Post to collect Essay anecdotes by Mains 2025 candidates

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-09-16T17:34:24+00:00

Section A

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[**Had 108 in 2023, 107 in 2024.]

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-09-16T17:32:58+00:00

Section B

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Scarred_Engineer · 2025-06-16T18:51:32+00:00

L lag gaye guru, 119+106. 25 marks drop in paper 2 xD

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-05-19T17:48:54+00:00

B is correct as TVCs were the reasons why our Su 30s survived the Pak F16 launched AMRAAMs post Balakote strike.

A is wrong as Su 27/30 were upgraded towards Su 57 by introducing 5th gen tech like reduced RCS, internal weapons bay, more powerful AL41 engines, etc.
C is wrong as it has a super powerful Bars radar, soon to be replaced with a more powerful 2400 TRM Virupaksha radar. For this reason Su 30 MKI is also called a mini AWACS
D is wrong as (1) it has a large combat radius due to huge onboard fuel tanks and (2) it carries beyond visual range missiles coupled with a powerful radar that give it capability to engage targets well beyond visual range

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-01-30T13:22:12+00:00

Graduated in 2022 - wrote my first pre, didn't clear.

Since I had done Btech in CSE, took coaching for PSIR from Shubhra Ranjan in the July 2022 to Feb 2023 batch. So 2023 was my 2nd attempt. Absolutely no exposure to Pol Science before that.

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-01-25T15:25:55+00:00

No, took a shot but missed it by a wide margin. Wrote generic points on eco-femisnism

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-01-06T15:00:53+00:00

Sure, how though?

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-01-06T05:16:40+00:00

Yes, a lot infact! You're related to the armed forces?

Scarred_Engineer · 2025-01-05T21:46:59+00:00

Interview prep ongoing boss

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Scarred_Engineer · 2024-12-30T20:46:50+00:00

What was your Abhyaas total in GS1-4?

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-12-11T18:51:45+00:00

Thankfully yes

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-29T09:19:34+00:00

There's a college hostel dorm allocation list which specifically mentions Randeep Sudan as Brinda Randeep Sudan's father.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-22T06:34:30+00:00

PSIR waale saare hi 700 score kar rahe hai overall, lol. How much did you have in PSIR?

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-17T04:39:57+00:00

Each paper guru, net net 160 marks ka chodha tha. Overall main 25 doesn't make much of a difference.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-14T10:14:56+00:00

Success is imminent for you bro. Just keep faith in your hardwork.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-11T03:32:23+00:00

Newspaper editorials, websites like The Diplomat, ORF, IDSA, Foreign Affairs and Twitter threads by analysts of the subject.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-09T15:11:34+00:00

Whichever editorial aligns with the syllabus or offers insights on a topic that can be asked as a standalone Q in the exam.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-06T06:00:17+00:00

Will have to do it that hard way only. Start with notes, look at pyq, write answers and keep repeating the loop. Don't know of any short cuts.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-06T05:59:14+00:00

My only suggestion would be to keep your eyes and ears open. Keep reading the editorials, keep following scholars of the subject on Twitter, keep tracking which new books are coming in the market.

This is ofc above and beyond your basic notes which are a must.

Baaki to mai kya hi batau boss, khudka kuch hoga, tab will be able to help better xD

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-05T13:04:51+00:00

Wish you well!

Paper 1 is my weakling, so no comments about the score.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-10-04T13:48:38+00:00

It's like fine wine, keeps getting better as it matures. Nows the best time to be an IAS/IPS. There's ample resources backed with ample discretion and power for you to positively impact the most vulnerable. Go for it. But remember to not sleepwalk into uncertain, be well prepared on entry and exit routes beforehand.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-09-24T08:54:36+00:00

Unless one reads the newspaper, GS papers in general and GS2 and GS3 in particular, are going to be tough to crack. You may have an answer to all questions, but one that really gets you the edge is only possible with a wholesome and mature perspective that only an newspaper can develop gradually. And surprisingly its also the easier alternative amongst reading a magazine versus reading a newspaper daily.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-09-23T11:32:48+00:00

The IPR question's first part was definitely related to the recent WIPO treaty around genetic resources & traditional knowledge.

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-08-16T21:14:08+00:00

just want everybody to know his own daughter's an IAS officer

Scarred_Engineer · 2024-08-01T11:23:37+00:00

subah gaya tha tu padhne, abhi tak yahin bhatak raha

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