My basic take on HCS attempt strategy:

https://youtube.com/shorts/wwhCc5dicR8?feature=share

Best wishes for tomorrow’s HCS Prelims exam!

Keep the examiner’s constraint at the back of your head. If you’ve watched the videos and discussions closely, I’m sure you would have assimilated enough tools to make it work tomorrow!

To remind you, I went in as a chauffeur and came out the other end with my name in the final list. That’s the edge non-chalance gets you. I’m certain you guys would do much better than I did anyway!

Wishes.

PS: We’ll have the weekly doubt meet afterwards tomorrow evening!

Let me know if anyone has minutes for today's meeting! TIA!

MSS Pre Course Links for 23/24:

Sherlocking Lite
Exhaustive course details
Plan for finishing videos

Ping @helpdeskupsc for any followups!

If you missed out on the latest UPPCS and HCS paper discussions, here are the links:

UPPCS Part 1 Begins
UPPCS Part 1 Ends

UPPCS Part 2 Begins
UPPCS Part 2 Ends


HCS Part 1 Begins
HCS Part 1 Ends

HCS Part 2 Begins
HCS Part 2 Ends

2023 Prelims discussion would be added in this for 2024 students!

This is not the end! ❤️

On the bright side, my sister got AIR 271! Almighty is always kind.

Condensed PT doc including latest updates, could be revised within 15 mins!

This is the document I created from S&T PT last time.

A document like this is all you need.

If you notice carefully, it is not bloated with facts that are anyway logical and it strictly contains trivia that is in line with PYQ Analysis.

I was able to create this doc from the PT in 4-5hrs. Truth be told, that’s all the time you need for those magazines.

Use this for your reference, hopefully I’ll create a similar doc after PT for this year comes out!

@UPSCneil
@Neil_You

When it is not meant to be, it is not meant to be:

Missed the cutoff by 13 marks.

128 in Essay, 121 in Ethics(atleast we have that figured out now hopefully) and 258 in Optional(Physics) in an year when it was butchered. Plus 182 in Interview, can't be disappointed with that either.

Hopefully will try to turn it around one last time with your love and support!

My sister got 972 total, Great marks in Essay (132), GS (420+) but optional (Mathematics) slightly pulled down(235, down from 260 last year). Getting 184 in Chaubey sir's board is no easy feat either.

If only we knew about the science subject jumlebaazi before. Anyway, the community will get all the tools post Prelims from our experience.

If time permits, I'll try to come up with a similar handholding Sherlocking Mains Module too!

Overview> In-depth knowledge in Prelims.

Instead of having detailed know how of dynasties(which is unfortunately not possible given the constraints of memory), an overarching location and chronology is more effective.

Here's the best video I came across. Watch this everyday twice and this will give you good enough peripheral knowledge!

TF was that!

Are we going to see the Gen Cat cutoff hover in 70s for the first time! Can’t be ruled out. Idk what apart from Sherlocking could have helped someone.

But this is always a game of odds. Can’t be sure of anything.