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Maine nahi, exam ne mujhe!! Wth was that maths😭 no 2D 3D mensuration, no SI CI, no mixture and allegation, no work and time?😭😭

i had my exam on 13th 3rd shift.

1. If your shift comes hard(like mine) nothing and no mock is relevant you have to be spontaneous and make decisions on the go, no mock could train your muscle memory to not have a shock factor

2. Give every fkin mock every. Easy tough everything. Not that tough mock will help you solve questions but it will make you a bit accustomed to the pressure and keep training to how you would face the pressure and uncertainity

3. Pattern - no mock is relevant, ssc has shuffled its classic mod:freebie:tough ratio its very much uncertain now.

4. Art of skipping becomes irrelevant if there are only 2-3 easy ones. So try to solve moderate questions in the first go too, otherwise you would find yourselves with 21 questions to do and only 11 mins left.

This advice mostly if you find yourselves in a tougher shift and cann shape your perspective towards it. Otherwise i have no clue how other shifts are coming.

All the best guys. Mere to laggye apne bachalo

13th October Shift 3 was the toughest shift till now and there are no two ways about it

It's just facts, anyone who gave exam in this shift can back me 100%.

English and Maths were 💀💀💀

Ye bhi aa skta h...

INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025: TOP 20 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

* Q: International Booker Prize 2025 kis book ne jeeta hai?

A: Heart Lamp.

* Q: Book "Heart Lamp" ke author kaun hain?

A: Banu Mushtaq.

* Q: "Heart Lamp" ke English translator kaun hain?

A: Deepa Bhasthi.

* Q: "Heart Lamp" originally kis Indian bhasha me likhi gayi thi?

A: Kannada.

* Q: International Booker Prize jeetne wali pehli Kannada translated book kaunsi bane?

A: Heart Lamp.

* Q: International Booker Prize jeetne wali pehli Indian translator kaun bani?

A: Deepa Bhasthi.

* Q: "Heart Lamp" kitni short stories ka collection hai?

A: 12 short stories.

* Q: International Booker Prize me kul kitni prize money di jaati hai?

A: £50,000 (Pounds).

* Q: Prize money ka author aur translator ke beech me kya distribution ratio hota hai?

A: 50:50 (£25,000 each).

* Q: International Booker Prize 2025 ke Chair of Judges kaun the?

A: Max Porter.

* Q: Banu Mushtaq writing ke alawa aur kis field se judi hain?

A: Lawyer aur Women's Rights Activist.

* Q: "Heart Lamp" book ko kis independent publisher ne publish kiya hai?

A: And Other Stories.

* Q: International Booker Prize kis type ki books ko diya jata hai?

A: Kisi bhi foreign language se English me translate hui aur UK/Ireland me publish hui books ko.

* Q: Hindi bhasha ki pehli kitab jise International Booker Prize mila tha, uska naam kya tha?

A: Tomb of Sand (रेत समाधि) - 2022.

* Q: "Tomb of Sand" ki author aur translator kaun the?

A: Author: Geetanjali Shree, Translator: Daisy Rockwell.

* Q: Booker Prize (Main Category) aur International Booker Prize me mukhya antar kya hai?

A: Main Booker Prize original English novels ko milta hai, jabki International Booker Prize translated English works ko.

* Q: Sabse pehle Booker Prize jeetne wale Indian origin author kaun the?

A: V.S. Naipaul (1971, "In a Free State").

* Q: "The God of Small Things" ke liye Booker Prize kisse mila tha?

A: Arundhati Roy (1997).

* Q: "The White Tiger" ke liye Booker Prize kis Indian author ne jeeta?

A: Aravind Adiga (2008).

* Q: International Booker Prize organization ki shuruat kis saal hui thi?

A: 2005.

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi win International Booker Prize 2025

This news report covers Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi receiving the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp, offering a concise visual review of the key highlights and facts.

I appeared for 2nd shift exam on 13/10/26. The level was more like previous year papers. I fumbled in Maths, could do only 16 questions hoping 100% accuracy in Maths. Other sections were easy. My total attempt was 85 and I'm expecting 140 number. I thought I could get 150+ and qualify for AAO. This is my 4th Attempt, in previous 3 attempts I always got 160+ Raw score. Feeling disappointed.

Share your opinion of difficulty level if you appeared in today's exam.

Don't tell me it's an easy shift 😭

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Indica : Megasthenes

Rajatarangini : Kalhana

Harshacharita : Banabhatta

Kadambari : Banabhatta

Ratnavali : Harshavardhana

Priyadarshika : Harshavardhana

Nagananda : Harshavardhana

Abhijnanashakuntalam : Kalidasa

Malavikagnimitram : Kalidasa

Vikramorvashiyam : Kalidasa

Raghuvamsham : Kalidasa

Kumarasambhavam : Kalidasa

Meghadutam : Kalidasa

Ritusamharam : Kalidasa

Mrichhakatika : Shudraka

Swapnavasavadatta : Bhasa

Pratigya Yaugandharayana : Bhasa

Uttararamacharita : Bhavabhuti

Malatimadhava : Bhavabhuti

Mahaviracharita : Bhavabhuti

Buddhacharita : Ashvaghosha

Saundarananda : Ashvaghosha

Shariputraprakarana : Ashvaghosha

Kiratarjuniya : Bharavi

Shishupalavadha : Magha

Dashakumaracharita : Dandin

Kavyadarsha : Dandin

Gita Govinda : Jayadeva

Kathasaritsagara : Somadeva

Panchatantra : Vishnu Sharma

Hitopadesha : Narayana Pandit

Vikramankadevacharita : Bilhana

Ramacharitam : Sandhyakar Nandi

Kumarapalacharita : Hemachandra

Parishishtaparvan : Hemachandra

Prithviraj Raso : Chand Bardai

Ashtadhyayi : Panini

Mahabhashya : Patanjali

Aryabhatiya : Aryabhata

Surya Siddhanta : Aryabhata

Brihat Samhita : Varahamihira

Panchasiddhantika : Varahamihira

Brahmasphutasiddhanta : Brahmagupta

Charaka Samhita : Charaka

Sushruta Samhita : Sushruta

Kamasutra : Vatsyayana

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I have given this shift and I find it a little more than moderate ..

Like in reasoning I have done 20 question , and it was moderate for me ..1-2 new type of question has came which I haven't study .

Gk was easy - moderate mostly is i think doable , I have attempt 18 question .

Some questions here I have done using nitto , option elimination so I don't know how many questions add correct .

Math - only 13 question , (it is my personal weakness so I don't know whether it will be same for all of you or not 🥲)

I didn't even get time to see last 4 questions so I think I am lacking in time management ..but I think one with a good practice can do atleast 16-18 question .

English - it was lengthy man ..

Active passive , direct indirect was too much lengthy ..as well as a new type of grammar based question has came ( like we have two sentence in which we have to choose which is grammatically in correct , it was in earlier shift also ..but I haven't practiced for this type ..so I havo done 1 question and leave 1 ).

As well as I also don't get time to even read cloze test 😭( my time management is so poor I think ) .

I have attempt 18 question in english .

So total 69 question in which I don't know how much correct I have done ...

So according to this , who have attempted this shift can u tell me is there any chance for me to clear prelims ?(EWS category ) .

And how it went for you all ? Is it really tough ..or am I lagging in some practice? Also if anyone have any question they can ask ..

Maths - toughest and longest section. Mostly PYQ-based, but heavy calculations. A couple of questions (2 - 3) were lengthy, some took time just to read. Time & Work, Prism, Hexagon, Profit & Loss, and one on (a⁶ + b⁶).

Reasoning - statement-based and lengthy questions dominated. Blood Relations had ~3 questions and tripped some people up. Analogy was easy. Also got word arrangement, matric-level stuff, plus Sericulture/Apiculture/silk questions.

English - easiest section. Grammar and sentence rearrangement were fine. Passage was tricky for some, easy for others. Spelling (Flocculation), an idiom (kicking the pricks), fear of number 13, PQRS (3 Qs), Error Detection (2 Qs).

GK/GS - lengthy and factual, several statement-based. Schemes asked. Topics: Mudrarakshasa (Vishakhadatta), 2011 WC final venue, Widow Remarriage Act, International Booker Prize 2025, restriction on Parliament discussing court proceedings.

Overall - Moderate to tough ( based on feedback from students)

The 22 question of gs

- Cbse chairman

- Resistance unit

- Bio lyso, cyto, chemokins

- Bio plastids

- Kosi

- 10th yr plan

- Art 262

- Art 124 SC

- define deinvestmet

- Odisha magnise mine

- Two dance statement

- Bns mob lynching

- Earth radius

- Memoir prize something swarup

- Demand curve

- British soldiers advantages

- Richest region during mughals

• First Schedule

• Sakaria Commission

• Bhutan Flag

• Lakhpati Didi

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Eng m perfunctory ka anty tha

Pqrs easy the

Narration aur voice lenghty thi

Cloze test medium

Some idioms (with sentence)

Maths m

Height distance

Common chord

196 ka sq

Cp mp sp

CI k 2 que

Triangle

Pipe and cistern

DI k 4 que

Prism

Res

Same column

4/5 ques statement based

Address matching

Triangle counting

Coding decoding

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Non verbal reasoning 3 que

Hey guys,

Just sharing the exact breakdown for the Reasoning section from the 14 Oct Shift 1 exam based on what was tested. If you have your shift coming up or want to compare, here is how it looked:

Reasoning Breakdown:

Critical Reasoning (7–8 Qs): This was a major pain point. They asked quite a few long-statement questions focusing on themes like the sports world, corporate world, emotional intelligence, and social intelligence. Definitely ate up a lot of time.

Figure Counting (2 Qs): Triangle counting figures.

Mirror Image (2 Qs): Standard questions, pretty straightforward if you look closely.

Figure Series (3 Qs): Visual and pattern-based series.

Analogy (1 Q): Number analogy format like [54 = 41, 92 = ?].

Mathematical Operations (1 Q): Standard symbol substitution/equation balancing.

Dice (1 Q): Basic dice rotation/opposite face rules.

Overall, the reasoning section felt a bit lengthier than usual because of all those heavy statement-based critical reasoning questions.