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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 26 May 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz 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 …
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Insights into Editorial: The mega challenge of job creation Summary: While on one side the challenge of creating jobs has occupied the centre stage world over, on the other side the latest NSSO report notes that unemployment rate was only 2.2% of the labour force in India. This makes it difficult …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 26 May 2017 Paper 2 Topic: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. National Commission for Women holds Interactive Meeting with State Commissions for Women The National Commission for Women recently organised an Interactive Meeting of the State Commissions for Women with a view to strengthening the process …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 26 May 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of …
[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 26 May 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Political philosophies – their forms and effect on the society. 1) Differentiate between liberalism and liberalisation. Examine how liberalisation has affected liberalism, especially in Indian education system. (200 Words) The Hindu General …
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Topic: Ethics in human actions 7) What are the ways through which values can be inculcated in children? Discuss. (150 Words) General
Topic: Indian economy – employment 6) The latest National Sample Survey (NSS) data for 2011-12 show unemployment was only 2.2% of the labour force. Is this data reliable? If unemployment is high, where are the opportunities for India to create more jobs? Examine. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic: Agriculture 5) “Floating the idea of taxing income is a great disservice to the agrarian sector, which is in deep crisis.” Substantiate. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 4) Throw light on mandate and functions of the International Court Justice (ICJ) as being revealed in the recent Kulbhushan Jadhav case. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections 3) Discuss the important recommendations made by the Law Commission in its 268th Report. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. 2) Examine why the Indian diaspora have preferred to vote for Labour Party in the UK over the years. Is this preference changing now? Also examine how the policies of two major parties in the UK have affected Indian community …
Topic: Political philosophies – their forms and effect on the society. 1) Differentiate between liberalism and liberalisation. Examine how liberalisation has affected liberalism, especially in Indian education system. (200 Words) The Hindu
