Prelims Questions Thread: CSP 2021

Sherkhan1428said

@Raillife I had typed this in that famous thread of ours. Copy pasting verbatim. Although i failed to qualify prelims, I firmly stand by my beliefs and what I say here :)

bhai...The SEARCH option of examrobot is the real deal. And it has to be used very judiciously or else you will lose track of time and miss out on your targets. 

So Suppose, I am preparing selected topics from Ancient history. Let's say BUDDHISM. So in the SEARCH/ANALYSIS  tab, you can type key words like, "BUDDHA, BUDDHISM, MAHAYANA, HINAYANA, AJANTA, ELLORA" etc etc...!

Now this is where examrobot is simply brilliant. The software will show every question (asked in CSE, CDS, CAPF, SSC, NDA) and you can practice those questions. If you want to keep it simple, you can select the appropriate filter and practice only CSE questions.

How will this benefit you ?

1. Your perfectelimination techniquesas these are authentic UPSC designed questions and not some random test series.

2. The questions tell you thebasic widthwithin which you have to study and help you set a ceiling going beyond which is counter productive.

3. There is a very high probability that you willget 3-4 questions in the CSE paper, directly linked to questions from CAPF,IES, CDS and NDA.

4. Options Analysis. 

Many a times, we get flummoxed as to where did UPSC pick a certain question from ? Well You will be surprised how many times the question that is asked was simply the option in one of the previous year papers. And then once you start devouring (strategically of course) the options given in question paper, you will increase your chances of qualifying.

5. Confidence
When you get those UPSC level questions ( from various exams ) right, poor or below average scores in mocks cannot discourage you anymore. You will develop a steely resilience and an amazing defense mechanism. You can keep telling yourself, that come the D-Day, i will be ready !

Of course Tests are important. But solving tests beyond a point is counterproductive IMO. And solving tests without mastering PYQs is even more dangerous.

That in a nutshell is examrobot's utility for you 

AlexanderSupertrampsaid

Sherkhan1428said

@Raillife I had typed this in that famous thread of ours. Copy pasting verbatim. Although i failed to qualify prelims, I firmly stand by my beliefs and what I say here :)

bhai...The SEARCH option of examrobot is the real deal. And it has to be used very judiciously or else you will lose track of time and miss out on your targets. 

So Suppose, I am preparing selected topics from Ancient history. Let's say BUDDHISM. So in the SEARCH/ANALYSIS  tab, you can type key words like, "BUDDHA, BUDDHISM, MAHAYANA, HINAYANA, AJANTA, ELLORA" etc etc...!

Now this is where examrobot is simply brilliant. The software will show every question (asked in CSE, CDS, CAPF, SSC, NDA) and you can practice those questions. If you want to keep it simple, you can select the appropriate filter and practice only CSE questions.

How will this benefit you ?

1. Your perfectelimination techniquesas these are authentic UPSC designed questions and not some random test series.

2. The questions tell you thebasic widthwithin which you have to study and help you set a ceiling going beyond which is counter productive.

3. There is a very high probability that you willget 3-4 questions in the CSE paper, directly linked to questions from CAPF,IES, CDS and NDA.

4. Options Analysis. 

Many a times, we get flummoxed as to where did UPSC pick a certain question from ? Well You will be surprised how many times the question that is asked was simply the option in one of the previous year papers. And then once you start devouring (strategically of course) the options given in question paper, you will increase your chances of qualifying.

5. Confidence
When you get those UPSC level questions ( from various exams ) right, poor or below average scores in mocks cannot discourage you anymore. You will develop a steely resilience and an amazing defense mechanism. You can keep telling yourself, that come the D-Day, i will be ready !

Of course Tests are important. But solving tests beyond a point is counterproductive IMO. And solving tests without mastering PYQs is even more dangerous.

That in a nutshell is examrobot's utility for you 

I tried using it but couldn't find a way to search on exam robot.

The search and analytics tab shown does not respond or lead us to any search page. Also, in the other tabs there is no option to search.
Can anyone please tell how to reach the search tab?

Sherkhan1428said

AlexanderSupertrampsaid

Sherkhan1428said

@Raillife I had typed this in that famous thread of ours. Copy pasting verbatim. Although i failed to qualify prelims, I firmly stand by my beliefs and what I say here :)

bhai...The SEARCH option of examrobot is the real deal. And it has to be used very judiciously or else you will lose track of time and miss out on your targets. 

So Suppose, I am preparing selected topics from Ancient history. Let's say BUDDHISM. So in the SEARCH/ANALYSIS  tab, you can type key words like, "BUDDHA, BUDDHISM, MAHAYANA, HINAYANA, AJANTA, ELLORA" etc etc...!

Now this is where examrobot is simply brilliant. The software will show every question (asked in CSE, CDS, CAPF, SSC, NDA) and you can practice those questions. If you want to keep it simple, you can select the appropriate filter and practice only CSE questions.

How will this benefit you ?

1. Your perfectelimination techniquesas these are authentic UPSC designed questions and not some random test series.

2. The questions tell you thebasic widthwithin which you have to study and help you set a ceiling going beyond which is counter productive.

3. There is a very high probability that you willget 3-4 questions in the CSE paper, directly linked to questions from CAPF,IES, CDS and NDA.

4. Options Analysis. 

Many a times, we get flummoxed as to where did UPSC pick a certain question from ? Well You will be surprised how many times the question that is asked was simply the option in one of the previous year papers. And then once you start devouring (strategically of course) the options given in question paper, you will increase your chances of qualifying.

5. Confidence
When you get those UPSC level questions ( from various exams ) right, poor or below average scores in mocks cannot discourage you anymore. You will develop a steely resilience and an amazing defense mechanism. You can keep telling yourself, that come the D-Day, i will be ready !

Of course Tests are important. But solving tests beyond a point is counterproductive IMO. And solving tests without mastering PYQs is even more dangerous.

That in a nutshell is examrobot's utility for you 

I tried using it but couldn't find a way to search on exam robot.

The search and analytics tab shown does not respond or lead us to any search page. Also, in the other tabs there is no option to search.
Can anyone please tell how to reach the search tab?

Sign in kar lo. You have to create your account.

the home screen then changes to this...

@Sherkhan1428Thanks a ton! It's working now.

Sherkhan1428said

@Vayu I have a feeling I am not qualified enough to answer all your queries. There are so many toppers's videos on the same topic out there. I do nothing different. But nevertheless, here are few important tips that any aspirant/topper would agree to. 

1. Know the demands of what you have to study. Our brains have something called reticular activation system (google it!) that helps us stay sane by filtering out unnecessary information in our everyday lives. Similarly, youmust develop your own RASwith respect to the syllabus. Syllabus is your ally here.

2. Scour every prelims question paper of last 5 years and you will know what kind of news items are important for Prelims. UPSC has been throwing bouncers after bouncers every year. For example :

• Till last year, an aspirant would be fine if she/he had revised core concepts of Monsoons and oceanography that has been explained brilliantly in PMFIAS notes/ NCERT.
• But then we get this question in2020
  
  
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    Now this question, applied in nature, has been picked directly from this THE HINDU ARTICLE (Screenshot below)

• I wouldn't blame anyone who picked up the newspaper on that day in 2018 (yes this is a news item from 2 years ago), saw this news item and simply told herself/himself, " these are too technical. Too much data. advanced concepts/numbers. Yeh nahi aayega," and skipped the news item. But now, the stakes have changed.Anything and I mean anything related to the core concepts/themes asked repeatedly by UPSC just have to be noted down. You get something remotely associated with National park, you take notes out of it. You get something associated with some XYZ river rising from some ABC glacier or some LMN desert in some QRS country, you make a note of it. No assumptions/ second-guessing

3. Similarly,Scour every Mains question paper (post 2013) and you will see that you need to prepare themes for Mainsand hence developing answers out of editorials is imo a time consuming , draining and futile exercise.

• Editorials tend tocover a very micro aspectof alargely macro issue. UPSC generally takes thismacro issue, clubs it with another Macro issue and then frames a question that test your inter linkage skills.
• Hence,  mapping relevant points of the editorial onto the main topic of the syllabus (evernote/onenote/notion/hand written) and then developing interlinkages across GS Papers/topics is a much more rewarding exercise. 

That's my two cents. But like i said,there is little credibility to all this so called Gyaan, at least until the time the holy pdf pops with my name in the list:D. You are hence advised to listen to do your own research, develop your own principles and in the end listen to your own gut :)

My best wishes :)

 

Sherkhan1428said

2020_Book_AssessmentOfClimateChangeOverT.pdf

I would advice everyone to go through the executive summary. 

ssver2said

@Patootie @Joeyisthebest 
States can seek overseas loans for projects - The Hindu
Does this violate Art 293? 

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Sherkhan1428said

2020_Book_AssessmentOfClimateChangeOverT.pdf

I would advice everyone to go through the executive summary. 

Unable to open the link.

AyeRamadhirsaid

Debuting.