OPTIONAL Subjects Answer Writing Challenges: 06 October 2015

Please Click on Your Optional Subject Link below to Check Today’s (October 6) Optional Answer Writing Challenge. We will be posting Optional Questions Monday to Friday at 10.30 pm .  We will be able to post questions 4-5 days a week only. Thank you ANTHROPOLOGY ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY HISTORY LAW MANAGEMENT MEDICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY …

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 20

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 20 ARCHIVES Topic:Stratification and Mobility:Dimensions and Social Mobility (1) It has been accepted in sociology that,Race relations situations involve a particular type of intergroup conflict and result in racially categorized groups.Examine it in the context of overseas Indians.(250 words) (2) Write a note on Social Mobility in …

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 18

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19 Archives Question 1 – Critically examine the role of the Finance Ministry as the custodian of all public revenues. Question 2 – ‘It is high time that the distribution of central assistance under article 282 of Indian constitution, (which is entirely or even mainly made …

PSYCHOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19

PSYCHOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19 ARCHIVES Psychological problems on social integration 1. Pathology of prejudice is just a small part of story of prejudice. Comment. 2. Discuss major steps to achieve social integration. 3. What are the psychological concepts associated with self fulfilling prophecy?

PHILOSOPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 12

PHILOSOPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 12 Archives Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume): Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God; Scepticism Give a critical account of Hume’s theory of self. (2013/12 ½) Critically examine John Locke’s categorization of primary and secondary qualities and explain the problem it posed for later empiricist.(2012/15) 3. If ‘to …

MEDICAL SCIENCE-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 15

MEDICAL SCIENCE-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 15 Archives Physiology of sleep and consciousness.   Define sleep. what are the different types of sleep? what are the differences in sleep of a newborn compared to that of an adult? what type of waves will be seen in electroencephalographic record in deep sleep?   2014 Discuss the …

LAW-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 20

LAW-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 20 ARCHIVES Define and distinguish between ‘formal equality’ and ‘substantive equality’ as interpreted by the Apex Court of the country. How would you judge the constitutional validity of an Amendment giving primacy to the executive in the matter of appointment of the judges of the Supreme Court and High …

GEOGRAPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 20

GEOGRAPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 20 ARCHIVES Discuss the concept , components and functioning of an ecosystem. Give a brief account of the principal land biomes and their latitudinal distribution. Floristic kingdoms based on their global distribution

ANTHROPOLOGY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19

ANTHROPOLOGY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19 Archive Post Modernism in Anthropology 15 Cognitive Theories in Anthropology 30 What is functionalism? In what way is this theory different from  structural functionalism? 40 Discuss the contributions of Claude Levi Strauss and Edmund Leach to school of Structuralism. 40

ECONOMICS-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19

ECONOMICS-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19 Archives Show different stages of product life cycle. How do the shortcomings of diffusion lag of new technologies in recent years cause a time compression of the cycle? (2012 – 20 marks) Examine Kalecki’s model of distribution. Do you consider it a correct explanation of distribution ? (2012 …

Insights Daily Debates, Day – 52: Digital India Campaign in Country like India that Ranks 55 in the Global Hunger Index is just Fantasy

Insights Daily Debates: Day – 52 06 October 2015 Archives Today’s Topic    Digital India Campaign in Country like India that Ranks 55 in the Global Hunger Index is just Fantasy The Hindu Will digital India help India overcome poverty? WIll it empower Indians to live a healthy and happy life? Don’t we have bigger problems …

Lok Sabha TV Insights: One Year of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Lok Sabha TV Insights: One Year of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Archives Gandhiji started his Satyagraha campaign with sanitation in South Africa itself and it was his focus all his life. Sewers were introduced by British in 1870. As per Census 2011,  32.70 percent of rural households were having access to toilets in rural areas, while the …

COMPILATIONS: Insights Daily Current Events March 2015 to August 2015

Previously we had posted current events compilation of January and February 2015. In this post we are posting from March to August 2015. Hope this helps in quick revision. Current events are exhaustive. We request you to selectively study articles to save you time if you are giving Mains this year. Insights Current Events Compilations: …

[Insights Secure – 2015] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 06 October 2015

[Insights Secure – 2015] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 06 October  2015 Archives – Secure 2015 06 October 2015 If facing problem in loading of Disqus Comments, please clear Cache and Cookies in your Browser and then reload the page. This will solve the problem. Alternatively you can open the page in ‘incognito/safe browsing …

ETHICS CASE STUDY: If given an opportunity, what will you suggest to school authorities and to your parents? Critically comment.

Topic: Role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values. 10) Recently your brother was awarded PhD by not so good university. Your family members were happy about his achievement. They even published small congratulatory note in local newspaper. You are preparing for civil services exam soon after completion of Bachelor of Arts from …