Deconstruct PYQs: Spot Clear Hints & Hidden Traps in Prelims 2023 | Demonstrated LIVE by Zeeshan Sir

Introduction

The speaker introduces the Destroy Brilliant Workshop and explains that it will focus on logical paper solving skills. The session will be interactive.

• The workshop will teach how to answer difficult questions in papers when knowledge fails.

• There will be a predicted prelims workshop after this one.

• The session is interactive.

Eliminating Options

The speaker discusses how to eliminate options in multiple-choice questions.

• UPC gives absurd statements to test risk-taking appetite.

• Example: A breed found in India can swim up to three kilometers in seawater, survives by raising on mangroves, lives in the wild, and cannot be domesticated.

• Using feasibility tests can help eliminate incorrect options.

• For example, statement three can be eliminated because other more ferocious animals are domesticated.

• This leaves only option one and two as correct answers.

Using Instinct

The speaker explains that people often use instinct rather than reason when answering multiple-choice questions.

• People often act on instinct without any reason or thought process.

• In the previous example, most people answered correctly based on their instincts alone.

• However, using feasibility tests can help ensure that the correct answer is chosen based on reasoning rather than just instinct.

Introduction to Epics

The speaker introduces the topic of epics and discusses how knowledge of major Hindu deities is prevalent due to our social and cultural environment.

Different Names of Lord Shiva

• The speaker asks the group if they can name different names of Lord Shiva.

• Wordplay is introduced as a way to derive answers by dissecting keywords. A question on sun temples is used as an example.

• An inverse wordplay exercise is given where the Global Terrorism Index's releasing organization is asked. Institute for Economics and Peace is the correct answer.

Using Creativity in Answering Questions

• Inverse wordplay was used to answer a question when the correct answer was not known. The speaker encourages using creativity in answering questions, but notes that it can be risky.

Conclusion

The speaker concludes by summarizing the main points discussed, including using wordplay and creativity to answer questions.

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