Here is a link to the post of Sitharamaraju K.
There are some observations and self evaluation by the blogger about his marks. The attention is directed towards his paper III Essay and also GS II (Or GS V). The candidate has observed that he had not performed well in essay and GS II. The GS II is a very vital paper. In this paper, you get mathematical marks.
I have another mark list of 2004 in which the candidate has obtained 209 in GS II. He had taken GS II very seriously and mentally prepared to do this paper with utmost importance. He had went in with strategy to obtain maximum marks by ensuring that he would attempt it at a slower speed but ensure that he had solved the Statistical portion correctly. The candidate is an MBA he had practised the last year papers more than stressing upon the SP Jain's book. Sitharamaraju had picked mathematics as one option. He is wondering that why he had obtained such a less marks in GS II.
The candidate, who has qaulified, has told that while preparing for the essay, he again practiced topics after evaluating last year papers. During the examination, he revealed that he had written down nearly 35 points in the beginning of the session as a rough work. During the course of writing, he kept those points in mind and developed his essay. Though he had obtained only 90 out of 200 yet he feels that he had been practicing it only then he had obtained that much. Had he not done that, he might have obtained less. As per my knowledge, that maximum marks which I have learnt were 140 that 70%. Anything between 90 to 110 or around 50% range is good. Hence, hone up your abilities accordingly.
Similarly, the qualified candidate has told that he had been maintaining register under the headings like the Indian personalities in news since 1999. An example appears at the first posting of this blog. Similar headings can be sports persons India, sports person world, sports terms and events national and international, important economic events, important science events etc. It will be gradually undertaken on this blog. But the essence is that you should write them in your own hand. Do not make cuttings. You may have the cuttings from various magazines but during the examination, you would not be able to write an effective 20 words answer. You may not accept it but it matters and it should be tackled like this. The mantra is write and revise. I defaulted because I did not practice it in that manner. The instruction was in Hindi, likh likh kar dekho. That is the mantra. I failed twice on the same account.
Kindly also compare this result with the interview of S. Nagarajan. There is a common paper of Geography. In that interview, the topper has given marks for all his four attempts. Give some thought how he had changed his subject. Also give thought on how he has managed his syllabus of new subjects.
As it has been pointed earlier, this breakup of papers and the maximum marks which one can obtain in each paper must get embed in ones brain while starting the preparation. Try to understand that this candidate in question and the topper of the same batch are engineers. This candidate is IITian and MTech. The topper has changed from his professional subject to other subjects. The fact or the stuff which matters is that one should be able to visualize that how much efforts are required and what are the target which are to be achieved. Once you start working for 300+ attitude, the results will be there. It gives a unkown boost and thrust to your preparation.
Any comments please.
There are some observations and self evaluation by the blogger about his marks. The attention is directed towards his paper III Essay and also GS II (Or GS V). The candidate has observed that he had not performed well in essay and GS II. The GS II is a very vital paper. In this paper, you get mathematical marks.
I have another mark list of 2004 in which the candidate has obtained 209 in GS II. He had taken GS II very seriously and mentally prepared to do this paper with utmost importance. He had went in with strategy to obtain maximum marks by ensuring that he would attempt it at a slower speed but ensure that he had solved the Statistical portion correctly. The candidate is an MBA he had practised the last year papers more than stressing upon the SP Jain's book. Sitharamaraju had picked mathematics as one option. He is wondering that why he had obtained such a less marks in GS II.
The candidate, who has qaulified, has told that while preparing for the essay, he again practiced topics after evaluating last year papers. During the examination, he revealed that he had written down nearly 35 points in the beginning of the session as a rough work. During the course of writing, he kept those points in mind and developed his essay. Though he had obtained only 90 out of 200 yet he feels that he had been practicing it only then he had obtained that much. Had he not done that, he might have obtained less. As per my knowledge, that maximum marks which I have learnt were 140 that 70%. Anything between 90 to 110 or around 50% range is good. Hence, hone up your abilities accordingly.
Similarly, the qualified candidate has told that he had been maintaining register under the headings like the Indian personalities in news since 1999. An example appears at the first posting of this blog. Similar headings can be sports persons India, sports person world, sports terms and events national and international, important economic events, important science events etc. It will be gradually undertaken on this blog. But the essence is that you should write them in your own hand. Do not make cuttings. You may have the cuttings from various magazines but during the examination, you would not be able to write an effective 20 words answer. You may not accept it but it matters and it should be tackled like this. The mantra is write and revise. I defaulted because I did not practice it in that manner. The instruction was in Hindi, likh likh kar dekho. That is the mantra. I failed twice on the same account.
Kindly also compare this result with the interview of S. Nagarajan. There is a common paper of Geography. In that interview, the topper has given marks for all his four attempts. Give some thought how he had changed his subject. Also give thought on how he has managed his syllabus of new subjects.
As it has been pointed earlier, this breakup of papers and the maximum marks which one can obtain in each paper must get embed in ones brain while starting the preparation. Try to understand that this candidate in question and the topper of the same batch are engineers. This candidate is IITian and MTech. The topper has changed from his professional subject to other subjects. The fact or the stuff which matters is that one should be able to visualize that how much efforts are required and what are the target which are to be achieved. Once you start working for 300+ attitude, the results will be there. It gives a unkown boost and thrust to your preparation.
Any comments please.
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Nice analysis sir.. I am the candidate in the discussion.. I agree
ReplyDeletewith the most of the things you have mentioned in the conclusion..
From my deliberations,
one of the reasons I have missed marks in my essay are
missing of the perspective through which i should make my essay , while
I was actualy writing. I did not had the clear roadmap in my mind before
starting my essay. This was my the biggest mistake.
Coming to GS-II , I have made two mistakes.
a) I have attempted short answers and stats first, which had taken large amount
of time some thing like 1 hour 20 mins.. Then I had rushed through answering
the paper.. may be it led to decrease in quality .. and time mismanagement..
which led me to 127..
b) Actually solving last year question papers in examination conditions is the
most important. It will definitely give a lot of advantage in time management in
the examination conditions..
Hope this helps,
sitharamaraju