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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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sirsaid

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. 

Indeed you are right. even if you google right now ... like AI song generator, AI poetry etc. The basics demos are available.
But, everybody is ignoring the fact that - option 5 is there.. People do not have evidence to make it.


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


Great effort by you. Thanks


Aurang_mirasudar,
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sirsaid

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? 

Official key has been released .. you can check and count for yourself.


sir,
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@gauravbrly409 no its not absolutely wrong, and considering the trend, upsc will take it D. look all other sciebce questions, people argued a lot for biomass in 2019, but upsc took D as correct


That is the only reason people marked it D. It's science question upsc will go with D.

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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 


 Immutablity is the state of blockchain data after addition. but you cant add a block of new tranx without permission of others. They are forgetting that every block in chain can only be added by the permission of all the stakeholders in the blockchain ledger.  That is the keyfeature of Blockchain.


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@gauravbrly409 ok lost the paper now, usually few days after the keys marks are published so didn't bother. 


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@GreenArrow For UPPCS I can. There is a channel called Study for Civil Services and a telegram channel by the same name. There you can check! Or you can grab a Lucent or any similar book! 


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@gauravbrly409 no its not absolutely wrong, and considering the trend, upsc will take it D. look all other sciebce questions, people argued a lot for biomass in 2019, but upsc took D as correct


That is the only reason people marked it D. It's science question upsc will go with D.

yaar ye kya hai ..science ques - upsc will go with D. Sahi  hai yaar !!


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Ok bhai .. Tumhi hi sahi ho.

By the way , I am interested to know who is providing tech for wireless transmission of electricity. Tell me few  companies who have launched it in to market successfully???? 
Evidence naam ki bhi koi cheej hoti hai sir. 
UPSC took gases right because .. Secondary pollutants me vo nikalti hai. 
But, Here in this .. No distant relationship of Wireless transmission and AI thing. UPSC dont stretch too far to make D correct. Ok.
And .. Dont rub  science ka D hi hota hai logic on my nose. If you have..... Please provide some crude or even partial evidence to say statement 5 right. 

For 2019 gas wala , There was partial evidence to prove that could be released. Ok. 
Hope .. Logic still not have died  against tukka baaji !! 


Even if there was an option AI can bring dead people to life, they would still have marked it all. Afterall it's science question.

Botanopu,
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Ok bhai .. Tumhi hi sahi ho.

By the way , I am interested to know who is providing tech for wireless transmission of electricity. Tell me few  companies who have launched it in to market successfully???? 
Evidence naam ki bhi koi cheej hoti hai sir. 
UPSC took gases right because .. Secondary pollutants me vo nikalti hai. 
But, Here in this .. No distant relationship of Wireless transmission and AI thing. UPSC dont stretch too far to make D correct. Ok.
And .. Dont rub  science ka D hi hota hai logic on my nose. If you have..... Please provide some crude or even partial evidence to say statement 5 right. 

For 2019 gas wala , There was partial evidence to prove that could be released. Ok. 
Hope .. Logic still not have died  against tukka baaji !! 


Even if there was an option AI can bring dead people to life, they would still have marked it all. Afterall it's science question.

In that case.. Now i am thinking .. Why I am still alive !!


Oasis,Botanopu
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I know you will still.not be satisfied..uts okk i get it. You consider your answer correct. Next time get right environment ,culture and other straight forward questions correct so that one or two questions dont affect you . All the best

U read the article. It's just at the conceptual stage at the present level of development.

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@Equalizer yes...who is stopping you from.marking D.if you feel.you are right, let it be, good for you....the only thing that matters is getting above the line..noone forced you to attempt less questions " because you cant take risk as you worked hard- logic given by some gauravbrly something" 


Oasis,sunnykumarroy658377
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Desher katha is 1&2 beyond any doubt. Verbatim is directly lifted from ishita dube.

explanation

1. Rabindranath tagore was a strong critique of the fact that there was no word in India to represent a nation so bengali scholars started using desh to signify a nation.

2. the author goes on to say that desh used by desukar was in the same context. ( nation/country)

3. the book is written by a marathi author in bengali, and he talks about the economic drain of India citing examples from RC dutt and dadabhai naroji ( so its obvious it was not about local issues)

4. The book was written in 1904 . That is early 20th century by that time due to formation on congress and rise of extremists the concept of nationalism was already present in India. Swadeshi movement was in maharastra and North too.

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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.


Yes I have read 21st lesson. Also read  SAPEIN. He is my favourite writer, intellectual, philosopher. Currently reading homo Deus.

Botanopu,gauravbrly409
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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 


At this point I do not even have to look at the question paper to know which options are which. These passages have messed me up lol. Btw Thanks for your efforts. You have helped me a lot 

GaryVee,Aurang_mirasudar
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@chelseaboy thank you man. This makes it very clear: Ans is 1&2


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Jisne jo mark ki hai vo correct maan kr chalo if it helps to overcome the anxiety. But debating ovr it wont change the answer decided by upsc. Indus Valley me horse ke evidence nahi the mtlb nhi the according to upsc and tonnes of internet articles wont matter to them
Botanopu,
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@gauravbrly409 bhai phir saari coaching d kyu derhi.....even I marked they need permission....can you show any evidence for this??


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I came across an article "The great chain of being sure about things" by the economist. The blockchain question is verbatim picked from this article. Options 1 and 3 are correct as per the article. 2 is wrong. So coachings will be right in this case.
Devanapiyam,gauravbrly409
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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 


At this point I do not even have to look at the question paper to know which options are which. These passages have messed me up lol. Btw Thanks for your efforts. You have helped me a lot 

Yes thanks bhai.

Aurang_mirasudar,
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