[ Official ] How was the Prelims 2021 paper?

HUMBLEF00L

| 3 year(s) ago

How was the paper guys ?

jack_Sparrow,curious_kidand28 otherslike this

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Dalinar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Purplesunbirdsaid
Sujaydubalsaid
Can virus be created artificially/synthetically??
I marked yes.(All of the above)
Virus can't be, it's a pyq.

someone above shared an IE article from 2020 regarding culturing of viruses in a lab, idk. I ticked all too.

Thomas__Shelby,

Negan .

commented 3 year(s) ago

@a_rakesh10399 Cut off(UR) will likely be in range of 88-93. Last year also, I predicted it in range of 92-95. You can see it in my comments.

plmokn25688524,Thomas__Shelby

whatonly .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Hey guys,

I was thinking maybe sometime we could do a forum people's zoom where we just hang out and chill for a while. I feel like the exam process feels very dehumanising and isolating, so it might do some good. Could make everyone feel a bit better to have a little bit of human connection and chitchat. I'm sure we can find a way to preserve anonymity :p

If anyone's interested we can take it up. Or if you think it's weird and creepy please ignore 😂

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saurabher43267 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Purplesunbirdsaid
Sujaydubalsaid
Can virus be created artificially/synthetically??
I marked yes.(All of the above)
Virus can't be, it's a pyq.

Which year pyq? May be some latest research proves that it can be done. Normally answers to these types of questions have answers as All of the above. I too marked All.

Thomas__Shelby,

Aurang_mirasudar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Purplesunbirdsaid
@Aurang_mirasudar okay, my mind isn't working rn. Just need the final option for some satisfaction :p
Any chance of answer being 2 and 3?

It is 2,3..

LetsGetThisBread .

commented 3 year(s) ago

whatonlysaid
Hey guys,
I was thinking maybe sometime we could do a forum people's zoom where we just hang out and chill for a while. I feel like the exam process feels very dehumanising and isolating, so it might do some good. Could make everyone feel a bit better to have a little bit of human connection and chitchat. I'm sure we can find a way to preserve anonymity :p
If anyone's interested we can take it up. Or if you think it's weird and creepy please ignore 😂

Very creepy… but interesting. Tell me more.

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Aurang_mirasudar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Aurang_mirasudarsaid
Purplesunbirdsaid
@Aurang_mirasudar okay, my mind isn't working rn. Just need the final option for some satisfaction :p
Any chance of answer being 2 and 3?

It is 2,3..

This is 2,3

magnetite 124 for sure

rest i dnt think there are any doubtful if i come across will sharw

manojreddy21041096,

RaGa .

commented 3 year(s) ago

"Since viruses lack metabolic machinery of their own and are totally dependent on their host cell for replication, they cannot be grown in synthetic culture media."

Animal viruses are normally grown in animals, embryonated eggs, or in cell cultures where in animal host cells are grown in a synthetic medium and the viruses are then grown in these cells.

i dont know about latest research, lekin this is what ive learnt since long

Everest .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Paper1- 94 from toppers key

Paper2- 63.4 from Next IAS, 60 from Jagran Josh

OBC

CSAT - please suggest 1 source to check.

KingSlayer23 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

whatonlysaid
Hey guys,
I was thinking maybe sometime we could do a forum people's zoom where we just hang out and chill for a while. I feel like the exam process feels very dehumanising and isolating, so it might do some good. Could make everyone feel a bit better to have a little bit of human connection and chitchat. I'm sure we can find a way to preserve anonymity :p
If anyone's interested we can take it up. Or if you think it's weird and creepy please ignore 😂

sounds like a good idea

whatonly,

Aurang_mirasudar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Lack of participation here itself says a lot..this is even less than last year..

Dauminashun .

commented 3 year(s) ago

whatonlysaid
Hey guys,
I was thinking maybe sometime we could do a forum people's zoom where we just hang out and chill for a while. I feel like the exam process feels very dehumanising and isolating, so it might do some good. Could make everyone feel a bit better to have a little bit of human connection and chitchat. I'm sure we can find a way to preserve anonymity :p
If anyone's interested we can take it up. Or if you think it's weird and creepy please ignore 😂

Yup sounds good

saurabher43267 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Getting 90.66 from shankar ias keys, obc category. Can i expect mains call? Totally on border line as last year it was 89.67 for obc.

Aurang_mirasudar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

plmokn25688524,

peterparker .

commented 3 year(s) ago

whatonlysaid
Hey guys,
I was thinking maybe sometime we could do a forum people's zoom where we just hang out and chill for a while. I feel like the exam process feels very dehumanising and isolating, so it might do some good. Could make everyone feel a bit better to have a little bit of human connection and chitchat. I'm sure we can find a way to preserve anonymity :p
If anyone's interested we can take it up. Or if you think it's weird and creepy please ignore 😂

Sounds great..!!

Aurang_mirasudar .

commented 3 year(s) ago

saurabher43267said
Getting 90.66 from shankar ias keys, obc category. Can i expect mains call? Totally on border line as last year it was 89.67 for obc.

If u get this mark from upsc key,,for sure..shankar also has mistakes

THE_MECHANIC,

EUROPOL .

commented 3 year(s) ago

CSAT was not just tough but also tricky. That English alphabet mirror question asked about only consonants. Minimum 2 questions had very vague language in reasoning and quant section. So, I assume the cut-off to be the same as last year.

plmokn25688524 .

commented 3 year(s) ago

Magnetite nanoparticles are generated in a controlled manner by microwave raditations. Hence they can be produced in microwave home-devices too. I once debated on how Ozone cannot be produced by stubble burning (2019 Q), but I was wrong. UPSC perhaps takes liberal approach in these questions. Hence "all of the above" seems correct.

https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/47/116/47116495.pdf

peterparker,