Discussing UPSC Pre attempt and Puja vibes! / 10% $ to BOI

Greetings everyone.. This is @brahmaputra from Guwahati, Assam and here is my latest post.

It's been a couple weeks when I last posted on BOI. While this was a personal experiment of some sort, I couldn't keep myself away for too long. I missed writing here. This is home. And I am delighted to be back writing.

So I sat for the UPSC Pre on Sunday, the 10th of October 2021. The paper was quizzy. As always you don't find some of the answers in regular text books. The current affairs' seemed like they weren't published in any of the newspapers which aspirants generally follow (like The Hindu, Indian Express, Times of India etc etc). It seemed UPSC has a newspaper of their where most of the facts were published (Just kidding).

^{Enjoyed the sunset after exam on the sand banks of Brahmaputra AFTER A LONG TIME}

I got majority of the questions on Polity, Freedom Struggle, Sports and random Trivia right. There was one question regarding the ICC World Test Championship 2017-2021, another one regarding Laureus Sports Award. For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I frequently write sports-related posts apart from posting in BoI. So, that's my strong area in the whole paper. I didn't miss those. I have been a sports enthusiast since my childhood. So the following quote published in the Sports Illustrated (1968) suits perfectly with me as well...

“I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures”
------ Earl Warren, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

However questions on Economy, UN organs, Govt Schemes tossed me up into uncertain territory. I got all of them wrong. I left around 20 Questions unanswered. Thereby after checking the Answer key published by Vajiram and Ravi, I can declare myself out of the race this time. This sets me free to focus on my state pcs mains.

I think UPSC defines a syllabus just for the satisfaction of the aspirants. Their limit is actually anything under the Sun. You can prepare for years and years but someone preparing for the first time might have a crack at it. Its more smart work nowadays as we all know. We need to digest maximum facts in minimum time with smart study. Having said that, you can't deny the fact that luck also plays a crucial role.

So now I am back from the city where I had my exam centre and enjoying the Durga Puja vibes in my village. My cousin sister, who lives atop Nilachal Hills where the famous Kamakhya Temple is situated, sent me these beautiful clicks on Ashtami yesterday, the Day 8 of the Puja/Navratri. Wow, the temple looks like a newly wed bride, beautifully decorated. 😁😍

<sup>Day time click

Evening click

This is the iconic click taken from the side steps from where the entire temple can be seen</sup>

Seeking the blessings of Mother Goddess on behalf of all BoI members. That's all in this post. Hoping to be back with diary blogs soon. Thanks.

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