To be blunt these marks are below average needs improvement in every part be it writing (which I don’t know ) and content ,@Tata bhai you need to work hard a lot ,be blunt honest with yourself and analyse your learning and work upon them
Thank you so much for the reality check, I used to criticize the commission a lot, which one should never do while preparing. Talked about it with @GaneshGaitonde. Also, that feeling of grass is greener the other side made me work less hard - be it getting a global experience or working in corporate. Need to push myself a lot. Also being emotionally resilient is very important aspect of this preparation as@tedmosby wrote.
Absolutely yes, work hard on each part of the answer writing. Since this struck the right cord, let me brief you my story. I have written 4 CSE mains and 3 Forest mains and never been able to make it! Reason? I targeted bare minimum marks in GS as my optional and essay were sorted. I used to score with little effort average or above average marks in these with essay 110-120 each time(this time 117) and optional( 260-300, this time 291). Despite this I have not qualified for interview even once. Reason? In GS i always get marks between 260-280 and never improved upon answer writing aspects thinking it's good enough to get into 350s. In first mains i got only 267 in GS and four years down the line, in fourth mains i got only 265. So please do not curse commission or be reluctant to your GS preparation. Prepare it relentlessly ticking all the boxes. Sadly I have to say goodbye to UPSC since attempts are over now:(
