Insights Secure PRELIMS, 31 July 2014
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Month: July 2014
ETHICS and INTEGRITY – Answer Writing Challenge, 31 July 2014
ARCHIVES 31 July 2014 Recently there was a communal clash between communities X and Y in one of the villages under your jurisdiction. It was so severe that, all the people belonging to minority community X, fled from their village. Later they were given shelter in nearby temporary camp. The camp lacked all basic amenities. …
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[UPSC MAINS-2014] Insights Secure Questions, 31 July 2014
ARCHIVES 31 July 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Is agricultural loan waiver policy, announced by many states and sometimes by the union government to help farmers in distress, good for the economy? Comment. Business Standard 2) Examine why voluntary disclosure of income schemes (VDIS) was implemented and what has been its …
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Motivation: Forget Failure, Forget Mistakes
…………………………………… I do understand that there are a lot of things bugging you right now. Apart from the vast GS paper, the recent challenge about the pattern being changed or not or the CSAT paper which is posing new challenges over and over again. It almost feels that it is unfair to go through all …
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Insights Secure PRELIMS – 2014: July 30
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ETHICS and INTEGRITY – Answer Writing Challenge, 30 July 2014
ARCHIVES 30 July 2014 As a DM, you are doing your best to demolish all illegal encroachments in the district headquarters. This has brought you a good name. At the heart of the city, there is an immediate need of widening a road where lately lots of accidents have taken place because of huge vehicle traffic. …
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Motivation: What is your inner voice saying?
………………………… I am sure enough has been talked about the postponement of exams, why some sections would be more difficult for some people over the others, why some people are at advantage compared to other and so on. And there is a always that doubt and uncertainty as to how to handle this and what …
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[UPSC MAINS-2014] Insights Secure Mains, 30 July 2014
ARCHIVES 30 July 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Critically comment on the nature of tribunals, their composition and their relationship with the executive and judiciary. Business Standard 2) Write a note on WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (“SCM Agreement”) and examine how much of India’s policies are consistent with …
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Insights Secure PRELIMS – Previous Year Questions, 29 July 2014
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ETHICS and INTEGRITY – Answer Writing Challenge, 28 July 2014
ARCHIVES 28 July 2014 A man convicted for rape and murder of two 15 year old girls has been awarded death sentence by the court. His sentence is due in 3 days. You are the in charge of the jail and have been assigned to supervise his death sentence. The convict becomes seriously ill two …
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Do we make History? Or History makes us?
Anonymous How often we question what we learn? I am sure we do, but do we question it to the core? I am leaving the UPSC angle aside a bit here. The topic, however, is connected to the exam. While reading Indian freedom struggle, you would come across the word ‘British’ more than a …
[UPSC MAINS-2014] Insights Secure-2014, July 29
ARCHIVES 29 July 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) “India’s silence on critical global issues fits poorly with its global aspirations.” Critically comment. The Indian Express 2) “To build an inclusive society, the police needs an urgent overhaul and wide reform.” Critically comment. The Indian Express 3) Examine why efforts to …
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MOTIVATION: Will the exams be postponed?
……………………….. A lot has been questioned about the UPSC pattern these days and there seems to be a looming open question as to whether the exams would be postponed or not. Some say it should be and some say it shouldn’t. However that is not something we are going to debate about today. Let us …
ECONOMICS – Daily Answer Writing Challenge, 28 July 2014
ECONOMICS – Daily Answer Writing Challenge, 28 July 2014 1) Compare the strategies of trickle down growth with inclusive growth. Why should the strategy of inclusive growth be preferred? (250 words)
Insights Secure – PRELIMS – Previous Year Questions, 28 July 2014
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MOTIVATION: It is not the load that breaks you!
……………………… I have heard this a fair number of times. People esp in the UPSC sector have told me that it is a lot of hard work and the load is extreme since there is X,Y,Z things to do and no matter how much you work hard, you are never sure whether it is going …
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[UPSC MAINS-2014] Insights Secure – 2014, July 28
ARCHIVES 28 July 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) “India should press for a comprehensive bilateral – or possibly trilateral, involving Bangladesh – treaty with China on water sharing that is open to international scrutiny and adjudication.” Comment why. Business Standard 2) Critically comment on India’s stance on all WTO related issues. …
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Knowledge Is Power – A Guide To UPSC Exam Preparation By Divya S Iyer, IAS
. ‘Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off… And start all over again’ – Frank Sinatra That’s what I told myself when I applied for a year of extraordinary leave from my hectic training schedule of the Indian Revenue Service at the National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics. ‘They don’t call the period …
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Insights Weekend Discussions – 27 July 2014
Welcome to the Fourteenth Edition of Insights Weekend Discussions. You can access details of previous discussions here. The Topic “Continuing Communal Riots in India Are the Result of Both History and Contemporary Politics.” India’s Home Ministry reveals that more than 2,500 people were killed in incidents of communal clashes in the country since 2002. There were 8,500 incidents of communal clashes in …
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Insights Secure PRELIMS – 2014: Previous Year Questions, 27 July 2014
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