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Mains 2021 Result declared - In or Out?

So Mains 2021 has begun. Essay Paper is here

1. https://blog.forumias.com/upsc-ias-mains-2021-essay-question-paper/


2. GS Paper 1 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-1-question-paper

3. GS Paper 2 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-2-question-paper 






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How was your paper? How did you approach the paper?

root,Neyawnand26 otherslike this
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pianosaid

Anyone whose optional revision is yet to be completed?? Due to fever or anything or stress

Me. I was sick 1st 2 days. Now revising paper 2 part b

piano,plmokn25688524and1 otherslike this
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@Steph_Curry @Purplesunbird 
Standard college/university exam practice is different sentences for each.
So, two sentences - one for each word.


Pam123,Purplesunbird
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pianosaid

Anyone whose optional revision is yet to be completed?? Due to fever or anything or stress

History optional. End part tk pahuchte pahuchte shuru ka bhoolne lgta hu m toh 😢

plmokn25688524,captainhaddock
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@piano yes..entire paper 2 remaining..


Anduin,
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In dono words ko 1 sentence mein use karna hai ya separate sentences for each?

Same sentence only. Thats the challenge. I saw these answers in PYQ book or somewhere else(not able to find now) but they used these 2 words in a single sentence

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Arsenesaid


In dono words ko 1 sentence mein use karna hai ya separate sentences for each?

Same sentence only. Thats the challenge. I saw these answers in PYQ book or somewhere else(not able to find now) but they used these 2 words in a single sentence

that's disha publication book who's link i've mentioned above. I guess source of confusion is how they've given the solution. 

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pianosaid

Anyone whose optional revision is yet to be completed?? Due to fever or anything or stress

Me! As usual couldn't utilise the gap efficiently. Health-wise no issues but Hostage of indiscipline, procrastination since long. My optional is Maths, 30-40% pending yet so just reading it like GS!

piano,plmokn25688524and1 otherslike this
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Does anyone else feel like that the actual content one ends up using in the exam, the only things that we needed to know to write good answers (and what is possible to execute in that time crunch), is actually less? 
And throughout the year we just end up doing-reading a lot of unnecessary stuff?
OctagonalArcher,ssver2and22 otherslike this
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@piano mine.  I am battling fever, body ache, cold, diarrhoea, throat ache and medicine induced drowsiness... Thanks a lot upsc ... I am sure i add have Covid


GaryVee,
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@Villanelle this is exactly what I was feeling after every GS paper and especially after Ethics. I mugged up the entire Red book for ethics but ended up using very few things because of the time crunch. I think it’s because of less practice? Really disappointed in myself. Really good points, facts and examples keep popping in my head on various questions and I keep kicking myself for writing subpar content there. 


ssver2,GaryVeeand9 otherslike this
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Does anyone else feel like that the actual content one ends up using in the exam, the only things that we needed know to write good answers (and what is possible to execute in that time crunch), is actually less? 
And throughout the year we just end up doing-reading a lot of unnecessary stuff?

Yes! 
That's why one of my friend once mentioned, "whatever content you've, that's enough to clear this exam(GS portion). Trust whatever you've and faltu fomo ni regarding value addition" 

ssver2,Antineutrinoand9 otherslike this
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Yes! 
That's why one of my friend once mentioned, "whatever content you've, that's enough to clear this exam(GS portion). Trust whatever you've and faltu fomo ni regarding value addition" 

If I had this realisation earlier I would’ve gotten away with much lesser amount of studies and might’ve actually had a life for past 1-2 years 💁🏻‍♀️😂

OctagonalArcher,ssver2and12 otherslike this
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Guys, in Precis, we have to write in those small boxes right? so words like is, was, the, to, where etc.. will also be counted?
plmokn25688524,
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Guys, in Precis, we have to write in those small boxes right? so words like is, was, the, to, where etc.. will also be counted?

Yes

Tk17,THE_MECHANICand1 otherslike this
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Yes! 
That's why one of my friend once mentioned, "whatever content you've, that's enough to clear this exam(GS portion). Trust whatever you've and faltu fomo ni regarding value addition" 

If I had this realisation earlier I would’ve gotten away with much lesser amount of studies and might’ve actually had a life for past 1-2 years 💁🏻‍♀️😂

You're not the only one who didn't have a life. 

OctagonalArcher,ssver2and9 otherslike this
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Guys, in Precis, we have to write in those small boxes right? so words like is, was, the, to, where etc.. will also be counted?

yes, one word per box. Yes all है हैं हां is am are will be single words and will be counted as separate. 

Full stops and other punctuation are not separate words. If confusion, ssc cgl tier 3 YouTube videos dekh lo. wahan bhi डिब्बों में likhna hota hai

Muffin,MachineGunJoe
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Political Science guys...how is the josh ? Systems approach bhi 3 type ki hai (easton, wallerstein aur Kaplan ki...kal hi pata chala)
Dhanananda,Muffinand1 otherslike this
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Political Science guys...how is the josh ? Systems approach bhi 3 type ki hai (easton, wallerstein aur Kaplan ki...kal hi pata chala)

just going through questions now


plmokn25688524,
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Political Science guys...how is the josh ? Systems approach bhi 3 type ki hai (easton, wallerstein aur Kaplan ki...kal hi pata chala)

Can’t recall a lot of stuff. 😓

Villanelle,almondbrittle
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