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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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rafaelsaid

Repeating again:

those who are in borderline in paper 1 or paper 2 or both..just study..instead of looking endless times through solutions.

time is less this time

for CSE  any one above 90 has good chance

for  IFOS any one with 105-106 has good chance

and specific for paper two - Those who are in 64-65-66 range..just start studying.. RC most Coaching’s get it wrong..every year many who are in this situation end up clearing paper 2

the exam was tough ..both paper 1 and paper 2 was tricky very much...

also with covid lockdowns and additional mental strains, dnt be harsh on urself for not being able to perform well

All the best guys and girls..



It wont go to that level . But we shd consider it given many debatable qus..  I myself deducted 2.67 on artificial intellegence question . And the NALSA qus ll most probably get rejected .  After modiji introduced ews middle and upper middle class general have bite the bullet . 

What u marked in AI question?

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Use the image I attached with reference of IYB...govt publication

You send too...let's have maximum representations....2.67 marks could cost a year or an attempt


Yearbook is available in pdf format ..  tried to give representation but they allow only one representation per person...  i have already given my representation on nalsa question

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rafaelsaid

Repeating again:

those who are in borderline in paper 1 or paper 2 or both..just study..instead of looking endless times through solutions.

time is less this time

for CSE  any one above 90 has good chance

for  IFOS any one with 105-106 has good chance

and specific for paper two - Those who are in 64-65-66 range..just start studying.. RC most Coaching’s get it wrong..every year many who are in this situation end up clearing paper 2

the exam was tough ..both paper 1 and paper 2 was tricky very much...

also with covid lockdowns and additional mental strains, dnt be harsh on urself for not being able to perform well

All the best guys and girls..



It wont go to that level . But we shd consider it given many debatable qus..  I myself deducted 2.67 on artificial intellegence question . And the NALSA qus ll most probably get rejected .  After modiji introduced ews middle and upper middle class general have bite the bullet . 

What u marked in AI question?

I had marked all . Came to a conclusion that its wrong .

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@shubham4_m7770 Please enlighten me, If I am wrong. :)
Critical tiger reserve is counted for core area right? Not buffer zone?
And Sunderbans core area>Nagarjuna?


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Shubzsaid

@Sherkhan1428 @AzadHindFauz 

What usually happens when a question or option gets wrongly translated in the Hindi version of the paper. The Gandhi Irwin question has got many Hindi students worrying




Civil Disobedience is notAsahayog Andolan. 

So what is likely to happen? Grace Marks, Cancellation of Question, Ya fir Jo chal rha hai chalne do?

Looking at the attitude of upsc,kuch mrks nai milne wale....by the time ans key comes tbtk recruitment of 2020 will be over. But the students can approach court now itself and ensure that court takes assurance frm upsc that no injustice will be done.

Asahyog andolan was non coop mvmt so its a big blunder done by upsc while framing that question.

If anyone is yet to make a representation, please consider including this. I have already made mine yesterday, else I would have included this. I will ask the affected student for making a representation as well.

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@bhanu_lnmiit937 one or two question pulls u down.. Never imagined csat will turn out like this.. 


this happens every year maybe this year slightly more. but will it have any significant effect on cutoff? cant say. difficulty of paper itself is putting the cutoff around 95-96. rest of the factors like pandemic, closing of coachings, csat etc will pull it down to an extent but guessmastry, competition increment and lesser seats will try to push it up. more or less cutoff is going to be around 97 only. no chance of 100+ cutoff. 

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@walterwhit3 thanks for your kind words .
I am happy that someone understand the feeling that I am going through .
Yr pura saal itni  achi padhai hui without getting affected by lockdown and result is getting failed in csat .
PR ab ye pain junoon  mai badlega  aur agli  baar  top 100 mai rank chahiye Kuch bhi ho 
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@GreenArrow Core area has been given 3721 in the document..Sunderban core area is 1699..isse jyada i dont know in detail about these things:)


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Rookiesaid

@kartikeybhatt171778 yes, the sunderban website says 

Recently the core areas have been notified as the Critical Tiger Habitat having an inviolate area of 1699.62 sq. km.

While for nagarjun,
The core area of the tiger reserve is around 1,200 sq.km.
Bhai, aise hi naye naye answer palto, mains prep ki himmat milegi.


http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/trd_8222.aspx


NSTR core area is 2500 sqkm

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@shubham4_m7770 Wikipedia says different.
But I just have a question for you.
if core area itself is 3721 what is total area?

:)

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@shubham4_m7770 Wikipedia says different.
But I just have a question for you.
if core area itself is 3721 what is total area?

:)

Here please help yourself


http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/trd_8222.aspx

GreenArrow,
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@GreenArrow Total is 5937 sq km


GreenArrow,
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Scoring 104.

Keeping basic structure, representation of people's act, non financial debt, rakhmabai and kisan credit card as negative. Did not attempt desh waala question.

Bhai log what are my chances in Gen category?

No chance this year. Hard luck 

Next year score atleast 125.

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@GreenArrow  Wikipedia article is quoting 1200 from NTCA webpage of 2011. So srisailam was having core area of 1200 sq km, seems not any more. 

Kuch palon ki Khushi mili thi. Thoda dance bhi Kar liya tha. 


GreenArrow,
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just to get an idea, can you guys please share why you are still on forum discussing? my case is i am on borderline around 96 and waiting for shankar cutoff. is it same for anyone else?
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Scoring 104.

Keeping basic structure, representation of people's act, non financial debt, rakhmabai and kisan credit card as negative. Did not attempt desh waala question.

Bhai log what are my chances in Gen category?

No chance this year. Hard luck 

Next year score atleast 125.

Bhai last attempt de raha hoon. Buddha ho gaya is exam main

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@Rookie how much are you scoring?


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Drishti ias ke video mein polity vala question 6 months, sir ne sahi se explain kiya hai... Dekh lo... Unhone yeh bhi kaha hai ki upsc never goes so much complex jitna hum log sochte rehte hein word by word, essence poocha hai upsc ne and he said answer A is correct... Though mine is wronng... But i second him whatever he said

Last year  question :
1. Legislative assembly may follow rules of loksabha.  -  true as per official 2019 key.

There are so many things in 2019 key ... My marks for 2019 has increased almost 10 by those keys ..whereas all coachings have said NO to the options which i thought as best correct. Coachings go too technical in general for polity. It is not so. 
I will not wonder if  next year   -  constitution  "defines"  basic structure ....  -  will be true in 2020 official key.   You know why -  "defines"  technically means .. a document must have crude and explicit definition for said thing.  But - If you read or use define word in general parley  -Defines is simply like ... pertains to. for ex  : I say -  Honesty defines you. ... or Say ... You defines the whole group.  What does this mean?  
I mean to say - the way UPSC frames question - It does not intends to frame lexically word by word.

I am open to bet for 2020 key for two statements :

1.  A person.. can vote ... eligible to be minister.  >>True.
>>yes in essence  -  nothing stops a person to be a minister ... now people are emphasizing VOTE =18 years. I found that absurd logic or  say too much logic. The statement is factually true in practical scenarios.


2. Constitutiondefines* basic structure*in terms of*   --- etc etc. >>True.
>>Reason being -  It has not said or asked constitution has provided an explicit definition or not. It just said - Constitution has definedin terms of--   True >>Indeed , The Basic structure recognized by SC has these elements. and that defines basic structure. 
>>People are just over emphasizing the word"defines"  while ignoring "in terms of". People just deducing that - No constituion has not defined so ..statement is false. 
But - statement actually not asking whether it isdefined in constition as a crude definition or not. The question asks - what are the features of basic structure actually?
and indeed yes.   "constitution defines basic structure in terms of  ..........etc"
>>also , If this statement is like "Constitution defines basic structure."!!  -- Here, The statement assert - whether there is explicit defntn of basic structure given or not.its False.

But- In our statement in question -  The meaning of defines is not  "contains explicitly" but just simply "contains implicitly" and emphasis is on "in terms of".

Thanks for reading  it.



Bro ur explain regarding 6 month minister question is correct. Let me explain it ...S1) a citizen of this country can become a minister... statement is correct. S2) all citizen of the country is eligible to become a minister..wrong.

Its upto UPSC.


Now regarding ur basic structure explanation...u r wrong...what they were asking is basic structure is a judicial innovation. Even SC has not defined it. There is no exhaustive least of basic structure.

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