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[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021

Although, I understand the concerns of those advocating postponement of exam ,but I think that further postponement is not a good idea .I hold this view because of some recent developments / news like the one where Dr.Swaminathan of WHO has said that mass vaccination will be possible only by mid '21 .WHO has recently said that we might never have a silver bullet in fight against CoVID and in the end social distancing ,face masks etc are the solutions .Even after vaccine we have to follow these guidelines .So, in a way this virus is going to be there may be for several more months or may be an year or so.Then ,how practical is this to just keep on postponing the exam when it seems pretty likely that things won't improve in near future.
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These coaching wala has become net liability on upsc aspirants. Who else agree. There end number of tests and claim of so many questions directly from their booklet and test series has not gone down well on upsc.

You are right .2018,19 ne hi yeh theory proof kar di thi .But, coachings ka glamour hi Aisa h ki log jaenge hi unke peeche .This trend won't ever change .

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Shubhra Ranjan, the polity goddess, giving different answer for preamble question, says its a and not d-


The Preamble to the Constitution of India is

(a) a part of the Constitution but has no legal effect

(b) not a part of the Constitution and has no legal effect either

(c) a part of the Constitution and has the same legal effect an any other part

(d) a part of the Constitution but has no legal effect independently of other parts

The same Goddess was terribly wrong in 2017 with several polity questions ,may it be right to vote or Restrictions imposed by DPSP.

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Meanwhile , Shankar has withdrawn its csat key from its website
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Article 32 debates as per book "cornerstone of nation by godwin Austin "clearly mentions Ambedkar views on inclusion of judicial review as per USA and in article 13 and Article 32 there is a concept of judicial review ....in the constitution there is provision of judicial review but it's the supreme court which has time and again elaborated this and made judicial review as basic structure of constitution...however basic structure concept is not given originally in constitution and hence second  is correct 

Bhai ,simple si ek kitaab h Lakshmikant Naam ki .Usme judicial review Naam ka chapter h .Use pad lo .Question related saare doubts door ho jaenge .

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Article 32 debates as per book "cornerstone of nation by godwin Austin "clearly mentions Ambedkar views on inclusion of judicial review as per USA and in article 13 and Article 32 there is a concept of judicial review ....in the constitution there is provision of judicial review but it's the supreme court which has time and again elaborated this and made judicial review as basic structure of constitution...however basic structure concept is not given originally in constitution and hence second  is correct 

Bhai ,simple si ek kitaab h Lakshmikant Naam ki .Usme judicial review Naam ka chapter h .Use pad lo .Question related saare doubts door ho jaenge .

HBTI se ho kya ???

Tabhi Harcourtian h

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Article 32 debates as per book "cornerstone of nation by godwin Austin "clearly mentions Ambedkar views on inclusion of judicial review as per USA and in article 13 and Article 32 there is a concept of judicial review ....in the constitution there is provision of judicial review but it's the supreme court which has time and again elaborated this and made judicial review as basic structure of constitution...however basic structure concept is not given originally in constitution and hence second  is correct 

Bhai ,simple si ek kitaab h Lakshmikant Naam ki .Usme judicial review Naam ka chapter h .Use pad lo .Question related saare doubts door ho jaenge .

HBTI se ho kya ???

Bhai Marks kab tak aenge last Mains ke ...kuch andaja h?

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@Harcourtian In lakshmikant judicial review is talked about only for FR not about the ideals on which constitution is based which basically is basic structure of the constitution which is the invention of SC. Not trying to defend what is wrong but just saying d as answer to this question is very much possible


A pic from Chapter 27 Chapter Judicial review .There is nothing specific to FRs here .On the next page author lists out 16 articles which confer this power on Judiciary .

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Guys, I’m someone who always cleared prelims (5), and also mains(5), and 3 time’s recommended by USPC (currently in Service). I’ve never seen so much confusion and disorder after a UPSC prelims, except a couple of questions here and there. I think we should get over this asap. Best wishes!!

Sir , it happens every single year .In 2017 , there was a similar discussion on Right to Vote , DPSP and limitations ,Butterfly one ,Horse of Indus Valley ,Some question on soil salinity and gypsum type, Cabinet form of government and many more .People even approached Supreme Court with prelims' questions (although their petition was rejected ).There was similar chaos in subsequent years (I cant come up with exact questions because I was pretty much offline during those 2 years ).So, this post prelim chaos is  nothing new. 

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Friends,this is the explanation by  Shankar. Seems wrong. Answer should be 35.

Arey bhai 35 hi hoga ...unhone X sahi nikala h ..last mein T nikalne mein calculation error ki h ..unki answer key mein answer 35 h

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@Harcourtian You're right dear. But this is not expected from a reputed institute.


Bhai ..agar AAP unki pehli key dekhte csat ki toh "reputed " word use bhi nhi krte

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Correct.. 2019 key me 9 Different hai sankar ke UPSC official key se.

And .. Nobody is reputed ... because .. all are more or less same.  Good for static but .. No institute cam figure out or teach dynamic syllabus properly. .. and so is the answer key.

Aur .. aaj kal I doubt static knowledge of institutes too. 

Sankar made a mark by Environment material though. That book is really great. But , I would say ...There is no permanency in reputation. Teachers change, MANAGEMENT changes.. institute culture changes and so be the reputation changes and falls many a times. 

Agreed ....there was a time ( when gs 1 of prelims was less important and people used to qualify pre with csat) when static portion was given a lot of importance because to write good answers you are required  to be rock solid with static knowledge.Then ,came 2016 prelims paper .A complete current affairs oriented paper .From there on coachings made a paradigm shift in their approach .Every Tom ,Dick ,Harry scheme of government has become a topic of detailed discussion. Craze of current affairs has reached to a level that in the last couple of months of preparation (before the exam )students read only current affairs and government schemes .Basic books like NCERT ,spectrum and Lakshmikant are not even touched .Coachings having realised this demand and are busy pumping in more and more current affairs.Meanwhile ,focus on developing good static content and updating it with time is ignored .

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Mains ke number dekhne ke baad ,pre ke questions ki ladai aur apni rukhmabai sab moh maya lagte h .....
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I believe ki 26 ki date kaafi jaldi h ,considering ki 11 tak to representations accept hue h nd if UPSC takes our representations seriously then it will take another week to decide on them .After ,that they should ideally proceed with omr checking .
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About that minister waala question, statement 1 takes too simplistic a view of constitutional provisions. The qualifications for being a minister have to be taken within the framework of parliamentary democracy. 

A person not qualified to be a MP/MLA cannot be appointed as minister, under any circumstances. However I still see a fallacy against this line of argument- *if a person less than 6months away from his 25th birthday is appointed a minister* but this seems to be a rather extreme exception.a finer analysis of constitutional provisions and it's philosophy is required to discern a trend.

A similar controversy was over whether a person can be made minister for 6 months without being a legislator, and then again be appointed for another 6 months. A simplistic analysis of provisions will find this not explicitly against constitutional provision, however the supreme court has ruled such appointments to be unconstitutional and thus void. Rulings on ordinances also reveal a similar philosophy.

Hence it is prudent to see these provisions from a broader perspective, and try to see the consequences of respective cases. Appointing an 18-24 year old citizen as minister for 6 months ridicules the fundamentals of parliamentary democracy, which requires ministers to be elected from parliament, and be responsible to it. A person who's not qualified to be elected as a member cannot possibly be expected to be responsible/bound by parliamentary principles, and so on the whole, statement 1 appears to be fallacious.

P.S. please review this from mains gs 2 perspective.

Your argument seems to be logical. But ,the ultimate fact is UPSC itself is not so logical. If we can put this debate of right and wrong answers aside ,then we all can agree on one fact that UPSC at times frames incomplete ,illogical and ambiguous questions  and this question (and several other questions like AI type ) is an example of this careless approach of UPSC in framing questions.100 fool proof questions can be framed , but in the end nobody cares for poor aspirants.

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result today! Saxena sahab has always provided correct info....even for mains 2019 result, he was correct

Bhai .that was the only incidence when he was correct.In 2018 prelims ,ek din mahaul bana ,jab kisi hindi daily ne ek page daala UPSC result jald hi , he in turn updated his fb wall with the same.Result nahi aaya .Phir ek din forum pe mahaul bana ki result UPSC ke notice board pe lag gaya h ,tagda mahaul , he again updated his wall.Result phir na aaya ,next day aaya .His critics say ki inka mahaul bhi apne forums and telegram groups se banta h .

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Tokyosaid

result today! Saxena sahab has always provided correct info....even for mains 2019 result, he was correct

Bhai .that was the only incidence when he was correct.In 2018 prelims ,ek din mahaul bana ,jab kisi hindi daily ne ek page daala UPSC result jald hi , he in turn updated his fb wall with the same.Result nahi aaya .Phir ek din forum pe mahaul bana ki result UPSC ke notice board pe lag gaya h ,tagda mahaul , he again updated his wall.Result phir na aaya ,next day aaya .His critics say ki inka mahaul bhi apne forums and telegram groups se banta h .

Bhai ...aaj zaada he mahual bangaya ... exponential rise hua hai aaj mahual

Bhai result aa jae to koi baat nahi ..but if you are an old horse (like me ) toh isse bhi ganda mahaul banta dekha h .14 December ke around ki baat h Mains 2018 , ek ladke ne yahan itna ganda mahaul banaya tha ki literally we all were 100 percent sure ki holy pdf aane wali h .His updates were like abhi bas Chairman ka sign baaki h and all this stuff.Finally, in the night he accepted that he was just deriving sadistic pleasure .Use laundo ne shraap die literally Shraap.Mahaul ko tinge of salt lo, chal gaya toh teer warna tukka

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Tokyosaid

Tokyosaid

result today! Saxena sahab has always provided correct info....even for mains 2019 result, he was correct

Bhai .that was the only incidence when he was correct.In 2018 prelims ,ek din mahaul bana ,jab kisi hindi daily ne ek page daala UPSC result jald hi , he in turn updated his fb wall with the same.Result nahi aaya .Phir ek din forum pe mahaul bana ki result UPSC ke notice board pe lag gaya h ,tagda mahaul , he again updated his wall.Result phir na aaya ,next day aaya .His critics say ki inka mahaul bhi apne forums and telegram groups se banta h .

Bhai ...aaj zaada he mahual bangaya ... exponential rise hua hai aaj mahual

Bhai result aa jae to koi baat nahi ..but if you are an old horse (like me ) toh isse bhi ganda mahaul banta dekha h .14 December ke around ki baat h Mains 2018 , ek ladke ne yahan itna ganda mahaul banaya tha ki literally we all were 100 percent sure ki holy pdf aane wali h .His updates were like abhi bas Chairman ka sign baaki h and all this stuff.Finally, in the night he accepted that he was just deriving sadistic pleasure .Use laundo ne shraap die literally Shraap.Mahaul ko tinge of salt lo, chal gaya toh teer warna tukka

Bhai maine bahut mahual dekhe hai 2014 se ...

to aap bhi discuss forum ias ke jamane se ho

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Result aa gya on upsconline


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Out in ifos ..was getting 117.33-120 from various keys

same here bro was getting 120 from vision .Last 2 baarse ifos nikla tha.Shankar se 125 tha .But , theek h civils to hua

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124 , not cleared ifos , locha h answer keys m

Shankar ki answer key kafi vary ki h .

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Minatosaid

Ifos cutoff Kya LG RHA?

Bhai looks high at around 120 ..

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