UPSC with Kawal Baweja

Last 20 Days Most people give up in the end, not for destination is far, but the strength gives up, fatigue shows up and failure feels acceptable and legit. Don’t fall for it, All those who won, withstood the same dilemma and still moved on. Be a Winner, do it for yourself, do it for the path travelled so far.

Repeated DM query - Which pen do i use ? This one is costly and not necessarily great but using it since long, at present there are better alternatives available like V5/V7 and much more. Realistically, the pen it itself wont make much difference, if you know the answer and how to write. ✍️

Fouled for Democracy, Red Card for brutality.

I shall always be grateful for the opportunity to write the Mains examination this year. Most of the time, I feel that God carried me through by His grace. When the stakes were at their highest, He kept me afloat. For that, I will always remain grateful and humble. I will give everything I have over this last month. Whatever the outcome, the knowledge, discipline, and perspective I have gained during this journey already feel deeply empowering. To everyone else writing Mains this year—my very best wishes. Give it everything you’ve got. May your hard work find its reward.

Transition of Artificial Language to Human Language

Thanks to everyone for blessings that sailed me through. I had God alongside me that day. ਸ਼ੁਕਰ ਹੈ ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਤੇਰਾ |

To whosoever it may concern - Prelims Resources that i followed - Disclaimer - While referring to resources, please understand - This year paper specifically targeted to eliminate first attempters, and required a composite knowledge of at least 2-3 years, Knowledge helped to eliminate 2 options and was stuck between 2 options in around 40-50 questions where luck was the sole skill required. Marks - Gs 78.70 and CSAT 99.xx. (Hoping to get Grand Slam correction, at 80 odd i guess will qualify comfortably) Resources Referred - 1. History - Own Subject, Relied on past knowledge of teaching, not read seperately this time. 2. Geography - Covered all the relevant NCERTs (Human and Physical), with 3 revisions and own short notes. 3. Polity - Holy Bible Laxmikant only - had revised it multiple times. (Still got all questions of Polity wrong) 4. Economy - Most comfortable subject for me, covered fiscal, monetary policy from old notes and updated with current affairs. 5. Science and Tech & Environment - From Santosh Sir, level up IAS, i have been his old student in 2017,2018 - therefore relied on him again, was confident in exam in these subjects. Current Affairs - Referred to Mudit Sir CA compilations for various subject and made sure that every subject CA compilation is revised multiple times and after that short notes revision. (His content was surely helpful in exam) I had also joined Target 140+ batch by Sudarshan Lodha Sir, in which there were 100 most important sub themes for this year prelims. I had memorised around 75/100 themes but sadly not much came. So yes, these were the resources that i followed, but to be very honest, the most important thing which helped me was reading newspaper daily. I was able to handle prelims paper confidently, and also in csat it gave me courage to keep moving forward, where at 2-3 instances where my mind stopped processing. I hope this will help someone. In this paper, max any serious candidate could have achieved is around 90-95, so you should strategise accordingly.

Last year, students were made to run after one-page notes. This year, the new market slogan is “Mainsification of Prelims.” Names change. Pattern remains the same. Every year, a new buzzword is created. Every year, students are pushed into another experiment. Every year, aspirants are treated like guinea pigs. The truth is simple: Prelims needs facts, concepts, revision, PYQs, elimination, and a stable mind. No fancy slogan can replace these basics. And if we believed that you can be an IAS without reading newspaper, then it’s our mistake, not the one who sold lie.

By official answer key getting 78 50 correct, 33 incorrect, 1 cancelled. Probably sitting on border line case, although my rationale mind says cut off has to be below 75, i may be biased also in calculating this as i myself involved in the process. How many of you are in real getting 80+, that will eventually decide the cutt off. But yes anyone scoring above 75, will have to prepare with optimism in mind.

To all the students - who went on rage biting against my opinion I have give this paper, i have put many a things at stake at 32 - I have left a stable career. I have all the reasons for putting up a video, that how much this paper is tough and how much unjustified it is and gain sympathy and followers out of it, thats not the path i follow. And it is also not like i am scoring too good marks, but all i can share is my honest views and i have all the authority to say this - because i have given this exam in real time putting everything at stake. It is always easy to defend than to reflect.

In my opinion, Coaching industry is just not ready to accept the fact that the tricks on which they train their students, have miserably failed till time, they are shifting the blame on upsc and making it a scape goat. We train students as per pattern of previous years, and this year the pattern evolved, and all were left blank faced. I always counselled you that this exam is a test of personality, no teacher, no coaching has to be blindly followed.

In my opinion, Coaching industry is just not ready to accept the fact that the tricks on which they train their students, have miserably failed till time, they are shifting the blame on upsc and making it a scape goat. We train students as per pattern of previous years, and this year the pattern evolved, and all were left blank faced. I always counselled you that this exam is a test of personality, no teacher, no coaching has to be blindly followed.