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Insights Daily Debates: Day – 209 24 May 2016 Archives Today’s Topic “India Should Stay away from Afghanistan Peace process to Protect itself from Terror Groups” NOTE: Unlike past we will not be giving you topic in question format. We observed that it turned out to be another Q & A session. We will just mention …
Manju Adure Rank – 291, CSE – 2015 Let me begin by saying, success in civil services exam is within everyone’s reach. It’s about putting in quality in preparation and a matter of rectifying few mistakes which you are always bound to make, and to have proper guidance to take the preparation in the right …
Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 121 23 May 2016 Archives The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles. This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2016. It is not a test …
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Insights into Editorial: Moving towards a water pricing regime 24 May 2016 Article Link Summary: Water has now become a scarce natural resource in India. Two back-to-back droughts have further aggravated this problem. Water scarcity is both a natural and man-made phenomenon. Over the years, increasing population, growing industrialisation, expanding agriculture and rising standards of …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 24 May 2016 Paper 2 Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. ‘Adopting BS-VI norms will make diesel vehicles costlier’ According to a statement issued by ICRA Ratings, “Indian government’s decision to leapfrog the Bharat Stage (BS)-V Emission Standards …
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Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 120 23 May 2016 Archives Clarifications: Question 2, Quiz 119, 21st May (Click HERE ): CPI, unless otherwise specified, should be considered to be combined CPI. According to Arthapedia (Click HERE), “The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has started using CPI-combined as the sole inflation measure for the purpose of …
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Dr Ravindra Goswami Rank – 152, CSE – 2015 The age at which I decided to give the civil service examination was not in favour of me, neither was the social structure (Being married and father of two children – society was expecting more active involvement in family matters). Yet it was my wife who showed me …
[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 24 May 2016 Archives – Secure 2016 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society 1) Analyse the causes of Communism’s slide worldwide and in India. (200 Words) The …
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Topic: Moral thinkers 8) “To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” Discuss the relevance of quote to present Indian society. (150 Words) General
Topic: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology 7) Recently in India, Quercetin, a naturally occurring compound in several fruits and vegetables was in news. Write a note on the application and significance of the compound for health sector. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology 6) Recently India successfully tested a reusable launch vehicle. Examine its significance for India’s space commerce. (200 Words) The Indian Express Livemint The Hindu
Topic: Indian economy; Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. 5) The US economy is driven by consumption and the Chinese economy is driven by production, the Indian economy is driven by trade and services. To which category does Indian start-ups belong to? Discuss their strengths and weaknesses. …
Topic: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, 4) India’s democratic experiment is largely hailed as a success. To which factors do you attribute this success? What else needs to be done to address some of the problems affecting India’s democratic system? Discuss. (200 Words) The Indian …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation 3) It is argued that water pricing is the only long-term, sustainable solution to promote efficient and equitable use of this precious natural resource. Do you agree? What challenges its implementation would face in India? Comment. (200 …
Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. 2) How did Buddhism travel to China and other East Asian countries from India? Write a note on important ancient Buddhist art centres and their forms located in these countries. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society 1) Analyse the causes of Communism’s slide worldwide and in India. (200 Words) The Hindu
