UPSC 2015 Mains Essay Paper

 

 

Pls see UPSC 2015 essay paper as held on 18th DEC, from 9 AM to 12 PM

Topics were not difficult

Regular practice would ensure good marks & provide the edge

for the last 2 yrs - the trend is similar

Our Test Series HITS : Education topic & Character-Leader

Indirect hit at India related topics

Capitalism has been asked - We keep on stressing on Liberalism-Capitalism-Socialism-Communism as concept builders !!! After all, it pays off !

 

Our Test Series HITS

 

1. 22nd NOV test :

  "Can Education combat the seeds of terrorism and fundamentalism?"

2. 27 Sep Test :

"Does the present system of education encourage us to admit our lack of knowledge, or is there too much pressure to demonstrate the acquisition of knowledge?"

 

3. Character -leader : Test on 22 NOV :

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

4. India-related topics:  22nd NOV test

1.       Has India asserted itself in the World Trade Organisation?

3.       Can India place itself in the next higher echelon in world sports?

 

5.   11 OCT test

 

“Research in basic sciences, both natural and social, needs a spur in India”

The feminist movement in India seems to teach women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy, but self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness 

 

What Gujarat and Kerala could do, if other states could have, then Indian

Tourism were on a different track altogether

 

 

UPSC Civil Service 2016 - Admission On

Classroom Training - with focus on answer writing skills


Foreign Policy, World History, Ethics, Security Studies & Essay are ongoing !

Rest of GS to follow


Admission On 

Pls contact : 8902-217-435 or trademarkias@gmail.com

UPSC Prelims 2015 - results

Nine aspirants qualified UPSC Prelims 2015

20 appeared !

We congratulate them & encourage them to study in a more focused manner and with a renewed vigour towards MAINS

Those who could not make it - simply believe in themselves and continue their journey - remember some of you just missed it by a hairline margin

"If you believe in yourself, then the World believes you"

1. Jagannath Mukherjee [GS expected score: 120] [Roll: 0346051]

2. Chandrasekhar Chauhan [120] [Roll: 0091892]

3. Purnava Ganguly [110]

4. Rajan Agarwal [120] [Roll: 0005573]

5. Deepak Pal [120]

6. Debjyoti Majumdar [120] [Roll: 0240460]

7. A Mukherjee [Test Series] [110]

8. Anonymous on request [115] [Roll: 0499029]

9. Anonymous on request [110] [Roll: 625792]

October - 1 st week - Test Series & Classes

Advanced Test Series

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1. General Studies Paper I [Part B] : Culture, Social Issues & Geography : 3 Hrs

2. Optional HISTORY - Ancient India - with map pointing :3 Hrs

2 Optional Pol Sc - Part A - Political Thought : 3 Hrs

Classroom Programme

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GS / Foreign Policy

India - Central Asia

GS / Geography

Landforms

Optional / HISTORY 

Historiography - Medieval India - Sultanate & Mughal

Class Schedule : 3rd week SEP 2015

Admission On for UPSC Civil Services Classroom Programme 2015-16 & Mains Test Series

GS / Foreign Policy

India - Bangladesh

     

GS / Geography

World Climate and climatic patterns, Climate Change 

     

Advanced MAINS Test Series 2015

UPSC Prelims Over !

Our members seem to have done well & majority are expecting 100+


Our views:

Less than 90 : on the edge - but still prepare for MAINS - since UPSC is the final aim & preparation does not end here, just begins !

90 - 100 : In the game - prepare for MAINS

100 - 110 : Very Much in the game - prepare for MAINS

110 + : PLs take rest for 1 week & come back with a BANG - unless some calamity happens - you are writing MAINS 2015

BTW, it is funny at the same time an honour to predict a question verbatim in Pre 2015:

 Who / which organisation has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014?

a.        ICHR                b ISRO               c H L Dattu             d None of these

This was our Qs 8 of the 26th July CA + Culture II paper !

 

Moreover, we presume that our classroom discussions on Indian

 

Economy hit the target well - many questions on Indian Economy

 

were concept based and on the issues specifically discussed in the

 

class

And we may also claim that the advice tendered over & over again -

 

"To focus on the basics: Polity, History, Geography, Economy,

 

Ecology & Contemporary Events" - didn't backfire

Many questions this time on Polity + INM - so whosoever felt that

 

the days of HIST are gone in Prelims - must have had to eat their

 

words !

 

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As in previous 2 years, our Advanced Level Test Series, specifically tailor-made towards UPSC MAINS will commence from 20th SEP 2015

 

Total = 14 Tests for GS & 6 for Optional

Takers in the last 2 years have experienced simulated MAINS conditions through the tests

PLs see :

http://trademark-ias.blogspot.in/2014/12/no-propaganda-only-evaluationpart-i.html

http://trademark-ias.blogspot.in/2014/12/no-propaganda-only-evaluationpart-ii.html

 

Detailed Schedule could be obtained through e-mail

Interested candidates may register latest by 13th SEP

 

 

 

 

WBCS Prelims 2015 - A Grand Success

As per latest records available, 14 qualified WBCS Prelims 2015 out of 15 who appeared..........

Most did not appear .............

https://www.pscwbonline.gov.in/docs/784717

1. Ms Somdatta Halder [Roll : 0109988]

2. Rajan Agarwal [Roll : 0701603]

3. Chandan Sen [Roll: 0705014]

4. Debajyoti Majumder [Roll : 0209733]

5. Pratim Das [Roll : 0610661]

6. Chandrashekhar Chauhan ( Roll : 0109522)

7. Sayantan Ghosh [Roll : 0507834]

8.  Suman Mukhopadhay [Roll : 0800132]

9. Arpan Mukherjee [Roll : 0210986]

10. Prabhat Kumar [Roll : 0303567]

11. Purnava Ganguly [Roll : 0209797]

12. Roll : 0200001 [name not disclosed on individual request]

13. Krishnendu Naskar 

14. Ms Gargi Chakraborty

CONGRATULATIONS to ALL & Best for their upcoming UPSC Prelims

The institute expresses indebtedness to its past & present Faculty members, especially the support staff and all who directly or indirectly contributed to the sustenance of the group which had its most humble yet spirited beginnings in 2007-8. 

It all happened because of them !