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[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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Csat answer key please...anyone..
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@Gautham north of Gilgit??


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It is clear that UPSC wants to break backs of coaching classes and people preparing full time. In this complete randomness clearing prelims is purely luck and a hit or miss. UPSC is only interested in gauging candidates in mains and setting random prelims papers to just select 15000 odd mains candidates.
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@sarat_bose i have 60 correct 31 wrong as per that key. Fingers crossed. Hopefully lisa pathfinder stays lisa pathfinder and not evolved lisa then I can cross 100 


Didn't know that one either 🤣

Its Evolved Lisa...on some website of "cardiff "something same statement is there jo upsc ne poocha h 

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What is the answer of FDI And non financial debt? 
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Baba key 

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For people getting good scores from the keys, can you please tell what in your opinion works for this type of a paper? What worked for you according to the analysis till now? Which section got you marks which other people found absurd and what helped in it. Would be very grateful.@Patootie @Koro-Sensei and others. 

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@Howzthejosh can anyone say the pattern of b question set


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@thepolicydreamer A very general reading and years wasted after this exam. Frankly, I don't have a ready answer for people starting prep or on earlier attempts. This is no exam worthy of its name. 


Aurora,mhs11and2 otherslike this
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Yar ye cse topper vali ans key toh bakwas hai. Elisa ans de rakha hai . What non sense. 
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Isn't it mentioned in biofuels policy that if there is bumper crop then that can be used for biofuel to benefit the farmers
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@kochikaame  Two institutues have released sofar.. found this one reliable

CSE Prelims 2020 Key.pdf

Not too sure as to how reliable the answer key is. But getting 109.33 (63 C, 25 W)

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For people getting good scores from the keys, can you please tell what in your opinion works for this type of a paper? What worked for you according to the analysis till now? Which section got you marks which other people found absurd and what helped in it. Would be very grateful.@Patootie @Koro-Sensei and others. 

I made lots of stupid ass mistakes in polity..Jesus. Don't do such thing. Around 6-7 questions pure silly mistakes. Else I would be comfortably above 100.

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@msdian not reliable bhai they gave many questions wrong


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Getting 130 according to toppers key, 71 correct and 17 incorrect. Though I have checked 2 more keys of SOMP telegram and Baliyan and in both I was getting 120.
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For people getting good scores from the keys, can you please tell what in your opinion works for this type of a paper? What worked for you according to the analysis till now? Which section got you marks which other people found absurd and what helped in it. Would be very grateful.@Patootie @Koro-Sensei and others. 

+1

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For people getting good scores from the keys, can you please tell what in your opinion works for this type of a paper? What worked for you according to the analysis till now? Which section got you marks which other people found absurd and what helped in it. Would be very grateful.@Patootie @Koro-Sensei and others. 

Hey, so the keys are still pretty new and prone to errors and I do not think of myself as having a safe score. But I'll try to answer anyway. What works for me is risk appetite, being aggressive with eliminating options and attempting answers to questions sometimes even when I can only eliminate one. It has helped me over the years with good marks but spectacularly backfired this exam. Got 9/10 50-50s wrong.

But we have@sarat_bose who attempts way less and has a better score. 

So it depends on accuracy of every candidate.


Or I'm just being insincere when I say there is a method to this madness. Prelims is a mess.

The process isn't fair. It's just too random.

vineethsk26891,thistooshallpassand3 otherslike this
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Seems like aspirants are made to pay the price for UPSC vs Coaching institutions. 
GaryVee,thepolicydreamer
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For people getting good scores from the keys, can you please tell what in your opinion works for this type of a paper? What worked for you according to the analysis till now? Which section got you marks which other people found absurd and what helped in it. Would be very grateful.@Patootie @Koro-Sensei and others. 

Hey, so the keys are still pretty new and prone to errors and I do not think of myself as having a safe score. But I'll try to answer anyway. What works for me is risk appetite, being aggressive with eliminating options and attempting answers to questions sometimes even when I can only eliminate one. It has helped me over the years with good marks but spectacularly backfired this exam. Got 9/10 50-50s wrong.

But we have@sarat_bose who attempts way less and has a better score. 

So it depends on accuracy of every candidate.


Or I'm just being insincere when I say there is a method to this madness. Prelims is a fuckfest.

The process isn't fair. It's just too random.

My low attempt number was not by choice. Set A put me into a lull, and went a bit slow. Not sure if it helped or not

That said, it is always better to avoid totally random guesses, imo

GaryVee,Koro-Sensei
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Isn't it mentioned in biofuels policy that if there is bumper crop then that can be used for biofuel to benefit the farmers

Anyone

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