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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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Negansaid

Negansaid

This year, Shankar is gonna be so wrong. .. Cutoff will be 

Gen =92-95

EWS= 89-92

OBC= 90-93

SC= 78-82

ST= 73-78

actually it will be higher than shankar's prediction.  they have seriously underestimated how high people are scoring this year

There are always some people, who score way higher .. I am an ST candidate, serving in State services , giving prelims since 2012, cleared prelims 5 times, appeared in PT 3 times. You must have been undergrad, or in high school by then. Trust me when I say, the cutoff won’t go higher this year than what i quoted earlier

ignoring your condescending tone, why dont you check out some of the polls? there are not just "some" people scoring high, its way too many.  This year's options were set up in such a manner that anyone taking so called obvious guesses (typical prelims tricks) is scoring high.

For proof, u can check out polls. Even polls of reputed institutes like insights say almost 4-5k  people above 105 in a sample of 20k, so you can do the math.

Now an experienced candidate like you will argue that polls are filled with fake scores, or insights is not a reputed institute, so go ahead believe what you want.

Also, coaching institutes 1. have an achor bias to previous year cutoffs, they are particularly scared to go higher.  they may go lower when papeer is more difficult, but they tend to not go higher as seen in 2016 (compared to 2015). 2. lower cutoffs= more test series sold.

obviously above points are disputed. But this is the most objective way to look at it

Tougher paper, lesser appearing candidates and yet cutoff going higher. Yes that's strong logic right there. 


only non-serious candidates dont appear, serious ones won't skip for the fear of corona or anything else (majority of them)

Are you really that smoothbrained to think that there won't be any drop in cutoff even though turnouts have been 50 60% of normal? Ah man. Its sad

Every year only about 50% people appear of the total registered. Similar this year, of course lesser than previous years but not 50-60% less. You can satisfy your ego with  whatever you like, but majority (not all) serious candidates who have prepared hard won't skip for the fear of covid. Its sad that your "smoothbrain" cant apply simple logic.

Yoopesci,
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Did any institute claimed 70% question of prelims from their test series 

@Howzthejosh Usually Insights and Baba are in a frenzy. But feels like after seeing the paper they have a certain part of their body in their mouth. They are devising new strategies on how to acquire students next year.


like predicting ridiculously low cutoffs.

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Negansaid

Negansaid

This year, Shankar is gonna be so wrong. .. Cutoff will be 

Gen =92-95

EWS= 89-92

OBC= 90-93

SC= 78-82

ST= 73-78

actually it will be higher than shankar's prediction.  they have seriously underestimated how high people are scoring this year

There are always some people, who score way higher .. I am an ST candidate, serving in State services , giving prelims since 2012, cleared prelims 5 times, appeared in PT 3 times. You must have been undergrad, or in high school by then. Trust me when I say, the cutoff won’t go higher this year than what i quoted earlier

ignoring your condescending tone, why dont you check out some of the polls? there are not just "some" people scoring high, its way too many.  This year's options were set up in such a manner that anyone taking so called obvious guesses (typical prelims tricks) is scoring high.

For proof, u can check out polls. Even polls of reputed institutes like insights say almost 4-5k  people above 105 in a sample of 20k, so you can do the math.

Now an experienced candidate like you will argue that polls are filled with fake scores, or insights is not a reputed institute, so go ahead believe what you want.

Also, coaching institutes 1. have an achor bias to previous year cutoffs, they are particularly scared to go higher.  they may go lower when papeer is more difficult, but they tend to not go higher as seen in 2016 (compared to 2015). 2. lower cutoffs= more test series sold.

obviously above points are disputed. But this is the most objective way to look at it

Tougher paper, lesser appearing candidates and yet cutoff going higher. Yes that's strong logic right there. 


only non-serious candidates dont appear, serious ones won't skip for the fear of corona or anything else (majority of them)

Are you really that smoothbrained to think that there won't be any drop in cutoff even though turnouts have been 50 60% of normal? Ah man. Its sad

Every year only about 50% people appear of the total registered. Similar this year, of course lesser than previous years but not 50-60% less. You can satisfy your ego with  whatever you like, but majority (not all) serious candidates who have prepared hard won't skip for the fear of covid. Its sad that your "smoothbrain" cant apply simple logic.

Amar dombe patil, is that you? 

Aurang_mirasudar,
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How much forum predicted last year

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Negansaid

Negansaid

This year, Shankar is gonna be so wrong. .. Cutoff will be 

Gen =92-95

EWS= 89-92

OBC= 90-93

SC= 78-82

ST= 73-78

actually it will be higher than shankar's prediction.  they have seriously underestimated how high people are scoring this year

There are always some people, who score way higher .. I am an ST candidate, serving in State services , giving prelims since 2012, cleared prelims 5 times, appeared in PT 3 times. You must have been undergrad, or in high school by then. Trust me when I say, the cutoff won’t go higher this year than what i quoted earlier

ignoring your condescending tone, why dont you check out some of the polls? there are not just "some" people scoring high, its way too many.  This year's options were set up in such a manner that anyone taking so called obvious guesses (typical prelims tricks) is scoring high.

For proof, u can check out polls. Even polls of reputed institutes like insights say almost 4-5k  people above 105 in a sample of 20k, so you can do the math.

Now an experienced candidate like you will argue that polls are filled with fake scores, or insights is not a reputed institute, so go ahead believe what you want.

Also, coaching institutes 1. have an achor bias to previous year cutoffs, they are particularly scared to go higher.  they may go lower when papeer is more difficult, but they tend to not go higher as seen in 2016 (compared to 2015). 2. lower cutoffs= more test series sold.

obviously above points are disputed. But this is the most objective way to look at it

Tougher paper, lesser appearing candidates and yet cutoff going higher. Yes that's strong logic right there. 


only non-serious candidates dont appear, serious ones won't skip for the fear of corona or anything else (majority of them)

Are you really that smoothbrained to think that there won't be any drop in cutoff even though turnouts have been 50 60% of normal? Ah man. Its sad

Every year only about 50% people appear of the total registered. Similar this year, of course lesser than previous years but not 50-60% less. You can satisfy your ego with  whatever you like, but majority (not all) serious candidates who have prepared hard won't skip for the fear of covid. Its sad that your "smoothbrain" cant apply simple logic.

Amar dombe patil, is that you? 

ah. dropping to even more pathetic levels. expected from people like you

Yoopesci,
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Negansaid

Negansaid

This year, Shankar is gonna be so wrong. .. Cutoff will be 

Gen =92-95

EWS= 89-92

OBC= 90-93

SC= 78-82

ST= 73-78

actually it will be higher than shankar's prediction.  they have seriously underestimated how high people are scoring this year

There are always some people, who score way higher .. I am an ST candidate, serving in State services , giving prelims since 2012, cleared prelims 5 times, appeared in PT 3 times. You must have been undergrad, or in high school by then. Trust me when I say, the cutoff won’t go higher this year than what i quoted earlier

ignoring your condescending tone, why dont you check out some of the polls? there are not just "some" people scoring high, its way too many.  This year's options were set up in such a manner that anyone taking so called obvious guesses (typical prelims tricks) is scoring high.

For proof, u can check out polls. Even polls of reputed institutes like insights say almost 4-5k  people above 105 in a sample of 20k, so you can do the math.

Now an experienced candidate like you will argue that polls are filled with fake scores, or insights is not a reputed institute, so go ahead believe what you want.

Also, coaching institutes 1. have an achor bias to previous year cutoffs, they are particularly scared to go higher.  they may go lower when papeer is more difficult, but they tend to not go higher as seen in 2016 (compared to 2015). 2. lower cutoffs= more test series sold.

obviously above points are disputed. But this is the most objective way to look at it

Tougher paper, lesser appearing candidates and yet cutoff going higher. Yes that's strong logic right there. 


only non-serious candidates dont appear, serious ones won't skip for the fear of corona or anything else (majority of them)

Are you really that smoothbrained to think that there won't be any drop in cutoff even though turnouts have been 50 60% of normal? Ah man. Its sad

Every year only about 50% people appear of the total registered. Similar this year, of course lesser than previous years but not 50-60% less. You can satisfy your ego with  whatever you like, but majority (not all) serious candidates who have prepared hard won't skip for the fear of covid. Its sad that your "smoothbrain" cant apply simple logic.

Stop chimping mate. I have seen qualified candidates who made it to services skip this year coz covid. Most upsc aspirants who have a good enough job as in sebi, nabard, rbi, or in state admin didn't appear in the swathes they normally do


Further, your puny ass might have been predicting 105 cutoffs in 2019, 110 cutoffs in 2018, but all of that mattered prolly as much as zilch. 

Tougher exams automatically translates to lower cutoffs. If your simpleton brain doesn't comprehend this, I doubt you are passing the CSAT paper anyways.

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Negansaid

Negansaid

This year, Shankar is gonna be so wrong. .. Cutoff will be 

Gen =92-95

EWS= 89-92

OBC= 90-93

SC= 78-82

ST= 73-78

actually it will be higher than shankar's prediction.  they have seriously underestimated how high people are scoring this year

There are always some people, who score way higher .. I am an ST candidate, serving in State services , giving prelims since 2012, cleared prelims 5 times, appeared in PT 3 times. You must have been undergrad, or in high school by then. Trust me when I say, the cutoff won’t go higher this year than what i quoted earlier

ignoring your condescending tone, why dont you check out some of the polls? there are not just "some" people scoring high, its way too many.  This year's options were set up in such a manner that anyone taking so called obvious guesses (typical prelims tricks) is scoring high.

For proof, u can check out polls. Even polls of reputed institutes like insights say almost 4-5k  people above 105 in a sample of 20k, so you can do the math.

Now an experienced candidate like you will argue that polls are filled with fake scores, or insights is not a reputed institute, so go ahead believe what you want.

Also, coaching institutes 1. have an achor bias to previous year cutoffs, they are particularly scared to go higher.  they may go lower when papeer is more difficult, but they tend to not go higher as seen in 2016 (compared to 2015). 2. lower cutoffs= more test series sold.

obviously above points are disputed. But this is the most objective way to look at it

Tougher paper, lesser appearing candidates and yet cutoff going higher. Yes that's strong logic right there. 


only non-serious candidates dont appear, serious ones won't skip for the fear of corona or anything else (majority of them)

Are you really that smoothbrained to think that there won't be any drop in cutoff even though turnouts have been 50 60% of normal? Ah man. Its sad

Every year only about 50% people appear of the total registered. Similar this year, of course lesser than previous years but not 50-60% less. You can satisfy your ego with  whatever you like, but majority (not all) serious candidates who have prepared hard won't skip for the fear of covid. Its sad that your "smoothbrain" cant apply simple logic.

Amar dombe patil, is that you? 

ah. dropping to even more pathetic levels. expected from people like you

Spam on insights threads mate. Why puke on this little good circlejerk of ours 

Yoopesci,
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Does UPSC take representations seriously. How is it able to read so many representations? And what happens if once's representation is accepted?

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Five questions that will make cutoff vary this year 



Preamble question

Artificial intelligence

Non financial debt 

National biofuel policy/all can be correct also

Gandhi Irwin - if it's deleted/awarded marks to all 

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These five questions can easily make anyone in or out of the prelims list
Equalizer,
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Five questions that will make cutoff vary this year 



Preamble question

Artificial intelligence

Non financial debt 

National biofuel policy/all can be correct also

Gandhi Irwin - if it's deleted/awarded marks to all 

Gandhi irwin will be deleted in all probablity.

Equalizer,
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@Challenger_Deep I don't know as I am not very experienced in this game. But from the official answer keys that I saw while doing PYQs, they have never dropped a question. So it seems as if it's just a tactic to avoid court cases which plague state PSCs.


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@Biradar in that case everyone will get marks who has attempted or no one will get marks ?


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Negansaid

Negansaid

This year, Shankar is gonna be so wrong. .. Cutoff will be 

Gen =92-95

EWS= 89-92

OBC= 90-93

SC= 78-82

ST= 73-78

actually it will be higher than shankar's prediction.  they have seriously underestimated how high people are scoring this year

There are always some people, who score way higher .. I am an ST candidate, serving in State services , giving prelims since 2012, cleared prelims 5 times, appeared in PT 3 times. You must have been undergrad, or in high school by then. Trust me when I say, the cutoff won’t go higher this year than what i quoted earlier

ignoring your condescending tone, why dont you check out some of the polls? there are not just "some" people scoring high, its way too many.  This year's options were set up in such a manner that anyone taking so called obvious guesses (typical prelims tricks) is scoring high.

For proof, u can check out polls. Even polls of reputed institutes like insights say almost 4-5k  people above 105 in a sample of 20k, so you can do the math.

Now an experienced candidate like you will argue that polls are filled with fake scores, or insights is not a reputed institute, so go ahead believe what you want.

Also, coaching institutes 1. have an achor bias to previous year cutoffs, they are particularly scared to go higher.  they may go lower when papeer is more difficult, but they tend to not go higher as seen in 2016 (compared to 2015). 2. lower cutoffs= more test series sold.

obviously above points are disputed. But this is the most objective way to look at it

Tougher paper, lesser appearing candidates and yet cutoff going higher. Yes that's strong logic right there. 


only non-serious candidates dont appear, serious ones won't skip for the fear of corona or anything else (majority of them)

Are you really that smoothbrained to think that there won't be any drop in cutoff even though turnouts have been 50 60% of normal? Ah man. Its sad

Every year only about 50% people appear of the total registered. Similar this year, of course lesser than previous years but not 50-60% less. You can satisfy your ego with  whatever you like, but majority (not all) serious candidates who have prepared hard won't skip for the fear of covid. Its sad that your "smoothbrain" cant apply simple logic.

Stop chimping mate. I have seen qualified candidates who made it to services skip this year coz covid. Most upsc aspirants who have a good enough job as in sebi, nabard, rbi, or in state admin didn't appear in the swathes they normally do


Further, your puny ass might have been predicting 105 cutoffs in 2019, 110 cutoffs in 2018, but all of that mattered prolly as much as zilch. 

Tougher exams automatically translates to lower cutoffs. If your simpleton brain doesn't comprehend this, I doubt you are passing the CSAT paper anyways.

whatever helps your "puny ass" sleep buddy

Yoopesci,
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@Biradar in that case everyone will get marks who has attempted or no one will get marks ?


It does not matter in the competition in either cases ..  One who has marked correct and added to his marks ll loose big as no more advantage .

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Jokarsaid

@Challenger_Deep I don't know as I am not very experienced in this game. But from the official answer keys that I saw while doing PYQs, they have never dropped a question. So it seems as if it's just a tactic to avoid court cases which plague state PSCs.


In csat they have dropped question my dear.

Biradar,
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rafaelsaid

@Biradar in that case everyone will get marks who has attempted or no one will get marks ?


It does not matter in the competition in either cases ..  One who has marked correct and added to his marks ll loose big as no more advantage .

I think all those who attempted get marks. That's how it works. Those who skipped don't get marks

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Does UPSC take representations seriously. How is it able to read so many representations? And what happens if once's representation is accepted?

UPSC doesn't take representation seriously.

Botanopu,
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Five questions that will make cutoff vary this year 



Preamble question

Artificial intelligence

Non financial debt 

National biofuel policy/all can be correct also

Gandhi Irwin - if it's deleted/awarded marks to all 

Non financial debt. What would be answer as per u

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@amar1902 Last year when the poll was taken, 54% were scoring over 98 marks which was the cutoff last year and so many speculated cutoff to be around 102. Coaching institutes also speculated cutoff to be around 101 contradicting to your remark that they always speculate cutoff to be on the lower side. 
If you are scoring good, please keep your head down and work for mains. 
To others, if you are scoring anything beyond 90, start preparing for mains in full-fledged mode. There would be always a few people trying to demoralize to cut short the competition. I am clearing the speculated cutoff comfortably but can bet that cutoff won't rise above 96.
Best of luck. 


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