MAINS PREPARATION HELP

kamena

IT will be my second mains.....and i want to clear this at any cost....waerna ghar wale ghar se nikal denge.............
i want help from those who have cleared last year mains and interview.................some tips.........because everyone read same thing, gives more or less same mock test but marks vary ..............

FIrst of all i want help from @DrKingSchultz --> u got awesome no in GS--1 (119), i got oonly 90....can u give some tips, if possible a few ans also..

second @Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh ur ethics marks was awesome (127)--> even it is difficult to think that marks in dreams for me...........please share ur strategy, ans, etc specially theory vs practice in ans...........

and many more people please contribute.................i know only a few so trying to tag them , please tag more peeple

@Cremator @9DashLine @federer @Lokhitwadi @pizza @Burger @PCS_Yoddha .................

DrKingSchultz

I just read the basic stuff that we read for prelims.
I have never prepared geography, just read Mrunal's ppts before the exam.
For world history, I read Vision material.
Nothing specific for social issues part except mains 365.

Wrote what was asked, relevant points, addressed all subparts, drew diagrams wherever I could (South China Sea, air masses etc).
That was it. Nothing special, nothing fancy.

Wrote a few lines in Krishnadevaraya question and also a few lines in West Africa question. Content wasn't that relevant in these two. In others it was fine.
Can't honestly help much, since I didn't do anything extraordinary here. And people have got good scores. I know several with 120+.

NavinS

@DrKingSchultz bro, please create a Mains discussion thread.

kamena

I just read the basic stuff that we read for prelims.
I have never prepared geography, just read Mrunal's ppts before the exam.
For world history, I read Vision material.
Nothing specific for social issues part except mains 365.

Wrote what was asked, relevant points, addressed all subparts, drew diagrams wherever I could (South China Sea, air masses etc).
That was it. Nothing special, nothing fancy.

Wrote a few lines in Krishnadevaraya question and also a few lines in West Africa question. Content wasn't that relevant in these two. In others it was fine.
Can't honestly help much, since I didn't do anything extraordinary here. And people have got good scores. I know several with 120+.

thanks mate........ i want to know one more thing .....my ans has a word limit of 165-170 in general while when i see copies of topper (vision)....they write little more on average.......they give soln even it is not asked explicitly....should i increase my elaboration if i m not getting close to 200 words (off course in all questn it is impossible but at least in
a few) or stick to quality only.....

JeJe

@DrKingSchultz bro, please create a Mains discussion thread.

+1000.bahut ho gayi cut off par charcha.time to move on.

JeJe

I just read the basic stuff that we read for prelims.
I have never prepared geography, just read Mrunal's ppts before the exam.
For world history, I read Vision material.
Nothing specific for social issues part except mains 365.

Wrote what was asked, relevant points, addressed all subparts, drew diagrams wherever I could (South China Sea, air masses etc).
That was it. Nothing special, nothing fancy.

Wrote a few lines in Krishnadevaraya question and also a few lines in West Africa question. Content wasn't that relevant in these two. In others it was fine.
Can't honestly help much, since I didn't do anything extraordinary here. And people have got good scores. I know several with 120+.

My Gs Score in 2016 are
Gs1 98
gs2 78
gs3 108
gs4 99..
I read only current affairs and did test series should I read anything static too?

9DashLine

Strategy: I just try to show how knowledgeable I'm. This can be done easily If you have prepared well for preliminaries. It gives you some keywords. Eg:- In Krishnadevarai question last year.. I used terms ASHTHAPRADHAN, TENALIRAMAN, AMUKTAMALDYA. And the other portion was a little hawabazi which anyone can write easily. And the answer was complete. However it may backfire many times. It is the Strategy for such surprise questions.
Note:- I didn't get such great marks like @drkingSchultz and @Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh in GS pprs . I managed to cross 145 in essay and in both optionals Which brought me into the interviews.

sc

I just read the basic stuff that we read for prelims.
I have never prepared geography, just read Mrunal's ppts before the exam.
For world history, I read Vision material.
Nothing specific for social issues part except mains 365.

Wrote what was asked, relevant points, addressed all subparts, drew diagrams wherever I could (South China Sea, air masses etc).
That was it. Nothing special, nothing fancy.

Wrote a few lines in Krishnadevaraya question and also a few lines in West Africa question. Content wasn't that relevant in these two. In others it was fine.
Can't honestly help much, since I didn't do anything extraordinary here. And people have got good scores. I know several with 120+.

My Gs Score in 2016 are
Gs1 98
gs2 78
gs3 108
gs4 99..
I read only current affairs and did test series should I read anything static too?

bhai..what did you refer for current affaris

sc

I just read the basic stuff that we read for prelims.
I have never prepared geography, just read Mrunal's ppts before the exam.
For world history, I read Vision material.
Nothing specific for social issues part except mains 365.

Wrote what was asked, relevant points, addressed all subparts, drew diagrams wherever I could (South China Sea, air masses etc).
That was it. Nothing special, nothing fancy.

Wrote a few lines in Krishnadevaraya question and also a few lines in West Africa question. Content wasn't that relevant in these two. In others it was fine.
Can't honestly help much, since I didn't do anything extraordinary here. And people have got good scores. I know several with 120+.

thanks a lot for this..so No other books apart from the basic ones?
what about current affairs

kamena

Strategy: I just try to show how knowledgeable I'm. This can be done easily If you have prepared well for preliminaries. It gives you some keywords. Eg:- In Krishnadevarai question last year.. I used terms ASHTHAPRADHAN, TENALIRAMAN, AMUKTAMALDYA. And the other portion was a little hawabazi which anyone can write easily. And the answer was complete. However it may backfire many times. It is the Strategy for such surprise questions.
Note:- I didn't get such great marks like @drkingSchultz and @Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh in GS pprs . I managed to cross 145 in essay and in both optionals Which brought me into the interviews.

u r right using such term makes ones copy distinguishable from other ......

kamena

I just read the basic stuff that we read for prelims.
I have never prepared geography, just read Mrunal's ppts before the exam.
For world history, I read Vision material.
Nothing specific for social issues part except mains 365.

Wrote what was asked, relevant points, addressed all subparts, drew diagrams wherever I could (South China Sea, air masses etc).
That was it. Nothing special, nothing fancy.

Wrote a few lines in Krishnadevaraya question and also a few lines in West Africa question. Content wasn't that relevant in these two. In others it was fine.
Can't honestly help much, since I didn't do anything extraordinary here. And people have got good scores. I know several with 120+.

My Gs Score in 2016 are
Gs1 98
gs2 78
gs3 108
gs4 99..
I read only current affairs and did test series should I read anything static too?

bro u get good marks in gs -3....throw some light.......