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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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@gauravbrly409    Not only question mentions at present level but it also mentions effectively, I dont thing based on research paper answer will be D, most likely UPSC will go with option B.


Probkem kya hai na.. log pahle tukka maar ke aate hai .. fir google se answer theek karne ki koshish karte hai. and fir yaha par evidence dete hai.
No offence to anybody and including myself - If we have googled all such things before exams ...  The things could have been different.

and option 5 -  ko jab physics hi ab tak marketize nahi kar paayi to AI usme kaun sa naya aayam laga degi !!


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Paper1 :107-112

Paper 2 :100+


Should I consider myself in the safe zone?

Don't wanna invest loads of money in test series and regret later

Na na 

You should instead meet Nirmal Baba and ascertain whether the laal chatni you ate before the exam is indeed the one which is coming in his mind.

If not then would eating green chatni now put your roll no. in the pdf ?

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@kartikeybhatt171778 With thepresent state of development, Artificial Intelligence caneffectivelydo which of the following?
  1. Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units
  2. Createmeaningfulshort stories and songs
  3. Disease diagnosis
  4. Text-to-speech conversion
  5. Wireless transmission of electrical energy
These are the some key phrases here: 'present state of development' , 'effectively', 'meaningful'. There must have been something in the examiners mind that he put these two phrases in the question. Do u think that the examiner would have searched research papers to find out if it can be done effectively by AI. There is still a general consensus that AI is yet to be achieve a stage where it can create meaningful songs. Its in a very nascent stage on this. If u have read Harari's '21 Lessons for the 21st Century', he mostly talks in future tense when he says that AI would be able to create personalized songs in future.


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@kartikeybhatt171778 Is question related to machine learning or artificial intelligence?  I haven't find anything on web which says AI at present is used in wireless transmission of electrical energy and can "effectively" make stories songs
Same is the case with blockchain question. Answer doesn't seem D) because some applications do require permission as per niti ayog report. 


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@Challenger_Deep bhut bhut badhai..my fate doesnt hang on this question anyways..i just said what i thought while answering...that wireless charging is very common so why couldnt AI do it..anyways good for you and others if this.one gets correct 😁😁😁... And also.let many people keep minister wala A ( deep down they know they comitted a blunder anyways) signing.off 😁


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@kartikeybhatt171778 Is question related to machine learning or artificial intelligence?  I haven't find anything on web which says AI at present is used in wireless transmission of electrical energy and can "effectively" make stories songs
Same is the case with blockchain question. Answer doesn't seem D) because some applications do require permission as per niti ayog report. 


The permission is required for transactions. It is not about you need authoirties permission. The blockchain structure is a decentralized ladger.. where adding new transaction which is represented by a new block .. needs to be passed and in agreement by all the parties involved. New block can not be added without asking for permission of other stakeholders involved in the blockchain. so, Without permission of all stakeholders and coming up with a common agreement which defines the authenticity for new block ... you cant develop a block chain application.  Remember, blockchain is a decentralized ledger shared among all the stakeholders involved. Each stakeholder has to authenticate the newly added block... and block once added it is read only and the ledger is also read only.. which makes it temper proof and secure.

Hope now it will be clear that -  Creating blockchain application .. you need to get permission from many stakeholders which are involved in the creation and maintenance of software based on blockchain.


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Guys, my humble unsolicited advice: No matter how desperately you guys try to prove your answers to each other it won't change UPSC's mind or even your result. Your paper is done. It's not in your hands anymore. What's in your hands is to stop this bakar which may help you either this year or the next. Thank you.
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@Challenger_Deep bhut bhut badhai..my fate doesnt hang on this question anyways..i just said what i thought while answering...that wireless charging is very common so why couldnt AI do it..anyways good for you and others if this.one gets correct 😁😁😁... And also.let many people keep minister wala A ( deep down they know they comitted a blunder anyways) signing.off 😁


Wireless charging and wireless transfer of electricity are two different things actully.

Wireless charging is low emf transfer based concept and can serve not more than 1 or 2v. .. it is used in reading RFI tags and low volatage communication devices.

However, wireless transmission of electricity is different term .. andtransmission  in power sector - denotes something more.



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@gauravbrly409 only one institute has given it correct on u tube


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@gauravbrly409 only one institute has given it correct on u tube


If you trust institutes... I gave up all my logic and learning then. 

Institutes are good for static(even I doubt that too) but in Current Affairs they are similar like us. ... No difference. 


Thanks. 

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@gauravbrly409 only one institute has given it correct on u tube


and also FYI .

Sankars 2019 key has 9 different answers than official key.

and Vajirams has 11 differences than official. .

Vision had 6 variations only.

Both are top. 

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@prachimalik1121311 problem with institutes' keys: No one is justifying 5th statement, In 2nd statement:Vajiramcited example of "Sunspring" story which is not"meaningful" andVision IAScited example of "I am AI"Album which is created with help of AI(not by AI). 
My take: All institutes aretaking "all of the above" for granted in Sci & techQs, and are not even bothering to look one step deeper to check what they are citing is right or wrong.


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MrJsaid

@prachimalik1121311 problem with institutes' keys: No one is justifying 5th statement, In 2nd statement:Vajiramcited example of "Sunspring" story which is not"meaningful" andVision IAScited example of "I am AI"Album which is created with help of AI(not by AI). 
My take: All institutes aretaking "all of the above" for granted in Sci & techQs, and are not even bothering to look one step deeper to check what they are citing is right or wrong.


I am curious to know evidence of option 5 ... 2nd is just contingency !!


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@gauravbrly409 only one institute has given it correct on u tube


and also FYI .

Sankars 2019 key has 9 different answers than official key.

and Vajirams has 11 differences than official. .

Vision had 6 variations only.

Both are top. 

What ???? 9 changes???

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Lots of debate going aroun AI, I knew that ai has written songs and even just a while back ips officer bothra who is quite famous on Twitter had shared an article written completely by AI on Guardian. Still i eliminated options containg "2" because if one has been fan of premchand, chekhov, amitav ghosh etc instead of chetan bhagat et al or  if one listen to the songs written by sahir, gulzar, pradeep etc instead of the ones sung by badshah/honey singh then he would know that "presently" it's not possible for ai to do these things in "meaningful or effective" manner. However, this being highly subjective, ultimately depends upon upsc's discretion. 
Oasis,
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@gauravbrly409 only one institute has given it correct on u tube


and also FYI .

Sankars 2019 key has 9 different answers than official key.

and Vajirams has 11 differences than official. .

Vision had 6 variations only.

Both are top. 

What ???? 9 changes???

Yes .. check yourself .. if you have old key PDF and compare with official key.


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Wait..i am compiling the most likely answers for Reading comprehension...went Through all articles again

economic liberalisation C for first and D for second
labour RC is D
right to privacy A
wetland C 
asset A
financial investment volatility B
river interlinking A
economic freedom C
urban body first A, second B
85% agriculture first part C and second D
spanish ship D
monsoon Flood dam D
malnutrition B
credit bank C
solid waste management C
genome editing C
religious freedom B
biotechnology regulation first B and second C
gas economy RC first part C and second A
pusa arhar C

All the best 


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Yes . 
I debated a lot about 5 or 6 question on forum last year. Nobody took me right. 
For ex -
1. Ramsar me second statement... I marked that wrong. 
2. LA to loksabha .. I marked that right.
and many others. 

These two nobody given as right .. no key etc. 
and this is not first time. My personal experience is that .. In complex looking statement.. UPSC takes Layman view as answer. 
2016 .. Mine from key 102 .. UPSC marksheet 112
2017. 98 by keys .. UPSC 107 
2018 .. by keys 102 to 105 .. UPSC. 112(Gave forest as bonus that year).
2019 by keys 96 to 102 .. Marks 110. 

Its huge for me always. 


Has upsc released 2019 marks? 

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@gauravbrly409 it can be another digital signature type of question 
Nobody is giving a solid logic for choosing the last option.Everywhere it is clearly mentioned that these are immutable 


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@gauravbrly409 There is no evidence .. no coaching institute provided evidence or justification for this.


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