23rdJan2023 IE+TH Analysed

https://youtu.be/3I5rcCibN78

INDEX POST-1

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About Me:

HCS Officer(2021)

Work ex in Mobile Computing domain.

UPSC Journey: 5+yrs in the cycle, 3 CSE Mains, 1 IFoS Mains, 1 HCS Mains!

Recent results:

Missed UPSC final list by 13 marks(2022):
https://t.me/Neil_You/418

Missed IFoS final list 4 marks(2022):
https://t.me/Neil_You/540

Optional: Physics

Interview Transcripts:

HCS:
https://t.me/Neil_You/179
https://t.me/Neil_You/185


CSE:
https://t.me/Neil_You/195
https://t.me/Neil_You/196

IFoS:
https://t.me/Neil_You/446
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Groups/Channels to Join:

"I want to receive updates about your work":
https://t.me/Neil_You

"I want to find a UPSC community of like minded students and a forum for asking queries":
https://t.me/UPSCneil

"I want to find a community of like minded people for Life in General, entailing discussions on Mental Health, Productivity and the likes":
https://t.me/LIFE_neil

"I want to find a HCS community of like minded students and a forum for asking queries":
https://t.me/HCSneil

"I want to find a Physics community of like minded students and a forum for asking queries":
https://t.me/PHYSICSneil

"I want to be updated about your YouTube videos":
https://youtube.com/@UPSCneil


Utilise respective groups for their dedicated purpose only.

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Videos:

a) Prelims 2022 Analysis:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21AxhiGOclOAaJn_vUOqsfecv

b) CSAT 2021 Analysis:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21AxiYQ93At6xVBEYdgN0v-zo

c) Newspaper Analysis:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21AyId__AjqW3DpTniTMHJ_u

d) Internal Security Analysis:
https://youtu.be/RVzUUKHl_pA

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Sherlocking Modules:(reach out to @helpdeskupsc for any queries/enquiries)

Prelims:
https://t.me/Neil_You/471

Mains:
https://t.me/Neil_You/488

Mentorship Call:
https://t.me/Neil_You/159

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INDEX POST-2
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Shared documents:
Essays I wrote:
https://t.me/answerwritingneil/166

Consolidated Mains PYQs(2013-22)
https://t.me/UPSCneil/89
Internal Security Syllabus+PYQs
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1029
Forestry sample notes and answers
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1479
History+ IFoS_GS
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1481
History frameworks and PYQs
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1483
GS1 Mock Test
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1487
GS4 Mock Test
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1488
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1493
2021 Prelims Solutions
https://t.me/UPSCneil/68
2020 Prelims Solutions
https://t.me/UPSCneil/61
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Social contract with Me:

https://t.me/UPSCneil/2
https://t.me/UPSCneil/65
https://t.me/UPSCneil/74
https://t.me/UPSCneil/83
https://t.me/UPSCneil/94
https://t.me/UPSCneil/101
https://t.me/UPSCneil/294
https://t.me/UPSCneil/464
https://t.me/UPSCneil/923
https://t.me/UPSCneil/927
https://t.me/UPSCneil/975
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1151
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1171
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1267
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1513
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1834
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1949
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2090
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Testimonials:
https://t.me/UPSCneil/316
https://t.me/UPSCneil/371
https://t.me/UPSCneil/403
https://t.me/UPSCneil/411
https://t.me/UPSCneil/689
https://t.me/UPSCneil/972
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1022
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1045
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1169
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1242
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1448
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1745
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Results update
https://t.me/UPSCneil/580
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1206
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2012
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INDEX POST-3

Must read posts/FAQs:
(https://t.me/UPSCneil/246)

Answer Writing:
https://t.me/answerwritingneil/2
https://t.me/UPSCneil/451
https://t.me/UPSCneil/453

Good topper's copies list:
https://t.me/answerwritingneil/4

Essay Primer:
https://t.me/answerwritingneil/157

Pre prep- how long and opinion on mocks?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/205
https://t.me/UPSCneil/298
https://t.me/UPSCneil/373
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1769
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1809
https://t.me/UPSCneil/6

Take on value addition
https://t.me/UPSCneil/239

Tackling unconventional questions
https://t.me/UPSCneil/244
https://t.me/UPSCneil/248

Prepping Econ
https://t.me/UPSCneil/299
https://t.me/UPSCneil/300

Ignoring the obscure
https://t.me/UPSCneil/305

What is Sherlocking?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/314

Ethics related queries
https://t.me/UPSCneil/441
https://t.me/UPSCneil/457
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1847

Personal Motivation
https://t.me/UPSCneil/461
https://t.me/UPSCneil/473

Trust the process
https://t.me/UPSCneil/517

When you face setbacks
https://t.me/UPSCneil/611
https://t.me/UPSCneil/613
https://t.me/UPSCneil/645

Mains specific
https://t.me/UPSCneil/825
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1021
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1462
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1489
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1812
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1813

Answer Writing Structuring
https://t.me/UPSCneil/844
https://t.me/UPSCneil/904
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1865

Take on current affairs
https://t.me/UPSCneil/868

Read the index before asking a query
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1083

IRMS inclusion, any change in Prelims?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1121

How to study material/notes?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1161

Sharing restructions
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1251

Reading bills for Polity
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1464

What worked for me in IFoS Mains
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1506

History-Ancient+Mediaeval+A&C source
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1546

Reading Lucent for History
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1551

More Sherlocking insights
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1772

Intro and Conclusion: AW
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1832

Tackling Policy related Mains Questions
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1833

Which species to read about
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1858

GS2:RoPA Source
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1950

For people seeking Mentorship
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1951
https://t.me/UPSCneil/159

Prelims PYQ Analysis-Yearwise or Subjectwise?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1976

Why Reasonable Restrictions on the group
https://t.me/UPSCneil/1999

Prelims PYQs exhaustive analysis worth it?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2000

Modern history prep
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2002
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2003

ARC for Ethics
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2006

GS1: Society source
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2041

Clearing the exam in the first attempt
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2047

Optional-Physics performance over attempts
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2055

World History Sources
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2070

Increasing productivity if unable to study
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2184

General note on elimination heuristics
https://t.me/Neil_You/5

Detailed 2020 Prelims analysis
https://t.me/Neil_You/11

Notemaking from newspaper
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2088

For absolute beginners
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2093

How much optional to prep before Pre?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2107
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2124

Note on notemaking
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2110

Measuring Prelims readiness
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2125

Mains PYQs Analysis for how many years?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2152

Number of hours to study?
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2153

Utility of PYQs of CAPF/CDS for CSE!
https://t.me/UPSCneil/2174

24thJan2023 IE+TH Analysed

https://youtu.be/j1xmOwSFXHA

For people who were in two minds about appearing this year, don't be.

Kindly appear this year as nobody knows when this trend of 1100+ seats might disappear.

For context, I fought for a pool of 700-800 seats in my first 4 attempts.

More the seats, lesser the uncertainty.

Will come with a definite plan for you by next week.

HCS Interview Transcript:

Date/session - 4th Feb/Morning
Board - Sh Rajendra Kumar
Name - Neelkanth
Grad -  Instrumentation & Control(ICE) Engg
Hobbies - Walking, Online Virtual Football Competition
Duration - 30ish minutes
District/outsider - Outsider

When I entered, total 6 members, including HPSC chairman, Board Chair, 4 members(Diverse panel with a member from Punjab, one from South India and a lady member). HPSC Chairman left after 2 questions.

Chairman - Introduce without giving specifics

M1- 

- Role of ICE in power plants
- What Instrumentation failures lead to industrial disasters
- Elaborate on work profile
- How did you get into mobile computing without ECE
- Performance in UPSC until now?

M2- 

- What processes will you follow to ensure safety norms in an industry
- Engg background in admin relevance
- How do you mentor students without having cleared the exam?

M3- 

- How will you handle the issue of poverty?
- Why are you suggesting a complicated solution( I approached the first question multidimensionally)
- So if someone has electricity but not energy cylinders, are they still poor?( I spoke about taking care of clean energy poverty too in the previous response)
- Should that poverty alleviation approach be driven by government or society itself?
- Isn't your assertion about empowerment needing handholding an oxymoron?(I spoke about Poverty requiring a holistic empowerment with initial handholding previously)
- What is Conflict of interest
- Give illustrations
- Solution to CoI
- Is Mentoring students not a CoI?
- So if everyone's conscience is clear, no CoI ever?(I used conscience as a reason in my retort to the previous question)
- Sustainable development?
- Name some SDGs.

M4(Lady Member)

- Gurugram vs Nuh development diff why?
- Gurugram issues
- Elaborate on Gurugram's electricity issues
- Nuh's major issues
- Why healthcare deficit in Nuh
- How to handle Anaemia, Malnutrition in Nuh
- Does sanitation have any role
- Role of Handwash day

Chairman

- Year of Grad
- Hobbies?
- Why play virtual tournament and not actual football matches?
- Define Balanced and unbalanced growth.
- Wishes for the UPSC Interview
- What is Ganga called once it enters Bangladesh

-Your Interview is over, you may leave

HCS Final Update:

Assistant Employment Officer it is!

HCS 2021 Final Result Update and Interview Video Transcript detailing the entire process.

https://youtu.be/96bM_1xojcY

As discussed, I've decided to postpone the Ethics course until after Prelims and would work on releasing the Prelims course soon.

I would help you solve all Qns from 2011-2021.

We would have two components.

1. Subject wise basic source crash course that would focus on Qns that needed your basic reading and I'll help you memorise and apply that knowledge.

2. Master Sherlocking series that would focus on Questions that needed only application of heuristics.

You would also have the option to purchase Modular courses, i.e. Only History/Geo/S&T etc PYQ discussion. Or the entire crash course. Or just the Sherlocking course focussing on heuristics. Or the entire module at once.

It's a big project and I want to maintain the highest quality as always. So I'll start releasing videos from March first/second week and should be done by April Mid/End.

Approximate pricing: Have to decide the price in such a way that I respect your pocket but at the same time, it's respectful to my time and intellectual investment. It'll be sub 10k for the entire package for sure, even lesser if I can get economies to scale. Individual crash courses would be around 1k each, Sherlocking would be around 2.5k-3k.

Kindly participate in the poll below so that I get a preliminary idea about the intent of interest.

Admissions in the Essay Course have been officially closed. I'll hopefully open the admissions again after Prelims.

Guys, I would be unavailable for next 2 weeks now. If you have any pending evaluations or activity classes, schedule them or put a gentle reminder on the @helpdeskupsc ID after 7th March. Thanks for cooperation.

Can't help but share. Amazing Mock Experience and learnt a lot.

Customary photo, because why not!

This exam is fiercely uncertain so I won't get my hopes too high but ig your love and wishes have been turning the tide in my favour so far.

Done with my interview.

Went much better than I could have expected.

I hope it doesn't flatter to deceive, which even if it does, won't meddle with my headspace because I played my part well.

Onto the next mission now. Releasing the Prelims course details soon, a Video Transcript of my experience and HCS 2021 Prelims solution. Plus I'll schedule a Gmeet with my Telegram/YouTube family soon! I'll ensure that you guys get the best shot this year.

UPSC Interview Transcript:

Date/session - 6th Mar/Forenoon
Board - Mrs Preeti Sudan Ma'am
Name - neilcantbirdwahtch
Attempt count - 5th Attempt, 1st Interview
Grad -  Instrumentation & Control(ICE) Engg
Hobbies - Walking, Online Virtual Football Competition
Duration - 25ish minutes

First one to go. Total 5 members, not a big room with the 4 members on their individual sofa chairs. Impeccably cordial and encouraging board. Felt like a really short interview imo. I gave elaborate responses, they didn't intervene in between. Most of the questions were analytical. Felt like it was actually just a conversation with a natural flow and transition. It didn't seem that they had readymade questions in advance barring one occasion with M4.

Chairwoman-

Ma'am tried to comfort me and put me to ease by telling me that it was just a friendly conversation to know me, and I should be relaxed and free to ask them for clarifications if any.

- So you were an Intern before and then a full time employee at the same company. What were your roles?(PMIC subdivision, PowerON module as an intern, Clocks module as an employee so cellular connectivity ensured in mobile systems during concurrencies)

- Why have we been experiencing call drops of late?

- Physical towers might be replaced with superior tech soon. What's the expected timeline in your opinion?(I told her that my knowledge was rudimentary and I can't give an informed estimate, she accepted the response with an encouraging "Fair enough")

- So you participate in Online Virtual Football Management Tournaments. Elaborate.

- Do you play football IRL?

M1- 

- You sound really articulate and I'm impressed by your structured and informed thought process. Tell me, how will you use this thought process in administration?

- From your profile, it looks as if you're a Privileged Delhi boy who has good educational credentials, works in a well paying job and who is now looking to come work in government for a new experience. What do you have to say to that?

- Tell me honestly, why CSE?

- This is a good response but a typical response we occasionally hear. Tell me what you can add to the administration with your academic credentials.

- EPL(Premier League) is flushed with money. What do you have to say about that?

- So does money matter?

M2- 

- How will you use the knowledge of instrumentation and control in administration?

- Delhi pollution, how to solve?

- Use of data in handling pollution?

- Are you aware of the recent issue surrounding data related to kids/minors?

- C emissions, what should be the response?

- Any specific fund catering to this problem?

M3-

- So you spoke about EV in your response to pollution problem, how to encourage EV usage?

- Can you see India moving to exclusively EV based ecosystem in the next 5 years?

- Shouldn't govt create a complete charging ecosystem prior to pushing for EV? Why/Why not?

- Will EV also push the envelope of vehicular safety and telematics further?

M4-

- Every citizen whether rich or poor needs govt support. What can govt do better for citizens, give me some 5-6 reforms required and how to realise them on the ground?

- Speak for a minute in support and against the statement "India will get old before it gets rich".

Chairwoman-

- Your Interview is over, you may leave-

While i was getting up forgot my mask on the table, I was reminded to pick it up by by M1. I politely thanked him for reminding me. I also wasn't able to locate the crease of the door immediately while going out due to curtains and a good camouflaging paint xD.

Overall experience and transcript:

https://youtu.be/De_tPnncgIA

Students who have pending evaluations, put a gentle reminder with @helpdeskupsc.
Also arrange your activity classes at the earliest so that you wrap Essay up in time and move to full fledged prelims prep asap!

This is my sister's Interview Transcript from today. Her interview was slightly longer than mine. This was her second interview, she already scored 187 in 2021(TCA Anant sir's board) and got allocated Indian Trade Services. Hopefully she'll come interact on the platform soon based on her bandwidth.

Date: 07th March 2023
Forenoon session
Shri R. N. Choubey Board
Optional: Mathematics
First one to go.

Chairperson:

You can take a seat and relax. We are just going to have  a natural conversation. If you don’t know anything, don’t hesitate to let us know. We don’t expect you to know everything and that’s not even humanly possible. If you don’t have any covid related symptoms you can remove your mask.

- Tell us about your educational qualifications and work experience.

- Can you tell us about any major govt scheme or initiative in health sector?

- Who all are covered in the Ayushman Bharat scheme?

- This year’s budget allocation to the scheme.

- Suppose you are the health minister and madam finance minister call you before announcing the budget and asks you for the allocation under the scheme. What would you do?

- Give funds to the private hospitals to facilitate the healthcare under the Ayushman Bharat mission, or

- Allocate the funds to develop primary healthcare infrastructure.

- Talked about suboptimal allocation, where if you split up the resources none of the concerned sectors gain benefit. So you have to choose one to allocate.

- If you ask a common man on ground if he wants to go to the government primary health centre or a private hospital, what would he choose?

- Now if you still choose contrary to what the people want, how will you convince the PM then? We are a democracy after all and there are elections every 5 years.

-  Why would the common man be convinced by your arguments. They will say that every govt gives us these big promises, yet nothing changes on ground. Just give us the Ayushman Bharat card and we will go to the private hospital. How will you tackle that?

- How to resolve this dilemma of long term public interest vs the instant political gratification?

Member 1:

- Collegium vs NJAC issue and which side are you on?

- Why was the judiciary against it?

- Do you think the current system is fair?

- What changes should be brought in the process of judicial appointments?

- There are a lot of talks about UCC. Do you think it should be implemented? (Which side are you on)

- Why even after so many years, there is no progress on it?

- Do you know of any state which has it in place?

Member 2:

- Stubble burning is such a big contributor in Delhi pollution. Stubble is also used as a fodder for animals. Then why this prevalence of stubble burning?

- What steps have been taken by the government to tackle this issue?

- Is GobarDhan scheme going to help in this?

- Is there some financial component involved in it for the farmers?

Member 3:

- I would like your comment on India’s foreign policy.

- We are close to Russia, we have good relations with Ukraine. They both are at war. What is our stand on it? Give me an assessment of that.

- Is Russia listening to us?

- Why are we hosting the G20 summit?

- What does India stand to gain out of it?

- Is it not pushing China and Pakistan even closer?

Member 4:

- Suppose you are posted in the social justice department and you have to formulate a policy on street children. What would be the aims and objectives of that policy?

- You have a particular amount of fund for this. What would you choose?

 - Make infrastructure for government run shelter homes, or Give funds to NGOs to run shelter homes.

- Won’t NGOs perform well on such social initiatives?

- There are several services constituted by the government, one of which you yourself are a part of. The govt handles a huge amount of funds. There are some checks by CAG, ECI etc on that. However, don’t you think we should have a specialised service for accountability?