After careful observation of several year prelims papers I have the following observations. These are my personal observations(many may disagree with the reasoning used; that’s alright with me) and follow at your own risk. I make no guarantee of the trend holding in the future. This is ultra-risky if you don’t know what you are doing. So here they are:
1) If options says ‘xyz’ steadily increasing from year 2016-2020, it means that each year it increased continuously(7599102114125). But if even in 1 year it decreased then it is not steadily increasing(759988114125). Here while from 20162020 the data has increased from 75125 but still since in 2018 the value decreased from 9988 it can’t be called as steadily increasing. Usually in 10-20 year period very few data are steadily increasing so such statements are generally incorrect.
2) S&T Question many times answer is D/All of above(Nowadays backfiring). But my say is how will you know what is exact interpretation taken by UPSC. Still D seems to be safest option. Also does anyone have courage to not mark D even when it’s remotely plausibly.
3) The straightforward answer is many times the correct answer. Ex: What is biggest threat of black money? Not land buying or gold; these are infact subsets of tax evasion which is correct answer.
4) Logical, Simple, Non-Controversial statements are generally right. Ex: Water Credit Initiative helps poor people meet their water needs without subsidy. Here this option is in consonance with the name of the organization aswell as other options in the question.
5) Be careful if the name of the organization has been changed. It is common way to make statement incorrect. Ex: UNICEF and UNESCO. Here you should become alert.
6) I have noticed that more times than not the Motto of Event(Olympics) & Endemicity of Species are incorrect options.
7) Generally a Council is headed by a Minister while Committee or Board is headed by a Civil Servant.
Will add more soon friends. Takes me a lot of contemplation and verification to frame these points.
1) If options says ‘xyz’ steadily increasing from year 2016-2020, it means that each year it increased continuously(7599102114125). But if even in 1 year it decreased then it is not steadily increasing(759988114125). Here while from 20162020 the data has increased from 75125 but still since in 2018 the value decreased from 9988 it can’t be called as steadily increasing. Usually in 10-20 year period very few data are steadily increasing so such statements are generally incorrect.
2) S&T Question many times answer is D/All of above(Nowadays backfiring). But my say is how will you know what is exact interpretation taken by UPSC. Still D seems to be safest option. Also does anyone have courage to not mark D even when it’s remotely plausibly.
3) The straightforward answer is many times the correct answer. Ex: What is biggest threat of black money? Not land buying or gold; these are infact subsets of tax evasion which is correct answer.
4) Logical, Simple, Non-Controversial statements are generally right. Ex: Water Credit Initiative helps poor people meet their water needs without subsidy. Here this option is in consonance with the name of the organization aswell as other options in the question.
5) Be careful if the name of the organization has been changed. It is common way to make statement incorrect. Ex: UNICEF and UNESCO. Here you should become alert.
6) I have noticed that more times than not the Motto of Event(Olympics) & Endemicity of Species are incorrect options.
7) Generally a Council is headed by a Minister while Committee or Board is headed by a Civil Servant.
Will add more soon friends. Takes me a lot of contemplation and verification to frame these points.