"I used ANSWER THINKING to clear the UPSC Exam" - Benjo P Jose (AIR 59) | Master Session by IAS

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Delighted to have Benjo P Jose, AIR 59, at Civilsdaily Delhi HQ. Benjo took an Offline Master Session with students explaining about "Answer THINKING". Yes, you read that right. It is only once in a while that you get to hear something this innovative that can have a tremendous impact on your preparation.
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[@PurpleGrace-w4o]

what is the advantage of choosing Anthropology as an optional paper ?.

[@sushmabhat6151]

Cool guy with high intellect dare to crave a path for himself going against path set by industries ….reminds me of Vikram Grewal sir 😊

[@rawgsta3718]

Thats what i thought

[@VipulSingh-00033]

Toh jaake uski Godi me baith jaao , Go sit on his lap

[@VipulSingh-00033]

Toh jaake uski God me baith jaao ,,, Go sit on his Lap then girls like you are experts in this 😂

[@sourabhjha9755]

True!! Also, Carve*

[@LeonardoS325]

😂😂 filling money bag before going for training

[@ustaad9220]

I brainstorm this way and honestly, it's a relief to see that it worked for someone. Now, i am not changing my style ever. Thanks!

[@chesswithsagar]

Don't use "ever" in UPSC journey. If it is not working for you, change it. Otherwise no pride in telling after 6 years that "I've written 4 mains."

[@The-rr4xl]

This shows that even if u have a radically different approach than others, things can work. Thankyou so much for this talk. Maybe i need to believe in my own strategies rather than mindlessly following rigid template set overtime.

[@CivilsdailyIAS]

Important to consult mentors who have seen a width of strategies instead of relying on toppers who talk about 1-2 things that worked for them.

[@mayureshnighot8622]

+1

[@Bruschetta23]

Gaurav agarwal and pratyush pandey have shared amazing insights on preparation, and i was hoping some topper would actually mention those two like how pratyush sir expected and mentioned in his blog that maybe someone can pick up from where they left. Sir if you are seeing these comments- it would be really beneficial if you also wrote a blog/post about this in more structured way including all small things that helped or maybe an elaborate book like anudeep durishetty wrote. Thank you for this session.

[@sonusherkar9276]

I found him very cool, humble at the same time with right attitude 👏👏👍

[@MdSaif-jp5rc]

​@@foku486sahu bola bhai.. 😢😂😂

[@DrNikhilPRangdal]

Its genuine request that please give mic to people who are asking the questions, bcz of low voice their questions are not understandable properly

[@ShikharVerma-x9z]

Indeed very unique and unconventional approach, thanks civilsdaily for giving him a platform and getting us to know these new and fresh approaches to the ever evolving and dynamic exam of upsc.

[@express9618]

very helpful, i will say the best and unique way of approaching a question. If he shared any platform where he provided his notes, please share. Thankyou civilsdaily platform.

[@CivilsdailyIAS]

we will ask for his notes.

[@nonmetallica11]

Beautiful approach. Simply amazing. Love this thinking

[@chemfusion7383]

Unique & helpful session

[@ojha58]

Thanks civils daily❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sourav_2903]

Few point like marriage can be linked with care Economy and with family responsibilities and workforce participation in economy.In globalization it csn be link with assimilation of dif culture and their influence on marriage ;ex the western influence of live in relationships in marriage..Session was helpful

[@astrooo4918]

as benjo sir said he will share his notes but i dont see yet. plz ask him to share his GS & OPTIONAL notes asap.

[@muskanversee]

GENIUS!

[@Kijaanamkaun]

I struggle in finding the right words and then putting my thoughts into limited words, if any of you can relate, please suggest how you deal with this.

[@sreeragtk2900]

Happens even to the best of us. In terms of writing an answer for UPSC, I don’t know what to do. But if I had to write an answer about something I read, I know that I can do better than the average joe because I’ve read and understood the concept better than him.

[@Kijaanamkaun]

@@sreeragtk2900 Hey, thanks for this. Actually when we prepare for an exam as competitive as UPSC, there are thousands of people who study really hard, so getting at least better than average of those best candidates makes it challenging, because afterall we're all studying hard and almost the same thing.

[@chesswithsagar]

To bring brevity, you need to have clarity of thoughts, revise your material. Keep reading toppers copy, buy IAS Hub's toppers handwritten answers. Learn from them. Once you keep seeing crisp arguments, you will imbibe them. Also, when you read a para (even in newspaper or book), try to summarise them in 1-2 keywords which give Crux of that para. That's all.

[@Kijaanamkaun]

@@chesswithsagar Hey, that sounds like brilliant advice. Many thanks for this, I will definitely try it.

[@arunsheokand2527]

Great discussion

[@yasashwiniawasthi3126]

@CivilsdailyIAS yup, it's interesting and unique. No wonder he's in the list.

[@Sk-2703]

Sir please bring him for mains this is needed

[@mintxdp]

The first 2 points were same as mine 😀, it's highly predictable the impact of "literacy" and "finance" in women's life with marriage.

[@abhayranjan8632]

Sir I am a Hindi medium student I appeared for upsc prelims this year I was getting 90 marks in prelims. Sir will i join your batches??

[@ojha58]

It's very helpful for me as well somebody❤🎉

[@abijithp92]

Thank you very much ben jod

[@jayshreedas8002]

Handsome guy

[@ZoldicsDiaries]

That's all got to say, no wonder you are in comment section 😂

[@PurpleGrace-w4o]

What is the advantage of choosing Anthropology?

[@IGNOSI]

Main point is the shattering patrarichial nature as society evolving into more developed like developed nations.. Marriage become a mere formality of registration

[@ashutoshsharma2138]

Sir Hindi medium topper ko bhi bulaye. Please 🙏

[@bacchu234]

Where do i get his notes

[@Shubh7915]

Yaar ye yahi sb hai Jo paida hote hi upsc krte hai hm class 1- se graduation,Ye class- Upsc 😂😂😂😂

[@shankarkoyla1021]

40:40 which app is it he is using to make notes

[@alam_badrul]

Maybe OneNote

[@kahaniwala360]

Please keep it price as it is not increase very rapidly

[@minimotivation77]

Love his voice 🤭

[@trb6283]

I think from now onwards i start writing comments

[@RamanDeep-wk4vy]

Y answer gender neutral hona chaiye tha na shaadi to dono krte hai ladka aur ladki y answer women ki trf inclined kyu hai and y approach thodi galat nhi hai kya ?? Marriage ko only women ki side se dekhna??

[@joy-is5xp]

Women has to change home, face pregnancy, most of the time leave career. In every 1 lakh pregnancies 130 mothers die. MMR rate of india. Impact of marriage is more on women.

[@sevaksinghcool7129]

As he liked to syllabus thats why he wrote.. as women is mentioned specifically in the syllabus

[@theknightsky3834]

If u write ur answer in English then you must be fluent in English to compete with these toppers.

[@shivangigoel5246]

Exactly sometimes I found myself blank , not able to write the exact word 😢

[@husky5912]

One point is a divorcee man have to give half of their hard earned income but reverse is not true.

[@ZoldicsDiaries]

Not in India, even in maintenance only 1/3rd provision is there.

[@IASLectures-gn9zw]

He looks like Rajkumar Rao😅😅😅

[@PranavPatil-n1v]

25:16 demand for non cis heterosexual marriage, domestic violence act, dowry prevention act , alleged feminisation of judgement, sec 497 , SMA case 2023

[@ZoldicsDiaries]

Basically implementation of Western degraded woke agenda. That is the foundation of societal collapse-which west is rejecting now but is like new cool thing in India😂

[@ZoldicsDiaries]

Yes

[@majorrachie]

Log answer writing karte hai ye answer thinking

[@stylishanku357]

He made me so confused

[@trb6283]

24:05 podity

[@dhruvmanzkhola1415]

Lmao

[@trb6283]

Podity

[@yashj1072]

lmao

[@atgc2310]

His answer writing explanation is pretty vague.

[@CivilsdailyIAS]

no. its a paradigm shift. please email [e-mail] so we can send a writeup.

[@atgc2310]

@@CivilsdailyIAS No, I don't think so. The question was straightforward as to why or why not marriage losing it's relevance today ? And it's not just about the answer but also his way of conduct makes me wonder as to how he cleared mains and pt. I don't want to disrespect but honestly speaking, Never have I seen any topper so confused and unclear about how to explain. And it has nothing to do with his hindi. The same questions were answered very clearly by other toppers.

[@CivilsdailyIAS]

@@atgc2310 he is highlighting a different methodology. The conventional way to go about questions is to first try and recall the notes that you made on the same topic. But Benjo doesn't take this approach as its hard for him to memorize so much. Instead he has practiced a lot of brainstorming and working on creating points, making connections. The first thing he does when he sees the question is connect with other syllabus topics and come up with points. Without practice, you wont be able to come up with such points.

[@atgc2310]

@@CivilsdailyIAS But personally according to me, one's own strategy/ methodology will be more beneficial than this brainstorming experiment to recall syllabus and interlinking. Note that I am not discrediting his methodology but it is always better to follow one's own methods if it is less time consuming and the outcome is more productive compared to the methods of others. At the end of the day, ends are more important than means in this exam.

[@nikitasingh665]

his approach is very novel and it will work well for all the bouncer questions which upsc asks. You can't make notes on unpredictable topics and remember everything. This method will definitely work in those situations.

[@maptoscale1323]

if u write like that about women and a lady is correcting your paper, you will get zero, a big zero! its very sad that people with such narrow thinking (value of marriage decreasing coz of women empowerment @ 13:14 ) are cracking civil services exam! This is what happens when recuritment for such high level jobs is done through such exams where mugging up is awarded but the real thinking of the candidate is not exposed. This guy somehow escaped,YOU WILL BE CAUGHT IN INTERVIEW or even worse,some stage of your career or life to pay a heavy price,if not corrected.

[@mansigupta8215]

No ... I am woman too ... What he has said ... And the way he expressed .... The words he used ... Were all correct... There's nothing wrong here ... He is not saying women empowerment.... He is saying financial independence.... No problem with that ...

[@maptoscale1323]

@@mansigupta8215 just because you are a woman your statement cannot be automatically correct.

[@adi1tya2]

​@@maptoscale1323 I respect your opinion but there are indeed studies that highlight increasing trend of divorces wrt financial independence of women. This doesn't mean it's a negative outcome, at the end of the day women getting divorced is something they did as a better outcome than staying married in a hurtful manner. Besides I would prefer women to stay independent (meaning contribute to economic growth in a sense) than to be married to a stupid guy and forced to stay for no reason other than money.

[@InebriatedKafka]

TRUE. I was appalled hearing his answer. It's truly sad.

[@maptoscale1323]

@@adi1tya2 In order to not be sexist ,the answer to the question he is discussing should also refer to the stagnant patriarchal and misogynist cultural values prevalent in our society as reasons for fallout of the institution of marriage and not women's financial empowerment.

[@GshGag]