The Art of "TUKKA" Making !!

Krieger

Being an avid quizzer, I would like to emphasize on "Lateral Thinking" which is used to arrive at answers logically. Its more like "connecting the dots". Same strategy can be used to eliminate options in the Prelims. It comes with practice though.

Eg. Once in a quiz I was shown an insignia and was asked to identify the country to which it belonged. I saw a bird resembling the extinct Dodo on the insignia (from the proverb As dead as a Dodo). I knew that it belonged to Mauritius and took a guess and it fetched us points. Thus eliminating options based on knowledge and then taking a calculated guess is the key.

i have mastered this beautiful technique and got about 5-6 questions right last year.this time have pepared few of my friends in ths technique.

pizza

@yo_yo_choti_singh
Similar examples,

With reference to the use of nano-technology in health sector, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Targeted drug delivery is made possible by nanotechnology.
2. Nanotechnology can largely contribute to gene therapy.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

statement 1: Out of all the technologies in the health sector, choosing something specific like "targeted drug delivery" to make a false statement? Highly improbable because it would take time to search for things which are "not associated" with something. Usually the internet or any source if full of result that involve associations with something.
Therefore statement has to be true.

Statement 2: Again "gener therapy" is something specific and has to be true. Also notice the word "Can". Usually words like can, may be are true.

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In the context of modem scientific research, consider the following statements about ‘lceCube’, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news :
1. It is the world’s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice.
2. It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter.
3. It is buried deep in the ice.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Statement 1: As maximbady said, a statement with full of info is mostly true. "largest" "neutrino detector" "cubic kilometre" "ice". 4 pieces of information
Statement 2: "Telescope" and "Dark matter" are specific words, they have to be true.
Statement 3: Buried deep in ice. This one is tough, You really cant guess if its inside or outside. But the options made it easy.. Since there is no 1 and 2 option.. it also has to be true

@pizza ur tukka power is amazing mate...

I no longer endorse what I have said in that comment. There are some "statistical" flaws in it.
My tukkas are now running on version 2017.

Gangadhar

@yo_yo_choti_singh
Similar examples,

With reference to the use of nano-technology in health sector, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Targeted drug delivery is made possible by nanotechnology.
2. Nanotechnology can largely contribute to gene therapy.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

statement 1: Out of all the technologies in the health sector, choosing something specific like "targeted drug delivery" to make a false statement? Highly improbable because it would take time to search for things which are "not associated" with something. Usually the internet or any source if full of result that involve associations with something.
Therefore statement has to be true.

Statement 2: Again "gener therapy" is something specific and has to be true. Also notice the word "Can". Usually words like can, may be are true.

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In the context of modem scientific research, consider the following statements about ‘lceCube’, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news :
1. It is the world’s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice.
2. It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter.
3. It is buried deep in the ice.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Statement 1: As maximbady said, a statement with full of info is mostly true. "largest" "neutrino detector" "cubic kilometre" "ice". 4 pieces of information
Statement 2: "Telescope" and "Dark matter" are specific words, they have to be true.
Statement 3: Buried deep in ice. This one is tough, You really cant guess if its inside or outside. But the options made it easy.. Since there is no 1 and 2 option.. it also has to be true

@pizza ur tukka power is amazing mate...

I no longer endorse what I have said in that comment. There are some "statistical" flaws in it.
My tukkas are now running at version 2017.

Do share your secrets for 2017

perky

@Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh
One way of elimination "Can be" to understand the thought process that the guy may have used while he was framing the question..
For example,
With reference to dugong, which of the following is correct?
1. Its a herbivorous marine animal.
2. It is found along the entire coast.
3. It is given legal protection under schedule I of wildlife act 1972.

a. 1 and 2
b. 2 only
c. 1 and 3
d. 3 only

Every year or at least once in two years.. You can see a question or two about important animals in India..
He looks up maybe in the schedules of wild life act or maybe vulnerable or endangered lists or list of animals that have been in the news lately. Once the guy decides to ask a question on dugong, whats the first thing he can do?
He will obviously go through some source to know more about the animal..

1. Its a herbivorous marine animal - Why did he choose this statement? Unlike the questions in various test series, options in upsc are not meant to confuse students but are framed in a way to guage factual/analytical concepts.
For people who know dugong is also called sea cow, it may be easy to guess its a marine animal..
its quite obvious that upsc wont expect the students to know whether the animal is a herbivore or the guy framing the question wont trick on "herbivore" part. I mean i dont know about others but thats the way i feel. So when i see such statements, I feel its picked as it is from the source.

2. It is found along the entire coast.
Usually statements which indicate extreme values are not true. The animal is not commonly heard of, the source would have obviously mentioned some specific places where they are found. If the guy had mentioned some specific places, i would have felt its true, but instead its a statement with extreme value, isiliye i felt it must be false.

3. Legal protection under schedule I - People who have seen the list know how long it is
I cant expect guy to see which animals are not protected under such a long list and therefore make a false statement..Too much of time waste if i was the guy framing the question.. The statement again, is picked up as it is from the source.. Therefore it must be true..


1 and 3 is correct.

You may have noticed this, Tukka cant be made out of thin air.. one should have atleast a little idea(sea cow, the length of the wpa,1972 schedule list) about the question.. Or else tukka will definitely become sukka

I wish I could have got to know such vital tricks on 8th June 2016.

sapphire♦

Tukkas only get right if you know something related to that topic...otherwise it is dangerous....or you need to be extremely lucky to get the tukkas right

Krieger

Tukkas only get right if you know something related to that topic...otherwise it is dangerous....or you need to be extremely lucky to get the tukkas right

+1

Robert_putnam

@Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh
One way of elimination "Can be" to understand the thought process that the guy may have used while he was framing the question..
For example,
With reference to dugong, which of the following is correct?
1. Its a herbivorous marine animal.
2. It is found along the entire coast.
3. It is given legal protection under schedule I of wildlife act 1972.

a. 1 and 2
b. 2 only
c. 1 and 3
d. 3 only

Every year or at least once in two years.. You can see a question or two about important animals in India..
He looks up maybe in the schedules of wild life act or maybe vulnerable or endangered lists or list of animals that have been in the news lately. Once the guy decides to ask a question on dugong, whats the first thing he can do?
He will obviously go through some source to know more about the animal..

1. Its a herbivorous marine animal - Why did he choose this statement? Unlike the questions in various test series, options in upsc are not meant to confuse students but are framed in a way to guage factual/analytical concepts.
For people who know dugong is also called sea cow, it may be easy to guess its a marine animal..
its quite obvious that upsc wont expect the students to know whether the animal is a herbivore or the guy framing the question wont trick on "herbivore" part. I mean i dont know about others but thats the way i feel. So when i see such statements, I feel its picked as it is from the source.

2. It is found along the entire coast.
Usually statements which indicate extreme values are not true. The animal is not commonly heard of, the source would have obviously mentioned some specific places where they are found. If the guy had mentioned some specific places, i would have felt its true, but instead its a statement with extreme value, isiliye i felt it must be false.

3. Legal protection under schedule I - People who have seen the list know how long it is
I cant expect guy to see which animals are not protected under such a long list and therefore make a false statement..Too much of time waste if i was the guy framing the question.. The statement again, is picked up as it is from the source.. Therefore it must be true..


1 and 3 is correct.

You may have noticed this, Tukka cant be made out of thin air.. one should have atleast a little idea(sea cow, the length of the wpa,1972 schedule list) about the question.. Or else tukka will definitely become sukka

Nice 1 , thnks

DB

Growing up is the name of learning how to tell lies in a sophisticated manner..or to say in sophisticated language.."putting yourself across in way that everybody likes you". In social interactions form is always more important than content..to listen patiently and speak lies artistically is the best way to run social life smoothly i.e. understand everything but say only that thing which makes you people's favorite or at least don't make people indifferent or hostile for you.

Most surprising part is everybody goes to any extent to assert without any proof that how truthful he/she is ..or what fondness for truth he/she has. In economical terminology there is huge demand for truth but very less supply because traders of truth have done vulgar hoarding

Yeah! people like truth but only when it serves their interest..i rarely encounter a human being hard-wired in a way to like the truth even if it is hurting his/her interest.

_vish_

In the context of modem scientific research, consider the following statements about ‘lceCube’, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news :
1. It is the world’s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice.
2. It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter.
3. It is buried deep in the ice.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Statement 1: As maximbady said, a statement with full of info is mostly true. "largest" "neutrino detector" "cubic kilometre" "ice". 4 pieces of information
Statement 2: "Telescope" and "Dark matter" are specific words, they have to be true.
Statement 3: Buried deep in ice. This one is tough, You really cant guess if its inside or outside. But the options made it easy.. Since there is no 1 and 2 option.. it also has to be true

I hadn't heard about IceCube at all until then. But in this question, I knew neutrino detectors are placed underground to prevent interference and all that.
So I took S1 and 3 as correct.
For S2, I thought "How can a telescope be placed underground?", without paying much attention to the dark matter.
As a result, I marked option C and it turned out to be incorrect.

Moral: You won't be sure whether you are using the correct line of reasoning in the exam hall or not. So educated tukkas are advisable only when you have sufficient leeway -- like you've attempted ~60-65 questions with sufficient accuracy. Blind tukkabaazi is a strict no-no.

+1

In that NFC question last year, they had tweaked with the range of NFC, a fact. Tweaking with numbers is not unheard of then.

Also changed range of Agni missile once.

ArnoldRothstein

I think art of tukka making is crucial aspect of guys whi are giving >2nd attempt and helps them vastly because they have accumulated knowledge over some years also have 1st hand experience of how upsc paper setters function abd have solved previous years few times!!

Whereas for debutants i dont recommend tukkas as its pure gamble they have lower odds compared to any senior pros in guess making!! And in relative competition they will mostly lose!