PRELIMS 2017 REVISION TEST 21 Please consider negative marking and convert your score for 200 marks. It is just to guess your probable cutoff marks. Though not prefect this will help you gauge your progress Share Your Scores in the comment box
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 24 May 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives Clarification: Q5, 20th May, Quiz (Click HERE): Typo; Answer must be option ‘a’ as is clear from the image provided in the explanation. The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 24 May 2017 Paper 2 Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Reader titled “Raising Happy Children and Providing Safe Childhoods” released The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a reader titled “Raising Happy Children and …
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[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 24 May 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Salient features of Indian society 1) Examine how recent prohibition laws have affected Indian society. (200 Words) The Hindu General Studies – 2 Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving …
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Topic: Ethics in public administration 7) Newspaper reports indicate that a CBI court has found former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta guilty of corruption and criminal conspiracy in the allocation of a coal block. Discuss what lessons can be learnt from this case. (150 Words) The Indian Express
Topic: Resource mobilization; Liberalization 6) Discuss the key features and significance of GST law. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Basics of cybersecurity 5) It is argued that to fight modern challenges of cyberthreats, the three-layered Israeli strategy that goes beyond security to build a cyber system that is robust, resilient and has strong defence capabilities could be adopted. Throw more light on this Israeli model. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic: Basics of cybersecurity 4) Discuss what kind of questions and issues does the recent WannaCry malware attack raises among various stakeholders. (200 Words) The Indian Express
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation 3) It is said that a well-designed loan-waiver programme could enhance the overall well-being of the households by improving their productive investments, as opposed to distorting their loan utilization and repayment patterns. What are the hazards of …
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests 2) Examine how India has become an important partner in the development of African countries. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Salient features of Indian society 1) Examine how recent prohibition laws have affected Indian society. (200 Words) The Hindu
