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19QuickPointsonAnswerWritingforIAS
Mains

Youmusthavehadpractisedwritingenough,mustbetryingtolocateyour
centreandmightbealittlenervousaswell.Itisok!Afterallyouareabout
togetintothebattlegroundofprobablythetoughestexaminationinthe
country.Donotletthenervousnessoverwhelmyou.

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Thywholostsweatpracticing,shalllosenoblood!
Youmusthavereadaplethoraoftipsabouthowtowritinganswers,Ithoughtofsharing
fewfromourside.Herearequick19onanswerwritingforIASMains:
1.Writeinsimple,grammaticallycorrectEnglish.Noliteraryproseisneeded.
2.Trytogivethecontextoftheanswerifyoucaninyouropeningremarks.Enditwitha
somethingconcreteanddonotleaveithanginginairwithanabruptendwhichmostly
happensduetopaucityoftime.
3.Writeinpointsorparagraphsasyoufeelcomfortable.Thereisjustno
restrictionorstatedrulefororagainstanyofthesewaysofanswering.
4.Thethoughtsshouldflowacrosstheanswerseamlesslywithnohoppingfromoneidea
toanotherbutinasystematicmanner.
5.Trythatyoudontleaveanyquestionunattemptedasitforeclosesany
chanceofgettinganymarkeveniftheexaminerwasinajubilantmood.Butthat
doesnotmeanyoushouldwritejustaboutanything.Justthinkofonetworelevantpoint
andwriteit.
6.ComeoverthisShouldblackorbluepenbeused?.Usewhicheverofthem
youarecarrying.

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7.Avoidcuttingsandoverwriting(thatcollegetactictowriteanalphabetsuchthat
itcanbeinterpretedasabordshallnotworkinUPSC).Collegeexaminerscouldbe
approachedtomaketheminterpretthewordaswewantedthemtointerpret.Nosuch
libertyisavailableinUPSC.
8.Incaseyouwanttounderlinecertainsentences,doitthereandthen.Ifyouleaveitfor
thefagend,itshallentailreadingtheansweralloveragainandyoureallymightnotbe
abletofinishreadingthemall.
9.DonotwriteinthemarginsasisalsoinstructedbytheUPSC.Andthesefellows
dotaketheirinstructionsseriously.Inanycaseifyouhadsomethingreallygoodtowrite
youwouldhavewrittenitinthemainportion.Anythingwritteninmarginsshallonlybe
superfluousinmostcases.
10.Avoidusingredinkforwritingorunderlining.
11.Whenyouusediagrams/maps,givethematitle,givethemanumberlikefig1.orfig2.
andgivetheirreferenceattherelevantpointinyouranswer.
12.Donotactuallysitdowntocountwords.Thosewhohavebeenpracticing
answerwritingshallhaveafairideaofhowmanyoftheirsentences/paragraphsmakeup
150200words.(Anotherbenefitofanswerwriting).Andthisishoweventheexaminers
willguessthenumberofwordsinyouransweriftheymust.Theyshallneveractually
countthem.(Andofcourseyoumustalsorememberthatcontentmattersmorethanthe
length)
13.Someofushavethistendencythataswewriteonunruledsheets,oursentencestend
togettiltedinaparticulardirection.Itisannoyingfortheexaminertotilthis/her
headatoddanglestoreadwhatyoumighthavewritten.Soavoidit.
14.Ensureyourhandwritingislegible.Ifitisillegible,whocanstoptheexaminer
fromjustmarkingitwithazerooroneortwoandmoveon.Nooneisgoingtoquestion
him/her.Sowhygivehim/herthischance?
15.UPSCinstructsthatunwrittenpagesshouldbecrossed.Pleasedoitwithasmall
diagonallineacrossthepage.Avoidabigcrosscuttingacrossthelengthandbreadthof
thepagewhichmightalsoleaveamarkonthebackpage.
16.Whenyouaredonewithananswer,drawasmallhorizontallinetellingthe
examineritisover.
17.Keepthebookletneat.Youmusthavenoticedthatsometimes,whenwewrite,our
palmrestsonthesheet.Ensureitisfreeofanyinkmarks(orissweaty)whichmayleave
smudgesontheanswersheet.
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18.Keepthewaterbottlethatyoumaycarryonthegroundnearyourseat.I
haveheardcaseswherethebottlewaskeptonthetableitselflooselycappedinahurry
andaninadvertentpushbyaninvigilatororafellowcandidatehadthecandidateshard
workfloatinginwater.
19.Carryenoughnumberofpens/pencilsandotherstationery.Anddocarryastencilof
thegeometricalfigures.
Andfinally,
Wishyoulotsofwritingandlotsofanswersthatyouhavealreadyprepared!

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