Hello Friends,
The 60 Days Training has finally begun:) DAY 10 is here!
Before any competition, there is a preparatory phase. That phase involves a lot of sessions on strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the preparatory phase, the athletes train in a gradual manner.
In the last phase, just before the actual competition, the training is done so as to sharpen their skills. This training requires complete focus and dedication. In this phase, the athletes do not try anything new or train in a new fashion rather focus on the sharpening of skills, focusing on strength and precision.
Similarly, the upcoming 60 days, is like the last phase (training session), just before the actual competition. Here, the focus should be on sharpening the concepts, consolidating the knowledge base and solidifying the learning with loads and loads of revision.
You will come across many distractions in between in the name of sources and resources (exclusive and inclusive), beware of them. Be alert and objective in selecting your companions in this preparation. Trust your effort and revise more than falling prey to multiple resources and doing nothing in the end.
Everything that seems attractive is not productive. You should always go for productivity.
Let us pledge to make it a big game-changer (better than last year) in the next 60 days!
Note- Download the OMR Sheet and attempt the questions exactly like UPSC Prelims. After you are done, please post your OMR in the comment section. Once the solution key is released (5 PM), cross-check the answers and again, comment the marks (you got) in the same comment thread. This will keep you responsible and sincere in days to come. Also, we need more sets of scores for releasing the cut offs in the night so, requesting all of you to sincerely put your scores in comment section.
You can also take part in discussion with peers.
Q.1) Which of the following graphs shows the degree of inequality in a society
Q.1) निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा ग्राफ, किसी समाज में असमानता का स्तर दर्शाता है
Q.2) Which of the following committees is/are associated with the estimation of poverty?
Q.2) निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी समिति गरीबी के आकलन से संबंधित है?
Q.3) If a person quits his job to look for a better job, then what kind of unemployment does he/she face?
Q.3) यदि कोई व्यक्ति, अपनी नौकरी को बेहतर नौकरी की तलाश में छोड़ता है, तो उसे किस तरह की बेरोजगारी का सामना करना पड़ता है?
Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding the Tendulkar committee on poverty estimation
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below
Q.4) गरीबी आकलन पर तेंदुलकर समिति के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
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Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding Sustainable Development Goals India index
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Q.5) सतत विकास लक्ष्यों भारत सूचकांक के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
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Q.6) Poverty estimation in India is carried out by
Q.6) भारत में गरीबी का आकलन किसके द्वारा किया जाता है
Q.7) Consider the following statements regarding the National Rural Economic Transformation Project
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Q.7) राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण आर्थिक परिवर्तन परियोजना के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
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Q.8) Consider the following statements regarding Fixed-term Employment
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Q.8) निश्चित अवधि के रोजगार (Fixed-term Employment) के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
नीचे दिए गए कूट का उपयोग करके विवरण चुनें
Q.9) Consider the following statements regarding Sankalp Scheme
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Q.9) संकल्प योजना (Sankalp Scheme) के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
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Q.10) The Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report is published by
Q.10) गरीबी और साझा समृद्धि रिपोर्ट (Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report) किसके द्वारा प्रकाशित की जाती है
Q.11) Consider the following statements regarding The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below
Q.11) वैश्विक बहुआयामी गरीबी सूचकांक (Global Multidimensional Poverty Index) के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
नीचे दिए गए कूट का उपयोग करके सही उत्तर चुनें
Q.12) Atal Tinkering Labs aim to
Q.12) अटल टिंकरिंग लैब् (Atal Tinkering Labs) का लक्ष्य है
Q.13) Which of the following measures will help India obtain full benefits of demographic dividend
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Q.13) निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा उपाय, भारत को जनसांख्यिकीय लाभांश (demographic dividend) का पूर्ण लाभ प्राप्त करने में मदद करेगा
नीचे दिए गए कूट का उपयोग करके उत्तर चुनें
Q.14) UK Sinha committee recently submitted its report on?
Q.14) यू.के. सिन्हा समिति ने हाल ही में किससे संबंधित अपनी रिपोर्ट प्रस्तुत की है?
Q.15) Which of the following are factors responsible for inequality in India?
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Q.15) भारत में असमानता के लिए निम्नलिखित में से कौन से कारक उत्तरदायी हैं?
नीचे दिए गए कूट का उपयोग करके उत्तर चुनें
Q.16) Consider the following statements regarding the participation of women in labour force
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Q.16) श्रम शक्ति में महिलाओं की भागीदारी के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
नीचे दिए गए कूट का उपयोग करके सही उत्तर चुनें
Q.17) Consider the following statements about Periodic Labor Force Survey 2107-18
Which of the above statements are correct?
Q.17) आवधिक श्रम बल सर्वेक्षण 2107-18 (Periodic Labor Force Survey 2107-18) के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें
उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन सा सही हैं?
Q.18) Consider the following statements about PM-KISAN scheme?
Which of the above statements are correct?
Q.18) प्रधानमंत्री-किसान योजना (PM-KISAN scheme) के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें?
उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन सा सही हैं?
Q.19) The 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer
Q.19) अर्थशास्त्र विज्ञान में 2019 का नोबेल मेमोरियल पुरस्कार अभिजीत बनर्जी, एस्थर डफ्लो और माइकल क्रेमर को किस लिए प्रदान किया गया
Q.20) Which of the following themes are included in Aspirational Districts’ Programme?
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Q.20) निम्नलिखित में से कौन से विषय आकांक्षी जिला परियोजना (Aspirational District’s Programme) में शामिल हैं?
सही कूट चुनें
Q.21) In which part of India CnemaspisAnandani, the 35th species of day gecko was found recently?
Q.21) हाल ही में भारत के किस भाग में नेमसपिस आनंदनी (CnemaspisAnandani), डे जेको (day gecko) की 35 वीं प्रजाति पाई गई है?
Q.22) Bonavista bay opens directly onto
Q.22) बोनविस्टा खाड़ी (Bonavista bay) सीधे किसमें खुलती है
Q.23) With reference to International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
Q.23) आपदा रोधी अवसंरचना के लिए अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गठबंधन (CDRI) के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें:
ऊपर दिए गए कथनों में से कौन सा गलत है / हैं?
Q.24) Consider the following statements about NISHTHA Scheme:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q.24) निष्ठा योजना (NISHTHA Scheme) के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें:
ऊपर दिए गए कथनों में से कौन सा सही है / हैं?
Q.25) Tardigrade, also known as water bear have scattered on Lunar surface following the crash landing of
Q.25) टार्डिग्रेड (Tardigrade), जिसे जल भालू (water bear) के रूप में भी जाना जाता है, किससे क्रैश लैंडिंग के बाद चंद्रमा की सतह पर बिखर गया
Q.26) Sometimes seen in news, Astana Consensus is related to bilateral relations between
Q.26) कभी-कभी समाचारों में देखा जाने वाली, अस्ताना सर्वसम्मति (Astana Consensus) किसके मध्य द्विपक्षीय संबंधों से संबंधित है
Q.27) Consider the following statements with respect to South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA):
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q.27) दक्षिण अटलांटिक विसंगति (South Atlantic Anomaly- SAA) के संबंध में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें:
ऊपर दिए गए कथनों में से कौन सा सही है / हैं?
Q.28) Which of the following has issued the final framework for regulatory sandbox?
Q.28) निम्नलिखित में से किसने नियामक सैंडबॉक्स (regulatory sandbox) के लिए अंतिम रूपरेखा जारी की है?
Q.29) With reference to the Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q.29) आजीविका और उद्यम विकास कार्यक्रम के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें:
ऊपर दिए गए कथनों में से कौन सा सही है / हैं?
Q.30) Falaq, recently in news is a radar system of
Q.30) फलक (Falaq), हाल ही में समाचारों में थी, जो किसकी एक रडार प्रणाली है
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What IMPACT can the ‘60 Day’ have on the final results? We will explain by taking a small example. Imagine you are sitting in the examination hall, appearing in Prelims Paper I. You have attempted 70 questions already but still unsure about a few. Then you stumble upon a question that was asked in 60 Day (and believe us, it has happened to hundreds of students countless times). You choose the right answer and submit your paper hoping for the best! Eventually, you go on to clear Mains as well as Personality Test and secure a good rank as well. When the cut off gets announced by UPSC, you realize that you have scored just one mark more than the cut off! Yes, that one mark can change your life (and it has done so to many of our students in the past). Now, imagine the kind of impact 60 to 80 marks can have! Isn’t that so fascinating to imagine?
One’s level of preparedness is always different for different subjects. Even within a subject, one’s comfort level may vary with topics. For example, one might be more comfortable in solving questions of Polity than Economics and within Polity also, one might be at ease with questions on fundamental rights than Parliament. The level of comfort and ease that one has with a subject/ topic gets manifested in the examination. However, there is no conscious effort by aspirants to micro analyze these aspects. Now, coming to the second aspect i.e. the mistakes that one commits in answering MCQs, it can be said that there are mainly four reasons behind incorrect responses in the OMR sheet. They are:
Let’s analyze them one by one:
You will realize that these problems will have different meanings for different people. For example, one might find a lack of information as the main culprit in answering wrong the questions on Culture while in Polity, lack of analytical ability is usually the culprit. The point here is that you must analyse your preparation on these yardsticks by applying them on different subjects/ topics. If one is having a headache, he/ she can’t have the same medicine for fever. Isn’t it.
This is where our revamped ’60 Day’ comes into the picture. It will give you an opportunity to micro analyze your preparation and perform better in the examination.
Now, we present you the following scales (with weightage of each scale given in the bracket) to micro analyze your preparation on a daily basis and that too subject/ topic wise:
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| Weightage of scale (s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | NA |
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Scale 1: Information meter (1)
Scale 2: Analysis meter (2)
Scale 3: Anxiety meter (3)
Scale 4: Risk meter (4)
Suppose on Day 1, questions have been framed from Polity on the topic of Constitutional History. There are 15 questions and you are able to answer 12 out of which 7 are correct and 5 are incorrect. It means you have scored roughly 11.33 out of 30. Now you have to fill on a daily basis, the following matrix to micro analyze your preparation:
Example: Suppose, the filled up matrix gets reflected in the following fashion:
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| Number (N) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Weightage of scale (s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | NA |
| N x S | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
Based on the total value in this matrix, you have to aim for the following measures on the scale:
Moreover, IASbaba will give a cut-off figure along with the solutions each day. If your total marks exceed that cut off along with your total N x S score lying below 20, you are on the right track and just need to keep the momentum going.
This exercise will hardly take 5 minutes of your daily time but it might do wonders for you as you will be able to gauge your strengths and limitations better.
Finally, it is up to you to take advantage of this framework. We are sure of only one thing- if you follow this program, assess yourself on the basis of the given framework and keep improving your weaker areas, success will be yours.
We are providing you with the right platform, the right guidance, and the right competition. Do you have the right motivation to make full use of this initiative? We think you have. Come, be a part of this initiative and take the first step towards SUCCESS!
We could have provided all of you with login id and passwords to monitor your daily performance in the 60-day program.
Instead, a simple and most beautiful way which Disqus provides is profile based commenting!
Yes, we have seen the most successful candidates who have taken the maximum benefit from this program monitoring themselves by commenting on their answers in the box given (Disqus comment). And reviewing their performance themselves once in 10 days on the progress meter.
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