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Python has some neat features you don’t need every day but are still occasionally useful.Nested functions (closures):Example:def a(b):  def c(d):  return b+d  return c A will return a function that adds B to it’s argument. Very useful to pass to functions like map() or filter().2. DecoratorsExample:def decorator(f):  def b(*args):  print ("calling "+f.__name__)  return f(*args)  return b  @decorator def func(a, b):  return a*b The decorator means that the func=decorator(func). In this case, decorator is a closure that prints “calling func” before every call to func. You could, for example, have a profiling decorator that measures the time between the start and end of your function. There are also built in decorators like the attribute function to make something like a C# get {}.3. Iterator comprehension:(i**2 for i in range(2, 24, 2) if str(i)[0]!='1') Very usefull features. You can replace complicated loops and lists with neat, compact statements, and it’s also much faster than loops or list comprehension because the values are not stored but rather calculated when you need them. If you break out of a loop using a iterator, the rest of the iterator will not be stored or calculated.4. __name__class MyProgram(object):  def __init__(self):  pass #you should only set variables,  #not anything error prone here  def run(self):  pass #main program logic  def cleanup(self):  pass #your cleanup code here  if __name__=="__main__":  try:  prog=MyProgram()  prog.run()  finally:  prog.cleanup() The __name__==”__main__” makes the code not execute when the file is imported from another script. In this way, if you want to use some of the class code from another project, just import it. You won’t have to worry about side effects.Putting logic in a class has many benefits even for small projects. Keeping local data strictly separate from global data means you have less variable names to worry about. You can easily make functions without having to worry about how data will be passed back and forth.5. Lambdafilter(lambda x: str(x)[0] in ('1','3'), range(0,99)) define a quick, inline function. Similar to the => in C#.6. Looping over filesfile=open("checksums") checksums={i.split("\t")[0]: i.split("\t")[1] for i in file} f.close() I just read a csv file into my dictionary in 3 lines, and it isn’t even unreadable. This is why I love python.7. Tuplesg=(1,2,2312,"blo") A tuple is basically a immutable, yet much better version of a list. It’s much faster, saves a lot of memory, you can’t change it by accident, and it’s hash-able so it can be used as a dictionary key.8. Useful builtin modules:import itertools #stuff like Cartesian product and permutation  import functools #lots of decorators, for example a decorator that stores the last output in a cage and uses it again if possible  import sys, os #do system level stuff  import subprocess, multithreading, multiprocessing #various multithreading strategies  import curses #mess with the terminal  import tkinter #make fancy GUIs  import pickle #serialize objects  import urllib, ftplib, httplib, poplib #communicate with the internet  import md5, zlib, gzip, csv, xml, json #common file formats 9. Useful third party modules:import twisted #asyncronious network programming  import pygame #graphics programming  import crypto #user friendly cryptography  import httplib2 #more standards-compliant http  import numpy #advanced math and statistics  import django #python HTTP server framework I hope this helps!

Last attempt. 4th mains, 3rd interview. Ruthlessly blocked my chances from becoming IAS to featuring my name in the list.On a typical day of interview there are many factors that are not under your control, be it slot of your interview (forenoon or afternoon), your interview board, your position in a given slot (first or last), kind of question that a board may ask, duration of interview etc. What works for you is your hard work, self belief, confidence level, humility, decent amount of knowledge and enormous amount of good luck.I was the last member to go in the afternoon session. Time - 5:35 pm. I was interviewed for just 13–14 minutes. Waiting for almost four and half hours, I was completely exhausted and feeling drained due to lack of energy. Insufficient amount of energy was made up by the regular intake of coffee and biscuit available in the central hall, where the candidates are supposed to undergo document verification before they are called up for the interview. And these factors hardly bears you down when years of experience have taught you to stay strong when the going is tough.Chairman explained the interview process quickly and asked me about how much I am liking my current job (No brainer, I replied). This was followed by him asking that how I have adjusted in my current Government job after doing engineering then M.Tech form IIT-BHU and now audit (I am working as a Sr. Auditor in O/o CAG for last 6 years). A normal HR question to which I replied confidently. But he interrupted and asked me to just tell, “how you have adjusted”. I was surprised as I have answered him what I felt was correct. Eventually, he got satisfied after interrupting twice as I rephrased my answer in no time. One question by Chairman, that’s it.Then came M1 sitting right next to me jeering and giving a wicked look. Asked me about the bidding process (I had the faint idea that audits are conducted for contracts extended by the company to get their task done e.g. DMRC gives contract for construction of underground metro and viaduct of elevated sections). I answered based on the limited amount of knowledge that I had. I referred to aspect of bidding i.e. financial and technical bid. I think somewhere board members were preoccupied by the idea that I am part of the main audit process. However, I gave one wrong answer and justified it, after being insisted by the Chairman.Having given one wrong answer is not an issue and certainly doesn’t decide your PT score. Rest of the question by M1 I answered easily. But in some of the answers he looked dissatisfied. He was unwilling to accept my clarification which was weird. Normally board members aid and support you but not in this case.The M2 asked archaic random current affairs like SAGAR (and current developments in it - I knew about SAGAR but I was not aware of its current developments as it was not in the news for past many months), Inland waterways, about OIC etc. I answered them. After this M2 stood up from his seat and followed his way to the bathroom.M3 South Indian lady. Looking completely disinterested, agitated from inside and in a hurry to go home. She asked, Sociology is your optional “What is Malthusian Theory?” (This is taught to a geography student). I have never learned in Sociology and decided not to bluff, so I told her that I am not aware about the concept in Sociology. That’s it, just one question and you are tested in your domain knowledge. Cooking is your hobby, tell me “Bhindi kaise banaoge?” Literally in Hindi (Still not an issue) but later she realized, that what she is doing. I replied that there are many ways of cooking Bhindi. I started elaborating but she interrupted apathetically and wanted me to stick to the question, “how you will cook bhindi?” I was appalled by her attitude but I maintained my calm and quickly explained her the recipe.In my previous interview, respected chairman clearly asked about my role in my current profession and restricted herself to my domain expertise only. She interviewed most of the candidates for 40–45 minutes, as year 2016 was her first stint as a UPSC member. After scoring modest score, I missed the final list by 14 marks. This is due to shockingly low marks I scored in essay paper. My score in 2016 read as i.e. 114 marks (Sociology - 276; GS - 422).M4 member. Last member was unable to frame the question correctly and expecting me to answer quickly. I answered his question but he was interrupting way too much. I can understand that they are running short of time and wanted to wrap up the interview in a minimum possible time.All this drama ended in a short span of 14–15 minutes. I took my mobile from the counter, came outside from UPSC premise, switched on my mobile and made first call to my old flatmate at 5:52 pm. Remember I entered in the board at appx. 5:35 pm. I turned around and was stunned to see the lady member waiting for her car exiting from the parking area.Having faced such a disinterested and non-cooperative board, I was completely shattered from inside. My only target was to make my last interview experience satisfactory and memorable. The years of UPSC preparation has taught me to stay focused, trust the process and don’t get bogged down by the outcome of the process which is not in our control (‘Karma kar fal ki iccha mat kar’ as the divine saying goes).Seriously, you can walk away conveniently by giving just 116. I demand, 136 also is not a good score, why not 136? At least, I could have made into the list by two marks. Do I sense a conspiracy here? Having sufficient amount of data available of selected and non-selected candidates of last few years we can discern a clear pattern how a candidate under performing in mains actually make into the list at exact cut off or by margin of few marks by scoring highest marks in interview.An interview board is within their rights to extend the duration of interview to 35–40 minutes to get himself/herself convinced after giving a candidate enough opportunity to come back, if they feel that sufficient time has not been earmarked to judge the personality in its entirety. They were in hurry? Why? An aspirant’s entire career is at stake and board is in a hurry. How the board can justify this weirdness. The absurd way of awarding marks - 42%, so specific, seriously ? Board members have such a divine power that they can accurately arrive at a figure in just two minutes.I am a rational human being and was expecting somewhere around 150 marks (Not much by any standard). But they have mercilessly ruined my chances.This also highlights a stark reality that your mains marks have zero weightage if you had a bad 15–20 minutes of life on an interview day. Conducting nine (09) papers in mains is making fool out of aspirants. On a given day you are crushed and crumbled to pieces in front of members having titanic size ego.Scoring 74 marks above cut off (Rank 112 in mains as I have made an excel sheet of mains marks from the data of recommended candidates, this may go 2–3 rank below if similar case appears in future) deserving to be in top 100 has actually not made into the list by a margin of 18 marks. You must be kidding me!! This is no less than farce.Having a range of 100 marks with the board members on a given day is no less than entrusting them with dictatorial powers. All you have to learn is ego massaging, speak humbly, internalize the principle of ‘fake it until you make it’, sit bare chested even if you don’t know the answer because arrogance is also a functional trait of a typical bureaucrats; to sail smoothly in the interview. And they say be yourself, be natural.Handling administration is more than your performance in 30 minutes. Personality have many layers. You discover core personality of an individual when you spend substantial amount of time with him/her in different situations. The suitability of no candidates can be tested that how well he can manage the district administration. Majority of them struggles their entire career in manoeuvring the complexity of administrative procedure.We as an aspirant understand the limitation of the examination process. But in the name of limitation we are not ready to embrace the injustice.I though, I have improved upon my behavior, attitude and overall personality since my first interview experience. And I can feel this change in me. I am definitely not against the candidates who score good marks. What I am against is the wide discretionary power board members have, who can actually make or break a candidates future on a given day. In past we have seen how UPSC members charged of corruption and departmental inquiries pending against them are actually interviewing suitability of the candidates for IAS/IPS based on ethical/moral uprightness. :) :)It’s time that dictatorial behavior of chairman, opacity and absurd procedure of interview round is called into question before it continues to ruin the career of coming generation of sincere aspirants. UPSC has certainly ran out of credibility in recent times, the way they are conducting each stages of the examination. Prelims paper of this year is a befitting example. Not to mention many aspect of the examination which needs serious reform.To gain more insight into the UPSC PT round. Open the link below and continue reading.IAS interviewees - better off unbeautiful - Shailaja Chandra’ Blo

There is no data I know of on this. The WALS has data for languages that put verbal agreement on predicative adjectives.Chapter Predicative AdjectivesI will ask my PhD supervisor on Thursday. He does some work with loading features in a program, and spinning it up.Out of Indo-European languages in Europe, I guesstimate 90% both have plural agreement, and keep plural agreement in attributive adjectives.All Balto-Slavic languages do, all Celtic languages do, all Romance languages do except perhaps French, and all North Germanic languages do. The only exceptions are the West Germanic languages, and perhaps French.In French, they singular vs plural is spelt differently but pronounced differently only when the predicative adjective is irregular or the speaker is really emphasising it (for attributive adjectives, they plural agreement is pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel, see—counterarguments).For example:Les chats sont noirs [nwaʁ]‘the cats are black’Le chat est noir [nwaʁ]‘the cat is black’Les chats sont bleus [blø]‘the cats are blue’Le chat est bleu [blø]‘the cat is blue’but….Les chats sont internationaux [ɛ̃tɛʁnasjɔno]‘the cats are international’Le chat est international [ɛ̃tɛʁnasjɔnal]‘the cat is international’The last category of adjectives is practically the only time in French where the plural agreement is pronounced predicatively.Counterarguments:The easy counterargument though, is that the plural /z/ can be pronounced if the next word begins with a vowel; predicative adjectives are almost necessarily sentence-final, so of course the plural agreement is not pronounced.If we think about it this way, then French attributive adjectives are no different from predicative, just like in other Romance languages.