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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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@Howzthejosh Sum of digits of number pucha hai, not the number itself.

For eg: 10^3+1 = 1001. Now 1+0+0+1=2. This would be true for all integers lekin aisa koi option hai nahi. So the best option is all whole numbers.


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The  overall current account deficit trade account deficit is probably wrong by most coachings. India presently doesn't run any of trade or CAD and neither has merchandise deficit . 



https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1660969


Latest pib data. India has a merchandise deficit in September. Saw another pib article for data till Jun(I think) somewhere. It says India has merchandise deficit and services surplus

India doesn't have an overall trade or CAD, so option 4 isn't correct anyhow.

Don't know man..it seems there is no option given that is correct 🙄

That's the truth actually. It's not about annual data when both in hindi and english they stress on presently. Check the hindi version. Bharat ka CAD chal raha hai. Tbh all options seem a bit off. 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1654586

Here you go. This is the latest that I could find. Can't Google anymore😁

Trade surplus brother. 😂😆

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hardworking human predicts the cutoff of gen to be 93+-2....he has been pretty accurate since past few years... although 93 seems far fetched 98 looks safe assuming you have not counted  doubtful questions

He tricks worked big time this time especially in S&T. I watched his videos related to tricks to solve prelims questions. And he repeatedly said that, in S&T questions if you are not sure about any particular statement being right or not, assume all statements are correct mark D as answer. And now it turns out that almost all the S&T questions had D answer (all statements correct) bcoz that's how the question paper setter has been framing the q. paper for past few years. I became skeptical in the exam and thought that D couldn't be the answer for this many questions and dearly paid the price for this blunder. 

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plz help guys shall I prepare for mains if I am getting around 98 in gs 1 being an OBC candidate ? Given that last year the cut off was 95.34 for OBC. Plz help yaar I hope koi toh guide kardo.

100% shuru ho jao. 

Sevpuri,
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The  overall current account deficit trade account deficit is probably wrong by most coachings. India presently doesn't run any of trade or CAD and neither has merchandise deficit . 



https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1660969


Latest pib data. India has a merchandise deficit in September. Saw another pib article for data till Jun(I think) somewhere. It says India has merchandise deficit and services surplus

India doesn't have an overall trade or CAD, so option 4 isn't correct anyhow.

Don't know man..it seems there is no option given that is correct 🙄

That's the truth actually. It's not about annual data when both in hindi and english they stress on presently. Check the hindi version. Bharat ka CAD chal raha hai. Tbh all options seem a bit off. 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1654586

Here you go. This is the latest that I could find. Can't Google anymore😁

Trade surplus brother. 😂😆

Yep. Don't know why upsc asks these kind of questions

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@Tyler Durden 97.33 OBC cat. Shall I start preparing for mains given obc had 95 cutoff. Plz help bro I don't know many ppl from this forum. Thanks in advance.


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@Howzthejosh Sum of digits of number pucha hai, not the number itself.

For eg: 10^3+1 = 1001. Now 1+0+0+1=2. This would be true for all integers lekin aisa koi option hai nahi. So the best option is all whole numbers.


will be true only for +ve integers.....

BD,Devanapiyam
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An off-topic question/comment. Is there anyone in this group belonging to NC-OBC category and has written MAINS previously ? Need certain info on required document for DAF. Or if there is any other relevant thread wherein I can get the info, then kindly share the link. Thanks!

DM me if you need any info.

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The  overall current account deficit trade account deficit is probably wrong by most coachings. India presently doesn't run any of trade or CAD and neither has merchandise deficit . 



https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1660969


Latest pib data. India has a merchandise deficit in September. Saw another pib article for data till Jun(I think) somewhere. It says India has merchandise deficit and services surplus

India doesn't have an overall trade or CAD, so option 4 isn't correct anyhow.

Don't know man..it seems there is no option given that is correct 🙄

That's the truth actually. It's not about annual data when both in hindi and english they stress on presently. Check the hindi version. Bharat ka CAD chal raha hai. Tbh all options seem a bit off. 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1654586

Here you go. This is the latest that I could find. Can't Google anymore😁

Trade surplus brother. 😂😆

Trade surplus now but merchandise deficit as well. But there is no option saying 1 and 3.

So, the question framer kept the entire year in mind since in that case we have an option 1,3 and 4 which doesn't contradict. Poorly framed question but the answer is D. This is bad because it is punishing people who are updated about the fact that we have a surplus this quarter. 

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@vikhcu2073 dhanyawaad. Ek aur doubt hai that i am getting 77 point something in CSAT from career launcher answer key and from others there is a discrepancy because of which its margin ka maamla. Discrepancy is mainly in comprehension toh mera maan na hai 77 se kitna vary hoga yaar csat ka score.. God so twisting. Can you advise on this ? Plus I hope your paper went well and are preparing for mains.


arafatansari,
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127/99 = 1.282828283

14/11 = 1.27272723

in Shankar they given 127/99

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UPSC paper statement:

1.According to the Constitution of India, a person who is eligible to vote can be made a minister in a State for six months even if he/she is not a member of the Legislature of that State.


shouldnt be this correct? CM of Maharashtra Udhhav Thakare was CM even though he is not member of SLA or SLC

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The  overall current account deficit trade account deficit is probably wrong by most coachings. India presently doesn't run any of trade or CAD and neither has merchandise deficit . 



https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1660969


Latest pib data. India has a merchandise deficit in September. Saw another pib article for data till Jun(I think) somewhere. It says India has merchandise deficit and services surplus

India doesn't have an overall trade or CAD, so option 4 isn't correct anyhow.

Don't know man..it seems there is no option given that is correct 🙄

That's the truth actually. It's not about annual data when both in hindi and english they stress on presently. Check the hindi version. Bharat ka CAD chal raha hai. Tbh all options seem a bit off. 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1654586

Here you go. This is the latest that I could find. Can't Google anymore😁

Trade surplus brother. 😂😆

Trade surplus now but merchandise deficit as well. But there is no option saying 1 and 3.

So, the question framer kept the entire year in mind since in that case we have an option 1,3 and 4 which doesn't contradict. Poorly framed question but the answer is D. This is bad because it is punishing people who are updated about the fact that we have a surplus this quarter. 

Yeh kaisa baat hai, why do you add the word presently then? Because presently if anything we have done consistently that's to have a service surplus. Bar that both are wrong as we don't have a merchandize deficit every quarter and we aren't having a CAD for 2 quarters now. 


Anyways will drop a representation against this question

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UPSC paper statement:

1.According to the Constitution of India, a person who is eligible to vote can be made a minister in a State for six months even if he/she is not a member of the Legislature of that State.


shouldnt be this correct? CM of Maharashtra Udhhav Thakare was CM even though he is not member of SLA or SLC

Bhai this depends on UPSC s interpretation. Please don't take marks for this q. If UPSC took it as a general statement it will be A. If UPSC means specifically as it seems to me it will be D. UPSC has pulled a lot of bummers over time, like the harapan ghora. So leave this on UPSC. 

Equalizer,
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@SantiCazorla  Same thoughts here since quarterly or yearly not mentioned and there is no option as 1,3, we should take option D as correct. Moreover Trade deficit(GOOD AND SERVICES IMPORT AND EXPORT) and CAD( Goods,services , interest and transfers) are different, why UPSC has written CAD/ TRADE deficit in the option.


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Another statement :

There is no minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year.


Shldn't it be false? Even though it is not explicit but it is implicit that there shld not be gap for more than 6 months between the two sessions..

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@vikhcu2073 dhanyawaad. Ek aur doubt hai that i am getting 77 point something in CSAT from career launcher answer key and from others there is a discrepancy because of which its margin ka maamla. Discrepancy is mainly in comprehension toh mera maan na hai 77 se kitna vary hoga yaar csat ka score.. God so twisting. Can you advise on this ? Plus I hope your paper went well and are preparing for mains.


Prepare for Mains without any delay!

Sevpuri,
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@Biradar  In constitution of india voting criteria is not mentioned, this statement is incorrect. Voting as a criteria is mentioned in ROPA 1951.


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Yea.. but whlie solving the question i thought uddhav thakrey case particularly  as it was in the news..as there was no election to SLA seats due to corona and 6 months was going to expire and hence they wanted to nominate him in SLC... 

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@SantiCazorla  Same thoughts here since quarterly or yearly not mentioned and there is no option as 1,3, we should take option D as correct. Moreover Trade deficit(GOOD AND SERVICES IMPORT AND EXPORT) and CAD( Goods,services , interest and transfers) are different, why UPSC has written CAD/ TRADE deficit in the option.


So here the debate is about whether the answer is inclusive of the inappropriate answer or exclusive of the inappropriate. The problem with exclusive one is that it leaves 1 appropriate statement out. The problem with the inclusive one is that it takes a very wrong claim as true. 


I mean they could use the word annually. Why use presently. 


Fuck man. I  did it correct and then changed it coz I thought UPSC put the word presently consciously

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