[ Official ] How was the Prelims 2021 paper?

masteroptimistsaid

A PERSON CAN BE FORCED TO BE FREE - ROUSSEAU

i don't regret taking psir as optional.its a great science and a great craft

Ok then tell me something about Rousseau that you didn't read about in SR notes. Kewal naam aa jaate hai logo ko , waki political science ka kuch nhi aata kisi ko. Rojana subah shaam bas iska quote uska quote khelte rhte. Or isi ko political science me interest bolte. Jyadatar logo ko toh me CRM, pant, shivshankar, ke quotes hi collect karte dekhta , non psir walo ko jyada acchi understanding hoti IR ki jhan tak mene dekha hai. Psir wale bas scholar scholar khelte reh jaate.

PS - soliloquy , projecting my own insecurities. No offence to anyone

Capedcrusader1said

@masteroptimist bro why dont you first try to use better words han? "illiterate", "senior citizens". These illiterate and senior citizens dont pay their bills by your money

masteroptimistsaid

because upsc cutoffs don't go that low, in 2020 few questions were elusive like batman. 2021 was bright and clear paper as broad daylight. so i am afraid about cutoff crossing 100 for obc if that happens it'll be real pain. may shree ram and bholenath save everyone and bring cutoff to below 90

beginn371316said

All the best guys …just 7 hours to go 

beginn371316said

All the best guys …just 7 hours to go 

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D503said

Classroom classes ✅

Optional classes ✅

Current affair classes ✅

Writing practice ✅

Diagrams and presentation ✅

First attempt ✅

Is it really knowledge that most people who keep writing mains after mains unsuccessfully lack? I don't believe that a fresher knows so much more than a veteran that the fresher gets an under 100 rank while the veteran can't get his name in the list. What are your views. On one hand you( veterans) are spending your time on content enrichment , reading research papers, books, magazines, on the other hand the other guy(fresher) is attending 2 coaching classes in a day and spending the rest on just revising that and writing answers, barely having any time left to go for content hunting and gaining the supposed deep knowledge, which most veteran seem to blame for their failure

I would not be surprised if the person in this video had been preparing for many years prior to her first attempt.
Rank 13 this year also mentioned in one of his videos, that although it is his first attempt, but he had been preparing for more than 2 years before that.  Same was the case with the Dabi sisters, they had been preparing from their college itself.
I completely second with your last statement, I am not a veteran, but even I find it so difficult to scramble for value addition on the internet.. sometimes I wish there were 48 hours in a day.

Also, mains I believe has become more of a balancing act between knowledge and the way you present your knowledge in the paper.. 
The question that one should ask is that do people who clear mains in 3rd or 4th attempt, do it because they have more knowledge or do they do it because they understood how to play with the psyche of the examiner through presentations/sticking to demand of the que/ time management etc.?

Guesswhosheresaid

6 years of upsc prep, today its either pack up or one final battle. Big stakes.