reason why cutoffs don't fall despite paper type and nature changing so radically is that the secret about attempting left right and centre in prelims was let out years ago. Many aspirants and most of the old ones play the guessing game now. For these few seats, a sizeable number is bound to get a windfall from guessing. This places a lower bound on the cutoff. It's insane, but what else should one expect from this overhyped exam.
Golden comment,a sizeable no who benefit from wild guessing can put some betteraspirants out of the race.
@ArpitaJ oh yes. We saw it in 2017, they predicted 110 cutoff, it was a measly 105. We saw it in 2018. They said 102 cutoff, it turned 97. We saw it in 2019. Again I don't know anyone here who predicted a sub 100 cutoff, that too with EWS. But again, surprise surprise, cutoff was 98. And this time, when the qp was AT Least 1.5x difficult than last time, CuToFFs MiGhT aCtuAlLy rIsE. Stop these big brained takes. You know what. It will tank. By 4 or 5 marks. Stop fear mongering.People don't qualify NOT BEACUSE CUTOFFS DONT DROP, BUT BECAUSE THEY DO EVEN POORLY THAN THAT
U need to first understand what i said.I myself said cut off will go lower than last year ,in previous pages,but asprants benefitting with wild guesses in such random papers ,specially in exams with less seats definelty must be scaling the cut offs bit higher.If it went 98 including wild guesses by 1000s of aspirants,without wild guess it would have been 95.Thats the point.
