[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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Am I the only one here who thinks that his preparation is completely messed up. Read everything multiple times. But dont know what to revise, what to leave. Now studying just for the sake of studying. In the back of mind I know this attempt is doomed. Sorry don't want to spread negativity. But this is what it is.
same concern,back of the mind i am also thinking that this attempt is doomed
already read every static book 4-5 times but still not able to recall many things....polity eco is yet to be revise
ca of march-aug yet to be revised....the worst part is i don't feel like studying from past 3-4 days
@Howzthejosh Thanks. One can expect a question from this table. It is upsc . You never know.
Prelims is the hardest stage tbh in terms of sheer percentages. But don't worry there are maybe 50k serious general candidates at max and you need to be in top 5000 to clear General pre cutoff and write mains.
So while we are on the topic of last week jitters, let me share what I think about UPSC.
See, I believe, what UPSC recruits via IAS are thinkers and planners. The most important job of a thinker/planner/executioner is to connect the dots and chart out the best course of action. A CEO of a company if you will. A CEO need not know everything, he just needs to take decisions in presence of available data. IAS plays a pretty similar role. So wouldn't UPSC try to hire someone who is better at connecting the dots or a person who knows everything? Now correlate my point with prelims. How many questions in UPSC prelims you can point out to be pure fact-based? Even if they are, they can be solved by connecting the dots in the options. We remember all these random revolts, congress sessions, international bodies and all, how many do we actually solve using them? Even if a three-part question has 2 facts, the trick lies in the 3rd one. Same with other papers. There are 15 odd questions in the paper to which the answer nobody knows. They are not there to test your knowledge, but to test your temperament and composure.
We should always be mindful about what job profile does UPSC provide after clearing this exam because of the paper tests only those skills. If there are multiple famines in Bundelkhand, UPSC does not want you to remember dates and years and casualties, UPSC wants someone who can understand the complexity of the issue using a cross-discipline approach, and bring out a feasible solution. Same is tested in prelims.
This is the reason why as you go from group A to D, GS starts to get extremely factual. Because the people down the administration are not recruited to be thinkers or planners. To follow orders line by line, you do not need to be a thinker and planner, but for giving out instructions, you need to be. And thinking does not come with knowing everything, it comes with the skill of taking proper decisions with your available knowledge and inputs provided.
For example, you will be in a much better position to answer a question regarding a malnutrition scheme if you know malnutrition and the issues related to it. Not by simply mugging as there is a limit to the latter.
Therefore, if one has studied diligently for the entire year, understanding the issues and pondering over them, one is much likely to clear this exam.
You are not going to fail for something you did not do last week. Your result will be a mirror of your last 12-14 month preparation. So just relax and wait for the glorious day, when you will walk into the battle arena, to conquer this exam.
YOU WILL DO GREAT. :)
See, I believe, what UPSC recruits via IAS are thinkers and planners. The most important job of a thinker/planner/executioner is to connect the dots and chart out the best course of action. A CEO of a company if you will. A CEO need not know everything, he just needs to take decisions in presence of available data. IAS plays a pretty similar role. So wouldn't UPSC try to hire someone who is better at connecting the dots or a person who knows everything? Now correlate my point with prelims. How many questions in UPSC prelims you can point out to be pure fact-based? Even if they are, they can be solved by connecting the dots in the options. We remember all these random revolts, congress sessions, international bodies and all, how many do we actually solve using them? Even if a three-part question has 2 facts, the trick lies in the 3rd one. Same with other papers. There are 15 odd questions in the paper to which the answer nobody knows. They are not there to test your knowledge, but to test your temperament and composure.
We should always be mindful about what job profile does UPSC provide after clearing this exam because of the paper tests only those skills. If there are multiple famines in Bundelkhand, UPSC does not want you to remember dates and years and casualties, UPSC wants someone who can understand the complexity of the issue using a cross-discipline approach, and bring out a feasible solution. Same is tested in prelims.
This is the reason why as you go from group A to D, GS starts to get extremely factual. Because the people down the administration are not recruited to be thinkers or planners. To follow orders line by line, you do not need to be a thinker and planner, but for giving out instructions, you need to be. And thinking does not come with knowing everything, it comes with the skill of taking proper decisions with your available knowledge and inputs provided.
For example, you will be in a much better position to answer a question regarding a malnutrition scheme if you know malnutrition and the issues related to it. Not by simply mugging as there is a limit to the latter.
Therefore, if one has studied diligently for the entire year, understanding the issues and pondering over them, one is much likely to clear this exam.
You are not going to fail for something you did not do last week. Your result will be a mirror of your last 12-14 month preparation. So just relax and wait for the glorious day, when you will walk into the battle arena, to conquer this exam.
YOU WILL DO GREAT. :)
So while we are on the topic of last week jitters, let me share what I think about UPSC.
See, I believe, what UPSC recruits via IAS are thinkers and planners. The most important job of a thinker/planner/executioner is to connect the dots and chart out the best course of action. A CEO of a company if you will. A CEO need not know everything, he just needs to take decisions in presence of available data. IAS plays a pretty similar role. So wouldn't UPSC try to hire someone who is better at connecting the dots or a person who knows everything? Now correlate my point with prelims. How many questions in UPSC prelims you can point out to be pure fact-based? Even if they are, they can be solved by connecting the dots in the options. We remember all these random revolts, congress sessions, international bodies and all, how many do we actually solve using them? Even if a three-part question has 2 facts, the trick lies in the 3rd one. Same with other papers. There are 15 odd questions in the paper to which the answer nobody knows. They are not there to test your knowledge, but to test your temperament and composure.
We should always be mindful about what job profile does UPSC provide after clearing this exam because of the paper tests only those skills. If there are multiple famines in Bundelkhand, UPSC does not want you to remember dates and years and casualties, UPSC wants someone who can understand the complexity of the issue using a cross-discipline approach, and bring out a feasible solution. Same is tested in prelims.
This is the reason why as you go from group A to D, GS starts to get extremely factual. Because the people down the administration are not recruited to be thinkers or planners. To follow orders line by line, you do not need to be a thinker and planner, but for giving out instructions, you need to be. And thinking does not come with knowing everything, it comes with the skill of taking proper decisions with your available knowledge and inputs provided.
For example, you will be in a much better position to answer a question regarding a malnutrition scheme if you know malnutrition and the issues related to it. Not by simply mugging as there is a limit to the latter.
Therefore, if one has studied diligently for the entire year, understanding the issues and pondering over them, one is much likely to clear this exam.
You are not going to fail for something you did not do last week. Your result will be a mirror of your last 12-14 month preparation. So just relax and wait for the glorious day, when you will walk into the battle arena, to conquer this exam.
YOU WILL DO GREAT. :)
Over expectation sometimes really effects us!!! It is just a random exam conducted by UPSC....anyways UPSC will be happy with your analysis
So while we are on the topic of last week jitters, let me share what I think about UPSC.
See, I believe, what UPSC recruits via IAS are thinkers and planners. The most important job of a thinker/planner/executioner is to connect the dots and chart out the best course of action. A CEO of a company if you will. A CEO need not know everything, he just needs to take decisions in presence of available data. IAS plays a pretty similar role. So wouldn't UPSC try to hire someone who is better at connecting the dots or a person who knows everything? Now correlate my point with prelims. How many questions in UPSC prelims you can point out to be pure fact-based? Even if they are, they can be solved by connecting the dots in the options. We remember all these random revolts, congress sessions, international bodies and all, how many do we actually solve using them? Even if a three-part question has 2 facts, the trick lies in the 3rd one. Same with other papers. There are 15 odd questions in the paper to which the answer nobody knows. They are not there to test your knowledge, but to test your temperament and composure.
We should always be mindful about what job profile does UPSC provide after clearing this exam because of the paper tests only those skills. If there are multiple famines in Bundelkhand, UPSC does not want you to remember dates and years and casualties, UPSC wants someone who can understand the complexity of the issue using a cross-discipline approach, and bring out a feasible solution. Same is tested in prelims.
This is the reason why as you go from group A to D, GS starts to get extremely factual. Because the people down the administration are not recruited to be thinkers or planners. To follow orders line by line, you do not need to be a thinker and planner, but for giving out instructions, you need to be. And thinking does not come with knowing everything, it comes with the skill of taking proper decisions with your available knowledge and inputs provided.
For example, you will be in a much better position to answer a question regarding a malnutrition scheme if you know malnutrition and the issues related to it. Not by simply mugging as there is a limit to the latter.
Therefore, if one has studied diligently for the entire year, understanding the issues and pondering over them, one is much likely to clear this exam.
You are not going to fail for something you did not do last week. Your result will be a mirror of your last 12-14 month preparation. So just relax and wait for the glorious day, when you will walk into the battle arena, to conquer this exam.
YOU WILL DO GREAT. :)
Very wise words indeed!
@Howzthejosh any updates regarding 2019 results?
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ek to in logo ne zindagi kharab kar rakhi hai.. logo ki expectations aise high karte hain jaise kisi school ka exam ho!! YouTube dekh ke topper ban gae!! Yahan pure saal padhne ke baad bhi confidence name ki chiz nahi hai..
So while we are on the topic of last week jitters, let me share what I think about UPSC.
See, I believe, what UPSC recruits via IAS are thinkers and planners. The most important job of a thinker/planner/executioner is to connect the dots and chart out the best course of action. A CEO of a company if you will. A CEO need not know everything, he just needs to take decisions in presence of available data. IAS plays a pretty similar role. So wouldn't UPSC try to hire someone who is better at connecting the dots or a person who knows everything? Now correlate my point with prelims. How many questions in UPSC prelims you can point out to be pure fact-based? Even if they are, they can be solved by connecting the dots in the options. We remember all these random revolts, congress sessions, international bodies and all, how many do we actually solve using them? Even if a three-part question has 2 facts, the trick lies in the 3rd one. Same with other papers. There are 15 odd questions in the paper to which the answer nobody knows. They are not there to test your knowledge, but to test your temperament and composure.
We should always be mindful about what job profile does UPSC provide after clearing this exam because of the paper tests only those skills. If there are multiple famines in Bundelkhand, UPSC does not want you to remember dates and years and casualties, UPSC wants someone who can understand the complexity of the issue using a cross-discipline approach, and bring out a feasible solution. Same is tested in prelims.
This is the reason why as you go from group A to D, GS starts to get extremely factual. Because the people down the administration are not recruited to be thinkers or planners. To follow orders line by line, you do not need to be a thinker and planner, but for giving out instructions, you need to be. And thinking does not come with knowing everything, it comes with the skill of taking proper decisions with your available knowledge and inputs provided.
For example, you will be in a much better position to answer a question regarding a malnutrition scheme if you know malnutrition and the issues related to it. Not by simply mugging as there is a limit to the latter.
Therefore, if one has studied diligently for the entire year, understanding the issues and pondering over them, one is much likely to clear this exam.
You are not going to fail for something you did not do last week. Your result will be a mirror of your last 12-14 month preparation. So just relax and wait for the glorious day, when you will walk into the battle arena, to conquer this exam.
YOU WILL DO GREAT. :)
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@sarat_bose Thanks man!
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ArchAngel96,@SandyMatash I know my post sounds a bit patronising, but we humans are ever guilty of finding sense and patterns in everything, or else our thoughts will become our nemesis in this indifferent universe. :)
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