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Friends, for benefit of all Kindly share what worked for you in Prelims -2017 to score Better. Also please share what did not work (except luck) in case scoring low.
What approach should a newbie appearing in 2018, adopt? Pool in your wisdom please.
With few Qstns debatable.. I am hovering around 120 again 121 in 2016. What worked for me is- Hobby of reading Extra UPSC- curriculum books..... e.g. biography of Nani Palkhiwala (All insights into so called subjective Polity Qstns ☺️ ) And doing Current affairs in last one month....
Krieger 9 days ago Flag 10.all terms related to application of biotechnology should be done from Wikipedia-for example bioremediation,biopiracy etc
Krieger 10 days ago Flag ArpitGoel said: Hi friends, please suggest some important locations/regions for world geography mapping based questions Thanks in advance...:)
"middle east(WANA) se maximum probability,eastern europe next by probability,south east asia 3rd position going by probability,chinese seas at 4th position and antarctica occupies 5th spot in my evaluation for map based questions".
Krieger 10 days ago Flag one question may be related to gharials .,dolphines or ganga river.
Krieger 13 days ago Flag check the animals on Pashupati seal(indus valley)-
Krieger 7 days ago edited June 12 Flag u mean isse kam ya isse jyada? generally itte hi rahte hain.aise i can telll from where there will be 3-5 questions in polity- 1 from- either FR or DPSP or FD 1 from-panchayati raj system 2-3 from parliament chapter
other previous comments of one month- "Socio religious reform movements-this is the most probable area" "Tiger reserves,tiger counting methodology"- m stripes . "5.Intangible world heritage list from India" - sankirtan one "7.Coastal Ecosystem-Very Very Important" 8.WTO related –specially related to agriculture,phyno sanitary measures,subsidy boxes,doha round etc "Diseases in current affairs"-zika one. and the priority list in polity which he had mentioned somewhere- 1.The Preamble 2.The Directive Principles of State Policy 3.Fundamental rights 4.Fundamental duties 5. President chapter 6.Parliament chapter
Point is right strategy can help u see from which direction questions are coming.from just asking name of schemes in 2015 to moving to asking detils of atal pension in 2016 one could see it that they will ask secific details of govt initiatives,devoting just one full day to govt schemes solely,small n big ones could have got one many questions right.the paper was not unpredictable,if it would have been so unpredictable my analysis would have gone wrong but as u can see i have mentioned the exact questions which i had guessed on basis of my analysis of previous years question papers,and there r just those ones which i had mntioned here from my notes,there were mny more where i hit the spot correctly.though the paper was difficult because many questions were not straight forward and had confusing options,but getting close to what upsc will ask is itself a big deal.now i knew the probable areas of map bsed qustions,focussed accoridngly and got them right.one may call it luck also. i had guessed one question from fd,fr,dpsp,preamble,and as u can see there were lot many questions in polity from these topics only,though bit analytical.
dugong,crab(2014)---dolphines(2015)---olive ridley---kharai cammel(2016)-------???what next? obviously gharials(2017) or salt water crocodiles ( marine animals )
Krieger 9 days ago Flag 10.all terms related to application of biotechnology should be done from Wikipedia-for example bioremediation,biopiracy etc
Krieger 10 days ago Flag ArpitGoel said: Hi friends, please suggest some important locations/regions for world geography mapping based questions Thanks in advance...:)
"middle east(WANA) se maximum probability,eastern europe next by probability,south east asia 3rd position going by probability,chinese seas at 4th position and antarctica occupies 5th spot in my evaluation for map based questions".
Krieger 10 days ago Flag one question may be related to gharials .,dolphines or ganga river.
Krieger 13 days ago Flag check the animals on Pashupati seal(indus valley)-
Krieger 7 days ago edited June 12 Flag u mean isse kam ya isse jyada? generally itte hi rahte hain.aise i can telll from where there will be 3-5 questions in polity- 1 from- either FR or DPSP or FD 1 from-panchayati raj system 2-3 from parliament chapter
other previous comments of one month- "Socio religious reform movements-this is the most probable area" "Tiger reserves,tiger counting methodology"- m stripes . "5.Intangible world heritage list from India" - sankirtan one "7.Coastal Ecosystem-Very Very Important" 8.WTO related –specially related to agriculture,phyno sanitary measures,subsidy boxes,doha round etc "Diseases in current affairs"-zika one. and the priority list in polity which he had mentioned somewhere- 1.The Preamble 2.The Directive Principles of State Policy 3.Fundamental rights 4.Fundamental duties 5. President chapter 6.Parliament chapter
Point is right strategy can help u see from which direction questions are coming.from just asking name of schemes in 2015 to moving to asking detils of atal pension in 2016 one could see it that they will ask secific details of govt initiatives,devoting just one full day to govt schemes solely,small n big ones could have got one many questions right.the paper was not unpredictable,if it would have been so unpredictable my analysis would have gone wrong but as u can see i have mentioned the exact questions which i had guessed on basis of my analysis of previous years question papers,and there r just those ones which i had mntioned here from my notes,there were mny more where i hit the spot correctly.though the paper was difficult because many questions were not straight forward and had confusing options,but getting close to what upsc will ask is itself a big deal.now i knew the probable areas of map bsed qustions,focussed accoridngly and got them right.one may call it luck also. i had guessed one question from fd,fr,dpsp,preamble,and as u can see there were lot many questions in polity from these topics only,though bit analytical.
In 7 se 8 question koi bhi bana sakta tha it was very common and does not required so much what about controlversial and philosphy based poltical question
Krieger 9 days ago Flag 10.all terms related to application of biotechnology should be done from Wikipedia-for example bioremediation,biopiracy etc
Krieger 10 days ago Flag ArpitGoel said: Hi friends, please suggest some important locations/regions for world geography mapping based questions Thanks in advance...:)
"middle east(WANA) se maximum probability,eastern europe next by probability,south east asia 3rd position going by probability,chinese seas at 4th position and antarctica occupies 5th spot in my evaluation for map based questions".
Krieger 10 days ago Flag one question may be related to gharials .,dolphines or ganga river.
Krieger 13 days ago Flag check the animals on Pashupati seal(indus valley)-
Krieger 7 days ago edited June 12 Flag u mean isse kam ya isse jyada? generally itte hi rahte hain.aise i can telll from where there will be 3-5 questions in polity- 1 from- either FR or DPSP or FD 1 from-panchayati raj system 2-3 from parliament chapter
other previous comments of one month- "Socio religious reform movements-this is the most probable area" "Tiger reserves,tiger counting methodology"- m stripes . "5.Intangible world heritage list from India" - sankirtan one "7.Coastal Ecosystem-Very Very Important" 8.WTO related –specially related to agriculture,phyno sanitary measures,subsidy boxes,doha round etc "Diseases in current affairs"-zika one. and the priority list in polity which he had mentioned somewhere- 1.The Preamble 2.The Directive Principles of State Policy 3.Fundamental rights 4.Fundamental duties 5. President chapter 6.Parliament chapter
Point is right strategy can help u see from which direction questions are coming.from just asking name of schemes in 2015 to moving to asking detils of atal pension in 2016 one could see it that they will ask secific details of govt initiatives,devoting just one full day to govt schemes solely,small n big ones could have got one many questions right.the paper was not unpredictable,if it would have been so unpredictable my analysis would have gone wrong but as u can see i have mentioned the exact questions which i had guessed on basis of my analysis of previous years question papers,and there r just those ones which i had mntioned here from my notes,there were mny more where i hit the spot correctly.though the paper was difficult because many questions were not straight forward and had confusing options,but getting close to what upsc will ask is itself a big deal.now i knew the probable areas of map bsed qustions,focussed accoridngly and got them right.one may call it luck also. i had guessed one question from fd,fr,dpsp,preamble,and as u can see there were lot many questions in polity from these topics only,though bit analytical.
maut ka tamasha- unke liye dimag bhi to hai jo hum centre par sath lekar jatey hain?if u have done the probable areas nicely u r in a better position to handle philosophical questions and the ones from polity in a better manner than the rest of he crowd.agar exact questions hi sare areas se guess kar leta to mere 200 na a jatey?there is a reason y i m 60 marks below 200.we should not get the easy or factual direct questions wrong atleast,gharial me bahut logo ne galat answer mara hai ,as per my discussion outside centre.map based questions were not that easy if we are not thorough with the areas.global climate chaange alliance would have not been easy for me had i not read it.sankirtan kisi ne details nahi padhe honge to uke liye easy nahi tha.few schemes ki hawa bhi nahi lagti agar unke sub points nahi padhe hote.last year atal pension nd fasal bima were a signal ki do all sub points of schemes nicely.rashtriya garima abhiyan wala questionlast year which i got correct by tukka was a signal that do not- so- prominent schemes also.
1. The questions are just extension from 2015 and 16 prelims.(from options or questions) 2. Maximize attempt . Atleast 85 to get selected. 3. Donot overkill by focussing too much on english in the statement. 4. Answer at first instance come from unconscious and is correct mostly. 5. Revise revise revise 6. Newspaper and general awareness on day to day life is must apart from current affairs modules.
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Comments
I am hovering around 120 again
121 in 2016.
What worked for me is-
Hobby of reading Extra UPSC- curriculum books.....
e.g. biography of Nani Palkhiwala
(All insights into so called subjective Polity Qstns ☺️ )
And doing Current affairs in last one month....
2016-150.**
2017-143.**(shankar)
Krieger
7 days ago Flag
http://www.climatefundsupdate.org/listing
learn only the multilateral ones.
global climate change alliance questions .
Krieger
9 days ago Flag
10.all terms related to application of biotechnology should be done
from Wikipedia-for example bioremediation,biopiracy etc
Krieger
10 days ago Flag
ArpitGoel said:
Hi friends, please suggest some important locations/regions for world geography mapping based questions
Thanks in advance...:)
"middle east(WANA) se maximum probability,eastern europe next by probability,south east asia 3rd position going by probability,chinese seas at 4th position and antarctica occupies 5th spot in my evaluation for map based questions".
Krieger
10 days ago Flag
one question may be related to gharials .,dolphines or ganga river.
Krieger
13 days ago Flag
check the animals on Pashupati seal(indus valley)-
Krieger
7 days ago edited June 12 Flag
u mean isse kam ya isse jyada?
1 from- either FR or DPSP or FD
1 from-panchayati raj system
2-3 from parliament chapter
other previous comments of one month-
"Socio religious reform movements-this is the most probable area"
"Tiger reserves,tiger counting methodology"- m stripes .
"5.Intangible world heritage list from India" - sankirtan one
"7.Coastal Ecosystem-Very Very Important"
8.WTO related –specially related to agriculture,phyno sanitary
measures,subsidy boxes,doha round etc
"Diseases in current affairs"-zika one.
and the priority list in polity which he had mentioned somewhere-
1.The Preamble
2.The Directive Principles of State Policy
3.Fundamental rights
4.Fundamental duties
5. President chapter
6.Parliament chapter
Point is right strategy can help u see from which direction questions are coming.from just asking name of schemes in 2015 to moving to asking detils of atal pension in 2016 one could see it that they will ask secific details of govt initiatives,devoting just one full day to govt schemes solely,small n big ones could have got one many questions right.the paper was not unpredictable,if it would have been so unpredictable my analysis would have gone wrong but as u can see i have mentioned the exact questions which i had guessed on basis of my analysis of previous years question papers,and there r just those ones which i had mntioned here from my notes,there were mny more where i hit the spot correctly.though the paper was difficult because many questions were not straight forward and had confusing options,but getting close to what upsc will ask is itself a big deal.now i knew the probable areas of map bsed qustions,focussed accoridngly and got them right.one may call it luck also.
Good Anaysis
unke liye dimag bhi to hai jo hum centre par sath lekar jatey hain?if u have done the probable areas nicely u r in a better position to handle philosophical questions and the ones from polity in a better manner than the rest of he crowd.agar exact questions hi sare areas se guess kar leta to mere 200 na a jatey?there is a reason y i m 60 marks below 200.we should not get the easy or factual direct questions wrong atleast,gharial me bahut logo ne galat answer mara hai ,as per my discussion outside centre.map based questions were not that easy if we are not thorough with the areas.global climate chaange alliance would have not been easy for me had i not read it.sankirtan kisi ne details nahi padhe honge to uke liye easy nahi tha.few schemes ki hawa bhi nahi lagti agar unke sub points nahi padhe hote.last year atal pension nd fasal bima were a signal ki do all sub points of schemes nicely.rashtriya garima abhiyan wala questionlast year which i got correct by tukka was a signal that do not- so- prominent schemes also.
1. The questions are just extension from 2015 and 16 prelims.(from options or questions)
2. Maximize attempt . Atleast 85 to get selected.
3. Donot overkill by focussing too much on english in the statement.
4. Answer at first instance come from unconscious and is correct mostly.
5. Revise revise revise
6. Newspaper and general awareness on day to day life is must apart from current affairs modules.
2018 ke liye kiya karein Log ye bhi guess maar daalo bhai.
Kisi ka bhala hoga is thread se.