[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021
Because of the corona virus issue? If it does not happen then worst affected will be people whose interview is stuck, around 600-700 such people I think are yet to appear for their interview.
@neyawn sir and others, what is your take?
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10. Just make sure that you have atleast 45-50 questions as correct questions, it can be category 1 questions ie the most easiest ones, and few questions which you can get correct just by elimination in the first instance.
It is also important to understand that easy question varies from person to person. For me future buddha, lead bank scheme, and such questions were easier, but I find map questions difficult, I always tend to make couple of question incorrect from polity. So play to your strength. But any how you should have 45-50 questions correct. Rest go for intelligent guess. And for god's sake don't use the guess work you have been doing for coaching mcqs, try developing guess work on pyqs. You would understand what I am saying..
And finally don't think that cutoff would be high, paper would be difficult as 4 months extension was given, please understand the nature of the exam it is preliminary exam, just to check your preliminary knowledge. Questions are balanced almost whole syllabus is covered. (And if questions are difficult they would give easier or options such that application of common sense would take you to right answer) Upsc makes questions so as to create a level playing field for candidates from every corner of India. It will thus not be like the coaching mocks. And I believe paper would be more or less like last year. It's just an intuition though.
So just don't overthink, that does no good. No negative thoughts now. No one should skip attempt, just on the basis of coaching mock scores. I have myself never crossed 100 in any mocks in my whole preparation so far!! And I don't take it seriously. Still I cleared pre thrice.
All the best everyone!!
whatonly,Just to add to the above tips, theMaitreya future Buddhaquestion was also based on aPYQ asked in 1997.
Same withTANSENlast year (1996)
The trick then is to master the options of Previous year questions. If you can do that,45-50 in Round 1 gets taken care of. And then with the right amount of intelligent guessing,you should be able to reach the 65-25 mark which is good enough for you tocome back, give a pat to yourself on your back, have a good night's sleep(preferably after a booze) andwake up the next day to start for mains immediately.
I have based my prep on these PYQs and their options. That's why the moment the mocks are unconventional and "not-Pyq-based" my scores go down drastically. But I ain't letting any random test series decide my future and tell me that I am not good enough.
I Have full faith on UPSC's credibility and my own early mornings and late nights. Recommend you to do the same.
Cheers Fellas !
Just to add to the above tips, theMaitreya future Buddhaquestion was also based on aPYQ asked in 1997.
Same withTANSENlast year (1996)
The trick then is to master the options of Previous year questions. If you can do that,45-50 in Round 1 gets taken care of. And then with the right amount of intelligent guessing,you should be able to reach the 65-25 mark which is good enough for you tocome back, give a pat yourself on your back, have a good night's sleep(preferably after a booze) andwake up the next day to start for mains immediately.
Cheers Fellas !
Shit. You revealed the secret :p
(Haha. Kidding.)
It becomes a lot easier if you know were to limit yourself in terms of studying and knowledge accumulation. Example one should only know very important provisions of August offer, Cripps proposal and so on and not every detail. If one knows were to limit, and how to apply that knowledge it becomes easier to get through
Just to add to the above tips, theMaitreya future Buddhaquestion was also based on aPYQ asked in 1997.
Same withTANSENlast year (1996)
The trick then is to master the options of Previous year questions. If you can do that,45-50 in Round 1 gets taken care of. And then with the right amount of intelligent guessing,you should be able to reach the 65-25 mark which is good enough for you tocome back, give a pat to yourself on your back, have a good night's sleep(preferably after a booze) andwake up the next day to start for mains immediately.
I have based my prep on these PYQs and their options. That's why the moment the mocks are unconventional and "not-Pyq-based" my scores go down drastically. But I ain't letting any random test series decide my future and tell me that I am not good enough.
I Have full faith on UPSC's credibility and my own early mornings and late nights. Recommend you to do the same.
Cheers Fellas !
Just to add to the above tips, theMaitreya future Buddhaquestion was also based on aPYQ asked in 1997.
Same withTANSENlast year (1996)
The trick then is to master the options of Previous year questions. If you can do that,45-50 in Round 1 gets taken care of. And then with the right amount of intelligent guessing,you should be able to reach the 65-25 mark which is good enough for you tocome back, give a pat to yourself on your back, have a good night's sleep(preferably after a booze) andwake up the next day to start for mains immediately.
I have based my prep on these PYQs and their options. That's why the moment the mocks are unconventional and "not-Pyq-based" my scores go down drastically. But I ain't letting any random test series decide my future and tell me that I am not good enough.
I Have full faith on UPSC's credibility and my own early mornings and late nights. Recommend you to do the same.
Cheers Fellas !
same trick also told by shubham sing from synopsis ias.it will definately give edge to u in 10-20 questions
also while doing pyq dont hurry unke sath waqt bitao,jo bhi option die hai unke aaju baaju ki chiz bhi padlo,jaise ek pyq me maine cabinet sec. pe question pada tha toh uske saath saath maine chief sec. bhi pad lia
Just to add to the above tips, theMaitreya future Buddhaquestion was also based on aPYQ asked in 1997.
Same withTANSENlast year (1996)
The trick then is to master the options of Previous year questions. If you can do that,45-50 in Round 1 gets taken care of. And then with the right amount of intelligent guessing,you should be able to reach the 65-25 mark which is good enough for you tocome back, give a pat to yourself on your back, have a good night's sleep(preferably after a booze) andwake up the next day to start for mains immediately.
I have based my prep on these PYQs and their options. That's why the moment the mocks are unconventional and "not-Pyq-based" my scores go down drastically. But I ain't letting any random test series decide my future and tell me that I am not good enough.
I Have full faith on UPSC's credibility and my own early mornings and late nights. Recommend you to do the same.
Cheers Fellas !
are you sure 40-50 question ho jayenge pyq and saare pyq ke options se ?
thoda jyada nhi ho gaya ??
Thinker,Sherkhan1428
Good people of Forum.. Thank you for existing.. I am a newbie with first serious attempt..Left my job for this. So i have been ticking all the boxes wrt UPSC preperation, but being a bit bogged up in this final hour.
Could you people please elaborate a bit on how to go about for last 15 days..I mean share your experiences (what worked/what didn't).
I hope this will others like me also.
Thank you in advance
Apart from what others have discussed, it's important to be in a good shape of mind on the day of Prelims. The exam involves elimination and intelligent guesses for which, mental calmness is required.
1 I'd say stay away from negative influences and thoughts till prelims.
2. Try to wake up early to get the schedule right because you need to be at your peak at 9:30 AM on 4th October.
3. Meditate for 15-30 minutes every day if possible. It has helped me a lot personally.
Just to add to the above tips, theMaitreya future Buddhaquestion was also based on aPYQ asked in 1997.
Same withTANSENlast year (1996)
The trick then is to master the options of Previous year questions. If you can do that,45-50 in Round 1 gets taken care of. And then with the right amount of intelligent guessing,you should be able to reach the 65-25 mark which is good enough for you tocome back, give a pat to yourself on your back, have a good night's sleep(preferably after a booze) andwake up the next day to start for mains immediately.
I have based my prep on these PYQs and their options. That's why the moment the mocks are unconventional and "not-Pyq-based" my scores go down drastically. But I ain't letting any random test series decide my future and tell me that I am not good enough.
I Have full faith on UPSC's credibility and my own early mornings and late nights. Recommend you to do the same.
Cheers Fellas !
exactly.....most of the options and particulars from PYQ are repeated....chambal river, vijaynagar, etc ye sab repeated in some form or the other.....also did anyone solved harappan site question using the option given in Ranyo ashoka question??....marking sohgura in both would have fetched net positive mark.....i was able to identify it after the exam😅....thats why our mental state during exams help in identifying such tricks...
Hey everyone, I am in a bit of a dilemma. I’ve finished Forum simulators until 8, Vajiram until 22 a while ago, and am now doing Vision. Finished 8 today. Been scoring decently, but Vision tests have been seeming a little divergent from PYQs to me too. From what everyone has said I don’t even want to venture into Abhyas. Should I continue and finish the Vision series, or go back and finish the simulators or Vajiram? I haven’t done any tests from the COVID extended months.Personal opinion- Pick up simulator, Vision and Vajiram and put them all aside. Last 15 days should only be revision of what you’ve already done.
Makes most sense, thank you :) I’ve been doing mocks to get some sort of feeling of security, but it’s not worth missing out on revision. Will replan my schedule.
Have some query. Dropping a msg. Please spare 2 mints..... :)
whatonly,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdWu_rkguKljHjnLmESozNdFmlKv03Vj/view?usp=sharing
Ankii map deck- about 1250 cards
contains- passes, rivers, mountain ranges, indian map, straits, islands, places in news, middle east, south east asia, ocean currents,etc
quite exhaustive so take liberty to press 2s and 3s more often
file is about 200 mb because of images
Kapiushon,
Itachi,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdWu_rkguKljHjnLmESozNdFmlKv03Vj/view?usp=sharing
Ankii map deck- about 1250 cards
contains- passes, rivers, mountain ranges, indian map, straits, islands, places in news, middle east, south east asia, ocean currents,etc
quite exhaustive so take liberty to press 2s and 3s more often
file is about 200 mb because of images
Thanks for sharing. After I loaded this file into ANKI, it's showing only a few cards for today. Is there an option to check all the cards in the file today?
@Itachi I actually solved that IVC ques using option from ranyo ashoka one :p
awesome! 😁....i was like "wth is Ranyo Ashoka????"....and i straightaway skipped the question without looking deeply at the options.. also it was my Q97 set C...i was in rush to complete round 2 and 3 and also S&T questions at the start of the paper messed up my stability.....have to correct my mistakes this time...
HarveySpectre,
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