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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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I messed up big time. Wrote 15th FC recommendations in place of 14th :(
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Anyone got the population education question right ? 
plmokn25688524,
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Gs1 was pretty much on expected lines . Gs 2 was a whole different level 
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I messed up big time. Wrote 15th FC recommendations in place of 14th :(

same :/

plmokn25688524,
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I messed up big time. Wrote 15th FC recommendations in place of 14th :(

UPSC played a psych move with this question tbvf 

Muffin,
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How tough or easy was Gs1 and 2
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@SnowLeopard gs1 was doable but i couldnot write answer satisfactorily on 3 question but found gs2 bit tough


Pam123,Snow_Leopard_
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@Murali did not even know that Population Education was a specific thing.
Wrote general stuff


Pam123,TabsAndChordsand2 otherslike this
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idk i feel like i've seen 14th FC question before. maybe pyq or in some test series of 2020/2021. deja vu moment bas
Villanelle,Ratintherace
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How tough or easy was Gs1 and 2

I did find the papers to be on the tougher side with few questions demanding specific answers. So I wrote very generic answers in a few which won’t be fetching a lot of marks I guess. Gs 2 was imho tougher than last year paper. But then again I didn’t appear for last year and in the exam hall no paper seems easy 😄

Villanelle,plmokn25688524and7 otherslike this
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Guys and Gals...that question on 'earn while you learn' schemegoes back to 2011 scheme on tourism !!! I thought it was about 'seekho aur kamao' scheme of MoMA. Phew .
ssver2,Pam123and6 otherslike this
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oopsiesaid

@Murali did not even know that Population Education was a specific thing.
Wrote general stuff


TIL that too… wrote the most incorrect answer of all time 😂

ssver2,Villanelleand12 otherslike this
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@Admgenalanezh ab ye kaha se pta chlega exam mai ? Maine to tukka mara skill development se !! 


plmokn25688524,captainhaddock
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I am brainstorming what all could be written in the question 'distinguishing features of notiona of right to equality in USA and India' especially for 15 marks🤔


plmokn25688524,
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I thought population education is awareness about family planning. :3 

Wrote accordingly

ssver2,Villanelleand5 otherslike this
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People saying GS 1 was easy. I somehow did not find it to be easy. Some questions were very specific like population education, volcanoes in 2021, uniqueness of tribals etc. Wrote generic stuff which wont fetch marks. Ignored world geography so mineral oil and mountain chain question was also messed up. Maybe lot of people with Geography optional. Anyway, have to focus on the next papers.
GaryVee,Pam123and1 otherslike this
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I thought population education is awareness about family planning. :3 

Wrote accordingly

This shouldn't be totally incorrect:

"Formal population education is designed to teach children in school about basic population issues and, in many cases, to encourage them eventually to have smaller families."

From this link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7043518/

Omen,Pam123and3 otherslike this
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@Admgenalanezh ab ye kaha se pta chlega exam mai ? Maine to tukka mara skill development se !! 


Koi nahi, shayad woh log bhi net par dundh kar check na karein.

iphoole,
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@Vishnugupta are Gupta sir, chill. Today ans optional phod do


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Hands and  finger feeling numb,how to write today's paper
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