Thread for Civil Engineering Optional Mains 2019

[sbhati513590]

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Anyone appearing with civil engineering optional?

[rakesh.iitkgp0027560]

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@sbhati513590 Hello,

I am appearing for mains with Civil Engineering Optional. Reach me at rakesh.iitkgp00@gmail.com or Whatsapp 7872685331.
We can discuss the strategy for mutual benefits.

[g12345]

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@sbhati513590 I have civil engineering as my optional

[Civilian]

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I will be giving in 2020. Both ese and cse with civil

[Aspirant123]

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@sbhati513590 Have engineering optional.What is Ur strategy?? Ur daily routine and practice methodology

[Aspirant123]

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@sbhati513590 Have u given mains before??

[Aspirant123]

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@sbhati513590 How many 300+ scores were there this year??

[abhinav23raj436]

abhinav23raj436 last edited by @Aspirant123

@Aspirant123 only 1
Rank 205 got 320
He was topper of ese 2014

[Aspirant123]

Aspirant123 last edited by @abhinav23raj436

@abhinav23raj436 There are around 10 in 280-300 range as far as I know

[Aspirant123]

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@abhinav23raj436 He got around 180 in paper 1. And 140 in paper 2

[g12345]

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Any idea how good is the next ias test series? Is it recommended or will practicing questions from Made easy's ESE test series will be better?

[abhinav23raj436]

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@Aspirant123 Yes. But scoring over 300 has become very difficult. Maybe due to strict normalisation. UPSC report shows success rate of civil enginerring lowest at 2.5%.

[Aspirant123]

Aspirant123 last edited by @abhinav23raj436

@abhinav23raj436 Success ratio is low because it is one of the lengthiest optional.If u give it more time,GS will surely get hit and vice versa is true as well.
Regarding normalisation,the problem is not much regarding scaling,the actual problem is the teachers having a tendency to give low marks in theory/Paper 2.

[g12345]

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Any idea which Previous Year Question Book has fewer mistakes- IES Master or Made Easy?

[abhinav23raj436]

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@g12345 IES Master is better for cse previous year

[g12345]

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@abhinav23raj436 Thank you

[sbhati513590]

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[g12345]

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How was the mains paper?

[Aspirant123]

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Someone please post the civil engineering question paper

[abhinav23raj436]

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@g12345 Paper 1 was lengthy. Theory portion of paper 2 was difficult. The type of questions asked in Paper 2 were different than previous year. Both papers were more similar to Engineering Services Paper than previous year Civil Services paper.

[g12345]

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@abhinav23raj436 I agree. How did you find it difficulty wise compared to previous years? And kitna attempt kiya? I was able to attempt around 400

[Aspirant123]

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@abhinav23raj436 One humble request Please post the question paper It would be very helpful for us.

[abhinav23raj436]

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@g12345 I attempted 205 in Paper 1 and 230 in Paper 2

[abhinav23raj436]

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@g12345 I found it more difficult than previous years.

[g12345]

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@abhinav23raj436 That is a great attempt

[abhinav23raj436]

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@Aspirant123 Paper-1 is of 23 pages. I am unable to load it. Website shows error due to large size.

[Khamoshkrantikari]

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@abhinav23raj436 Mine attempt were also almost same...found paper 1 lengthy and questions from some unconventional areas..was this ur first mains.?

[abhinav23raj436]

abhinav23raj436 last edited by @Khamoshkrantikari

@Khamoshkrantikari 3rd mains. Scored 250 last time with 400 attempt last year.

[kapo192]

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will post papers in the evening

[g12345]

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@abhinav23raj436 Just to get an idea of extent of scaling, can uou share how much you were expecting out of 400 last year?

[kapo192]

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[0_1569908021755_ce paper 1.pdf](Uploading 100%)

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[kapo192]

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ce paper 1

[kapo192]

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ce paper 2

[abhinav23raj436]

abhinav23raj436 last edited by @g12345

@g12345 was expecting 320 without normalisation

[g12345]

g12345 last edited by @abhinav23raj436

@abhinav23raj436 Oh! It seems like there is a significant impact of normalisation

[kapo192]

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Got 245 last time 125+120

[g12345]

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Scoring in this optional seems difficult

[kapo192]

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Please post the solutions for current exam

[g12345]

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Did anyone attempt the prestress question where loading stress was found to be at middle span? If yes, do you remember the range of stresses? As far as I can remember, I think one of the values reached till 18 MPa for me

[kapo192]

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@g12345 yes i attempted, but not able recall the range

[abhinav23raj436]

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@g12345 yes

[g12345]

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And for steel column compression member, slenderness ratio about horizontal axis was out of range of the table provided?

[King_of_the_dead]

King_of_the_dead last edited by King_of_the_dead

Yes I remember it being around 27.
How would you people assess this paper? I felt it was much tougher than the previous year...both papers

[g12345]

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I think there were some unconventional questions like Radius of influence formula ,steel bearing plate and velocity over plate question

[kapo192]

kapo192 last edited by @g12345

@g12345 true

[RockyBalboa]

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Guys,

I did not qualify Prelims but I attempted Civil Engineering Mains Paper in Exam like condition.

I was able to attempt 210 Marks ( Correct ) in Paper 1 and 215 in Paper 2. Theory attempt in Paper 2 is of moderate quality.

What should I expect after normalisation ?

What were the marks of students who qualified CSE 2018 with CE as an Optional ? Any help here would be really helpful.

[g12345]

g12345 last edited by @RockyBalboa

@RockyBalboa difficult to set a definite score because the fluctuation must be annual. But from whatever info I could gather, it could be anywhere between 0.75 to 0.85 of what you are expecting

[Aspirant123]

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@g12345 did u consider self weight in the question?? It has to be considered as it significantly changes the results when values are small

[g12345]

g12345 last edited by @Aspirant123

@Aspirant123 This figure that I quoted has no solid rationale behind it. I got it based on experiences of 2 people, both having Math as an optional. One person has also shared his experience here with respect to civil engineering. For him too the ratio was in this range