QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 25 September 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: Turn the Economic Ship Around Context: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus launched Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, which made capital available to the poor, especially women. His new book- A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions, the impact of microcredit in enabling …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 25 SEPTEMBER 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 background …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 25 September 2017 Paper 2: Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Bharat ke Kaushalzaade Rural Skills Division, Ministry of Rural Development has organized ‘Bharat ke Kaushalzaade’, an event honouring beneficiaries of its key skilling programmes, on the …
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All India Radio News Summary: 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 Mann Ki Baat programme – Prime Minister says cleanliness a mass movement now; Unity in diversity is India’s specialty Prime Minister said, cleanliness has become a mass movement and old or the young, men or women, city or village everyone has become a part of this campaign. …
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[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 25 September 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Salient features of Indian society; Population and associated issues 1) Drugs problem in Punjab, like drugs anywhere else in the world, is not a supply problem, but a demand …
Topic: International ethics 8) International Ethics is fundamentally based on acknowledgment and advancement of undisputed facts. Explain an international ethical problem the world faces today. (150 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. 7) India’s new industrial policy is an opportunity to address the problems of low R&D spending and tough competition from cheap Chinese imports. Discuss. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic: Indian economy – growth and development 6) Fiscal measures mitigate economic hassles but structural reforms instigate economic reform. Analyse. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Infrastructure; Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. 5) Operational Efficiency is a major lacunae in Indian Railways. Do you think Privatisation can help in improving operation condition? Give reasons. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources 4) India must embrace social entrepreneurship to embrace socio economic transformation. Comment. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health 3) Memory degenerative diseases often impact vulnerable sections such as the Elderly immensely. With reference to increases instances of Alzheimer’s, what role can the State play for a holistic ecosystem? Discuss. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Role of civil services 2) Lateral Entry to the Civil Services would require changes in career progression for directly recruited professionals. Comment. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Salient features of Indian society; Population and associated issues 1) Drugs problem in Punjab, like drugs anywhere else in the world, is not a supply problem, but a demand problem. Comment. (200 Words) The Indian Express Quint
