QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 02 & 03 October, 2016

QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz 02 & 03 October, 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 …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 03 October 2016

    Insights Daily Current Affairs, 03 October 2016   Paper 2 Topic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.   Two-thirds of elderly financially dependent on others, …

Insights into Editorial: China’s One-Road-One Belt Initiative: A New Model of Global Governance

    Insights into Editorial: China’s One-Road-One Belt Initiative: A New Model of Global Governance   With its ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative, China is now seeking to establish its identity as a world class power. The One-Road-One-Belt (OROB) initiative for connectivity, with clear strategic advantages for China, contrasts sharply with existing treaty-based integration concepts …

[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 03 October 2016

[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 03 October  2016 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Social empowerment 1) Is it time for India to scrap the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989? Critically evaluate record of this Act in empowering the SC …

7) In the light of recent incident in Tamil Nadu where opposition parties demanded health record of ailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to be made public, discuss the ethical issues involved in such demands. Assuming you are an editor of a newspaper and somehow you get access to these health records, will you publish them? Justify.

Topic: Attitude: social influence and persuasion. 7) In the light of recent incident in Tamil Nadu where opposition parties demanded health record of ailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to be made public, discuss the ethical issues involved in such demands. Assuming you are an editor of a newspaper and somehow you get access to these health records, will …

6) More than any other country, India needs an effective industrial policy to stimulate domestic job creation.What should be the features of this policy? Which sectors should be nurtured? And what would be the best ways to nurture them? Discuss.

Topic: Employment 6) More than any other country, India needs an effective industrial policy to stimulate domestic job creation.What should be the features of this policy? Which sectors should be nurtured? And what would be the best ways to nurture them? Discuss. (200 Words) Livemint

5) More than 20 million people in India are bitten by dogs, and 20,000 die because of rabies, annually. Dogs also directly kill a dozen or more people, mostly children, every year. In this light, examine what legal and institutional mechanism exist in India to deal with this problem. Also highlight issues involved in dealing with this problem

Topic; Conservation (of humans /dogs!?) 5) More than 20 million people in India are bitten by dogs, and 20,000 die because of rabies, annually. Dogs also directly kill a dozen or more people, mostly children, every year. In this light, examine what legal and institutional mechanism exist in India to deal with this problem. Also highlight issues …

3) In the light of post – independence wars fought by India, discuss the importance of the entry – ‘‘War and peace’ – in the Union List of Indian Constitution.

Topic: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. 3)  In the light of post – independence wars fought by India, discuss the importance of the entry – ‘‘War and peace’ – in the Union List of Indian Constitution. (200 Words) The Hindu

2) Recently, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to trim is collective output of oil by about 700,000 barrels a day. Examine why this decision has been taken? What will be its implications?

Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, 2) Recently, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to trim is collective output of oil by about 700,000 barrels a day. Examine why this decision has been taken? What will be its implications? (200 Words) The Hindu