@Those who cleared Prelims-2013, UPSC Has uploaded the Detailed application form (DAF) for the Mains 2013.
upscdaf.nic.in/daf_csm_2013/mainmenu.php
One important change / development is (as per DAF instruction Page 13, point number 28):
- In Mains 2013, instead of separate Question Paper and answer book, a consolidated Question Paper-cum-Answerbook, having space below each part/sub part of a question shall be provided to them for writing the answers.
- Candidates shall be required to attempt answer to the part/sub-part of a question strictly within the pre-defined space.
- Any attempt outside the pre-defined space shall not be evaluated.
In other words,
- You’ve to be extra cautious before writing the answers, any scratching of lines/paragraphs for correction, will only reduce the space.
- You will not get any extra supplementary answersheets, if you run out of space.
- You cannot bring the question paper home and going by the previous trend: UPSC doesn’t immediately upload mains question papers on their website and won’t disclose them under R.T.I saying “exam process” is not yet over: Meaning those who’re not appearing in Mains 2013, you will have to wait for few months before you get to see the official Mains questions, particularly for the fabled ethics paper . But there are good people, who’ll appear in Mains-2013 and reveal the questions in online comments/forums, based on their memory. So all is not lost (unlike CAT, where candidates are legally prohibited from revealing official questions in forums/websites/books.)
on an unrelated note: with respect to some comments made earlier by readers: yes I’m alive and working on food processing: supply chain-upstream-downstream article series. It’ll start very soon :)
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O my god !!
Should revisit my strategy..
Mrunal bhai start working for us..
Thanks a lot.. _/\_
it will be helpful for those,who has clear concept and practice on answer writing.all the best.
Interesting. Very, very interesting. One wonders what the Commission hopes to achieve with this?
Introductions, Summary etc etc are to be avoided, sticking to the exact point what has been asked in the question. Simply put they want to avoid muggers, who write whatever they know instead of what they has been asked. better suits veterans than freshers as opposed to prelims.
i think this is going to be a huge blow for the aspirants and absolutely challenging
It’s totally Cool
I think,the consolidated paper has both good news and bad news for us.
Good news: 1) This reduces the chance of forging the answer after the examination. Less malpractices.
2) We can correctly judge the length of answer to be written.
Bad News: We have to be more cautious while writing as stated by Mrunal, no chances of correction.
Hi mrunal
Since they have told that candidates can’t take question papers …..can we file RTI to have the question papers?
Every year question paper is uploaded on web site. I think, the question paper will be uploaded after some time even tho they do not allow candidates to take it home.
geography mai diagram kaise banaenge
upsc will provide the space 4 that..those ppl r smart…they know everything…so u shud not worry abt that
no additional space will be provided for that. It will remain same for all, both in GS and Optionals
now it is really challenging and real minds will come out.
so does this mean earlier real minds were not tested??
just kidding btw did you gt through prelims??
hey atul by any chance are you from delhi because i know someone by the same name who got selected this year..so m just checking??
In my opinion this change must be welcomed , because this is not for a single candidate this is for All candidates of UPAS Mains exam……Rajsthan PSC is doing this since a long time..in their mains exam….
Dear Mrunal or any friend
Please help me, in DAF There is a module for work experience, I worked with a reputed company but resigned before completing bond term, I have doubt (althought I have not asked yet) they give me work experince certificate.please tell me should I write about that company or not. It may enrich my profile.
Thanks in advance
bhai where does it say we need to attach work experience certificate? I am looking at point 35 on page 15 in the instructions. Also, I am still employed so what do I write in the “To” date of the employment.
Can someone please help – I am general candidate claiming no relaxation – I assume I just need to send 10th marksheet as DOB proof, and my Grad and Post Grad degrees? Anything else – Any enclosure, declaration?
@ Chacha Chaudhary You write your work experience , in no stage of examination ( Pre, Mains, Interview, Joining) you need to produce those certificate. So go ahead no worry at all , it will only be used by interview panel to assess your personality.
@ Abhishek
Just 10th Marksheet and Graduation Degree will be suffice, but if you have filled your PG education then you should include PG degree also ( though not need in technical terms)
Thanks friends
Ya it is true need not to produce work ex certificate at this stage but they may demand during interview or later stage and if I unable to produce then I will be a defaulter and they may take action against me….according to me wihout having work ex certi claiming work ex is illigle I think……although I have written to HR dep. Lets see what happens….I dont know exatct procedure but I think they varify all the details provided by us atleast for recommaned candidates.
What do we put in ‘To’ field of employment if we are still in a service ? It doesnt accept blank.thnks
You can put march 2014 when generally intriews are conducted….or form filling date…
At this stage you need not to attach experience certificate but at later stage you certainly need to show your work-ex.Talk to your company before filling DAF.
Good move by UPSC.
Why challenging!! this is like 10th class English language paper.. Answer to the point, without jargons..and anyways making corrections were never an option.. you could hardly complete the paper once in the stipulated time, making corrections to the answers effectively meant you could never complete the whole paper..
nice but challenging change..
Problem come IN OPTIONAL SUBJECTS and in making diagram..
now we have to optimum utilize d space..
problem for geography optional!!! u need to know the content from this year. cant fill pages with diagrams. we are all fucked!!!!
What will happen if u have solved a question in MATHEMATICS optional and then when u r revising it u find an error and then d whole thing is to be done again then …. It would b just bad luck …. I dont know when will d upsc come out wid some good decisions …
maths optional walo ke liye buri khabar!!!!!!!
lol..
now they need highly attentive minded person too.. criteria pe criteria.. This toughest exam is going to show many different colours this Dec.
And 1 more imp part was that there will be no GAP b/n papers.. All days frm !st to 5th Dec booked.. now Mrunal pls post some gud sleeping pill brands to b used before xam nights.. ;)
@ Arpit
Ab mujhe problems solve karte samay conscious rahna hoga…ek baar rough me bhi briefly outline karna hoga…hope space is enough
Hey Naveen,
is your optional subject maths?
first back to back exams. now limited space. maths walon ki to lag gayi…
this will prove to be an disadvantage for engineering subject people also. Guys think of diagrams and numerical in electrical engineering.
once u missed out something or commit some mistake than nothing can be done
UPSC doesn’t want us to clear the examination…:-( Has already been given a big blow by scheduling prelims in the month of August next year and then mains within 3 months.Making this process so costly and stressful in terms of time involved into it.
well..why don’t u think dat they r giving at least 3 months to clear the mains..just focus on mains at this stage & be well prepared for it….
Relieved to hear from you “yes I’m alive and working on food processing…..” .
yes, very true. :-D
eagerly waiting for more mrunal
Pin-point answer & lucid language will do the job. They may provide space for rough (like they do in prelims). Framing answer before attempting it will help us in utilising the given space to its best.
Consolidated sheet is a bad news for those who used to write maximum of 40-50 words on one page.
Happy to hear that u r alive mrunal bhai. As the sample paper of GS 4 is out, plz help in tackling theory portion.
dont forget physics,statistics and maths subjects.all will be fcuked.im happy with pub ad.bina gap ke sabki lag jayegi.iss bar top karne ke acche chances hain.
regards
ias aspirant kumar
Hello all! I have a this wierd theory, or more of a hunch (premonition?) that this year the question paper wouldn’t have the standard instructions of “1st question of each section of the paper as compulsary and attempt rest 3 questions out of 6, at least one from each section” i believe so because it’d lead to lot of paper wastage if only 5 out 8 questions are to be attempted, which comes to just 62.5% of available space. So during our preparation we can’t leave anything to chance anymore. What say?
Hey Leviathan..
You hunch is logical… It is quite possible to not have any choices.
Good that you threw light on it.. all of us can be more proactive…
Fati.
Is angle se socha bhi nahi tha, but completely valid point.
Questions may come in a format with minimum choices, with clearly specified word limits.
(Just like last year’s GeneralStudies question papers?)
hi mrunal, a doubt regarding photographs, is it necessary that the photograph should ne same as gven in prelims?
aternately can we take a new photo (no addl moustache, beard anyhtng, all the same) and attach it ??
can anybody please upload the gazette notification in googledocs because unable to download from upsc site….
Why there is separate pdf form(OBC Annexure)for OBC candidate ? Elaborate please .
Mrunal but at least tell us about resources of new syllabus to study from if any!
I think “to the point” is the UPSC point. Time management can now be relaxed with the standard hand writing… I think people will start reducing their hand writing font size and that would be a trap and be careful you would fall in the not legible hand writing category :(
Wow. great step and struggle ahead
Mrunal bhai after this its like a dejavu situation of my English papers of the class X and IX limited space to write and cover everything
CANDIDATES SHOULD HOWEVER NOTE THAT ONLY
ONE LANGUAGE CAN BE SELECTED BY THEM FOR
ANSWERING PAPERS I TO V I I ( DAF Page 13 )
Does this mean a Tamil optional person has to write essay and general studies paper also in Tamil ??
is the paper will be ruled or unruled??
Ha ha :-Dits seems very question but it important to know
unruled !!