Hi everyone,
The UPSC has published the marks civil services main examination and personality test for the year 2011 for which I had appeared and got a rank of 437. I had appeared in the examination in 2010 also, though I did not get a rank. I would like to take this opportunity to compare my performances over the two years on the basis of my marks and my perception towards the papers that i undertook.
2010 marks:
Essay - 118
I had written just one essay before the final exam and shown it to my teachers whose views i had solicited and tried to include in the final exam.Since this was my first attempt and had little idea about the UPSC marking, I had no expectations of marks but thought that 100 would be a decent enough score.
General Studies - 136 + 98
I had no idea how i got such marks which were considered good that year. I had tried to follow THE HINDU throughout the preparation.
Public Administration - 169 + 133
I had Pub Ad as my optional in the prelims also that year and with 2 months preparation for the mains examination, I was happy to achieve the score of 302. But i was shattered to see every other person scoring around 350 in Pub Ad that year.
Philosophy - 132 + 147
The amount of hard work I had put in this subject's preparation, I was really annoyed to look at my marks especially when the highest score in the subject that year was 419.
Interview - 121
One of the worst interviews which I shall write about in my next post but i was the very hopeful of obtaining good marks from it.
The result was that I got 1054 marks out of 2300 while the cut off was 1133 marks that year.
The following year I expected very good marks in Philosophy and General Studies as their papers went good. The essay had not been up to the expectations and I prayed a score of 100 again. I expected comparatively lower scores from Public Administration as the paper did not go very good. Again the dampener was expected to be the Interview.
However, just like the last year's results, this years results are also completely against expectations.
2011 marks:
Essay - 97
General Studies - 112 + 115
Public Administration - 170 + 158
Philosophy - 158 + 136
Interview - 165
Total - 1111
The results depict how incorrectly I perceive my performance in the examination.
The UPSC has published the marks civil services main examination and personality test for the year 2011 for which I had appeared and got a rank of 437. I had appeared in the examination in 2010 also, though I did not get a rank. I would like to take this opportunity to compare my performances over the two years on the basis of my marks and my perception towards the papers that i undertook.
2010 marks:
Essay - 118
I had written just one essay before the final exam and shown it to my teachers whose views i had solicited and tried to include in the final exam.Since this was my first attempt and had little idea about the UPSC marking, I had no expectations of marks but thought that 100 would be a decent enough score.
General Studies - 136 + 98
I had no idea how i got such marks which were considered good that year. I had tried to follow THE HINDU throughout the preparation.
Public Administration - 169 + 133
I had Pub Ad as my optional in the prelims also that year and with 2 months preparation for the mains examination, I was happy to achieve the score of 302. But i was shattered to see every other person scoring around 350 in Pub Ad that year.
Philosophy - 132 + 147
The amount of hard work I had put in this subject's preparation, I was really annoyed to look at my marks especially when the highest score in the subject that year was 419.
Interview - 121
One of the worst interviews which I shall write about in my next post but i was the very hopeful of obtaining good marks from it.
The result was that I got 1054 marks out of 2300 while the cut off was 1133 marks that year.
The following year I expected very good marks in Philosophy and General Studies as their papers went good. The essay had not been up to the expectations and I prayed a score of 100 again. I expected comparatively lower scores from Public Administration as the paper did not go very good. Again the dampener was expected to be the Interview.
However, just like the last year's results, this years results are also completely against expectations.
2011 marks:
Essay - 97
General Studies - 112 + 115
Public Administration - 170 + 158
Philosophy - 158 + 136
Interview - 165
Total - 1111
The results depict how incorrectly I perceive my performance in the examination.
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